Business leaders buried in Georgia
Wikidata records 39 business leaders as buried in 14 of the cemeteries we list in Georgia. Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta holds the most, with 14. Georgia has the 19th highest count of any state, out of 3,027 nationally.
People recorded as businesspeople, entrepreneurs or industrialists.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Business leaders buried in Georgia
- Ammi Williams1780-1864American pioneerOakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Alfred Austell1814-18811814-1881 , businessman and financierOakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Mark Anthony Cooper1800-1885American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Cartersville, GA
- William Wirt Clayton1812-1885American politicianOakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- John Pemberton1831-1888American pharmacist, inventor of Coca-ColaLinwood Cemetery, Columbus, GA
- Richard Peters1810-1889American businessman, founder of Atlanta, GeorgiaOakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Abraham Minis1820-1889American merchantLaurel Grove South Cemetery, Savannah, GA
- Zachariah A. Rice1822-1890American slave trader, Confederate officer, and newspaper publisherOakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- John Jones Gresham1812-1891American lawyer, judge, and politicianRose Hill Cemetery, Macon, GA
- Myra Miller1811-1891Atlanta-based food entrepreneur and bakerOakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Sidney Root1824-1897American businessmanOakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Hugh Comer1842-1900American businessmanBonaventure Cemetery, Thunderbolt, GA
- Alexander McGhee Wallace1822-1901BusinessmanOakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Moxley Sorrel1838-1901Confederate States Army officer and memoiristLaurel Grove South Cemetery, Savannah, GA
- Rufus M. Rose1836-1910Physician, distillerOakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Samuel M. Inman1843-1915American cotton merchant, businessman, philanthropistOakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Henry A. Rucker1852-1924American entrepreneur and politicianOakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Joel Hurt1850-1926American businessmanOakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Joseph Francis Burke1845-1927Atlanta BusinessmanOakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Alonzo Herndon1858-1927American businessmanSouth View Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Asa Griggs Candler1851-1929American mayor and businessmanWestview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Edward C. Peters1855-1937American businessmanWestview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Benjamin Thomas Epps Sr.1888-1937(1888-1937) American aviatorOconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, GA
- Mabel Whitmandied 1942Entertainer, theatrical entrepreneurSouth View Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Ernest Woodruff1863-1944American businessmanWestview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Mont Howell1866-1944American businessmanSouth View Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- William Augustus Bell1882-1961American businessman, educatorLincoln Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Christopher C. Wimbish1895-1962American lawyer and politicianOakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Essie Whitman1882-1963Entertainer, theatrical entrepreneurSouth View Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Y. Frank Freeman1890-1969American film studio executiveWestview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Robert W. Woodruff1889-1985President of Coca-ColaWestview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Valeria McCullough Murphey1926-1990American philanthropistRiverside Cemetery, Macon, GA
- Earl Blackwell1909-1995American businessmanWestview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- James Beverly Langford1922-1996American lawyer and politicianFain Cemetery, Calhoun, GA
- Dorothea Orem1914-2007American nursing academicCatholic Cemetery, Savannah, GA
- June Maule1917-2009American businessmanPinecrest Memory Garden Cemetery, Moultrie, GA
- Jesse Hill1926-2012American activist and businessmanSouth View Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Herman J. Russell1930-2014African American entrepreneur and philanthropistSouth View Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Herman Cain1945-2020American businessmanWestview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1860s1
- 1880s6
- 1890s4
- 1900s3
- 1910s2
- 1920s5
- 1930s2
- 1940s3
- 1960s4
- 1980s1
- 1990s3
- 2000s2
- 2010s2
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 39 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Oakland Cemetery · Atlanta, GA14
- Westview Cemetery · Atlanta, GA7
- South View Cemetery · Atlanta, GA6
- Laurel Grove South Cemetery · Savannah, GA2
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Cartersville, GA1
- Catholic Cemetery · Savannah, GA1
- Pinecrest Memory Garden Cemetery · Moultrie, GA1
- Oconee Hill Cemetery · Athens, GA1
- Riverside Cemetery · Macon, GA1
- Rose Hill Cemetery · Macon, GA1
- Bonaventure Cemetery · Thunderbolt, GA1
- Lincoln Cemetery · Atlanta, GA1
- Linwood Cemetery · Columbus, GA1
- Fain Cemetery · Calhoun, GA1
Other notable burials in Georgia
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.