Notable burials · Science and work
Scientists buried in Indiana
Wikidata records 52 scientists as buried in 30 of the cemeteries we list in Indiana. Rose Hill Cemetery in Bloomington holds the most, with 6. Indiana has the 11th highest count of any state, out of 1,905 nationally.
People recorded as scientists, including chemists, physicists, mathematicians, biologists and astronomers.
52
scientists
30
cemeteries
4%
of notable burials in Indiana
1940s
the decade with the most deaths (6)
Map of cemeteries
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In order of death
Scientists buried in Indiana
- Charles S. Beachler1870-1894American geologistOak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, IN
- Daniel Kirkwood1814-1895American astronomerRose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Eli Lilly1838-1898American pharmacist, Union Army officer, businessman, philanthropistCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- John Collett1828-1899Geologist and politician; served in the Indiana Senate and as chief of the state Bureau of Statistics and GeologyHighland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, IN
- John Lyle Campbell1827-1904American physicist and civil engineerOak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, IN
- Mason B. Thomas1866-1912American phytopathologist, botanist, professor, and football coachOak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, IN
- Seth Eugene Meek1859-1914American zoologistRose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Ruth Gentry1862-1917American mathematicianStilesville Cemetery, Heritage Lake, IN
- Lorenzo E. Daniels1851-1918American naturalistPine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, IN
- John F. Newsom1869-1928Geologist and university teacherHarmony Cemetery, Columbus, IN
- Lucy Youse1863-1929American botanist and botanical collectorCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Sylvester Scott Gorby1848-1930GeologistGreenlawn Cemetery, Franklin, IN
- Frank Bursley Taylor1860-1938American geologistLindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN
- Elmon McLean Fisher1861-1938American botanistGreenlawn Cemetery, Franklin, IN
- David Myers Mottier1864-1940BotanistRose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Arthur Erich Haas1884-1941Austrian physicistCedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, IN
- Joseph Charles Arthur1850-1942American botanistSpring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, IN
- Willard L. Severinghaus1882-1947American physicistRiverview Cemetery, Seymour, IN
- George C. Hale1891-1948ChemistDugger Cemetery, Linton, IN
- David Andrew Rothrock1864-1949MathematicianRose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Melvin Amos Brannon1865-1950American biological scientist, educator, university dean and football coach at University of North DakotaWest Creek Cemetery, Lowell, IN
- Karlis Starcs1897-1953BotanistFloral Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Philip Freeland Tryon1914-1953BotanistHighland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, IN
- Albert Reiff Bechtel1882-1955American botanist and botanical collectorOak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, IN
- Kenneth P. Williams1887-1958American mathematicianGarland Brook Cemetery, Columbus, IN
- Harold Francis Secord Jonah1904-1960Ph.D. Purdue University 1941Grandview Cemetery, West Lafayette, IN
- Eula Davis McEwan1879-1962Geologist for the National Museum of Natural HistoryBlue Ridge Cemetery, Kentland, IN
- Carl Clarence Kiess1887-1967AstronomerLindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN
- John Charles Duncan1882-1967American astronomerCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Václav Hlavatý1894-1969Czech politician and mathematician (*1894, †1969)Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Arle Herbert Sutton1896-1972American geologistGarland Brook Cemetery, Columbus, IN
- Frederic Cowles Schmidt1904-1974ChemistValhalla Memorial Gardens, Bloomington, IN
- Mason E. Hufford1882-1975PhysicistBunnell Cemetery, Frankfort, IN
- Leland John Haworth1904-1979American particle physicistWest Newton Cemetery, Mooresville, IN
- Herrick E. H. Greenleaf1894-1979Ph.D. Indiana University 1932Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, IN
- Clarence N. Hickman1889-1981American physicistFairview Cemetery, New Albany, IN
- Clara Lieber1902-1982American chemistCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- James A. Thorp1896-1984American soil scientistEarlham Cemetery, Richmond, IN
- John B. Patton1915-1988GeologistClear Creek Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Norman Lowell Wykoff1934-1989Ph.D. Indiana University 1974Fairmount Cemetery, North Madison, IN
- Ira S. Allison1895-1990American geologistHanover Cemetery, Hanover, IN
- Antoinette Huston1904-1993American mathematicianMount Hope Cemetery, Huntington, IN
- William Allen Daily1912-1998American microbiologist and botanistFloral Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Walter John Moore1918-2001American chemistValhalla Memorial Gardens, Bloomington, IN
- Helēna Ledus Starca1912-2005Latvian botanistFloral Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- N. Gary Lane1930-2006American university teacherValhalla Memorial Gardens, Bloomington, IN
- Frank K. Edmondson1912-2008American astronomerRose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Marvin Carmack1913-2010Chemistry professorValhalla Memorial Gardens, Bloomington, IN
- Eva Fay Kenoyer Daily1911-2011American chemist, lecturer, and botanistFloral Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Albert Overhauser1925-2011American physicistSaint Boniface Cemetery, Lafayette, IN
- O. Timothy O'Meara1928-2018American mathematicianCedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, IN
- James M. Schlatter1930-2019American chemistSummit Lawn Cemetery, Brazil, IN
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1890s4
- 1900s1
- 1910s4
- 1920s2
- 1930s3
- 1940s6
- 1950s5
- 1960s5
- 1970s5
- 1980s5
- 1990s3
- 2000s4
- 2010s5
By recorded year of death, for the 52 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Rose Hill Cemetery · Bloomington, IN6
- Valhalla Memorial Gardens · Bloomington, IN4
- Floral Park Cemetery · Indianapolis, IN4
- Crown Hill National Cemetery · Indianapolis, IN4
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Crawfordsville, IN4
- Lindenwood Cemetery · Fort Wayne, IN2
- Garland Brook Cemetery · Columbus, IN2
- Greenlawn Cemetery · Franklin, IN2
- Cedar Grove Cemetery · Notre Dame, IN2
- Highland Lawn Cemetery · Terre Haute, IN2
- Forest Hill Cemetery · Greencastle, IN1
- Pine Lake Cemetery · La Porte, IN1
- Fairview Cemetery · New Albany, IN1
- Stilesville Cemetery · Heritage Lake, IN1
- West Newton Cemetery · Mooresville, IN1
- Clear Creek Cemetery · Bloomington, IN1
- Saint Boniface Cemetery · Lafayette, IN1
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Huntington, IN1
- Bunnell Cemetery · Frankfort, IN1
- Dugger Cemetery · Linton, IN1
- Earlham Cemetery · Richmond, IN1
- Fairmount Cemetery · North Madison, IN1
- Grandview Cemetery · West Lafayette, IN1
- Hanover Cemetery · Hanover, IN1
- Blue Ridge Cemetery · Kentland, IN1
Top 25 of 30 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Indiana
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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.