Notable burials · Science and work
Scientists buried in Maryland
Wikidata records 62 scientists as buried in 29 of the cemeteries we list in Maryland. Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore holds the most, with 6. Maryland has the 10th highest count of any state, out of 1,905 nationally.
People recorded as scientists, including chemists, physicists, mathematicians, biologists and astronomers.
62
scientists
29
cemeteries
4%
of notable burials in Maryland
1980s
the decade with the most deaths (9)
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In order of death
Scientists buried in Maryland
- A. Snowden Piggot1822-1869ChemistGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps1793-1884American educator, botanist, authorGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Thomas Craig1855-1900American mathematicianLoudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Henry Augustus Rowland1848-1901American physicistGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- William Bullock Clark1860-1917American geologistDruid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, MD
- Bernard N. Baker1854-1918American businessmanLoudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- David T. Day1859-1925American geochemistLoudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- William Woolsey Johnson1841-1927American mathematician, who was one of the founders of the American Mathematical SocietyWoodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, MD
- Edwin Emery Slosson1865-1929American academicFort Lincoln Cemetery, Colmar Manor, MD
- Daniel Barringer1860-1929American geologistGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Isaac Edward Emerson1859-1931American businessmanGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Kelly Miller1863-1939American mathematicianLincoln Memorial Cemetery, Silver Hill, MD
- Ernest Everett Just1883-1941American biologistLincoln Memorial Cemetery, Silver Hill, MD
- Howard Atwood Kelly1858-1943American academic and gynecologistWoodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, MD
- Hugh H. Young1870-1945American urologistDruid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, MD
- Abraham Cohen1870-1951Mathematician at Johns Hopkins UniversityOheb Shalom Cemetery, Canton, MD
- William Lee Judefind1896-1951American chemistLorraine Park Cemetery, Woodlawn, MD
- Rolf Werner Juhle1929-1953American volcanologistChrist Church Durham Parish Cemetery, Indian Head, MD
- John J. Hopfield1891-1953Polish-American spectroscopistParklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, North Bethesda, MD
- Frank Olson1910-1953American chemistMount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, MD
- Walter Joseph Murphy1899-1959American chemistGate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, MD
- Herbert W. Rand1872-1960American zoologistGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Parry Borgstrom1890-1961ChemistCedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, MD
- Daniel William Kessler1883-1962National Bureau of StandardsFort Lincoln Cemetery, Colmar Manor, MD
- Rachel Carson1907-1964American marine biologist and conservationistParklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, North Bethesda, MD
- Alfred Blalock1899-1964American surgeonDruid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, MD
- Bertha Hart1901-1965American mathematician 1901-1965Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, MD
- John Bitting Smith Norton1872-1966U.S. botanist and mycologistEvergreen Cemetery, Bladensburg, MD
- William Claytor1908-1967American mathematicianLincoln Memorial Cemetery, Silver Hill, MD
- Irvine Clifton Gardner1889-1972American physicistWoodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, MD
- Aubrey E. Landry1880-1972Canadian-American mathematician, naturalized citizen of the United StatesGate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, MD
- Ellis A. Johnson1906-1973American physicistPine Grove Cemetery, Mount Airy, MD
- Charles Greeley Abbot1872-1973American astrophysicist and the 5th Secretary of the SmithsonianFort Lincoln Cemetery, Colmar Manor, MD
- Giles B. Cooke1897-1974Chemist known for work on corkDulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, Lutherville-Timonium, MD
- Donald R. Weidman1936-1980Ph.D. University of Notre Dame 1964Saint Marys Catholic Church of Piscataway Cemetery, Fort Washington, MD
- Euphemia Haynes1890-1980American mathematicianGate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, MD
- Ronald Bamford1901-1981American botanist and professorDenton Cemetery, Denton, MD
- Hugh Everett III1930-1982US physicist and discoverer of the relative-state interpretation of quantum mechanicsFort Lincoln Cemetery, Colmar Manor, MD
- Homer E. Newell, Jr.1915-1983American mathematicianParklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, North Bethesda, MD
- Elliott Waters Montroll1916-1983Scientist and mathematicianMount Lebanon Cemetery, Adelphi, MD
- Anna Dorothy Bergner1898-1984American research biologist and cytologistLoudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Leonard Wheeler Kephart1892-1988American agronomist and botanical collectorMonocacy Cemetery, Poolesville, MD
- Helen S. Hopfield1899-1989American physicistParklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, North Bethesda, MD
- Ruth Charlotte Lawless Busbey1909-1990American Chemist working for the USDA on pesticidesParklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, North Bethesda, MD
- Marguerite Williams1895-1991American geologistLincoln Memorial Cemetery, Silver Hill, MD
- Teresa Cohen1892-1992American mathematicianOheb Shalom Cemetery, Canton, MD
- John Vincent Atanasoff1903-1995American computer pioneerPine Grove Cemetery, Mount Airy, MD
- Christian B. Anfinsen1916-1995American biochemistBeth Tfiloh Cemetery, Woodlawn, MD
- Frances Faust Lombard1915-1995American botanist and mycologistGate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, MD
- Piotr Witold Mikulski1925-1997Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1961Saint Annes Cemetery, Annapolis, MD
- Feodor Theilheimer1909-2000Born: 18 June 1909 in Gunzenhausen, Germany; Died: 24 December 2000 in Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Maryland, USAMount Lebanon Cemetery, Adelphi, MD
- Joseph Weber1919-2000American physicistU.S. Naval Academy Cemetery, Naval Academy, MD
- William E. Caswell1947-2001American physicistBaltimore National Cemetery, Ten Hills, MD
- Helen Dodson Prince1905-2002American astronomerSaint Lukes Methodist Cemetery, Saint Michaels, MD
- Monroe H. Martin1907-2007American mathematicianDenton Cemetery, Denton, MD
- Charlotte E. Roderuck1919-2007American biochemistGlade Cemetery, Walkersville, MD
- Aleksandr Yakovlevich Povzner1915-2008Soviet mathematicianNorbeck Memorial Park, Rossmoor, MD
- William H. Guier1926-2011American physicistMount Carmel Cemetery, Lake Shore, MD
- Harriet H. Malitson1926-2012American astronomerParklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, North Bethesda, MD
- George H. Butcher1920-2016Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1951Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Colmar Manor, MD
- Emmett Chappelle1925-2019American biochemistLoudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Frank Gardner Lesure1927-2023American geologistMount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, MD
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1860s1
- 1880s1
- 1900s2
- 1910s2
- 1920s4
- 1930s2
- 1940s3
- 1950s6
- 1960s8
- 1970s5
- 1980s9
- 1990s7
- 2000s7
- 2010s4
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 62 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Green Mount Cemetery · Baltimore, MD6
- Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens · North Bethesda, MD6
- Loudon Park National Cemetery · Violetville, MD5
- Fort Lincoln Cemetery · Colmar Manor, MD5
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery · Silver Spring, MD4
- Lincoln Memorial Cemetery · Silver Hill, MD4
- Druid Ridge Cemetery · Pikesville, MD3
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Woodlawn, MD3
- Mount Lebanon Cemetery · Adelphi, MD2
- Denton Cemetery · Denton, MD2
- Oheb Shalom Cemetery · Canton, MD2
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Frederick, MD2
- Pine Grove Cemetery · Mount Airy, MD2
- Glade Cemetery · Walkersville, MD1
- Baltimore National Cemetery · Ten Hills, MD1
- Monocacy Cemetery · Poolesville, MD1
- U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery · Naval Academy, MD1
- Lorraine Park Cemetery · Woodlawn, MD1
- Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens · Lutherville-Timonium, MD1
- Cedar Hill Cemetery · Suitland, MD1
- Rose Hill Cemetery · Cumberland, MD1
- Christ Church Durham Parish Cemetery · Indian Head, MD1
- Saint Marys Catholic Church of Piscataway Cemetery · Fort Washington, MD1
- Saint Lukes Methodist Cemetery · Saint Michaels, MD1
- Beth Tfiloh Cemetery · Woodlawn, MD1
Top 25 of 29 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Maryland
United States representatives131Writers and poets96World War II veterans90Baseball players67American Civil War veterans61World War I veterans45United States senators43Business leaders40Physicians38Painters, sculptors and photographers36American football players32Journalists32Actors31Governors31Musicians and singers30Medal of Honor recipients28Inventors and engineers27Spanish-American War veterans20
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.