Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Musicians and singers buried in Illinois
Wikidata records 191 musicians as buried in 57 of the cemeteries we list in Illinois. Restvale Cemetery in Alsip holds the most, with 24. Illinois has the 3rd highest count of any state, out of 2,837 nationally.
People recorded as musicians, singers, songwriters or composers.
191
musicians
57
cemeteries
5%
of notable burials in Illinois
1990s
the decade with the most deaths (33)
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Best documented
Musicians and singers buried in Illinois
- Charles G. Dawes1865-1951Vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Muddy Waters1913-1983American blues musicianRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Burl Ives1909-1995American musicianMound Cemetery, Oblong, IL
- Dinah Washington1924-1963American singerBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Howlin' Wolf1910-1976American blues musicianGlen Oak Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Shel Silverstein1930-1999American poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and children's writerWestlawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Norridge, IL
- Joe Hill1879-1915Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the WorldForest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
- King Von1994-2020American rapperBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Willie Dixon1915-1992American blues musicianBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Gene Krupa1909-1973American drummer, composer, and bandleaderHoly Cross Catholic Cemetery, Calumet City, IL
- Little Walter1930-1968American blues harmonica playerSaint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums, Evergreen Park, IL
- Jimmy Reed1925-1976American blues musician and songwriterLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Koko Taylor1928-2009American Chicago blues musicianWashington Memory Gardens Cemetery, Thornton, IL
- Big Bill Broonzy1893-1958American blues singer, songwriter and guitaristLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Elaine Stritch1925-2014American actress and singer in film, television, and the theatreMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Junior Wells1934-1998American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artistOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Mary Wickes1910-1995American actressShiloh Valley Cemetery, Shiloh, IL
- Robert Reed1932-1992American actor, directorMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Florence Price1887-1953American composerLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Big Walter Horton1921-1981American blues harmonica playerRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Marian McPartland1918-2013British pianist, composer, writer and radio hostArlington Cemetery, Elmhurst, IL
- Luther Allison1939-1997American blues guitaristWashington Memory Gardens Cemetery, Thornton, IL
- Otis Spann1930-1970American Chicago blues pianistBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Jermaine Stewart1957-1997American musician, singer, actor, dancerHomewood Memorial Gardens, Homewood, IL
- Lil Hardin Armstrong1898-1971American jazz musicianLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Louie Bellson1924-2009American jazz drummerRiverside Cemetery, Moline, IL
- Emma Smith1804-1879American leader in the Latter Day Saint MovementSmith Family Cemetery, Nauvoo, IL
- Helen Morgan1900-1941American jazz singer and actress
- Gene Ammons1925-1974American tenor saxophonistLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Johnny Dodds1892-1940American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonistLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Baby Dodds1898-1959American musicianLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Tampa Red1904-1981American Chicago blues musicianArcher Woods Memorial Park Cemetery, Justice, IL
- Barbara Acklin1943-1998American singer-songwriterBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Albert Ammons1907-1949American jazz pianist, recording artistLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Magic Sam1937-1969American Chicago blues musicianRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Carey Bell1936-2007American blues musicianMount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Ernie Terrell1939-2014American boxerMount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Luther Ingram1937-2007American R&B and soul singer-songwriterMount Carmel Cemetery, Fairview Heights, IL
- Earl Hooker1929-1970American Chicago blues guitaristRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Otis Clay1942-2016American R&B and soul singerOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Jimmy Yancey1894-1951African American boogie-woogie pianist, composer and lyricistLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Lonnie Brooks1933-2017American blues singer and guitaristLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Thomas A. Dorsey1899-1993American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel musicOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Eddie Harris1934-1996American jazz musicianOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Frederick Stock1872-1942German composerRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Hound Dog Taylor1915-1975American Chicago blues guitarist and singerRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Bud Freeman1906-1991American musicianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Papa Charlie Jackson1885-1938American bluesman and songsterLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Marek Weber1888-1964German musicianRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Willie "Big Eyes" Smith1936-2011American electric blues singer, harmonica player and drummerRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- J. B. Hutto1926-1983American blues musicianRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Virgil Fox1912-1980American musicianPioneer Cemetery, Princeton, IL
- Art Hodes1904-1993American musicianSkyline Memorial Park, Monee, IL
- Rudolph Ganz1877-1972Swiss musicianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Freddie Keppard1889-1933American jazz CornettistLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Kokomo Arnold1901-1968American blues musicianBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Jimmy Dawkins1936-2013American blues musicianBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler1863-1927American musicianOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Pinetop Smith1904-1929American boogie-woogie style blues pianistRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Major Lance1939-1994American singerWashington Memory Gardens Cemetery, Thornton, IL
- Sid Catlett1910-1951American musicianBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Bertha "Chippie" Hill1905-1950American blues and vaudeville singer and dancerLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Kansas Joe McCoy1905-1950American Delta blues musician and songwriterRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Pops Staples1914-2000American gospel and R&B musicianOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Barrett Deems1914-1998American musicianAll Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, IL
- Paul Dresser1858-1906American musicianSaint Boniface Catholic Cemetery, Lincolnwood, IL
- Raya Garbousova1906-1997Russian-American musicianOakwood Cemetery, DeKalb, IL
- Dee Clark1938-1990American musicianGlen Oak Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Son Seals1942-2004American electric blues guitarist and singerHomewood Memorial Gardens, Homewood, IL
- Al Hibbler1915-2001American baritone vocalistLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Little Brother Montgomery1906-1985American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singerOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- May Alix1902-1983American cabaret and jazz vocalistRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Jimmy McPartland1907-1991American cornetistArlington Cemetery, Elmhurst, IL
- Jay Bennett1963-2009American songwriterChatsworth Charlotte Cemetery, Chatsworth, IL
- Bob Gibson1931-1996American musicianRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Fred Below1926-1988American musicianOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- A.C. Reed1926-2004American blues saxophonistOakland Cemetery, Carbondale, IL
- Andre Williams1936-2019American R&B and punk blues musicianBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Big Time Sarah1953-2015American musicianBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Edith Wilson1896-1981American blues singer and vaudeville performerMount Glenwood Memory Gardens Cemetery South, Glenwood, IL
- Lovie Austin1887-1972American pianistMount Glenwood Memory Gardens Cemetery South, Glenwood, IL
- Charley Straight1891-1940American musician
- Egbert Van Alstyne1878-1951American songwriter and pianistMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Doctor Clayton1898-1947American blues musicianRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Inez Andrews1929-2012American gospel singerOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Bee Palmer1894-1967American singer and dancerCedar Park Cemetery, Calumet Park, IL
- Washboard Sam1910-1966American blues singer and musicianWashington Memory Gardens Cemetery, Thornton, IL
- May de Sousa1884-1948American singer and actressMount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Walter Dyett1901-1969American musicianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Jules Levy1838-1903British musicianMount Olivet Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Mighty Joe Young1927-1999American Chicago blues guitaristGlen Oak Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Lester Davenport1932-2009American Chicago blues harmonica player and singerBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Roberta Martin1907-1969American musicianBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Malachi Favors1927-2004American bassistBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Lloyd Loar1886-1943American luthierAcacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Norridge, IL
- Edna Hicks1895-1925American blues singer and musician.
- John Panozzo1948-1996American musician
- Arne Oldberg1874-1962American pianist and composerMemorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
- Jazz Gillum1904-1966American blues harmonica playerRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- St. Louis Jimmy Oden1905-1977American blues singer and songwriterRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Little Johnny Jones1924-1964American Chicago blues pianist and singerRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Odie Payne1926-1989American Chicago blues drummerOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Luther Tucker1936-1993American musicianRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Papa Charlie McCoy1911-1950American delta blues musician and songwriterRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Daddy Stovepipe1867-1963American musicianRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Valerie Wellington1959-1993American Chicago blues and electric blues singer and actressRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Albertina Walker1929-2010American singerOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Feliks Konarski1907-1991Polish musician and poetMaryhill Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Niles, IL
- Margaret Harshaw1909-1997American singerLake Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, IL
- Marty Marsala1909-1975American musicianSaint Joseph Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums, River Grove, IL
- Mikola Shchahlow-Kulikovich1893-1969Belarusian composer, ethnograph and poet
- Alfred Paulsen1849-1936Norwegian-American conductor and composerMount Olive Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Hans Balatka1825-1899Czech-American conductor and composerGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Frederic Woodman Root1846-1916American composer and music educatorOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- John Henry Barbee1905-1964American Delta blues singer and guitaristRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- E. O. Excell1851-1921American publisher, composer, song leader and singerOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Max Janowski1912-1991German composerRosemont Park Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Liam Sullivan1923-1998American actorDiamond Grove Cemetery, South Jacksonville, IL
- Eddie Blazonczyk1941-2012American musicianResurrection Cemetery, Justice, IL
- Richard Buhlig1880-1952American musicianMount Greenwood Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Billy Williams1910-1972African-American singerBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- J. Mayo Williams1894-1980American football player and coach, music producerBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Wilbur D. Nesbit1871-1927American poet and humoristAcacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Norridge, IL
- David Myers1926-2001American musicianBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Red Saunders1912-1981American musician
- Lefty Bates1920-2007American Chicago blues guitaristHomewood Memorial Gardens, Homewood, IL
- Joshua Altheimer1910-1940American pianistLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Arvella Gray1906-1980American blues, folk and gospel singer and guitaristRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Max Bendix1866-1945American composerOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Chico Banks1962-2008American guitarist and singerRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Daniel B. Towner1850-1919American composerRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Hip Linkchain1936-1989American blues guitarist and singerRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Keith Barrow1954-1983American disco/soul singer and songwriterOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Elisha Hoffman1839-1929American minister, hymn composerOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- George Washington Thomas, Jr.1883-1937American musicianRestvale Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- King Kolax1912-1991American musicianOakland Memory Lanes Cemetery, Dolton, IL
- Tadeusz Faliszewski1898-1961Polish cabaret performer
- Johnny Carter1934-2009American singerAbraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, IL
- Dan Burley1907-1962American pianist and journalistBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Walter Barnes1905-1940American musicianMount Glenwood Memory Gardens Cemetery South, Glenwood, IL
- Junie Cobb1896-1970American bandleader, conductor and jazz musicianLincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, IL
- Paul Mares1900-1949American musicianAll Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, Des Plaines, IL
- Jesse Fortune1930-2009American musicianMount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Ron Haydock1940-1977American musicianResurrection Cemetery, Justice, IL
- Thomas P. Westendorf1848-1923American songwriter, composer, and educatorMount Greenwood Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Robert Elem1928-1997American musicianGlen Oak Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Bernhard Ziehn1845-1912German-American music theoristGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Milton Brunson1929-1997American gospel musicianGlen Oak Cemetery, Hillside, IL
- Bobby King1941-1983Musical artistBurr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL
- Al Dvorin1922-2004American bandleader and talent agentShalom Memorial Park, Arlington Heights, IL
Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 191. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1830s1
- 1870s1
- 1890s2
- 1900s5
- 1910s4
- 1920s11
- 1930s11
- 1940s13
- 1950s15
- 1960s20
- 1970s16
- 1980s19
- 1990s33
- 2000s20
- 2010s17
- 2020s3
By recorded year of death, for the 191 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Restvale Cemetery · Alsip, IL24
- Oakwoods Cemetery · Chicago, IL23
- Burr Oak Cemetery · Alsip, IL19
- Lincoln Cemetery · Blue Island, IL17
- Graceland Cemetery · Chicago, IL9
- Rosehill Cemetery · Chicago, IL8
- Glen Oak Cemetery · Hillside, IL6
- Acacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum · Norridge, IL6
- Forest Home Cemetery · Forest Park, IL5
- Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum · Alsip, IL5
- Washington Memory Gardens Cemetery · Thornton, IL4
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Chicago, IL4
- Memorial Park Cemetery · Skokie, IL4
- Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens Cemetery South · Glenwood, IL3
- Homewood Memorial Gardens · Homewood, IL3
- Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums · Niles, IL2
- Resurrection Cemetery · Justice, IL2
- Westlawn Cemetery and Mausoleum · Norridge, IL2
- Mount Carmel Cemetery · Hillside, IL2
- All Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum · Des Plaines, IL2
- Mount Greenwood Cemetery · Chicago, IL2
- Mount Olive Cemetery · Chicago, IL2
- Arlington Cemetery · Elmhurst, IL2
- Elm Lawn Memorial Park · Elmhurst, IL2
- Shalom Memorial Park · Arlington Heights, IL1
Top 25 of 57 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Illinois
Business leaders265United States representatives260Writers and poets238Baseball players201Journalists129Painters, 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.