Musicians and singers buried in Kentucky
Wikidata records 19 musicians as buried in 9 of the cemeteries we list in Kentucky. Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville holds the most, with 8. Kentucky has the 22nd highest count of any state, out of 2,837 nationally.
People recorded as musicians, singers, songwriters or composers.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Musicians and singers buried in Kentucky
- Joseph Brown Smith1823-1859American music instructorCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Mary Alice Seymour1837-1897American musician, polyglot, author, criticCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- William Shakespeare Hays1837-1907American writerCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Mildred J. Hill1859-1916American composerCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Zudie Harris Reinecke1870-1924American composer and pianistCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Patty Hill1868-1946United States educator and songwriterCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Earl McDonald1885-1949Musical artistLouisville Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Sara Martin1884-1955American blues singerLouisville Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Wallace Irwin1875-1959American writerCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Sylvester Weaver1897-1960American country blues guitaristLouisville Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- B. F. Shelton1902-1963American musicianCorinth Cemetery, Corbin, KY
- John Barnes Chance1932-1972American composerLexington Cemetery, Lexington-Fayette, KY
- Mia Zapata1965-1993American singerCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Jim Varney1949-2000American actor and comedianLexington Cemetery, Lexington-Fayette, KY
- Jimmie Logsdon1922-2001American musician and radio hostSaint Michael Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Debbie Dean1928-2001American musicianPine Hill Cemetery, North Corbin, KY
- Rosemary Clooney1928-2002American singer and actressSaint Patricks Cemetery, Maysville, KY
- Wilson Pickett1941-2006American male singer and songwriterEvergreen Cemetery and Garden Mausoleum, Audubon Park, KY
- Phil Everly1939-2014American musician and composerRose Hill Cemetery, Central City, KY
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1850s1
- 1890s1
- 1900s1
- 1910s1
- 1920s1
- 1940s2
- 1950s2
- 1960s2
- 1970s1
- 1990s1
- 2000s5
- 2010s1
By recorded year of death, for the 19 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Cave Hill Cemetery · Louisville, KY8
- Louisville Cemetery · Louisville, KY3
- Lexington Cemetery · Lexington-Fayette, KY2
- Saint Patricks Cemetery · Maysville, KY1
- Pine Hill Cemetery · North Corbin, KY1
- Corinth Cemetery · Corbin, KY1
- Rose Hill Cemetery · Central City, KY1
- Saint Michael Cemetery · Louisville, KY1
- Evergreen Cemetery and Garden Mausoleum · Audubon Park, 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.