Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Journalists buried in Illinois
Wikidata records 129 journalists as buried in 55 of the cemeteries we list in Illinois. Graceland Cemetery in Chicago holds the most, with 19. Illinois has the 4th highest count of any state, out of 1,833 nationally.
People with journalist among their recorded occupations.
129
journalists
55
cemeteries
4%
of notable burials in Illinois
1910s
the decade with the most deaths (13)
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Best documented
Journalists buried in Illinois
- Emma Goldman1869-1940Russian-born American anarchistForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Roger Ebert1942-2013American film critic and authorGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Jane Addams1860-1935American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writerCedarville Cemetery, Freeport, IL
- Charles G. Dawes1865-1951Vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Mircea Eliade1907-1986Romanian-American historian, writer, philosopher and professor at the University of ChicagoOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Ida B. Wells1862-1931American journalist and civil rights activistOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Jerry Springer1944-2023American television personality and politicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- George Ellery Hale1868-1938American astronomerOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Voltairine de Cleyre1866-1912American anarchist writer and feministForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn1890-1964American politicianForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Kazys Grinius1866-1950Third President of Lithuania from 7 June 1926 until 17 December 1926Lithuanian National Cemetery, Justice, IL
- Cyrus McCormick1809-1884American inventor and businessmanGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Lucy Parsons1851-1942American communist anarchist labor organizerForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Gene Siskel1946-1999American film criticWestlawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Norridge, IL
- Algis Budrys1931-2008Lithuanian-American author, editor, and criticMaryhill Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Niles, IL
- Leo Burnett1891-1971American advertising executiveRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Marian McPartland1918-2013British pianist, composer, writer and radio hostArlington Cemetery, Elmhurst, IL
- August Vincent Theodore Spies1855-1887American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editorForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Albert Parsons1848-1887American socialist and anarchist newspaper editorForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Paul Harvey1918-2009American broadcasterForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- William D. Boyce1858-1929Businessman and founder of Scouting in AmericaOttawa Avenue Cemetery, Ottawa, IL
- Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck1882-1936American politicianOakwood Cemetery, North Chicago, IL
- Jazep Varonka1891-1952Belarusian politicianElmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum, River Grove, IL
- Medill McCormick1877-1925American politicianMiddle Creek Cemetery, Winnebago, IL
- Joseph Medill1823-1899American newspaper editor, publisher, and politicianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Andrew Greeley1928-2013Irish-American Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, journalist and novelist, 1928-2013Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Mike Royko1932-1997American writer and newspaper columnistAcacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Norridge, IL
- John Wentworth1815-1888American newspaper editor and politicianRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Richard Yates1860-1936American politician, judge and lawyerDiamond Grove Cemetery, South Jacksonville, IL
- Vincent Starrett1886-1974American writerGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Oscar Neebe1850-1916American activistForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell1881-1974American politicianEast Lawn Cemetery, Salem, IL
- Gustav Koerner1809-1896German American politician, lawyer, judge, and diplomatWalnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, IL
- Hermann Raster1827-1891American newspaper editorGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- John T. McCutcheon1870-1949American cartoonistGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- John H. Johnson1918-2005American businessman and publisherOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Lerone Bennett, Jr.1928-2018American academicSaint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums, Evergreen Park, IL
- S. S. McClure1857-1949American publisherHope Cemetery, Galesburg, IL
- Emerson Hough1857-1923American writerHope Cemetery, Galesburg, IL
- Amanda Smith1837-1915African-American evangelistWashington Memory Gardens Cemetery, Thornton, IL
- William Henry Smith1833-1896American newspaper editor and Republican politician, OhioLake Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, IL
- Cissy Patterson1881-1948American newspaper publisher, socialiteGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- John F. Finerty1846-1908Union United States Army soldierCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- Josiah Flynt1869-1907American writerRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Daniel Pope Cook1794-1827American politicianOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- William H. Hinrichsen1850-1907American politicianDiamond Grove Cemetery, South Jacksonville, IL
- Claude U. Stone1879-1957American politicianParkview Cemetery, North Peoria, IL
- Eduard Budźka1882-1958Belarusian poet, opinion journalist and journalist
- Horace White1834-1916American journalistGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Harriet Hubbard Ayer1849-1903American journalistGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Francis Wayland Palmer1827-1907American politicianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- William Montgomery McGovern1897-1964American explorerMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Henry Haven Windsor1859-1924Founder and editor of Popular Mechanics magazineRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Opie Read1852-1939American journalistOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Stanley Waterloo1846-1913American newspaperman, editor, newspaper owner, and authorMount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Smith D. Atkins1836-1913Union Army generalFreeport City Cemetery, Freeport, IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison1907-1996Illinois politician and newspaper publisherEdgar Cemetery, Paris, IL
- Ashton Stevens1872-1951American theatre criticMount Greenwood Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Mary Hastings Bradley1882-1976American writerGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Henry Eduard Legler1861-1917American librarianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Louis Fitzhenry1870-1935United States federal judgeEvergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, IL
- Ferdinand Lee Barnett1852-1936American journalist, lawyer, and civil rights activistOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Andrew Shuman1830-1890American newspaper editor and politicianRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Alfred Wagenknecht1881-1956American politicianForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- John J. Hardin1810-1847American politicianJacksonville East Cemetery, Jacksonville, IL
- Jacob Zimmerman1831-1912American politicianRose Hill Cemetery, Mount Carmel, IL
- John Calhoun1808-1859American publisher and politicianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Dan Burley1907-1962American pianist and journalistBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Roi Ottley1906-1960JournalistBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Irv Kupcinet1912-2003American newspaper columnist, television talk-show host, and a radio broadcast personalityMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- George Putnam Upton1834-1919American music writer and music criticOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Elias Colbert1829-1921American astronomerRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Eunice W. Johnson1916-2010American businesswoman and publisherOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- George Schneider1823-1905American journalistRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Edward Bechly1874-1945American editorSugar Creek Cemetery, Milford, IL
- Clarence Hathaway1892-1963American journalistForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- William Walton1909-1994Journalist and abstract expressionist painter from the United StatesDiamond Grove Cemetery, South Jacksonville, IL
- James S. Copley1916-1973American journalistSpring Lake Cemetery, Aurora, IL
- Roman Zavadovych1903-1985American journalistSaint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Thomas C. MacMillan1850-1935American politicianAux Sable Grove Cemetery, Oswego, IL
- Clayton Kirkpatrick1915-2004American journalistNorth Clinton Cemetery, Waterman, IL
- William Taylor Davidson1837-1915American journalistOak Hill Cemetery, Lewistown, IL
- Jun Fujita1888-1963American photojournalist and actorGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Alfred Cowles, Sr.1832-1889American businessman, part owner of the Chicago Tribune late 1800sOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Josephine Mason Milligan1835-1911American botanist, collector, journalist and social activistDiamond Grove Cemetery, South Jacksonville, IL
- Sid Mercer1881-1945American sportswriterGlen Cemetery, Paxton, IL
- Chauncey L. Higbee1821-1884American Latter Day SaintOakwood Cemetery, Pittsfield, IL
- Theodore Engelmann1808-1889German American author, journalist and publisherWalnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, IL
- Lee Lynch1901-1951American newspaper editor and politicianRoselawn Cemetery, Charleston, IL
- Jake Lingle1891-1930American newspaper journalistMount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- J. J. Bittenbinder1943-2023Member of the Chicago Police Department, public speaker, author, and former TV hostSaint Joseph Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums, River Grove, IL
- Wojciech Wierzewski1941-2008Polish journalist
- Wilhelm Rapp1827-1907American newspaper editorGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- William Johnston1871-1929American author and journalistGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Charles Miller1875-1951German cyclistGlen Oak Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Martha Louise Rayne1836-1911American journalistForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Emily Pomona Edson Briggs1830-1910American journalist (14 September 1830-03 July 1910)Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Vernon Jarrett1917-2004American journalistOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Wilbur F. Storey1819-1884American journalistRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Bessie Bradwell Helmer1858-1927American lawyer and editorRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Johan Person1868-1921Swedish-American journalistRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- William MacHarg1872-1951American journalist and writerRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Henry M. Pindell1860-1924American journalist and political figureSpringdale Cemetery, Peoria, IL
- Arch Ward1896-1955American journalistAll Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, IL
- August Geringer1842-1930Bohemian National Cemetery of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Jaroslav V. Luňák1846-1922Czech-American journalist and long-serving Secretary of the National Supreme Lodge of the Czech-Slovak Protective Society in the United StatesBohemian National Cemetery of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Anton C. Hesing1823-1895German-American newspaper publisher and politicianSaint Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Lincolnwood, IL
- Robert D. Foster1811-1878American physicianPine Ridge Cemetery, Paxton, IL
- Louis Reingold1874-1944Yiddish theater playwright, writer, editor, and labor organizerJewish Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, IL
- Ivan Bodnaruk1903-1990Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Slason Thompson1849-1935Canadian-American lawyer, journalist, and authorLake Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, IL
- Lee Sandlin1956-2014American reviewer, journalist, and essayistGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- James Harvey Sanders1832-1899American livestock journalistGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Elmo Scott Watson1892-1951American writerEvergreen Cemetery, Colfax, IL
- Ruth Biery1897-1938American film journalistAcacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Norridge, IL
- Rhoda Pritzker1914-2007American journalistMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- A. Wilberforce Williams1865-1940American physician, surgeon, educator, and journalistLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- William Ingraham Chase1852-1889American journalist and authorRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Lucy Monroe Calhoun1865-1950American writerGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Athol Rollins1884-1942American editor and journalistAcacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Norridge, IL
- George Elias Shipman1820-1893American physician and editorRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Oliver A. Willard1835-1878American minister and journalistRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Richard C. Michaelis1839-1909German-American newspaper publisherRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- George W. Bunn, Jr.1890-1973American publisher, editor, journalist, bankerOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- William Bross Lloyd Jr.1908-1995American writer, organizer and political activistRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Carter L. Davidson1916-1968American television and international journalistRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Frank J. Skala1869-1945Czech-American entrepreneur and journalist in Chicago, official of Skala State Bank and Denní HlasatelBohemian National Cemetery of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Esther Lowell Shields1900-1989JournalistForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- Alberto Moreau1897-1977Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
Showing the 129 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 129. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1820s1
- 1840s1
- 1850s1
- 1870s2
- 1880s9
- 1890s8
- 1900s8
- 1910s13
- 1920s10
- 1930s13
- 1940s11
- 1950s13
- 1960s7
- 1970s7
- 1980s3
- 1990s6
- 2000s8
- 2010s6
- 2020s2
By recorded year of death, for the 129 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Graceland Cemetery · Chicago, IL19
- Rosehill Cemetery · Chicago, IL19
- Forest Home Cemetery · Forest Park, IL13
- Oakwoods Cemetery · Chicago, IL10
- Memorial Park Cemetery · Skokie, IL4
- Diamond Grove Cemetery · South Jacksonville, IL4
- Acacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum · Norridge, IL3
- Bohemian National Cemetery of Chicago · Chicago, IL3
- Oak Ridge Cemetery · Springfield, IL2
- Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums · Niles, IL2
- Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery · Chicago, IL2
- Burr Oak Cemetery · Alsip, IL2
- Walnut Hill Cemetery · Belleville, IL2
- Lake Forest Cemetery · Lake Forest, IL2
- Hope Cemetery · Galesburg, IL2
- Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries · Forest Park, IL1
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery · Evanston, IL1
- Evergreen Memorial Cemetery · Bloomington, IL1
- Lithuanian National Cemetery · Justice, IL1
- Washington Memory Gardens Cemetery · Thornton, IL1
- Springdale Cemetery · Peoria, IL1
- Queen of Heaven Cemetery · Hillside, IL1
- All Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum · Des Plaines, IL1
- Lincoln Cemetery · Blue Island, IL1
- Maryhill Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum · Niles, IL1
Top 25 of 55 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Illinois
Business leaders265United States representatives260Writers and poets238Baseball players201Musicians and singers191Painters, sculptors and photographers94Physicians93American Civil War veterans88Actors80American football players78Architects74World War II veterans71World War I veterans70Scientists66Medal of Honor recipients57Inventors and engineers55Basketball 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.