Scientists buried in Georgia
Wikidata records 21 scientists as buried in 16 of the cemeteries we list in Georgia. Westview Cemetery in Atlanta holds the most, with 3. Georgia has the 20th highest count of any state, out of 1,905 nationally.
People recorded as scientists, including chemists, physicists, mathematicians, biologists and astronomers.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Scientists buried in Georgia
- Samuel Boykin1786-1848American physician and naturalistLinwood Cemetery, Columbus, GA
- Lyman Hall1859-1905American academic administratorWestview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- William Henry Emerson1860-1924American chemistWestview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- George Johnson Baldwin1856-1927American chemist and civic leaderBonaventure Cemetery, Thunderbolt, GA
- David Crenshaw Barrow, Jr.1852-1929American academic administratorOconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, GA
- Francis Jerome Holder1876-1931Ph.D. Yale University 1908Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, GA
- Nora Elizabeth Dalbey1888-1932BotanistWestview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Claude A. Hatcher1876-1933American chemistRiverdale Cemetery, Columbus, GA
- Charles Herty1867-1938American chemist, academic, football coachMemory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, GA
- David Francis Barrow1888-1970American mathematicianOconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, GA
- Joseph Mauborgne1881-1971United States generalAndersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, GA
- Virginius Elholm Brown1902-1973American botanistSparta Cemetery, Sparta, GA
- Sonny Carter1947-1991American physician, soccer player, Navy officer, and astronautAlta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, GA
- Hosea Williams1926-2000American civil rights leader and activistLincoln Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
- Dorothea Orem1914-2007American nursing academicCatholic Cemetery, Savannah, GA
- Hillar Rootare1928-2008Estonian chemistGeorgia National Cemetery, Canton, GA
- Betty Lou Raskin1924-2010American chemistBonaventure Cemetery, Thunderbolt, GA
- Simon Albert Stricklen, Jr1940-2010Ph.D. Emory University 1974Georgia National Cemetery, Canton, GA
- John Parham Holmes, III1944-2012Ph.D. Emory University 1971Cedar Hill Cemetery, Dawson, GA
- Quan Zheng1935-2020Chinese Canadian professor of mathematics, Ph.D. Clemson University 1992Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, GA
- David Clifford Kay1933-2025Ph.D. Michigan State University 1963Memorial Park Cemetery, Gainesville, GA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1840s1
- 1900s1
- 1920s3
- 1930s4
- 1970s3
- 1990s1
- 2000s3
- 2010s3
- 2020s2
By recorded year of death, for the 21 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Westview Cemetery · Atlanta, GA3
- Georgia National Cemetery · Canton, GA2
- Oconee Hill Cemetery · Athens, GA2
- Bonaventure Cemetery · Thunderbolt, GA2
- Andersonville National Cemetery · Andersonville, GA1
- Alta Vista Cemetery · Gainesville, GA1
- Catholic Cemetery · Savannah, GA1
- Memorial Park Cemetery · Gainesville, GA1
- Rose Hill Cemetery · Macon, GA1
- Lincoln Cemetery · Atlanta, GA1
- Sparta Cemetery · Sparta, GA1
- Memory Hill Cemetery · Milledgeville, GA1
- Cedar Hill Cemetery · Dawson, GA1
- Linwood Cemetery · Columbus, GA1
- Parkhill Cemetery · Columbus, GA1
- Riverdale Cemetery · Columbus, 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.