Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Writers and poets buried in Maine
Wikidata records 60 writers as buried in 32 of the cemeteries we list in Maine. Evergreen Cemetery in Portland holds the most, with 11. Maine has the 19th highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.
People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.
60
writers
32
cemeteries
10%
of notable burials in Maine
1920s
the decade with the most deaths (7)
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In order of death
Writers and poets buried in Maine
- Elijah Livermore1730-1808Hillman Ferry Cemetery, Livermore Falls, ME
- Samuel Deane1733-1814Eastern Cemetery, Portland, ME
- Grenville Mellen1799-1841American poet and lawyerWestern Cemetery, Portland, ME
- Charles Farrar Browne1834-1867American writerElm Vale Cemetery, Waterford, ME
- John Neal1793-1876American writerWestern Cemetery, Portland, ME
- Nathaniel Deering1791-1881American playwrightEvergreen Cemetery, Portland, ME
- James Tift Champlin1811-1882American educator (1811-1882); president of Colby College from 1857 to 1873Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, ME
- Clara Barnes Martin1838-1886American authorEvergreen Cemetery, Portland, ME
- Edward H. Elwell1825-1890American writerEvergreen Cemetery, Portland, ME
- Samuel Longfellow1819-1892American clergymanWestern Cemetery, Portland, ME
- Patience Stapleton1861-1893American authorWoodlawn Cemetery, Wiscasset, ME
- Albert Tracy1818-1893American soldier and writerEvergreen Cemetery, Portland, ME
- Celia Thaxter1835-1894American writerLaighton Thaxter Cemetery, Kittery Point, ME
- Elijah Kellogg1813-1901American missionaryWestern Cemetery, Portland, ME
- Noah Brooks1830-1903American journalist and editorCastine Town Cemetery, Castine, ME
- Helen Nancy Jerrard Jenkins1836-1909American poetPittsfield Village Cemetery, Pittsfield, ME
- George Selwyn Kimball1846-1909American writerMount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, ME
- Melvin Ballou Gilbert1847-1910American choreographerEvergreen Cemetery, Portland, ME
- Frank Sewall1837-1915American educator and pastorOak Grove Cemetery, North Bath, ME
- Frederick H. Costello1851-1921American writerMount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, ME
- Edward Stanwood1841-1923American writer and editorMount Pleasant Cemetery, Augusta, ME
- George Augustus Wheeler1837-19231800s Maine historianCastine Town Cemetery, Castine, ME
- Florence Percy McIntyre1852-1923American writer, journalistEvergreen Cemetery, Portland, ME
- Frank Munsey1854-1925American publisher and politicianHillside Cemetery, Lisbon Falls, ME
- Henry Theophilus Finck1854-1926American music criticBethel Riverside Cemetery, Bethel, ME
- Harold Steele MacKaye1866-1928Castine Town Cemetery, Castine, ME
- Margaret Center Klingelsmith1852-19311859-1931 , law librarian and authorEvergreen Cemetery, Portland, ME
- Lew Cody1884-1934American actorSaint Peter's Cemetery, Lewiston, ME
- Arthur Somers Roche1883-1935American writerCastine Town Cemetery, Castine, ME
- Holman Day1865-1935American writer and editorNichols Cemetery, Vassalboro, ME
- Edwin Arlington Robinson1869-1935American poetOak Grove Cemetery, Gardiner, ME
- Gertrude E. Heath1859-1935American author, poet, and doctorOak Grove Cemetery, Gardiner, ME
- Oscar Laighton1839-1939American poet, writer, and hotelkeeperLaighton Thaxter Cemetery, Kittery Point, ME
- Charles Rockwell Lanman1850-1941American linguistBrookside Cemetery, Trenton, ME
- Laura E. Richards1850-1943American writerChrist Church Cemetery, Gardiner, ME
- Alice May Douglas1865-1943American poet and authorOak Grove Cemetery, North Bath, ME
- Esther Stevens Brazer1898-1945American historianEvergreen Cemetery, Portland, ME
- Charles Thornton Libby1861-1948American genealogist, historian and lawyerEvergreen Cemetery, Portland, ME
- Louise Helen Coburn1856-1949American botanist, botanical collector, writer, poet and founder of Sigma KappaSouthside Cemetery, Skowhegan, ME
- Charles Goddard1879-1951American playwright and screenwriterEvergreen Cemetery, Portland, ME
- Robert P. T. Coffin1892-1955American writerCranberryhorn Cemetery, Harpswell Center, ME
- Alice Turner Curtis1860-1958American writerSouthside Cemetery, Skowhegan, ME
- Mary Alden Hopkins1876-1960American writerMount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, ME
- Evan John David1877-1961AuthorCastine Town Cemetery, Castine, ME
- Nate Salsbury1888-1963American writerMount Height Cemetery, Tremont, ME
- Margaret Ayer Barnes1886-1967American playwright, novelist, short story writerBrookside Cemetery, Trenton, ME
- Gretchen Damrosch Finletter1895-1969American writerLedgelawn Cemetery, Bar Harbor, ME
- Phillips Lord1902-1975American actorWoodbine Cemetery, Ellsworth, ME
- Marie Louise Hersey Forbes1894-1978American poetLaurel Hill Cemetery, Saco, ME
- Samantha Smith1972-1985American peace activist and child actressEstabrook Cemetery, Hodgdon, ME
- Marguerite Yourcenar1903-1987French novelist and essayistBrookside Cemetery, Trenton, ME
- Mary McCarthy1912-1989American writerCastine Town Cemetery, Castine, ME
- James Boggs1919-1993American activistSutton Island Cemetery, Tremont, ME
- Hoyt C. Hottel1903-1998American chemical engineerSutton Island Cemetery, Tremont, ME
- Samuel A. Taylor1912-2000American screenwriterSeaside Cemetery, Surry, ME
- Clarine Coffin Grenfell1910-2004American writer and teacherMount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, ME
- Ernestine Gilbreth Carey1908-2006Author, memoiristMaplewood Cemetery, Fairfield, ME
- Andrew Wyeth1917-2009American visual artistHathorn Cemetery, Cushing, ME
- Donald H. Graves1930-2010American author and educatorSawtelle Cemetery, Belgrade, ME
- Bob Elliott1923-2016American comedianWest Harpswell Cemetery, Harpswell Center, ME
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1800s1
- 1810s1
- 1840s1
- 1860s1
- 1870s1
- 1880s3
- 1890s5
- 1900s4
- 1910s2
- 1920s7
- 1930s7
- 1940s6
- 1950s3
- 1960s5
- 1970s2
- 1980s3
- 1990s2
- 2000s4
- 2010s2
By recorded year of death, for the 60 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Evergreen Cemetery · Portland, ME11
- Castine Town Cemetery · Castine, ME6
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Bangor, ME4
- Western Cemetery · Portland, ME4
- Brookside Cemetery · Trenton, ME3
- Laighton Thaxter Cemetery · Kittery Point, ME2
- Oak Grove Cemetery · North Bath, ME2
- Oak Grove Cemetery · Gardiner, ME2
- Southside Cemetery · Skowhegan, ME2
- Sutton Island Cemetery · Tremont, ME2
- Christ Church Cemetery · Gardiner, ME1
- Elm Vale Cemetery · Waterford, ME1
- Saint Peter's Cemetery · Lewiston, ME1
- Eastern Cemetery · Portland, ME1
- Ledgelawn Cemetery · Bar Harbor, ME1
- Mount Pleasant Cemetery · Augusta, ME1
- Woodbine Cemetery · Ellsworth, ME1
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Wiscasset, ME1
- Maplewood Cemetery · Fairfield, ME1
- Seaside Cemetery · Surry, ME1
- Bethel Riverside Cemetery · Bethel, ME1
- Laurel Hill Cemetery · Saco, ME1
- Hillman Ferry Cemetery · Livermore Falls, ME1
- Pittsfield Village Cemetery · Pittsfield, ME1
- Hillside Cemetery · Lisbon Falls, ME1
Top 25 of 32 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Maine
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.