Notable burials · Science and work
Scientists buried in Iowa
Wikidata records 40 scientists as buried in 24 of the cemeteries we list in Iowa. College Cemetery in Ames holds the most, with 8. Iowa has the 16th highest count of any state, out of 1,905 nationally.
People recorded as scientists, including chemists, physicists, mathematicians, biologists and astronomers.
40
scientists
24
cemeteries
5%
of notable burials in Iowa
1990s
the decade with the most deaths (9)
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In order of death
Scientists buried in Iowa
- Joel E. Hendricks1818-1893American mathematicianWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Effie Ellen Holway1858-1917Botanist and botanical collectorPhelps Cemetery, Decorah, IA
- Flora May Woodard Tuttle1868-1931American writer, botanist, and geologistOsage Cemetery, Osage, IA
- Lucy Mary Cavanagh1871-1936American botanistOakland Cemetery, Iowa City, IA
- Wallace Carothers1896-1937American organic chemistGlendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Hildegard Rothe-Ille1899-1942German mathematicianForest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, IA
- Ada Hayden1884-1950American botanist, educator, curator and preservationistAmes Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA
- Rose Schuster Taylor1863-1951American writer and naturalistLogan Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA
- Frank Wenner1873-1954American physicistEvergreen Cemetery, Vinton, IA
- Julia Ellen Rogers1866-1958American writer and teacherElmwood Cemetery, Perry, IA
- Robert E. Rundle1915-1963American chemist and crystallographerCollege Cemetery, Ames, IA
- Edwin Raymond Smith1879-1965Dr. phil. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 1911Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA
- Alois Francis Kovarik1880-1965American physicistSaint Wenceslaus Cemetery, Decorah, IA
- Harry Townsend Muhly1916-1966Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University 1940Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, IA
- Carroll Lane Fenton1900-1969American scientistWest Branch Cemetery, West Branch, IA
- Hubert Stanley Wall1902-1971MathematicianGarfield Cemetery, Rockwell City, IA
- Henry Shoemaker Conard1874-1971U.S. botanist and bryologistWestfield Cemetery, Grinnell, IA
- Herbert Rebassoo1913-1971Estonian mathematicianOakland Cemetery, Iowa City, IA
- Alf W. Swensen1897-1972American chemistry professorHarlington Cemetery, Waverly, IA
- Robert Earle Buchanan1883-1973American bacteriologistCollege Cemetery, Ames, IA
- Howard Kibble Hughes1899-1976American mathematicianGraceland Cemetery, Webster City, IA
- Frank Spedding1902-1984American chemistCollege Cemetery, Ames, 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
- John Olson Chellevold1906-1986American mathematics professorSaint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Waverly, IA
- John J. L. Hinrichsen1903-1987Ph.D. Harvard University 1929College Cemetery, Ames, IA
- Paul Streeper Helmick1893-1990Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus Junction, IA
- Robert Joe Lambert1921-1991American numerical analystCollege Cemetery, Ames, IA
- Harley A. Wilhelm1900-1995American metallurgistCollege Cemetery, Ames, IA
- Mildred Adams Fenton1899-1995American paleontologistWest Branch Cemetery, West Branch, IA
- Dwight Benjamin Goodner1913-1995Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1949New Sharon Friends Cemetery, New Sharon, IA
- Keith M. Hussey1908-1997American geologistCollege Cemetery, Ames, IA
- Glen Russell1925-1998American chemistCollege Cemetery, Ames, IA
- Robert Cornog1912-1998American physicist and engineerOakland Cemetery, Iowa City, IA
- Stanley William Austin1905-1999American biologist and botanical collectorOakland Cemetery, Waukon, IA
- H. Garland Hershey1905-2000American Geologist and Professor of GeologyOakland Cemetery, Iowa City, IA
- Harry John Svec1918-2006American chemistAmes Municipal Cemetery, Ames, IA
- James Stark Koehler1914-2006American physicistWaucoma Cemetery, West Union, IA
- Stanley R. Petrick1931-2006American mathematician and linguistEvergreen Cemetery, Vinton, IA
- Lois Hattery Tiffany1924-2009American mycologistCollins Cemetery, Baxter, IA
- William T. Boos1943-2014American mathematicianOakland Cemetery, Iowa City, IA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1890s1
- 1910s1
- 1930s3
- 1940s1
- 1950s4
- 1960s5
- 1970s6
- 1980s4
- 1990s9
- 2000s5
- 2010s1
By recorded year of death, for the 40 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- College Cemetery · Ames, IA8
- Oakland Cemetery · Iowa City, IA6
- Ames Municipal Cemetery · Ames, IA3
- West Branch Cemetery · West Branch, IA2
- Evergreen Cemetery · Vinton, IA2
- Glendale Cemetery · Des Moines, IA1
- Logan Park Cemetery · Sioux City, IA1
- Woodland Cemetery · Des Moines, IA1
- Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery · Waverly, IA1
- Harlington Cemetery · Waverly, IA1
- Graceland Cemetery · Webster City, IA1
- Oakland Cemetery · Waukon, IA1
- Collins Cemetery · Baxter, IA1
- Waucoma Cemetery · West Union, IA1
- Westfield Cemetery · Grinnell, IA1
- Garfield Cemetery · Rockwell City, IA1
- Phelps Cemetery · Decorah, IA1
- Saint Wenceslaus Cemetery · Decorah, IA1
- Osage Cemetery · Osage, IA1
- Columbus City Cemetery · Columbus Junction, IA1
- New Sharon Friends Cemetery · New Sharon, IA1
- Sisters of Charity Cemetery · Dubuque, IA1
- Forest Cemetery · Oskaloosa, IA1
- Elmwood Cemetery · Perry, IA1
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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.