Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Writers and poets buried in Kansas
Wikidata records 36 writers as buried in 28 of the cemeteries we list in Kansas. Topeka Cemetery in Topeka holds the most, with 4. Kansas has the 27th highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.
People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.
36
writers
28
cemeteries
7%
of notable burials in Kansas
1950s
the decade with the most deaths (7)
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In order of death
Writers and poets buried in Kansas
- Mary Tenney Gray1833-1904American editorial writer, clubwoman, philanthropist, suffragistOak Grove Cemetery, Kansas City, KS
- David Josiah Brewer1837-1910US Supreme Court justice from 1890 to 1910Mount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, KS
- Eugene Fitch Ware1841-1911American soldier, lawyer, politician, and writerFort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, KS
- George August Friedrich Wolf1847-1913American lawyer and priestNortonville Cemetery, Valley Falls, KS
- Samuel J. Crawford1835-1913American politicianTopeka Cemetery, Topeka, KS
- Charles S. Gleed1856-1920American lawyer and publisherOak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, KS
- Nelson Case1845-1921American lawyer and judgeOswego Cemetery, Oswego, KS
- Emma B. Alrich1845-1925American journalist, author, educatorPrairie Grove Cemetery, Osborne, KS
- Emma Tanner Wood1844-1926Alternative Names: Emma Amanda Tanner Wood Gender: Female Life Dates: 8 October 1844 - 20 June 1926 Types: Activist; American (US); Writer; Writer, NonfictionTopeka Cemetery, Topeka, KS
- Harriet Earhart Monroe1842-1927American lecturer, educator, writer and traveling producer of religious playsMount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, KS
- Charles B. Hoyt1896-1929American playwrightTopeka Cemetery, Topeka, KS
- Laura M. Johns1849-1935American suffragist, journalistGypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, KS
- Grace Bedell1848-1936Correspondent with Abraham LincolnDelphos Cemetery, Minneapolis, KS
- James Naismith1861-1939Canadian-American coach; inventor of basketballMemorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence, KS
- William Allen White1868-1944American newspaper editor and Progressive leaderMaplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, KS
- Sidney Toler1874-1947American actor, playwright and theatre directorHighland Cemetery, Wichita, KS
- Hattie Horner Louthan1865-1950American writerBrainerd Cemetery, Towanda, KS
- H. Rea Woodman1870-1951American writer and educatorMaple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, KS
- Oscar Micheaux1884-1951American writer and directorGreat Bend Cemetery, Great Bend, KS
- Bessie Anderson Stanley1879-1952American writerLincoln Cemetery, Lincoln, KS
- Osa Johnson1894-1953American author and adventurerElmwood Cemetery, Chanute, KS
- Lillian M. Mitchner1862-1954American temperance leader; writer (1862/64-1954)Greenwood Cemetery, Newton, KS
- Alice Rohe1876-1957American author and journalistOak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, KS
- Henry Higgins Lane1878-1965Memorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence, KS
- Madeleine Germaine Aaron1891-1970American authorCalvary Cemetery, Wichita, KS
- Elizabeth Barr Arthur1884-1971American poet, author, journalist, librarianOlathe Memorial Cemetery, Olathe, KS
- William Lindsay White1900-1973American newspaper editorMaplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, KS
- William Inge1913-1973American playwright and novelistMount Hope Cemetery, Independence, KS
- Kenneth Porter1905-1981Poet and historianSterling Cemetery, Sterling, KS
- Hal Foster1892-1982Canadian-American illustratorTopeka Cemetery, Topeka, KS
- Herk Harvey1924-1996American actor and directorMemorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence, KS
- Edna Frederikson1904-1998American writer and college professorMaplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, KS
- Gordon Parks1912-2006American photographer, musician, writer and film directorEvergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, KS
- Earl Woods1932-2006United States Army ColonelSunset Cemetery, Manhattan, KS
- Tammy Faye Messner1942-2007American evangelistWaldron Cemetery, Anthony, KS
- American author; lawyerMount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, KS
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1900s1
- 1910s4
- 1920s6
- 1930s3
- 1940s2
- 1950s7
- 1960s1
- 1970s4
- 1980s2
- 1990s2
- 2000s3
By recorded year of death, for the 35 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Topeka Cemetery · Topeka, KS4
- Memorial Park Cemetery · Lawrence, KS3
- Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery · Emporia, KS3
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Lawrence, KS2
- Fort Scott National Cemetery · Fort Scott, KS1
- Oak Grove Cemetery · Kansas City, KS1
- Olathe Memorial Cemetery · Olathe, KS1
- Sunset Cemetery · Manhattan, KS1
- Maple Grove Cemetery · Wichita, KS1
- Highland Cemetery · Wichita, KS1
- Calvary Cemetery · Wichita, KS1
- Delphos Cemetery · Minneapolis, KS1
- Gypsum Hill Cemetery · Salina, KS1
- Greenwood Cemetery · Newton, KS1
- Mount Muncie Cemetery · Lansing, KS1
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Topeka, KS1
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Independence, KS1
- Nortonville Cemetery · Valley Falls, KS1
- Oswego Cemetery · Oswego, KS1
- Waldron Cemetery · Anthony, KS1
- Prairie Grove Cemetery · Osborne, KS1
- Lincoln Cemetery · Lincoln, KS1
- Mount Vernon Cemetery · Atchison, KS1
- Brainerd Cemetery · Towanda, KS1
- Evergreen Cemetery · Fort Scott, KS1
Top 25 of 28 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Kansas
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.