Business leaders buried in Kansas
Wikidata records 16 business leaders as buried in 12 of the cemeteries we list in Kansas. Old Mission Cemetery in Wichita holds the most, with 3. Kansas has the 33rd highest count of any state, out of 3,027 nationally.
People recorded as businesspeople, entrepreneurs or industrialists.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Business leaders buried in Kansas
- Fry Williams Giles1819-1898Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, KS
- Fred Harvey1835-1901American businessmanMount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, KS
- Joseph McCoy1837-1915American cattlemanMaple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, KS
- Ebenezer F. Porter1859-1919Kansas businessman and politicianHighland Park Cemetery, Pittsburg, KS
- Jabez Bunting Watkins1845-1921American businessmanOak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, KS
- C. W. Parker1864-1932American manufacturer of amusement devicesAbilene Cemetery, Abilene, KS
- Wilder Metcalf1855-1935American general and politicianOak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, KS
- Herbert Alton Meyer1886-1950American politicianMount Hope Cemetery, Independence, KS
- Walter Herschel Beech1891-1950American pioneer aviator; co-founder of Beech Aircraft CompanyOld Mission Cemetery, Wichita, KS
- Arthur Capper1865-1951American politicianTopeka Cemetery, Topeka, KS
- Clyde Cessna1879-1954American aircraft designerGreenwood Cemetery, Kingman, KS
- William Coffin Coleman1870-1957Founder of Coleman Company; mayor of Wichita, KansasOld Mission Cemetery, Wichita, KS
- Alf Landon1887-1987American politicianMount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, KS
- Harry Darby1895-1987American politicianHighland Park Cemetery, Kansas City, KS
- Olive Ann Beech1904-1993American businesswomanOld Mission Cemetery, Wichita, KS
- Tammy Faye Messner1942-2007American evangelistWaldron Cemetery, Anthony, KS
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1890s1
- 1900s1
- 1910s2
- 1920s1
- 1930s2
- 1950s5
- 1980s2
- 1990s1
- 2000s1
By recorded year of death, for the 16 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Old Mission Cemetery · Wichita, KS3
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Lawrence, KS2
- Topeka Cemetery · Topeka, KS2
- Highland Park Cemetery · Kansas City, KS1
- Maple Grove Cemetery · Wichita, KS1
- Mount Muncie Cemetery · Lansing, KS1
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Topeka, KS1
- Abilene Cemetery · Abilene, KS1
- Highland Park Cemetery · Pittsburg, KS1
- Waldron Cemetery · Anthony, KS1
- Greenwood Cemetery · Kingman, KS1
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Independence, KS1
Other notable burials in Kansas
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.