Notable burials · IA
Notable people buried in Iowa
Wikidata records 748 notable people as buried in Iowa, spread over 270 of the cemeteries we list, the 21st highest count of any state. Woodland Cemetery in Des Moines holds the most, with 54 (7% of the state total).
748
notable burials
270
cemeteries with one or more
54
at Woodland Cemetery
By theme
Who is buried in Iowa
Government
Governors24Supreme Court justices1United States representatives88United States senators23Vice Presidents of the United States1
Military
American Civil War veterans29Korean War veterans1Medal of Honor recipients25Mexican-American War veterans1Spanish-American War veterans2Vietnam War veterans1War of 1812 veterans3World War I veterans13World War II veterans9
Arts and entertainment
Actors7Architects5Painters, sculptors and photographers18Journalists21Musicians and singers19Pulitzer Prize winners4Writers and poets47
Sports
Science and work
From occupations, offices, awards and military service recorded on Wikidata. One person can appear in several lists.
People
Best-documented burials in Iowa
- Henry A. Wallace1888-1965American politician (1888-1965); Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Grant Wood1891-1942American painterRiverside Cemetery, Anamosa, IA
- Wallace Carothers1896-1937American organic chemistGlendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Aldo Leopold1887-1948American writer and scientistAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- Bix Beiderbecke1903-1931American jazz musicianOakdale Cemetery, Davenport, IA
- Harry Hopkins1890-1946American politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce, assistant to President Franklin Delano RooseveltHazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, IA
- Tommy Bolin1951-1976American guitaristCalvary Cemetery, Sioux City, IA
- Mary Kenneth Keller1913-1985First American woman to receive a PhD in computer science (1913-1985); simultaneously with Irving Tang first American to receive PhD in computer science, nunSisters of Charity Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- Black Hawk1767-1838Sauk leaderIowaville Cemetery, Fairfield, IA
- Hope Emerson1897-1960American actressGrace Hill Cemetery, Hawarden, IA
- MacKinlay Kantor1904-1977American journalist, novelist and screenwriterGraceland Cemetery, Webster City, IA
- Dina Manfredini1897-2012Italian-American supercentenarianGlendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- James B. Weaver1833-1912American politicianWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Ira Davenport1887-1941American track athlete, baseball player, American football player and coachLinwood Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- Samuel Curtis1805-1866American Union Army generalOakland Cemetery, Keokuk, IA
- Doreen Wilber1930-2008American archerJefferson Cemetery, Jefferson, IA
- L. M. Shaw1848-1932American politicianOakland Cemetery, Denison, IA
- Samuel J. Kirkwood1813-1894American politicianOakland Cemetery, Iowa City, IA
- James Alan McPherson1943-2016American short story writer and essayistOakland Cemetery, Iowa City, IA
- Glen Buxton1947-1997American guitarist, songwriterEvergreen Cemetery, Clarion, IA
- William B. Allison1829-1908American politician and Iowa SenatorLinwood Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- George W. McCrary1835-1890American politicianOakland Cemetery, Keokuk, IA
- James Harlan1820-1899American politicianForest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, IA
- Arthur Russell1951-1992American musicianForest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, IA
- Harold Hughes1922-1996American politicianIda Grove Cemetery, Ida Grove, IA
- Fran Allison1907-1989American television and radio comedian, personality and singerMount Calvary Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA
- George W. Jones1804-1896American politician, judge and diplomatMount Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- Robert Lucas1781-1853Governor of OhioOakland Cemetery, Iowa City, IA
- George A. Wilson1884-1953American politicianMasonic Cemetery, Urbandale, IA
- Mildred Adams Fenton1899-1995American paleontologistWest Branch Cemetery, West Branch, IA
- Roger Jepsen1928-2020American politicianDavenport Memorial Park, Davenport, IA
- Albert B. Cummins1850-1926American politicianWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- James William Good1866-1929American politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA
- Augustus C. Dodge1812-1883American politicianAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- Samuel Freeman Miller1816-1890American judgeOakland Cemetery, Keokuk, IA
- Arabella Mansfield1846-1911American lawyer and suffragistForest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, IA
- Adonijah Welch1821-1889American politicianCollege Cemetery, Ames, IA
- James F. Wilson1828-1895American politicianEvergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, IA
- James W. Grimes1816-1872American politician, IowaAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- Ada Hayden1884-1950American botanist, educator, curator and preservationistAmes Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA
- James Wilson1835-1920Scotland-born United States politicianBuckingham Cemetery, Traer, IA
- David W. Stewart1887-1974American politicianLogan Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA
- Henry Cantwell Wallace1866-1924American politicianWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Charles A. Rawson1867-1936American politicianWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Lafayette Young1848-1926American politicianWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Louis Murphy1875-1936American politicianMount Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- Eloise Blaine Cram1896-1957American zoologistOakdale Cemetery, Davenport, IA
- Clyde L. Herring1879-1945American politicianGlendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Leicester Hemingway1915-1982American writerAlden Cemetery, Iowa Falls, IA
- Karl King1891-1971American composer and conductorNorth Lawn Cemetery, Fort Dodge, IA
- Samuel Rinnah Van Sant1844-1936American politicianGlendale Cemetery, Le Claire, IA
- Robert D. Blue1898-1989American politicianRose Hill Cemetery, Eagle Grove, IA
- Buren R. Sherman1836-1904American lawyer, judge and politicianEvergreen Cemetery, Vinton, IA
- Hortense Calisher1911-2009American novelist, short story writer, and memoiristRemsen Cemetery, Remsen, IA
- James W. McDill1834-1894American politicianGraceland Cemetery, Creston, IA
- L. J. Dickinson1873-1968American politicianRiverview Cemetery, Algona, IA
- Jay Norwood Darling1876-1962American editorial cartoonistLogan Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA
- Walter Donald Douglas1861-1912American businessmanOak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA
- George G. Wright1820-1896American politicianWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- David B. Henderson1840-1906American politicianLinwood Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- Stephen P. Hempstead1812-1883American politicianLinwood Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- Coe I. Crawford1858-1944American politicianOakland Cemetery, Iowa City, IA
- Daniel F. Steck1881-1950American politicianOttumwa Cemetery, Ottumwa, IA
- John Forrest Dillon1831-1914American judgeOakdale Cemetery, Davenport, IA
- John H. Gear1825-1900American politicianAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- William L. Harding1877-1934American politicianGraceland Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA
- Joshua G. Newbold1830-1903Union Army officer and politicianForest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, IA
- Edwin T. Meredith1876-1928American businessmanMasonic Cemetery, Urbandale, IA
- Alvin Straight1920-1996American lawn mower travelerIda Grove Cemetery, Ida Grove, IA
- Marcus Lee Hansen1892-1938American historianNewell Cemetery, Storm Lake, IA
- George W. Clarke1852-1936American politician, IowaOakdale Cemetery, Adel, IA
- Henry Shoemaker Conard1874-1971U.S. botanist and bryologistWestfield Cemetery, Grinnell, IA
- Lloyd Thurston1880-1970American politicianMaple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, IA
- T. Cooper Evans1924-2005American politicianRosehill Cemetery, Grundy Center, IA
- Horace Boies1827-1923American politicianElmwood Cemetery, Waterloo, IA
- Annie Nowlin Savery1831-1891American suffragist and philanthropistWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Herschel C. Loveless1911-1989American politicianOttumwa Cemetery, Ottumwa, IA
- Alice French1850-1934American writerOakdale Cemetery, Davenport, IA
- Nelson G. Kraschel1889-1957American politicianHarlan Cemetery, Harlan, IA
- John R. Hansen1901-1974American politicianManning Cemetery, Manning, IA
- Burton E. Sweet1867-1957American politicianHarlington Cemetery, Waverly, IA
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth1831-1902U.S. RepresentativeWest Union Cemetery, West Union, IA
- John C. Bennett1804-1867American physicianPolk City Cemetery, Polk City, IA
- Ralph Block1889-1974American producer and screenwriterOak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, IA
- Edward C. Eicher1878-1944American politicianWoodlawn Cemetery, Washington, IA
- Bert Bandstra1922-1995American politicianOak Wood Cemetery, Pella, IA
- Virginia D. Smith1911-2006American politicianRose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, IA
- John Hammill1875-1936American politicianEvergreen Cemetery, Britt, IA
- Fred Schwengel1906-1993American politicianDavenport Memorial Park, Davenport, IA
- Benjamin F. Gue1828-1904American politicianWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Nathaniel B. Baker1818-1876American politicianWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Samuel Merrill1822-1899American politician, 7th Governor of IowaWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Hiram Price1814-1901American politicianOakdale Cemetery, Davenport, IA
- Charles Cleveland Nutting1858-1927American zoologistOakland Cemetery, Iowa City, IA
- Ralph Leo Hayes1884-1970Fifth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, USA.Calvary Cemetery, Davenport, IA
- Benton Jay Hall1835-1894American politicianAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- George Cromwell Scott1864-1948American politicianGraceland Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA
- Robert E. Evans1856-1925American politicianGraceland Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA
- John M. Corse1835-1893Union Army GeneralAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- James Lisle Gillis1792-1881American politicianForest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham1890-1961American politicianMasonic Cemetery, Urbandale, IA
- John F. Lacey1841-1913Union Army officerForest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, IA
- Albert R. Anderson1837-1898American lawyer and politicianSidney Cemetery, Sidney, IA
- Thomas Coulter1911-2003Canadian ice hockey defencemanOakdale Cemetery, Adel, IA
- Horace Mann Towner1855-1937American politicianWalnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, IA
- Carroll Lane Fenton1900-1969American scientistWest Branch Cemetery, West Branch, IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte1887-1972American politicianCorydon Cemetery, Corydon, IA
- Thomas Updegraff1834-1910American politicianPleasant Grove Cemetery, Monona, IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven1895-1980American politicianNassau Township Cemetery, Alton, IA
- Beryl F. Carroll1860-1939American politicianBloomfield IOOF Cemetery, Bloomfield, IA
- James Perry Conner1851-1924American politicianOakland Cemetery, Denison, IA
- Benjamin P. Birdsall1858-1917American politicianEvergreen Cemetery, Clarion, IA
- Thomas J. B. Robinson1868-1958American politician from IowaHampton Cemetery, Hampton, IA
- John A. Kasson1822-1910Member of U.S House of Representatives and an AmbassadorWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Jessie Wilson Manning1855-1947American author, lecturerChariton Cemetery, Chariton, IA
- Thomas Braden1917-2009American journalistLinwood Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- Maurice Connolly1877-1921PoliticianMount Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- Joseph R. Lane1858-1931American politicianOakdale Cemetery, Davenport, IA
- Carl Seashore1866-1949American psychologistOakland Cemetery, Iowa City, IA
- Robert Cornog1912-1998American physicist and engineerOakland Cemetery, Iowa City, IA
- Jeremiah Henry Murphy1835-1893American politicianCalvary Cemetery, Davenport, IA
- Hal Skelly1891-1934Actor, playwright, director, Broadway producerCalvary Cemetery, Davenport, IA
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell1821-1891American politicianHazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, IA
- Thomas Hedge1844-1920American politicianAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- Thomas J. Steele1853-1920American politicianGraceland Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA
- George Stovall1877-1951American baseball playerAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- Daniel F. Miller1814-1895American politicianOakland Cemetery, Keokuk, IA
- James Clarke1812-1850Governor of Iowa TerritoryAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- John Joseph Seerley1852-1931American politicianAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- Samuel M. Clark1842-1900American politicianOakland Cemetery, Keokuk, IA
- Shepherd Leffler1811-1879American politicianAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- Ida Hinman1854-1926American feminist, journalist, suffragette, and temperance activistOakland Cemetery, Keokuk, IA
- Hubert Stanley Wall1902-1971MathematicianGarfield Cemetery, Rockwell City, IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering1827-1887American politicianOsage Cemetery, Osage, IA
- William F. Kopp1869-1938American politicianForest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, IA
- Hubert Utterback1880-1942American politicianMasonic Cemetery, Urbandale, IA
- T. Nelson Downs1867-1938American magicianRiverside Cemetery, Marshalltown, IA
- Joy Hodges1915-2003American singer and actressMasonic Cemetery, Urbandale, IA
- Frank Spedding1902-1984American chemistCollege Cemetery, Ames, IA
- Tyler Sash1988-2015American football playerForest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, IA
- Fred Biermann1884-1968American politicianPhelps Cemetery, Decorah, IA
- Roger Arthur Peterson1937-1959(1937-1959) American aviatorBuena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery, Storm Lake, IA
- Theodore Weld Burdick1836-1898American politicianPhelps Cemetery, Decorah, IA
- Henry Thomas Helgesen1857-1917American politicianPhelps Cemetery, Decorah, IA
- William George Thompson1830-1911Union Army officer, lawyer, judge, Iowa politicianOakshade Cemetery, Marion, IA
- Henry J. B. Cummings1831-1909Union United States Army officerWinterset Cemetery, Winterset, IA
- F. Dickinson Letts1875-1965United States federal judgeAinsworth Cemetery, Washington, IA
- Smith McPherson1848-1915United States federal judgeEvergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, IA
- William E. Fuller1846-1918American politicianWest Union Cemetery, West Union, IA
- Earl Dew1921-1941American jockeyCory Grove Cemetery, Sac City, IA
Showing 150 of 748. Each cemetery page lists everyone recorded there.
Ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article about the person.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Woodland Cemetery · Des Moines54
- Oakdale Cemetery · Davenport31
- Oakland Cemetery · Iowa City31
- Aspen Grove Cemetery · Burlington23
- College Cemetery · Ames22
- Linwood Cemetery · Dubuque20
- Glendale Cemetery · Des Moines18
- Oakland Cemetery · Keokuk18
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Cedar Rapids17
- Forest Cemetery · Oskaloosa15
- Ames Municipal Cemetery · Ames14
- Springdale Cemetery · Clinton13
- Forest Home Cemetery · Mount Pleasant13
- Ottumwa Cemetery · Ottumwa11
- Masonic Cemetery · Urbandale10
- Calvary Cemetery · Davenport9
- Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery · Cedar Rapids8
- Graceland Park Cemetery · Sioux City8
- Osage Cemetery · Osage8
- West Branch Cemetery · West Branch7
- Memory Gardens Cemetery · Iowa City6
- Chariton Cemetery · Chariton6
- Riverside Cemetery · Marshalltown6
- Davenport Memorial Park · Davenport6
- Evergreen Cemetery · Fairfield6
Method
About this list
Names, years and descriptions come from Wikidata, where each person’s entry gives the cemetery as their place of burial. It covers people with an encyclopedia entry, not every grave. How we build it.
Other states
Notable burials in other states
- Alabama635
- Alaska139
- Arizona297
- Arkansas378
- California9,351
- Colorado247
- Connecticut1,850
- Delaware100
- District of Columbia1,261
- Florida478
- Georgia859
- Hawaii172
- Idaho150
- Illinois3,508
- Indiana1,269
- Kansas487
- Kentucky889
- Louisiana450
- Maine589
- Maryland1,397
- Massachusetts5,034
- Michigan1,368
- Minnesota839
- Mississippi289
- Missouri1,271
- Montana137
- Nebraska404
- Nevada250
- New Hampshire422
- New Jersey1,938
- New Mexico222
- New York10,713
- North Carolina560
- North Dakota46
- Ohio2,567
- Oklahoma376
- Oregon566
- Pennsylvania3,541
- Rhode Island699
- South Carolina391
- South Dakota151
- Tennessee902
- Texas1,599
- Utah626
- Vermont437
- Virginia5,460
- Washington487
- West Virginia252
- Wisconsin1,183
- Wyoming107