Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Writers and poets buried in Iowa
Wikidata records 47 writers as buried in 37 of the cemeteries we list in Iowa. Woodland Cemetery in Des Moines holds the most, with 6. Iowa has the 21st highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.
People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.
47
writers
37
cemeteries
6%
of notable burials in Iowa
1910s
the decade with the most deaths (5)
Map of cemeteries
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In order of death
Writers and poets buried in Iowa
- Hephzibah Dumville Bechly1833-1869American writerForest Home Cemetery, New Sharon, IA
- John Beach1812-1874US Army officer and U.S. Indian AgentChief Wapello Cemetery, Ottumwa, IA
- Corydon E. Fuller1830-1886American authorWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Adonijah Welch1821-1889American politicianCollege Cemetery, Ames, IA
- George W. McCrary1835-1890American politicianOakland Cemetery, Keokuk, IA
- Alexander M. Gow1828-1891WriterFontanelle Cemetery, Greenfield, IA
- Cordelia Throop Cole1833-1900American social reformer, writer, managing editorForest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, IA
- Jeffrey D. Hrbek1882-1907American university teacher, professor of Czech language at the University of NebraskaCzech National Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA
- Ibbie McColm Wilson1834-1908American poetOxford Cemetery, Tiffin, IA
- Sarah Palmer Young1830-1908American nurseWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Ben-Ezra Stiles Ely1828-1910AuthorGlendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Henry Wallace1836-19161836-1916 , cleric and journalistWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Ella Robinson Merchant1857-1916American newspaper publisher and authorOak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA
- Genie M. Smith1852-1919American author, publisherLinwood Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- Ada Langworthy Collier1843-1919American poet, writerLinwood Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- Calista Halsey Patchin1845-1920American journalistWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Mary Loomis Gaylord1840-1920American writerWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Edward Holcomb Stiles1836-1921American lawyer and authorOttumwa Cemetery, Ottumwa, IA
- Henry Cantwell Wallace1866-1924American politicianWoodland Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Marian Hurd McNeely1877-1930American writerLinwood Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- Flora May Woodard Tuttle1868-1931American writer, botanist, and geologistOsage Cemetery, Osage, IA
- Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers1838-1933American poet, diplomat and soldierForest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, IA
- Alice French1850-1934American writerOakdale Cemetery, Davenport, IA
- Johnson Brigham1846-1936American journalist, author, and librarianOak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, IA
- Thomas M. Shallenberger1850-1946United States antiquarianMasonic Cemetery, Urbandale, IA
- Jessie Wilson Manning1855-1947American author, lecturerChariton Cemetery, Chariton, IA
- Aldo Leopold1887-1948American writer and scientistAspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, IA
- Frank Chapman Pellett1879-1951Apiarist and authorAtlantic Cemetery, Atlantic, IA
- Rose Schuster Taylor1863-1951American writer and naturalistLogan Park Cemetery, Sioux City, IA
- Julia Ellen Rogers1866-1958American writer and teacherElmwood Cemetery, Perry, IA
- J. R. Perkins1878-1959Memorial Park Cemetery, Council Bluffs, IA
- Ruth Suckow1892-1960American writerGreenwood Cemetery, Cedar Falls, IA
- Paul Gilmore1873-1962American actorMount Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- Henry A. Wallace1888-1965American politician (1888-1965); Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA
- Ralph Block1889-1974American producer and screenwriterOak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, IA
- Roman Frederick Starzl1899-1976American writerCalvary Cemetery, Le Mars, IA
- MacKinlay Kantor1904-1977American journalist, novelist and screenwriterGraceland Cemetery, Webster City, IA
- Richard Pike Bissell1913-1977American writerLinwood Cemetery, Dubuque, IA
- Marguerite Wilker Johnson1891-1978Writer on child developmentWyoming Cemetery, Anamosa, IA
- Leicester Hemingway1915-1982American writerAlden Cemetery, Iowa Falls, IA
- Mabel Lee1886-19851886-1985 , physical education teacher, advocate, and authorOakland Cemetery, Albia, IA
- Edwin K. Sloat1895-1986United States writerGethsemane Cemetery, Fort Madison, IA
- Nan Wood Graham1899-1990American artist's modelRiverside Cemetery, Anamosa, IA
- Mildred Adams Fenton1899-1995American paleontologistWest Branch Cemetery, West Branch, IA
- Donald L. Kimball1933-2005American politician in IowaFontana Cemetery, Oelwein, IA
- Hortense Calisher1911-2009American novelist, short story writer, and memoiristRemsen Cemetery, Remsen, IA
- James Alan McPherson1943-2016American short story writer and essayistOakland 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
- 1860s1
- 1870s1
- 1880s2
- 1890s2
- 1900s4
- 1910s5
- 1920s4
- 1930s5
- 1940s3
- 1950s4
- 1960s3
- 1970s5
- 1980s3
- 1990s2
- 2000s2
- 2010s1
By recorded year of death, for the 47 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Woodland Cemetery · Des Moines, IA6
- Linwood Cemetery · Dubuque, IA4
- Glendale Cemetery · Des Moines, IA2
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Cedar Rapids, IA2
- Riverside Cemetery · Anamosa, IA1
- College Cemetery · Ames, IA1
- Logan Park Cemetery · Sioux City, IA1
- Oakdale Cemetery · Davenport, IA1
- Oakland Cemetery · Iowa City, IA1
- Chief Wapello Cemetery · Ottumwa, IA1
- Masonic Cemetery · Urbandale, IA1
- Calvary Cemetery · Le Mars, IA1
- Fontana Cemetery · Oelwein, IA1
- Aspen Grove Cemetery · Burlington, IA1
- Memorial Park Cemetery · Council Bluffs, IA1
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Dubuque, IA1
- Elmwood Cemetery · Perry, IA1
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Cherokee, IA1
- Alden Cemetery · Iowa Falls, IA1
- Oakland Cemetery · Keokuk, IA1
- Oakland Cemetery · Albia, IA1
- West Branch Cemetery · West Branch, IA1
- Ottumwa Cemetery · Ottumwa, IA1
- Oxford Cemetery · Tiffin, IA1
- Remsen Cemetery · Remsen, IA1
Top 25 of 37 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Iowa
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.