Notable burials · Science and work
Scientists buried in District of Columbia
Wikidata records 44 scientists as buried in 5 of the cemeteries we list in District of Columbia. Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington holds the most, with 24. District of Columbia has the 14th highest count of any state, out of 1,905 nationally.
People recorded as scientists, including chemists, physicists, mathematicians, biologists and astronomers.
44
scientists
5
cemeteries
3%
of notable burials in District of Columbia
1910s
the decade with the most deaths (11)
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In order of death
Scientists buried in District of Columbia
- Joseph Nicollet1786-1843French geographer, astronomer, and mathematicianCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Kirk Townsend1809-1851U.S. ornithologistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Walter Rogers Johnson1794-1852American scientistOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Henry Schoolcraft1793-1864American anthropologistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- James Melville Gilliss1811-1865American astronomerOak Hill 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
- Mordecai Yarnall1816-1879American mathematician and astronomerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William H. Emory1811-1887Union Army generalCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Marshall McDonald1835-1895American engineer, professor, geologist, mineralogist, pisciculturist, and fisheries scientistOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Saunders1822-1900American botanistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Miles Rock1840-1901American astronomer, civil engineer, scientistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alpheus Hyatt1838-1902American zoologist, paleontologistCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Edwin E. Howell1845-1911American geologist and cartographerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Samuel Franklin Emmons1841-1911American geologistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William McMurtrie1851-1913American chemistOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John White Chickering1831-1913American botanistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Daniel Elmer Salmon1850-1914American veterinarianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Joseph Austin Holmes1859-19151st U.S. Director of MinesRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Charles Willard Hayes1858-1916American geologist and administratorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Grove Karl Gilbert1843-1918American geologistThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Richard Rathbun1852-1918American zoologistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alonzo Howard Clark1850-1918American scientistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Henry Adams1838-1918American journalist, historian, academic, novelistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Mary Farnham Miller1872-1920American botanistThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Anthony Francis Lucas1855-1921Croatian oil explorerRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Robert Simpson Woodward1849-1924American physicist and mathematicianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Edwin F. Ladd1859-1925American politicianThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Charles Doolittle Walcott1850-1927American paleontologist and 4th Secretary of the SmithsonianRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Joseph Nelson Rose1862-1928U.S. botanistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- John Kerfoot Haywood1873-1928American chemistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Herman Hollerith1860-1929American statistician and inventor（1860-1929）Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Lou Beatrice Rose1864-1932American botanist and collectorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Henry Holmes1846-1933American academic, painter and illustratorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Guy N. Collins1872-1938American botanistProspect Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Albert Fred Woods1866-1948American botanist and academic administratorRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- George Burr Richardson1872-1949American field geologistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Alfred Geddes Maddren1875-1958American geologist and photographerThe Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Frederick J. Bates1877-1958American chemistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Edna Hague Fawcett1879-1960American botanistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- William Coblentz1873-1962American physicistRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Laurance Safford1893-1973American cryptographerOak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Halson V. Eagleson1903-1992American physicistRock Creek 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
- 1860s4
- 1870s2
- 1880s1
- 1890s1
- 1900s3
- 1910s11
- 1920s8
- 1930s3
- 1940s2
- 1950s2
- 1960s2
- 1970s1
- 1990s1
By recorded year of death, for the 44 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Rock Creek Cemetery · Washington, DC24
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Washington, DC8
- Congressional Cemetery · Washington, DC7
- The Glenwood Cemetery · Washington, DC4
- Prospect Hill Cemetery · Washington, DC1
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Other notable burials in District of Columbia
United States representatives176Writers and poets126American Civil War veterans78Journalists78Painters, sculptors and photographers70United 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.