Inventors and engineers buried in District of Columbia
Wikidata records 29 inventors and engineers as buried in 5 of the cemeteries we list in District of Columbia. Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington holds the most, with 11. District of Columbia has the 12th highest count of any state, out of 1,162 nationally.
People with inventor or engineer among their recorded occupations.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Inventors and engineers buried in District of Columbia
- William Thornton1759-1828British-American physician, inventor, painter and architectCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Samuel Humphreys1778-1846American naval architect and shipbuilderCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Robert Mills1781-1855American architectCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- James Duncan Graham1799-1865American army officer, surveyor and engineerCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alexander Dallas Bache1806-1867American scientistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Joseph Henry1797-1878American scientist and the 1st Secretary of the SmithsonianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William W. Wood1818-1882United States Navy engineerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Lenthall1807-1882American shipbuilderRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Elisha Esty Rice1820-1885Consul to Japan, inventor, father of American physician Annie Elmira RiceRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Adna Anderson1827-1889Engineer-in-Chief of the Northern Pacific RailroadOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Julius Erasmus Hilgard1825-1890United States engineerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Nancy Maria Donaldson Johnson1794-1890American inventor and educatorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Edward Maynard1813-1891American firearms inventorCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Marshall McDonald1835-1895American engineer, professor, geologist, mineralogist, pisciculturist, and fisheries scientistOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- J. Elfreth Watkins1852-1903American civil engineerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Adolf Cluss1825-1905German-born American architectOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Theodore Timby1819-1909American inventorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Louis Gathmann1843-1917German engineerThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Trent Rossell1849-1919Chief of EngineersCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Anthony Francis Lucas1855-1921Croatian oil explorerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Elmer R. Gates1859-1923American inventorThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Herman Hollerith1860-1929American statistician and inventor（1860-1929）Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Emile Berliner1851-1929German-born American inventorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- James Harris Rogers1850-1929American inventorMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Van H. Manning1861-19322nd Director of U.S. Bureau of MinesOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Charles Francis Jenkins1867-1934American inventor and pioneer of cinema and televisionRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Jesse W. Reno1861-1947American inventorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Nils Erik Wahlberg1885-1977Finnish engineerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Vladimir Vishnevsky1920-2000Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1820s1
- 1840s1
- 1850s1
- 1860s2
- 1870s1
- 1880s4
- 1890s4
- 1900s3
- 1910s2
- 1920s5
- 1930s2
- 1940s1
- 1970s1
- 2000s1
By recorded year of death, for the 29 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Washington, DC11
- Rock Creek Cemetery · Washington, DC8
- Congressional Cemetery · Washington, DC7
- The Glenwood Cemetery · Washington, DC2
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Washington, DC1
Other notable burials in District of Columbia
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.