Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Journalists buried in District of Columbia
Wikidata records 78 journalists as buried in 6 of the cemeteries we list in District of Columbia. Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington holds the most, with 41. District of Columbia has the 8th highest count of any state, out of 1,833 nationally.
People with journalist among their recorded occupations.
78
journalists
6
cemeteries
6%
of notable burials in District of Columbia
1980s
the decade with the most deaths (8)
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In order of death
Journalists buried in District of Columbia
- Samuel Harrison Smith1772-1845American journalistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Anne Royall1769-1854WriterCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Gamaliel Bailey1807-1859American physician, journalist, abolitionistOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Joseph Gales1786-1860American journalistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Sylvester Churchill1783-1862Inspector General of the U.S. ArmyOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Winston Seaton1785-1866American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton1821-1867American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Amos Kendall1789-1869American politicianThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Philip B. Fouke1818-1876Union Army officerCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Francis Preston Blair1791-1876American newspaper editor and presidential advisorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Eliza Violet Gist Blair1794-1877American newspaperwoman and political hostessRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Frederick Aiken1832-1878American lawyer, journalist, and soldierOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Lawrence Augustus Gobright1816-18811816-1881 , journalistThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Henry David Cooke1825-1881American journalist, financier and governorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Martin F. Conway1829-1882American politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Mary C. Ames1831-1884American authorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Washington McLean1816-1890American businessmanRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Frederick Douglass Jr.1842-1892Woodlawn Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John M. Brown1817-1893African-American bishopWoodlawn Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Frank Hatton1846-1894American politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Richard H. Sylvester1830-1895American journalistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Emily Thornton Charles1845-1895American poet, journalist, suffragist, newspaper founderRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Mathew Benjamin Brady1822-1896American photographerCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Beriah Wilkins1846-1905American politicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Ainsworth Rand Spofford1825-1908Librarian of CongressRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Sylvanus E. Johnson1841-1908American journalistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Horace Adolphus Taylor1837-1910American politician and diplomatRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Wesley Hoyt1831-1912American businessman and politicianThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Stilson Hutchins1838-1912American newspaper publisherRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Charles West Kendall1828-1914American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alexander McKelway1866-1918American minister and journalistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Henry Adams1838-1918American journalist, historian, academic, novelistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Arthur Gleason1878-1923American journalistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Rudolph Kauffmann1853-1927American newspaper editorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Wesley Cromwell1846-1927American teacher, lawyer, civil servant, journalist, historian and civil rights activistWoodlawn Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Oliveira Lima1867-1928Brazilian writer, librarian, literary critic, diplomat, historian and journalistMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- A. Maurice Low1860-1929British-American journalist and authorCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Ella Loraine Dorsey1853-1935American author, journalist, translatorMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Philander Chase Johnson1866-1939American journalist, poet, and lyricistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Ethel Armes1876-1945American journalist/historianOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Frank Brett Noyes1863-1948American publisherRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Clifford K. Berryman1869-1949American cartoonistThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Charlie Ross1885-1950American journalistMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Helen Essary1886-1951US-american authorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Frances Benjamin Johnston1864-1952American photographer, photojournalistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Lawrence Richey1885-1959Aid to President Herbert HooverRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Phil Graham1915-1963American newspaper publisherOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor1875-1966American photojournalist and magazine editorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Constantine Brown1889-1966American newspaper columnistMount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Upton Sinclair1878-1968American writerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- G. Gould Lincoln1880-1974American newspaper correspondentOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Hope Chamberlin1918-1974American journalist and authorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- St. Clair McKelway1905-1980American journalist and writerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Richard L. Wilson1905-1981American journalistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Byron Price1891-1981American journalist, government officialRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Melville Bell Grosvenor1901-1982American magazine editorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- George Abell1898-1986American columnistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- George Pitts1925-1987American journalist and newspaper editorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Max Robinson1939-1988Television journalist and artistOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Leland J. Barrows1906-1988American diplomatRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Melvin Lindsey1955-1992American television personalityRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Sandy Hume1969-1998American journalistOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Katharine Graham1917-2001American publisher, editor and authorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Howard K. Smith1914-2002American news anchorOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Marvin Breckinridge Patterson1905-2002American photographer, photojournalist, cinematographer, and philanthropistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Boris Prianisznikow1902-2002Polish journalistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Marjorie Williams1958-2005American journalistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Barbara Gittings1932-2007American librarian, LGBT rights activistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Tom Lantos1928-2008American politicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Tim Russert1950-2008American journalistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Thomas Vincent Kelly1923-2010American journalistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- James M. Cannon1918-2011American journalist and political adviser to President Gerald FordOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Gore Vidal1925-2012American writerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Raspberry1935-2012American journalistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Ben Bradlee1921-2014Executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Arnaud de Borchgrave1926-2015American journalistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Michael Novak1933-2017American theologian, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomatRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Cokie Roberts1943-2019American journalistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1840s1
- 1850s2
- 1860s5
- 1870s4
- 1880s4
- 1890s7
- 1900s3
- 1910s6
- 1920s5
- 1930s2
- 1940s3
- 1950s4
- 1960s4
- 1970s2
- 1980s8
- 1990s2
- 2000s8
- 2010s8
By recorded year of death, for the 78 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Rock Creek Cemetery · Washington, DC41
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Washington, DC14
- Congressional Cemetery · Washington, DC12
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Washington, DC4
- The Glenwood Cemetery · Washington, DC4
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Washington, DC3
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Other notable burials in District of Columbia
United States representatives176Writers and poets126American Civil War veterans78Painters, sculptors and photographers70Scientists44United States senators43Governors34Physicians32Inventors and engineers29Mexican-American War veterans28Business leaders26Medal of Honor recipients22Actors20War of 1812 veterans20Architects17World War II veterans16
Method
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.