Notable burials · Science and work
Inventors and engineers buried in Illinois
Wikidata records 55 inventors and engineers as buried in 31 of the cemeteries we list in Illinois. Graceland Cemetery in Chicago holds the most, with 13. Illinois has the 6th highest count of any state, out of 1,162 nationally.
People with inventor or engineer among their recorded occupations.
55
inventors and engineers
31
cemeteries
2%
of notable burials in Illinois
1910s
the decade with the most deaths (10)
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In order of death
Inventors and engineers buried in Illinois
- John Henry Manny1825-1856American inventorGreenwood Cemetery, Rockford, IL
- Alexander Bielaski1811-1861Union United States Army officerMound City National Cemetery, Mound City, IL
- George Washington Snow1791-18701791-1850s engineerGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Thomas Jackson Rodman1816-1871American artillerist, inventor, ordnance specialist, and career United States Army officerRock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL
- George Bangs1826-1877American engineer (1826-1877); developed the railroad mail carRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Cyrus McCormick1809-1884American inventor and businessmanGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Ellis S. Chesbrough1813-1886American civil engineerGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- John Deere1804-1886American blacksmith and manufacturerRiverside Cemetery, Moline, IL
- Joseph Thatcher Torrence1843-1896American industrial engineer, entrepreneur, and developerRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- George Pullman1831-1897Engineer and businessman from the United StatesGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Dankmar Adler1844-1900ArchitectRosemont Park Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Leander J. McCormick1819-1900Businessman and philanthropistGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Elisha Gray1835-1901American electrical engineerRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Sarah E. Goode1855-1905American inventorGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Peter Schuttler1841-1906American engineer and businessmanRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Joseph Glidden1813-1906American farmer who patented barbed wireFairview Cemetery, DeKalb, IL
- William Le Baron Jenney1832-1907American architectGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- George Henry Daniels1841-1908American publicistBluff City Cemetery, Elgin, IL
- Turlington Walker Harvey1835-1909American lumberman, philanthropist and inventorGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Edward C. Hegeler1835-1910American businessmanOakwood Cemetery, La Salle, IL
- Isaac L. Ellwood1833-1910American businessmanFairview Cemetery, DeKalb, IL
- Frank Haven Hall1841-1911American inventor of the first successful mechanical point writer for BrailleWest Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, IL
- Levi W. Yaggy1848-1912American capitalistGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Andrew J. Hunter1831-1913American politicianEdgar Cemetery, Paris, IL
- Josephine Cochrane1839-1913American inventorGlenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, IL
- Alfred Stromberg1861-1913Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Vincent Clarence Price1832-1914(1832-1914) American businessmanOakwood Cemetery, North Chicago, IL
- William Sooy Smith1830-1916Union United States Army general and civil engineerForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Enos M. Barton1842-1916American engineerRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Owen Patrick Smith1867-1927American greyhound racing promoterAll Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, IL
- Dorr Felt1862-1930American inventorRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Mary Hegeler Carus1861-1936American engineer, editor and entrepreneurOakwood Cemetery, La Salle, IL
- Jimmy Snyder1909-1939American race car driverCedar Park Cemetery, Calumet Park, IL
- John Miller1872-1941American entrepreneurHomewood Memorial Gardens, Homewood, IL
- Vincent Hugo Bendix1881-1945American inventorGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Carl Augustus Hansberry1895-1946American activist and businessmanBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Edward Joseph Kelly1876-1950American politicianCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- William Stanton Monroe1868-1953American engineer and authorGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- George K. Spoor1871-1953American film producerForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- James Baird1873-1953American civil engineer, football player and coachOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Enrico Fermi1901-1954Italian, American physicistOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Annie Malone1869-1957American businesswomanBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Thomas Benton Shoaff1897-1960American racing driverDodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon, IL
- Adam DeBus1892-1977Professional baseball playerSaint Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Lincolnwood, IL
- Holly Campbell1907-1979Athletics competitorOakwood Cemetery, Dixon, IL
- Charles Francis Freudenberg1910-1979American accountantForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Fazlur Khan1929-1982Bangladeshi architectGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Olin L. Dupy1896-1986Oak Hill Cemetery, Taylorville, IL
- Ernest H. Volwiler1893-1992American chemistLake Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, IL
- Gary Adams1943-2000Golf inventorWoodland Cemetery, McHenry, IL
- John Ott1909-2000American photographerGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Michael S. Hart1947-2011American author, founder of Project GutenbergWoodlawn Cemetery, Urbana, IL
- Robert Alan Pritzker1926-2011American billionaireMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Steve Kordek1911-2012American pinball innovator
- Jack Roeser1923-2014American businessmanSaint Joseph Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums, River Grove, IL
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1850s1
- 1860s1
- 1870s3
- 1880s3
- 1890s2
- 1900s9
- 1910s10
- 1920s1
- 1930s3
- 1940s3
- 1950s6
- 1960s1
- 1970s3
- 1980s2
- 1990s1
- 2000s2
- 2010s4
By recorded year of death, for the 55 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Graceland Cemetery · Chicago, IL13
- Rosehill Cemetery · Chicago, IL7
- Forest Home Cemetery · Forest Park, IL3
- Burr Oak Cemetery · Alsip, IL2
- Oakwoods Cemetery · Chicago, IL2
- Oakwood Cemetery · La Salle, IL2
- Fairview Cemetery · DeKalb, IL2
- Rock Island National Cemetery · Rock Island, IL1
- Mound City National Cemetery · Mound City, IL1
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery · Evanston, IL1
- Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums · Niles, IL1
- Rosemont Park Cemetery · Chicago, IL1
- All Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum · Des Plaines, IL1
- Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums · River Grove, IL1
- Memorial Park Cemetery · Skokie, IL1
- Cedar Park Cemetery · Calumet Park, IL1
- Homewood Memorial Gardens · Homewood, IL1
- Saint Boniface Catholic Cemetery · Lincolnwood, IL1
- West Aurora Cemetery · Aurora, IL1
- Lake Forest Cemetery · Lake Forest, IL1
- Bluff City Cemetery · Elgin, IL1
- Riverside Cemetery · Moline, IL1
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Taylorville, IL1
- Oakwood Cemetery · North Chicago, IL1
- Dodge Grove Cemetery · Mattoon, IL1
Top 25 of 31 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Illinois
Business leaders265United States representatives260Writers and poets238Baseball players201Musicians and singers191Journalists129Painters, sculptors and photographers94Physicians93American Civil War veterans88Actors80American football players78Architects74World War II veterans71World War I veterans70Scientists66Medal of Honor recipients57Basketball players51Governors31United States senators25
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.