Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Writers and poets buried in Indiana
Wikidata records 317 writers as buried in 100 of the cemeteries we list in Indiana. Crown Hill National Cemetery in Indianapolis holds the most, with 98. Indiana has the 4th highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.
People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.
317
writers
100
cemeteries
25%
of notable burials in Indiana
1920s
the decade with the most deaths (41)
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Best documented
Writers and poets buried in Indiana
- Benjamin Harrison1833-1901President of the United States, 1889-1893Crown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Alfred Kinsey1894-1956American sexologistRose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Cole Porter1891-1964American composer and songwriterMount Hope Cemetery, Peru, IN
- Thomas R. Marshall1854-1925Vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921Crown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Charles W. Fairbanks1852-1918American politician; Vice President of the United States from 1905 to 1909Crown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Eugene V. Debs1855-1926American labor and political leaderHighland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, IN
- Lew Wallace1827-1905American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician, and author of 'Ben Hur'Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, IN
- Hoagy Carmichael1899-1981American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleaderRose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Booth Tarkington1869-1946American novelistCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Wendell Willkie1892-1944American lawyer and corporate executiveEast Hill Cemetery, Rushville, IN
- Daniel Kirkwood1814-1895American astronomerRose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- James Best1926-2015American actor, musician, artistCedar Hill Cemetery, Corydon, IN
- Kin Hubbard1868-1930American cartoonistCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Eva Mozes Kor1934-2019Holocaust survivorHighland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, IN
- William Harrison Hays1879-1954American politicianCenter Ridge Cemetery, Sullivan, IN
- James Whitcomb Riley1849-1916American poet from IndianapolisCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- George Ade1866-1944American writer, newspaper columnist and playwrightFairlawn Cemetery, Kentland, IN
- Max Ehrmann1872-1945American writer, poet, and attorneyHighland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, IN
- John Howard Yoder1927-1997American theologian and academicPrairie Street Cemetery, Elkhart, IN
- Sherman Minton1890-1965US Supreme Court justice from 1949 to 1956Holy Trinity Cemetery, New Albany, IN
- Joseph Charles Arthur1850-1942American botanistSpring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, IN
- Richard Dorson1916-1981American folkloristValhalla Memorial Gardens, Bloomington, IN
- Albert J. Beveridge1862-1927American historian and politicianCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- William Hayden English1822-1896American politicianCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Jesse Lynch Williams1871-1929American dramatistLindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN
- Harry Stewart New1858-1937American politicianCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- May Wright Sewall1844-1920American suffragistCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- William Dudley Pelley1890-1965American political activist, screenwriter, and convicted fraudsterCrownland Cemetery, Noblesville, IN
- Frank Edwards1908-1967American writer and broadcasterWashington Park Cemetery East, Cumberland, IN
- Samuel M. Ralston1857-1925American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, IN
- Oliver H. Smith1794-1859American politicianCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Richard W. Thompson1809-1900American politicianHighland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees1827-1897(1827-1897) American politicianHighland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, IN
- Frank Hanly1863-1920American politicianHillside Cemetery, Williamsport, IN
- David Turpie1828-1909American politicianCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Arthur Raymond Robinson1881-1961American politicianWashington Park Cemetery East, Cumberland, IN
- George Barr McCutcheon1866-1928American writerSpring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, IN
- Alvin Peterson Hovey1821-1891Union Army generalBellefontaine Cemetery, Evansville, IN
- David Baker1931-2016American jazz composer, trombonist, professor of music and authorValhalla Memorial Gardens, Bloomington, IN
- John Tipton1786-1839American politicianMount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, IN
- James Whitcomb1795-1852American politicianCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Ross Lockridge, Jr.1914-1948American novelistRose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- John W. Dawson1820-1877Governor of Utah Territory, 1861Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN
- George Washington Julian1817-1899American politician and lawyerCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- David Wallace1799-1859Indiana politicianCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Noah Noble1794-1844American politicianCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- William E. English1850-1926American politicianCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Grace Julian Clarke1865-1938Suffragist from IndianaCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Mari Evans1919-2017American poetCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Sarah T. Bolton1814-1893American writerCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Harold S. Bender1897-1962American writerElkhart Prairie Cemetery, Goshen, IN
- Maria Woodworth-Etter1844-1924American evangelistMemorial Park Cemetery, Cumberland, IN
- Claude R. Wickard1893-1967American politicianMaple Lawn Cemetery, Flora, IN
- Frank Bursley Taylor1860-1938American geologistLindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN
- Henry Lane Wilson1857-1932American diplomatCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Anna Strunsky1877-1964American author and socialistCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Richard Gruelle1851-1914American artistCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Claude Gernade Bowers1878-1958American politicianHighland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, IN
- Paul Gebhard1917-2015American anthropologist and sexologistColumbus City Cemetery, Columbus, IN
- Felix Oinas1911-2004Estonian folklorist and linguistValhalla Memorial Gardens, Bloomington, IN
- John P. C. Shanks1826-1901U.S. Representative from IndianaGreen Park Cemetery, Portland, IN
- Monte M. Katterjohn1891-1949American screenwriterMaple Grove Cemetery, Boonville, IN
- Frederick Landis1872-1934American politicianMount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, IN
- William Cumback1829-1905American politicianSouth Park Cemetery, Greensburg, IN
- John Coburn1825-1908Union Army generalCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Etheridge Knight1931-1991African-American poetCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- James A. Mount1843-1901American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, IN
- Maurice Thompson1844-1901American novelistOak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, IN
- Susan Wallace1830-1907American writerOak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, IN
- Ralph McInerny1929-2010American writerCedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, IN
- George A. Bicknell1815-1891American politicianFairview Cemetery, New Albany, IN
- James Hughes1823-1873United States Representative from IndianaRose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Vida Newsom1873-1938American suffragist and clubwomanHarmony Cemetery, Columbus, IN
- Joseph Swain1857-1927American academic and ichthyologistGlencove Cemetery, Knightstown, IN
- James Counsilman1920-2004American college swimming coach, Olympic swimming coachClear Creek Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson1863-1942American author, journalist and teacherWeston Cemetery, Rensselaer, IN
- Easley Blackwood1903-1992American contract bridge writer, teacher, and administratorOaklawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Fishers, IN
- John Law1796-1873American politicianGreenlawn Cemetery, Vincennes, IN
- Robert Shields1918-2007American diaristRiverview Cemetery, Seymour, IN
- John Test1771-1849American politicianCapitol Hill Cemetery, Cambridge City, IN
- William D. Owen1846-1906American politicianMount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, IN
- Horace P. Biddle1811-1900American judgeMount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, IN
- Branch McCracken1908-1970American basketball player and coachMount Pleasant Cemetery, Monrovia, IN
- Jesse Lynch Holman1784-1842United States federal judgeRiver View Cemetery, Aurora, IN
- John Clark Ridpath1840-1900American educator, historian and editorForest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, IN
- Catharine Merrill1824-1900American Civil War nurse and professorCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Lucien Barbour1811-1880American politicianCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- John Charles Duncan1882-1967American astronomerCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Meredith Nicholson1866-1947American politicianCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- William J. Forsyth1854-1935American painterCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Thomas A. Morris1811-1904Union United States Army generalCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Jacob Piatt Dunn1855-1924American ethnologist, historian, journalist, lawyer, and political reformerCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Mary Hannah Krout1851-1927American journalistOak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, IN
- Al G. Wright1916-2020American bandleaderSpring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, IN
- Oliver Woodson Nixon1825-1905American writer, editor, army surgeonWillow Grove Cemetery, Richmond, IN
- William D. Bynum1846-1927American politicianOak Grove Cemetery, Washington, IN
- Forest Harness1895-1974Politician and United States Army officerCrown Point Cemetery, Kokomo, IN
- Sarah Carmichael Harrell1844-1929Educator, temperance reformer, writerMaple Grove Cemetery, Brookville, IN
- John W. Hicks1921-2002American agricultural economistGrandview Cemetery, West Lafayette, IN
- George W. Crane1901-1995American journalistRose Hill Cemetery, Veedersburg, IN
- Carrie M. Shoaff1849-1939American artist, author, potter, playwright, and correspondentLindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN
- Caroline Marshall Woodward1828-1890American writer and artistLindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN
- William W. Wick1796-1868American politicianGreenlawn Cemetery, Franklin, IN
- Melissa Elizabeth Banta1834-1907American poet, travel writerGreenlawn Cemetery, Franklin, IN
- Calvin Fletcher1798-1866American judgeCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Charles E. Cox1860-1936Indiana State Supreme Court judgeCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Merrill Moores1856-1929American politicianCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Janet Payne Bowles1872-1948US-american metal artistCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Evans Woollen1864-1942College football coachCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- John Parker Hawkins1830-1914Union Army generalCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Rolla Neil Harger1890-1983American scientistCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Leroy Edgar Burney1906-1998American physicianCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Mary Cecilia Bailly1815-1898Educator and Catholic leader from the USASisters of Providence Convent Cemetery, Terre Haute, IN
- Mary Holloway Wilhite1831-1892American physician, philanthropist, suffragist, women's rights activist, writerOak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, IN
- Fernandus Payne1881-1977American zoologistRose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- William Scholl1882-1968American foot doctor and businessmanPine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, IN
- Robert Francis Byrnes1917-1997Russian HistorianValhalla Memorial Gardens, Bloomington, IN
- Milton Stapp1792-1869American politicianSpringdale Cemetery, Madison, IN
- Matthew Brown Hammond1868-1933American economistSumption Prairie Cemetery, South Bend, IN
- Rachel Quick Buttz1847-19231847-1923Flatrock Baptist Cemetery, Columbus, IN
- Florence Riddick Boys1873-1963American writerOak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, IN
- Aldred Scott Warthin1867-1931Pathologist whose research laid the foundation for understanding the heritability of certain cancersSouth Park Cemetery, Greensburg, IN
- Robert S. Robertson1839-1906American Civil War Medal of Honor recipientLindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, IN
- Jesse W. Weik1857-1930American writerForest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, IN
- Wayne Coy1903-1957American FCC ChairpersonGreenlawn Cemetery, Franklin, IN
- Minnie Thomas Boyce1870-1929American writerBeech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, IN
- George L. Knox1841-1927American editor and publisherCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Sarah Marshall Hayden1825-1899First woman novelist in IllinoisCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Grace Alexander1872-1951American writer and journalistCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- William Lowe Bryan1860-1955President of Indiana UniversityCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Addie C. Strong Engle1845-1926American author, publisherCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Anna Augusta Truitt1837-1920American philanthropist, temperance reformer, essayistBeech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, IN
- William Fortune1863-1942American businessman, journalist, and civic leaderCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- James Henry Smart1841-1900American educatorSpring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, IN
- C. J. Bulliet1883-1952American art critic, journalist and authorFairview Cemetery, New Albany, IN
- Andrew Wylie1789-1851College presidentRose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Edward Buehrig1910-1986American political scientistValhalla Memorial Gardens, Bloomington, IN
- Kenneth P. Williams1887-1958American mathematicianGarland Brook Cemetery, Columbus, IN
- Eugene S. Mills1924-2020American academicWest Newton Cemetery, Mooresville, IN
- Alpha Jamison1875-1962American football player and coach, basketball coachGrandview Cemetery, West Lafayette, IN
- Kathryn McHale1889-1956American educatorMount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, IN
- Mary Ellen Graydon Sharpe1823-1914American writer (182_-1914)Crown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Clemens Vonnegut, Sr.1824-1906American businessmanCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- George Upfold1796-1872American Episcopal bishopCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Eli Lilly1885-1977American businessmanCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Amos William Butler1860-1937American naturalist, prison reformistCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Addison Clay Harris1840-1916American lawyer and politicianCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Ernest Bicknell1862-1935Early leader of the American Red CrossCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Orpheus Everts1826-1903American physicianCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Oscar Osburn Winther1903-1970American historianCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 317. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1830s1
- 1840s3
- 1850s4
- 1860s4
- 1870s5
- 1880s5
- 1890s23
- 1900s32
- 1910s19
- 1920s41
- 1930s27
- 1940s31
- 1950s21
- 1960s24
- 1970s17
- 1980s24
- 1990s13
- 2000s10
- 2010s10
- 2020s2
By recorded year of death, for the 316 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Crown Hill National Cemetery · Indianapolis, IN98
- Rose Hill Cemetery · Bloomington, IN17
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Crawfordsville, IN13
- Highland Lawn Cemetery · Terre Haute, IN11
- Lindenwood Cemetery · Fort Wayne, IN10
- Valhalla Memorial Gardens · Bloomington, IN7
- Earlham Cemetery · Richmond, IN7
- Beech Grove Cemetery · Muncie, IN6
- Sisters of Providence Convent Cemetery · Terre Haute, IN5
- Forest Hill Cemetery · Greencastle, IN5
- Pine Lake Cemetery · La Porte, IN5
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Logansport, IN5
- Fairview Cemetery · New Albany, IN5
- Spring Vale Cemetery · Lafayette, IN5
- Greenlawn Cemetery · Franklin, IN4
- Crown Point Cemetery · Kokomo, IN4
- Washington Park Cemetery East · Cumberland, IN3
- Cedar Grove Cemetery · Notre Dame, IN3
- Hanover Cemetery · Hanover, IN3
- Maplewood Cemetery · Anderson, IN3
- Forest Hill Cemetery · Shelbyville, IN3
- Grandview Cemetery · West Lafayette, IN3
- Columbus City Cemetery · Columbus, IN3
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Peru, IN2
- Crownland Cemetery · Noblesville, IN2
Top 25 of 100 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.