Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Musicians and singers buried in Louisiana
Wikidata records 41 musicians as buried in 14 of the cemeteries we list in Louisiana. Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2 in New Orleans holds the most, with 8. Louisiana has the 14th highest count of any state, out of 2,837 nationally.
People recorded as musicians, singers, songwriters or composers.
41
musicians
14
cemeteries
9%
of notable burials in Louisiana
2000s
the decade with the most deaths (8)
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In order of death
Musicians and singers buried in Louisiana
- Eugene Chassaignac1820-1878French-American composer and music critic in New OrleansMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Justin Holland1819-1887American musician, guitar pedagogueGreenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Giuseppe Ferrata1865-1928Italian pianist and composer, active in the USASaint Louis Cemetery Number 3, New Orleans, LA
- Buddy Bolden1877-1931American cornetist and jazz pioneerHolt Cemetery, New Orleans, LA
- Lorenzo Tio1893-1933American clarinetistSaint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
- Samuel J. Stokes1889-1933American ragtime composerMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Dorothy Dell1915-1934American actressMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Leon Roppolo1902-1943American musicianGreenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Kid Rena1898-1949American musicianSaint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
- Ferdinand Dunkley1869-1956British-American organist and composerGreenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Reuben Roddy1906-1959Holt Cemetery, New Orleans, LA
- Nick LaRocca1889-1961American jazz musicianGreenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Ellis Stratakos1903-1961Greek American jazz musicianGreenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Walter "Papoose" Nelson1932-1962Musical artistHolt Cemetery, New Orleans, LA
- Lizzie Miles1895-1963African American blues singerSaint Louis Cemetery Number 3, New Orleans, LA
- Eddie Edwards1891-1963American jazz musicianMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Walter "Fats" Pichon1906-1967New Orleans jazz musicianSaint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
- Paul Barbarin1899-1969American musicianSaint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
- Gram Parsons1946-1973American singer-songwriterGarden of Memories Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Billie Pierce1907-1974American jazz pianist and singerSaint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
- George Brunies1902-1974American musicianLafayette Cemetery Number 1, New Orleans, LA
- Papa French1910-1977American musicianSaint John the Baptist Cemetery, Edgard, LA
- Louis Prima1910-1978American musicianMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Tommy Tomlinson1930-1982American country guitarist and songwriterGarden of Memory Cemetery, Minden, LA
- Ernest Joseph Cagnolatti1911-1983American jazz musicianSaint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
- Sweet Emma Barrett1897-1983American musicianSaint Louis Cemetery Number 3, New Orleans, LA
- Danny Barker1909-1994American jazz musicianSaint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
- Jessie Hill1932-1996American R&B and Louisiana blues singer and songwriterHolt Cemetery, New Orleans, LA
- Julius Lamperez1920-1999American musicianWoodlawn Cemetery, Crowley, LA
- Al Hirt1922-1999American trumpeter and bandleaderMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Jimmie Davis1899-2000American singer, songwriter and 47th Governor of LouisianaJimmie Davis Tabernacle Cemetery, Jonesboro, LA
- King Ernest Baker1939-2000American musicianVidalia Cemetery, Vidalia, LA
- Harold Dejan1909-2002American musicianSaint Louis Cemetery Number 3, New Orleans, LA
- Earl King1932-2003American songwriter and guitaristSaint Louis Cemetery Number 2, New Orleans, LA
- Claire Bankert1915-2004French-American singer, actress, director and screenwriterGreenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Caroline Bankert1917-2005French-American singer, actress, director and screenwriterGreenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Ève Curie1904-2007Writer, journalist and pianist, younger daughter of Marie and Pierre CurieMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Sam Butera1927-2009American musicianGreenwood Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Shane Gibson1979-2014American musicianSaint Ann Cemetery, Bourg, LA
- Pete Fountain1930-2016American clarinetistMetairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
- Clarence "Frogman" Henry1937-2024American rhythm and blues singer and pianistMcDonoghville Cemetery, Gretna, LA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1870s1
- 1880s1
- 1920s1
- 1930s4
- 1940s2
- 1950s2
- 1960s7
- 1970s5
- 1980s3
- 1990s4
- 2000s8
- 2010s2
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 41 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Saint Louis Cemetery Number 2 · New Orleans, LA8
- Greenwood Cemetery · Metairie, LA8
- Metairie Cemetery · Metairie, LA8
- Saint Louis Cemetery Number 3 · New Orleans, LA4
- Holt Cemetery · New Orleans, LA4
- Lafayette Cemetery Number 1 · New Orleans, LA1
- Garden of Memory Cemetery · Minden, LA1
- Garden of Memories Cemetery · Metairie, LA1
- Saint John the Baptist Cemetery · Edgard, LA1
- Saint Ann Cemetery · Bourg, LA1
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Crowley, LA1
- Jimmie Davis Tabernacle Cemetery · Jonesboro, LA1
- Vidalia Cemetery · Vidalia, LA1
- McDonoghville Cemetery · Gretna, LA1
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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.