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Business leaders buried in Louisiana
Wikidata records 43 business leaders as buried in 13 of the cemeteries we list in Louisiana. Metairie Cemetery in Metairie holds the most, with 25. Louisiana has the 15th highest count of any state, out of 3,027 nationally.
People recorded as businesspeople, entrepreneurs or industrialists.
43
business leaders
13
cemeteries
10%
of notable burials in Louisiana
2010s
the decade with the most deaths (6)
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In order of death
Business leaders buried in Louisiana
- Effingham Lawrence1820-1878American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Eugene Chassaignac1820-1878French-American composer and music critic in New OrleansMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Nicholas Marino Benachi1812-1886Greek consul and representative of the Rallis Brother in New OrleansSaint Louis Cemetery Number 3, New Orleans, LA
- Michael Hahn1830-1886American politicianMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- John Albert Morris1836-1895American businessmanMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Leon Godchaux1824-1899Plantation ownerMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Alfred Goodwill1830-1905American businessmanMinden Cemetery, Minden, LA
- Lewis Strong Clarke1837-1906American businessmanMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- J. J. Carter1832-1907Minden Cemetery, Minden, LA
- John Hill1824-1910Industrialist, born 1824Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, LA
- Isaac Delgado1839-1912American businessmanMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Christopher Columbus Nash1838-1922American businessman and politicianAmerican Cemetery, Natchitoches, LA
- Chapman H. Hyams1838-1923American stockbroker, art collector and philanthropistMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- William Wright Heard1853-1926American politicianMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Hamilton D. Coleman1845-1926Confederate Army soldier and American politicianMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- John Milliken Parker Sr.1863-1939American politician (1863-1939) and Governor from LouisianaMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Lawrence Aloysius Downs1872-1940American railroad executive (1872-1940); president of the Illinois Central RailroadMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- William S. Peck, Sr.1873-1946American politicianHighland Park Cemetery, Harrisonburg, LA
- Arthur Chevrolet1884-1946American racing driverOur Lady of Lourdes Cemetery, Slidell, LA
- J. Frank Colbert1882-1949American politicianMinden Cemetery, Minden, LA
- Andrew Higgins1886-1952American businessmanMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Sam Zemurray1878-1961American businessmanMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Charles E. Fenner1876-1963BusinesspersonMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- deLesseps Story Morrison1912-1964American politicianMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Herman "Wimpy" Jones1905-1967American politicianMinden Cemetery, Minden, LA
- Seymour Weiss1896-1969American politicianMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Lionel Ott1894-1987American businesspersonMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Otto Ernest Passman1900-1988American politicianMulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, Lakeshore, LA
- John G. Schwegmann1911-1995American supermarket pioneer and Louisiana politicianMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- DeLesseps Morrison Jr.1944-1996American politicianMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- O. H. Haynes, Jr.1920-1996American sheriffMinden Cemetery, Minden, LA
- Ellen Bryan Moore1912-1999American politicianMagnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, LA
- Jimmie Davis1899-2000American singer, songwriter and 47th Governor of LouisianaJimmie Davis Tabernacle Cemetery, Jonesboro, LA
- Louis J. Roussel, Jr.1906-2001American businessman and political kingmakerMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Ruth Fertel1927-2002American businesswomanMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Leon Sanders Jr.1913-2004American politician, businessperson and mayorPlain Dealing Cemetery, Springhill, LA
- Al Copeland1944-2008American businessmanMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Jacob E. Patterson1924-2010Mayor of Minden, LouisianaLane Memorial Cemetery, Sibley, LA
- Ken Hollis1942-2010American politicianMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Bill Robertson1938-2013Mayor of Minden, LouisianaGarden of Memory Cemetery, Minden, LA
- Elwyn Nicholson1923-2014American businessman and politicianMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Paul Prudhomme1940-2015American chefSaint Louis Cemetery Number 3, New Orleans, LA
- Tom Benson1927-2018American football executiveMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1870s2
- 1880s2
- 1890s2
- 1900s3
- 1910s2
- 1920s4
- 1930s1
- 1940s4
- 1950s1
- 1960s5
- 1980s2
- 1990s4
- 2000s5
- 2010s6
By recorded year of death, for the 43 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Metairie Cemetery · Metairie, LA25
- Minden Cemetery · Minden, LA5
- Magnolia Cemetery · Baton Rouge, LA2
- Saint Louis Cemetery Number 3 · New Orleans, LA2
- American Cemetery · Natchitoches, LA1
- Greenwood Cemetery · Metairie, LA1
- Garden of Memory Cemetery · Minden, LA1
- Lane Memorial Cemetery · Sibley, LA1
- Plain Dealing Cemetery · Springhill, LA1
- Highland Park Cemetery · Harrisonburg, LA1
- Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery · Lakeshore, LA1
- Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery · Slidell, LA1
- Jimmie Davis Tabernacle Cemetery · Jonesboro, LA1
More lists
Other notable burials in Louisiana
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.