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Notable burials · GA

Notable people buried in Georgia

Wikidata records 859 notable people as buried in Georgia, spread over 134 of the cemeteries we list, the 19th highest count of any state. Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta holds the most, with 108 (13% of the state total).

859
notable burials
134
cemeteries with one or more
108
at Oakland Cemetery
By theme

Who is buried in Georgia

Government
First Ladies of the United States1Governors32Supreme Court justices2United States representatives127United States senators27
Military
American Civil War veterans80Korean War veterans6Medal of Honor recipients8Mexican-American War veterans13American Revolutionary War veterans1Spanish-American War veterans1Vietnam War veterans5World War I veterans15World War II veterans24
Sports
American football players28Baseball players19Basketball players8Boxers3
Science and work
Aviators and astronauts9Business leaders39Inventors and engineers8Nobel Prize laureates1Physicians20Scientists21

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

People

Best-documented burials in Georgia

Showing 150 of 859. 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 Georgia

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