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Notable burials · FL

Notable people buried in Florida

Wikidata records 478 notable people as buried in Florida, spread over 111 of the cemeteries we list, the 30th highest count of any state. The Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville holds the most, with 41 (9% of the state total).

478
notable burials
111
cemeteries with one or more
41
at The Evergreen Cemetery
By theme

Who is buried in Florida

Military
American Civil War veterans17Korean War veterans7Medal of Honor recipients10Mexican-American War veterans2Spanish-American War veterans1Vietnam War veterans4War of 1812 veterans1World War I veterans10World War II veterans32
Arts and entertainment
Actors19Architects3Painters, sculptors and photographers11Journalists10Musicians and singers16Pulitzer Prize winners1Writers and poets25
Sports
Science and work
Aviators and astronauts5Business leaders10Inventors and engineers5Nobel Prize laureates2Physicians14Scientists16

From occupations, offices, awards and military service recorded on Wikidata. One person can appear in several lists.

People

Best-documented burials in Florida

Showing 150 of 478. Each cemetery page lists everyone recorded there.

Ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article about the person.

Cemeteries

Where they are buried

All cemeteries in Florida

Method

About this list

Names, years and descriptions come from Wikidata, where each person’s entry gives the cemetery as their place of burial. It covers people with an encyclopedia entry, not every grave. How we build it.

Other states

Notable burials in other states