Business leaders buried in Kentucky
Wikidata records 23 business leaders as buried in 10 of the cemeteries we list in Kentucky. Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville holds the most, with 11. Kentucky has the 28th 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 Kentucky
- Oliver Anderson1794-1873American military personnel, businessmanLexington Cemetery, Lexington-Fayette, KY
- Willis Benson Machen1810-1893American politicianRiver View Cemetery, Eddyville, KY
- Norvin Green1818-1893American businessman, physician, and politicianCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr.1846-1899American horse racing executiveCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Henry Clay McDowell1832-1899Union Army officerLexington Cemetery, Lexington-Fayette, KY
- William Richardson Belknap1849-1914American businessmanCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- John Colgan1840-1916Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Henry A. Tandy1853-1918American building contractor, entrepreneur (c.1850s, 1918)Cove Haven Cemetery, Lexington-Fayette, KY
- Edmund Haynes Taylor1830-1923Born 12 Feb 1830; died 19 Jan 1923Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY
- Robert Worth Bingham1871-1937American judgeCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Peter Lee Atherton1862-1939American businessman and politicianCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Patrick Henry Callahan1866-1940American businessman and Catholic laymanCalvary Cemetery, Audubon Park, KY
- Belle Brezing1860-1940American brothel ownerCalvary Cemetery, Lexington-Fayette, KY
- Wallace Arkansas Gaines1858-1940American businessman, political figureHighland Cemetery, Fort Wright, KY
- George T. Beck1856-1943American politician and business entrepreneur in the U.S. state of WyomingLexington Cemetery, Lexington-Fayette, KY
- Abram H. Bowman1875-1943American businessman and aviation enthusiastCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- R. C. Tway1881-1964BusinessmanCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- James Graham Brown1881-1969Businessman and real estate developerCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Harland Sanders1890-1980American entrepreneur (1890-1980) who founded KFCCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Zirl Augustus Palmer1919-1982American businessman and civil rights activistCamp Nelson National Cemetery, Nicholasville, KY
- Charles Grawemeyer1912-1993US businessman and philanthropistCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Velma Gaines-Hamock1910-2000American funeral home ownerOak Grove Cemetery, Paducah, KY
- John Y. Brown Jr.1933-202255th governor of KentuckyLexington Cemetery, Lexington-Fayette, KY
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1870s1
- 1890s4
- 1910s3
- 1920s1
- 1930s2
- 1940s5
- 1960s2
- 1980s2
- 1990s1
- 2000s1
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 23 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Cave Hill Cemetery · Louisville, KY11
- Lexington Cemetery · Lexington-Fayette, KY4
- Oak Grove Cemetery · Paducah, KY1
- Frankfort Cemetery · Frankfort, KY1
- Calvary Cemetery · Audubon Park, KY1
- Camp Nelson National Cemetery · Nicholasville, KY1
- Calvary Cemetery · Lexington-Fayette, KY1
- Cove Haven Cemetery · Lexington-Fayette, KY1
- Highland Cemetery · Fort Wright, KY1
- River View Cemetery · Eddyville, KY1
Other notable burials in Kentucky
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.