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Writers and poets buried in Kentucky

Wikidata records 67 writers as buried in 19 of the cemeteries we list in Kentucky. Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville holds the most, with 29. Kentucky has the 16th highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.

People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.

67
writers
19
cemeteries
8%
of notable burials in Kentucky
1890s
the decade with the most deaths (9)

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In order of death

Writers and poets buried in Kentucky

Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.

Over time

Deaths by decade

  • 1850s1
  • 1860s3
  • 1870s3
  • 1880s2
  • 1890s9
  • 1900s6
  • 1910s5
  • 1920s6
  • 1930s2
  • 1940s9
  • 1950s3
  • 1960s1
  • 1970s5
  • 1980s4
  • 1990s2
  • 2000s4
  • 2020s1

By recorded year of death, for the 66 people with one.

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Where they are buried

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Other notable burials in Kentucky

United States representatives155American Civil War veterans50United States senators39Baseball players38Governors34Journalists27Painters, sculptors and photographers26Physicians26American football players23Business leaders23Mexican-American War veterans21World War II veterans21Basketball players20Musicians and singers19Scientists16

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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.

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