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Business leaders buried in Indiana
Wikidata records 50 business leaders as buried in 21 of the cemeteries we list in Indiana. Crown Hill National Cemetery in Indianapolis holds the most, with 26. Indiana has the 14th highest count of any state, out of 3,027 nationally.
People recorded as businesspeople, entrepreneurs or industrialists.
50
business leaders
21
cemeteries
4%
of notable burials in Indiana
1930s
the decade with the most deaths (8)
Map of cemeteries
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In order of death
Business leaders buried in Indiana
- Calvin Fletcher1798-1866American judgeCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- John G. Davis1810-1866American politicianHighland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, IN
- Washington C. DePauw1822-1887American businessmanFairview Cemetery, New Albany, IN
- John A. Bridgland1826-1890American diplomat, businessman, soldierEarlham Cemetery, Richmond, IN
- Lyman S. Ayres1824-1896American businessmanCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Eli Lilly1838-1898American pharmacist, Union Army officer, businessman, philanthropistCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Albert Gall1842-1905American retailer, businessman and the former State Treasurer of IndianaCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Clemens Vonnegut, Sr.1824-1906American businessmanCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- William B. Leeds1861-1908American businessmanEarlham Cemetery, Richmond, IN
- Daniel W. Marmon1844-1909American businessmanCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Martin E. Bogarte1855-1911American businesspersonMaplewood Cemetery, Valparaiso, IN
- John Tomlinson Brush1845-1912American baseball executiveCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Gideon Daniel Searle1846-1917Druggist, founder of G.D. SearleMaplewood Cemetery, Anderson, IN
- Adolph G. Metzner1834-1918German-American pharmacist, military officer, and artistCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Thomas Knotts1861-1921American mayorOak Hill Cemetery, Gary, IN
- Benjamin Wallace1847-1921American circus ownerMount Hope Cemetery, Peru, IN
- Burns D. Caldwell1858-1922President of the Wells Fargo Express Company and chairman of the board the American Railway Express CompanyForest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, IN
- Ferdinand N. Kahler1864-1927American inventorFairview Cemetery, New Albany, IN
- James A. Allison1872-1928American entrepreneur and businessmanCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Harry C. Stutz1876-1930Automobile entrepreneur and engineerCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Jacob Dorsey Forrest1866-1930American professor and businesspersonCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Fred Duesenberg1876-1932American automobile designer and manufacturerCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Arthur C. Newby1865-1933American businessman and auto racing pioneerCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- John T Barnett1851-1935American colonelDanville South Cemetery, Danville, IN
- Sylvanus Bowser1854-1938American inventorLindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN
- Harry Hempstead1868-1938American baseball executiveCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Carl G. Fisher1874-1939American entrepreneurCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Frederic M. Ayres Sr.1872-1940American businessmanCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- William Fortune1863-1942American businessman, journalist, and civic leaderCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Frank Clayton Ball1857-1943American businessman and philanthropistBeech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, IN
- Wendell Willkie1892-1944American lawyer and corporate executiveEast Hill Cemetery, Rushville, IN
- Max Ehrmann1872-1945American writer, poet, and attorneyHighland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, IN
- Freeman Ransom1880-1947American lawyer, civic leaderWest Ridge Park Cemetery, Clermont, IN
- Josiah K. Lilly, Sr.1861-1948American businessmanCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Daniel W. Biddle1870-1954Insurance BrokerRemington Cemetery, Remington, IN
- August Duesenberg1879-1955American pioneer automobile manufacturerCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Skiles Edward Test1889-1964American businessmanCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Ben Tomlinson1886-1965American industrialistOak Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, IN
- Josiah K. Lilly, Jr.1893-1966Pharmaceutical industrialistCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Bertha Duppler Baur1870-1967American business woman, philanthropist, lawyer, politicianHighland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, IN
- William Scholl1882-1968American foot doctor and businessmanPine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, IN
- Arthur William Sidney Herrington1891-1970American engineer (1891-1970); collected art with his wife Nell Ray Clarke HerringtonCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Stephen Teibel1901-1971American businesspersonConcordia Cemetery, Hammond, IN
- Eli Lilly1885-1977American businessmanCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Nick Van Til1912-1987Co-founder of Strack & Van TilHope Cemetery, Highland, IN
- Nord Krauskopf1922-1994Former NASCAR team owner and American businessmanGreenlawn Memorial Park, Fort Wayne, IN
- Lyman S. Ayres II1908-1996American businessmanCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Robert Irsay1923-1997American football team ownerCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Harrison Eiteljorg1903-1997American philanthropist and patron of the artsCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- J. Irwin Miller1909-2004American businessmanColumbus City Cemetery, Columbus, IN
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1860s2
- 1880s1
- 1890s3
- 1900s4
- 1910s4
- 1920s5
- 1930s8
- 1940s7
- 1950s2
- 1960s5
- 1970s3
- 1980s1
- 1990s4
- 2000s1
By recorded year of death, for the 50 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Crown Hill National Cemetery · Indianapolis, IN26
- Highland Lawn Cemetery · Terre Haute, IN3
- Fairview Cemetery · New Albany, IN2
- Earlham Cemetery · Richmond, IN2
- Lindenwood Cemetery · Fort Wayne, IN1
- Beech Grove Cemetery · Muncie, IN1
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Peru, IN1
- East Hill Cemetery · Rushville, IN1
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Lebanon, IN1
- Pine Lake Cemetery · La Porte, IN1
- Forest Hill Cemetery · Greencastle, IN1
- West Ridge Park Cemetery · Clermont, IN1
- Greenlawn Memorial Park · Fort Wayne, IN1
- Concordia Cemetery · Hammond, IN1
- Hope Cemetery · Highland, IN1
- Maplewood Cemetery · Anderson, IN1
- Maplewood Cemetery · Valparaiso, IN1
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Gary, IN1
- Remington Cemetery · Remington, IN1
- Danville South Cemetery · Danville, IN1
- Columbus City Cemetery · Columbus, IN1
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Other notable burials in Indiana
Writers and poets317United States representatives157Baseball players52Scientists52Painters, sculptors and photographers50American football players44Basketball players43Musicians and singers42American Civil War veterans36Governors35Inventors and engineers31United States senators29World War II veterans29Physicians27Actors25Journalists25Medal of Honor recipients22Architects16World War I veterans16
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.