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Notable burials · KS

Notable people buried in Kansas

Wikidata records 487 notable people as buried in Kansas, spread over 170 of the cemeteries we list, the 28th highest count of any state. Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence holds the most, with 50 (10% of the state total).

487
notable burials
170
cemeteries with one or more
50
at Oak Hill Cemetery
By theme

Who is buried in Kansas

Government
Governors29Supreme Court justices1United States representatives57United States senators21Vice Presidents of the United States1
Military
American Civil War veterans15Korean War veterans1Medal of Honor recipients24Spanish-American War veterans2Vietnam War veterans2World War I veterans14World War II veterans7
Arts and entertainment
Actors12Architects12Painters, sculptors and photographers16Journalists17Musicians and singers9Pulitzer Prize winners2Writers and poets36
Science and work
Aviators and astronauts4Business leaders16Inventors and engineers3Nobel Prize laureates1Physicians9Scientists14

From occupations, offices, awards and military service recorded on Wikidata. One person can appear in several lists.

People

Best-documented burials in Kansas

Showing 150 of 487. 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

All cemeteries in Kansas

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