Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Writers and poets buried in Maryland
Wikidata records 96 writers as buried in 25 of the cemeteries we list in Maryland. Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore holds the most, with 22. Maryland has the 12th highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.
People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.
96
writers
25
cemeteries
7%
of notable burials in Maryland
1940s
the decade with the most deaths (10)
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In order of death
Writers and poets buried in Maryland
- Edward Coote Pinkney1802-1828American poet, lawyer, sailor, professor, and editorGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Francis Scott Key1779-1843American lawyer and poet who wrote The Star-Spangled BannerMount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, MD
- Sebastian F. Streeter1810-1864American school founder, educator, historian, lawyerGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- John Wilkes Booth1838-1865American stage actor and assassinGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Henry Winter Davis1817-1865American politicianGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Gideon B. Smith1793-1867American physicianMount Olivet Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- George Lynn-Lachlan Davis1816-1869Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, MD
- John P. Kennedy1795-1870Novelist, politicianGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Ruel Shaw1799-1876Baltimore music teacherMount Olivet Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- George A. Hanson1830-1879America lawyer and authorChester Cemetery, Chestertown, MD
- Brantz Mayer1809-1879United States government official and writerGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Sidney Lanier1842-1881American musician and poetGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Georgie A. Hulse McLeod1835-1890Maryland author, educator, temperance activistMount Olivet Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Mary Spear Nicolas Tiernan1835-1891American writerGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- William James Jones1829-1894Elkton Cemetery, Elkton, MD
- William Thompson Walters1820-1894American businessperson and art collectorGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- George Richard Crooks1822-1897American Methodist minister and educatorMount Olivet Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Richard Malcolm Johnston1822-1898American educator and writerSaint Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Homeland, MD
- Charles Peale Didier1869-1900American writerGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Bradley Tyler Johnson1829-1903Confederate Army generalLoudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer1822-1904English-American writer, translatorGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Rachel Thomason Weems Reynolds1821-1905American housewife from a historically prominent Maryland familyGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- John Williamson Palmer1825-1906American poet, author and physicianLoudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Henrietta Lee Palmer1834-1909American authorLoudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Jessie Key Habersham1885-1910American poetLoudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Maurice Fluegel1832-1911German born, American author and rabbiBaltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Eugene L. Didier1838-1913American writerNew Cathedral Cemetery, Rognel Heights, MD
- John Henry Keene1835-1914American lawyer and writerGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Marian Gouverneur1821-1914MemoiristMount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, MD
- Harry Solter1873-1920American actor, screenwriter and film directorBaltimore Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Clara Newman Turner1844-1920WriterDruid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, MD
- Katharine Pearson Woods1853-1923American writerGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Frederic Irland1860-1923American writer and stenographerFort Lincoln Cemetery, Colmar Manor, MD
- Hannah C. Goldsmith1834-19261834-1926New Cathedral Cemetery, Rognel Heights, MD
- Harriet "Hattie" Reynolds1852-1927American environmental activist and Maryland's first female deputy game wardenGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Lillie Schnauffer1865-1927Loudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Alice Emma Sauerwein Lord1848-1930WriterGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Mary Day Lanier1844-1931American poetGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Emily Emerson Lantz1862-1931WriterLoudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Sara Haardt1898-1935American writerLoudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Virginia Woodward Cloud1861-1938American writerGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Lucy Meacham Thruston1862-1938WriterLoudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Kelly Miller1863-1939American mathematicianLincoln Memorial Cemetery, Silver Hill, MD
- Jonathan Bourne Jr.1855-1940American politicianCedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, MD
- Howard Atwood Kelly1858-1943American academic and gynecologistWoodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, MD
- Frederic Arnold Kummer1873-1943American fiction writerLoudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Herbert Friedenwald1870-1944Jewish-American librarian and historianBaltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Georgiana Simpson1868-1944African-American philologistLincoln Memorial Cemetery, Silver Hill, MD
- Saul Saperstein1886-1947Professor for Hebrew literature at Baltimore Hebrew CollegeArlington Cemetery of Chizuk Amuno, West Arlington, MD
- Louise Malloy1858-1947Social activist and first woman journalist in Baltimore, MarylandNew Cathedral Cemetery, Rognel Heights, MD
- James Eli Watson1864-1948American politician, Indiana (Republican)Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, MD
- James Young1872-1948American film director, actor and screenwriterGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Samuel M. Harrington1882-1948U.S. Marine Corps officerU.S. Naval Academy Cemetery, Naval Academy, MD
- Carter Godwin Woodson1875-1950American historian, writer, and journalistLincoln Memorial Cemetery, Silver Hill, MD
- Mark Sullivan1874-1952American journalistGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Mary Church Terrell1863-1954American activist and suffragetteLincoln Memorial Cemetery, Silver Hill, MD
- Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi1892-1955Egyptian poet and physicianFort Lincoln Cemetery, Colmar Manor, MD
- Dorothy Park Benjamin1893-1955Wife of Enrico CarusoDruid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, MD
- H. L. Mencken1880-1956American journalist and writerLoudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Corinne Robert Redgrave1866-1958WriterU.S. Naval Academy Cemetery, Naval Academy, MD
- Donald Richberg1881-1960American lawyerFort Lincoln Cemetery, Colmar Manor, MD
- Merrill Rogers1892-1964American authorMonocacy Cemetery, Poolesville, MD
- Rachel Carson1907-1964American marine biologist and conservationistParklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, North Bethesda, MD
- Georgia Douglas Johnson1880-1966American poet and playwrightLincoln Memorial Cemetery, Silver Hill, MD
- Ferenc Körmendi1900-1972Hungarian writerFort Lincoln Cemetery, Colmar Manor, MD
- Zarevand1890-1973Armenian American scholarWashington National Cemetery, Suitland-Silver Hill, MD
- Naomi Duff Smith1902-1973Poet, writer, and public relations executiveMount Olivet Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Vertrees Judson Wyckoff1898-1975Indiana author 1898-1975Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, MD
- Vartouhie Nalbandian1893-1978Armenian writerWashington National Cemetery, Suitland-Silver Hill, MD
- Gerald W. Johnson1890-1980American writerGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Louis Hazam1911-1983American television writer and producerGate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, MD
- Catherine Marshall1914-1983American writerFort Lincoln Cemetery, Colmar Manor, MD
- Neil H. Swanson1896-1983American writerBaltimore National Cemetery, Ten Hills, MD
- Isabel Cooper1892-1984American artist and scientific illustratorParklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, North Bethesda, MD
- Alexander Dolgun1926-1986American writerParklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens, North Bethesda, MD
- Charles H. Wesley1891-1987American historian and academicLincoln Memorial Cemetery, Silver Hill, MD
- Max Robinson1939-1988Television journalist and artistLincoln Memorial Cemetery, Silver Hill, MD
- Marguerite Williams1895-1991American geologistLincoln Memorial Cemetery, Silver Hill, MD
- Margaret Barker1908-1992American actor, director, writer, and producerLoudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Walter Lord1917-2002American authorGreen Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
- Edward L. Beach, Jr.1918-2002United States Navy submarine officerU.S. Naval Academy Cemetery, Naval Academy, MD
- Joseph A. Walker1935-2003American dramatistLincoln Memorial Cemetery, Silver Hill, MD
- Mattie Stepanek1990-2004American writerGate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, MD
- Ralph Wiley1952-2004American sports journalistFort Lincoln Cemetery, Colmar Manor, MD
- Jack L. Chalker1944-2005American authorLoudon Park National Cemetery, Violetville, MD
- Roger Hall1919-2008American Army officer and spyU.S. Naval Academy Cemetery, Naval Academy, MD
- A. C. Crispin1950-2013American science fiction writerJoy Chapel Cemetery, Hollywood, MD
- Ben J. Wattenberg1933-2015American writerMount Lebanon Cemetery, Adelphi, MD
- E. Barrett Prettyman Jr.1925-2016American lawyer and authorRockville, Rockville, MD
- William Peter Blatty1928-2017American writer and filmmakerGate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, MD
- Dick Gregory1932-2017American comedian, social activist, social critic, writer, and entrepreneurFort Lincoln Cemetery, Colmar Manor, MD
- Michael Mark1936-2018American music educator and authorArlington Cemetery of Chizuk Amuno, West Arlington, MD
- John McCain1936-2018American politicianU.S. Naval Academy Cemetery, Naval Academy, MD
- Eunetta T. Boone1955-2019American television writer and producerFort Lincoln Cemetery, Colmar Manor, MD
- Margaret Perry1933-2023American librarian, bibliographer, Harlem Renaissance scholarLincoln Memorial Cemetery, Silver Hill, MD
- New Cathedral Cemetery, Rognel Heights, MD
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1820s1
- 1840s1
- 1860s5
- 1870s4
- 1880s1
- 1890s6
- 1900s6
- 1910s5
- 1920s7
- 1930s7
- 1940s10
- 1950s7
- 1960s4
- 1970s5
- 1980s8
- 1990s2
- 2000s7
- 2010s8
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 95 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Green Mount Cemetery · Baltimore, MD22
- Loudon Park National Cemetery · Violetville, MD12
- Lincoln Memorial Cemetery · Silver Hill, MD10
- Fort Lincoln Cemetery · Colmar Manor, MD8
- U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery · Naval Academy, MD5
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Violetville, MD5
- New Cathedral Cemetery · Rognel Heights, MD4
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery · Silver Spring, MD3
- Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens · North Bethesda, MD3
- Druid Ridge Cemetery · Pikesville, MD3
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Frederick, MD3
- Arlington Cemetery of Chizuk Amuno · West Arlington, MD2
- Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery · Baltimore, MD2
- Cedar Hill Cemetery · Suitland, MD2
- Washington National Cemetery · Suitland-Silver Hill, MD2
- Mount Lebanon Cemetery · Adelphi, MD1
- Baltimore National Cemetery · Ten Hills, MD1
- Joy Chapel Cemetery · Hollywood, MD1
- Monocacy Cemetery · Poolesville, MD1
- Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery · Homeland, MD1
- Chester Cemetery · Chestertown, MD1
- Rockville · Rockville, MD1
- Baltimore Cemetery · Baltimore, MD1
- Elkton Cemetery · Elkton, MD1
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Woodlawn, MD1
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Other notable burials in Maryland
United States representatives131World War II veterans90Baseball players67Scientists62American 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.