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Business leaders buried in Massachusetts
Wikidata records 188 business leaders as buried in 66 of the cemeteries we list in Massachusetts. Mount Auburn Cemetery in North Brighton holds the most, with 42. Massachusetts has the 4th highest count of any state, out of 3,027 nationally.
People recorded as businesspeople, entrepreneurs or industrialists.
188
business leaders
66
cemeteries
4%
of notable burials in Massachusetts
1900s
the decade with the most deaths (26)
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Best documented
Business leaders buried in Massachusetts
- George Shultz1920-2021American politicianDawes Cemetery, Chesterfield, MA
- John Hancock1737-1793American Patriot and statesman during the American RevolutionGranary Burying Ground, Boston, MA
- Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.1888-1969American businessman, politician and diplomatHolyhood Cemetery, Chestnut Hill, MA
- Paul Revere1735-1818American silversmith and Patriot in the American RevolutionGranary Burying Ground, Boston, MA
- Edwin H. Land1909-1991American scientist and inventorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Lysander Spooner1808-1887American political philosopher, essayist, pamphlet writer, Unitarian, abolitionist, individualist anarchist, legal theorist, a member of the socialist First International and entrepreneur of the 19th centuryForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Cyrus West Field1819-1892American businessmanStockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, MA
- Josiah Warren1798-1874American social reformer, philosopher, inventor, musician, and authorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Robert Bacon1860-1919American diplomat, secretary of state, ambassador to France, etc.Mount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- George Peabody1795-1869American-British entrepreneur and philanthropistHarmony Grove Cemetery, Peabody, MA
- An Wang1920-1990American businessmanLincoln Cemetery, Lincoln, MA
- Timothy Dexter1747-1806American businessman and authorOld Burial Hill Cemetery, Marblehead, MA
- Alvan Clark1804-1887American astronomer and artistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Margaret E. Knight1838-1914American inventorNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- Larry O'Brien1917-1990American politician, Postmaster General, commissioner of the National Basketball AssociationSaint Michaels Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Daniel Lewin1970-2001American-Israeli mathematician and entrepreneurSharon Memorial Park, Sharon, MA
- Sumner Redstone1923-2020American businessman and media magnateSharon Memorial Park, Sharon, MA
- Daniel B. Wesson1825-1906American gunsmithOak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Samuel Slater1768-1835English-American industrialistMount Zion Cemetery, Webster, MA
- Thomas A. Watson1854-1934American inventor and businessperson; assistant to Alexander Graham BellNorth Weymouth Cemetery, Weymouth, MA
- Charles Francis Adams Jr.1835-1915American author and historianMount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, MA
- Lewis Waterman1836-1901American inventorForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- George von Lengerke Meyer1858-1918United States businessman, diplomat and government officialHamilton Cemetery, Wenham, MA
- Horace Smith1808-1893American gunsmith, inventor, and businessman, Smith & Wesson founderSpringfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Frederic Tudor1783-1864American businessmanKings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, MA
- Ruth Graves Wakefield1903-1977American chefMayflower Cemetery, South Duxbury, MA
- Milton Bradley1836-1911American publisher and board game designerSpringfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Henry Huttleston Rogers1840-1909American businessmanRiverside Cemetery, New Bedford, MA
- Oliver Ames1831-1895American businessman, financier and politician from MassachusettsVillage Cemetery, Stoughton, MA
- Michael LeMoyne Kennedy1958-1997American lawyer and businessmanHolyhood Cemetery, Chestnut Hill, MA
- Oakes Ames1804-1873American manufacturer, capitalist, and member of the United States House of RepresentativesVillage Cemetery, Stoughton, MA
- William Lewis Douglas1845-1924US businessman and politician, MassachusettsMelrose Cemetery, Brockton, MA
- Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth1802-1856American explorer and inventorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Charles Bedaux1886-1944American businessmanMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Eben Sumner Draper1858-1914American politicianHopedale Village Cemetery, Hopedale, MA
- John Murray Forbes1813-1898American railroad magnate, merchant, philanthropist and abolitionistMilton Cemetery, Milton, MA
- Patrick Kennedy1823-1858Irish farmer, businessman, and politicianCambridge Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Godfrey Lowell Cabot1861-1962American entrepreneur and philanthropistWalnut Hills Cemetery, Bellevue, MA
- John T. Connor1914-2000American businessman and government officialMosswood Cemetery, Cotuit, MA
- Edward Atkinson1827-1905United States businessman and economistOld Burying Ground, Brookline, MA
- Clarence W. Barron1855-1928American newspaper publisherForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Charles Sprague1791-1875Boston businessman and poetCentral Burying Ground, Boston, MA
- Albert Augustus Pope1843-1909American businessmanForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Robert W. Welch, Jr.1899-1985American businessman and anti-communist conspiracy theoristMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Alvin Adams1804-1877United States businessmanMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Charles Jasper Glidden1857-1927American telephone pioneerLowell Cemetery, Lowell, MA
- Charles Eliot1859-1897American landscape architectMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Louis de Rochemont1899-1978American film producerWoodlawn Cemetery, Everett, MA
- Oakes Angier Ames1829-1899American philanthropist and businessmanVillage Cemetery, Stoughton, MA
- Josiah Franklin1657-1745British businessmanGranary Burying Ground, Boston, MA
- Edward F. Jones1828-1913Union Army generalMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Frederick Ayer1822-1918American businessmanLowell Cemetery, Lowell, MA
- Amos Lawrence1786-1852American merchantMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Joyce Chen1917-1994American chef of Chinese cuisineMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Stephen Salisbury III1835-1905American philanthropist, politician in MassachusettsRural Cemetery & Crematory, Worcester, MA
- Charles Tufts1781-1876United States industrialist and philanthropistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Arthur S. Obermayer1931-2016American entrepreneurSharon Memorial Park, Sharon, MA
- William Rosenberg1916-2002American businessmanSharon Memorial Park, Sharon, MA
- George M. Hendee1866-1943American businessmanSpringfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Benjamin Bussey1757-1842American philanthropistCentral Burying Ground, Boston, MA
- Gardiner Greene1753-1832American businessmanForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Byron Weston1832-1898American politicianMain Street Cemetery, Dalton, MA
- J. Wiley Edmands1809-1877American politicianMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Augustus Lowell1830-1900American philanthropistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Thomas Handasyd Perkins1764-1854American businessman 1764-1854Mount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Henry Lee Higginson1834-1919Union United States Army officerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Belle Skinner1866-1928American businesswoman and philanthropistForestdale Cemetery, Holyoke, MA
- Frederic Adrian Delano1863-1953American businessmanRiverside Cemetery, New Bedford, MA
- Albert C. Burrage1859-1931American industrialistForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Gustavus Hindman Miller1857-1929American businessmanForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Richard Borden1795-1874American businessmanOak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, MA
- Sarah Newcomb Merrick1844-1922Canadian-American educator, writer, business woman, physicianWoodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley, MA
- Cyrus Wakefield1811-1873American businessmanLakeside Cemetery, Wakefield, MA
- John Cummings1812-1898American businessman, politician in MassachusettsWoodbrook Cemetery, Woburn, MA
- Elisha S. Converse1820-1904American businessmanWoodlawn Cemetery, Everett, MA
- James Edgar1843-1909American businessmanMelrose Cemetery, Brockton, MA
- Charles A. Meyer1918-1996American businessmanHamilton Cemetery, Wenham, MA
- Benjamin Hale1797-1863American educatorBelleville Cemetery, Newburyport, MA
- Lorenzo Dow Baker1840-1908American sailorPleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet, MA
- Thomas Melvill1751-1832American patriotCopps Hill Burial Ground, VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton Campus, MA
- Peter Bent Brigham1807-1877American businessmanMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Henry E. Warren1872-1957American inventorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Samuel Batchelder1784-1879American politicianMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Horace A. Moses1863-1947American businessmanSpringfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Quincy Adams Shaw1825-1908American business magnate and art collectorForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- William Fletcher Weld1800-1881American merchant and philanthropistForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- William Henry Baldwin Jr.1863-1905American businessmanForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Andrew Carney1794-1864PhilanthropistForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Henry Melville Whitney1839-1923American industrialistForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Joseph Peabody1757-1844American businessmanHarmony Grove Cemetery, Peabody, MA
- Peter Chardon Brooks1767-1849American businessmanOak Grove Cemetery, Arlington, MA
- Gordon McKay1821-1903American businessman and philanthropistPittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, MA
- Samuel Cabot Jr.1784-1863American merchant 1784-1863Walnut Hills Cemetery, Bellevue, MA
- Burrage Yale1781-1860Tin ware manufacturer from Wakefield, MassachusettsLakeside Cemetery, Wakefield, MA
- Albert Richard Pritchard1863-1927American businessmanMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Henry Northey Hooper1799-1865American manufacturer and merchantMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Benjamin Pierce Cheney Jr.1866-1942American business executiveMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- James Cook Ayer1818-1878Massachusetts medicine manufacturerLowell Cemetery, Lowell, MA
- Charles Davenport1812-1903American businessmanMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Stephen P. Mugar1901-1982Armenian philanthropistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Charles Henry Jones1855-1933American businessmanOak Grove Cemetery, Falmouth, MA
- William Davis Ticknor1881-1938American executive of Commercial Solvents CorporationMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Jonathan Bourne1811-1889American merchant and politicianRural Cemetery, New Bedford, MA
- Thomas Cass1821-1862Union Army officer and businessmanMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- John Humphreys Storer1859-1935American lawyerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Nathaniel Ely1605-1675Founding settler of Hartford and Norwalk, ConnecticutSpringfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- J. Lewis Wyckoff1864-1931American businessman and golfer (b. 1864, d. 1931)Forestdale Cemetery, Holyoke, MA
- William Howell Forbes1837-189625 Nov 1837 - 10 Jul 1896Riverside Cemetery, New Bedford, MA
- S.S. Pierceborn 1807American grocerForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Amory Maynard1804-1890American textile manufacturerGlenwood Cemetery, Maynard, MA
- Edmund Dwight1780-1849Forest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- William L. Grout1833-1908American businessmanForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Eben Dyer Jordan1822-1895American businessmanForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- George Swinnerton Parker1866-1952American businessmanHarmony Grove Cemetery, Peabody, MA
- Bruce Crane1909-1985American businessman and politicianMain Street Cemetery, Dalton, MA
- Howard Deering Johnson1896-1972Entrepreneur, restaurant and hotel industry executiveMilton Cemetery, Milton, MA
- Andrew Belcher1706-1771Colonial Massachusetts merchant and politicianMilton Cemetery, Milton, MA
- William Hathaway Forbes1840-1897American businessmanMilton Cemetery, Milton, MA
- Henry S. Russell1838-1905American military and government officialMilton Cemetery, Milton, MA
- Joseph Parsons, Jr.1647-1729American businessmanBridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, MA
- John B. Pierce1844-1917American businessmanCedar Grove Cemetery, Ashmont, MA
- Frederick Lothrop Ames Jr.1876-1921American manufacturing businesspersonVillage Cemetery, Stoughton, MA
- Samuel Capen1848-1943American businesspersonCanton Cemetery, Canton, MA
- Daniel Fuller Appleton1826-1904American manufacturerOld South Cemetery, Ipswich, MA
- Sylvanus N. Staples1811-1893American businessmanMount Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, MA
- John Woodman Higgins1874-1961American steel magnate and museum founderRural Cemetery & Crematory, Worcester, MA
- George C. Magoun1840-1893American businessmanMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- J. Bertram Read1870-1929American tennis playerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Mark Huntington Higgins1940-1960American student who worked for Albert SchweitzerRural Cemetery & Crematory, Worcester, MA
- Samuel Dennis Warren1817-1888American businessmanMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Stephen Salisbury I1746-1829American businessmanRural Cemetery & Crematory, Worcester, MA
- Alexander Cochrane1840-1919Scottish-American manufacturer and capitalistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Harry Worcester Smith1865-1945American businessmanRural Cemetery & Crematory, Worcester, MA
- Josiah "Joe" Vincent Meigs Sr.1840-1907Civil War Captain and InventorLowell Cemetery, Lowell, MA
- Franklin Haven1804-1893American businessmanMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Haliburton Fales1815-1869American businessmanMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- William Skinner1824-1902American businessmanForestdale Cemetery, Holyoke, MA
- Joseph Clark Parsons1814-1886Wealthy paper manufacturerForestdale Cemetery, Holyoke, MA
- James Scollay Whitney1811-1878American business executive and politicianForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Eben Dyer Jordan, Jr.1857-1916American businessman and supporter of the artsForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Robert Dawson Evans1843-1909US art collector (1842-1909); Boston rubber tycoon (sneakers, tires, now Uniroyal)Forest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Richard Saltonstall Rogers1790-1873East Indies merchant & Salem politicianHarmony Grove Cemetery, Peabody, MA
- William Brown Plunkett1850-1917Millionaire of Adams, MAMaple Street Cemetery, Adams, MA
- William Caldwell Plunkett1876-1917Massachusetts heirMaple Street Cemetery, Adams, MA
- Jacob L. Barowsky1892-1977Sons Of Zion Cemetery, North Chicopee, MA
- William Thomas Grant1876-1972American businessmanOak Grove Cemetery, Fall River, MA
- James Walker Tufts1835-1902American businessmanOak Grove Cemetery, Arlington, MA
- James W. Hennigan Sr.1890-1969Politician in Massachusetts, USSaint Josephs Cemetery, Oak Hill Park, MA
- Nathaniel Thayer III1851-1911American banker and railroad executiveOld Settlers Cemetery, Lancaster, MA
- John W. Carter1843-1895American businessmanNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 188. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1670s1
- 1720s1
- 1740s1
- 1770s1
- 1790s1
- 1800s1
- 1810s1
- 1820s1
- 1830s3
- 1840s4
- 1850s5
- 1860s10
- 1870s15
- 1880s8
- 1890s22
- 1900s26
- 1910s22
- 1920s15
- 1930s8
- 1940s9
- 1950s4
- 1960s5
- 1970s6
- 1980s3
- 1990s6
- 2000s3
- 2010s3
- 2020s2
By recorded year of death, for the 187 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Mount Auburn Cemetery · North Brighton, MA42
- Forest Hills Cemetery · Roslindale, MA21
- Rural Cemetery & Crematory · Worcester, MA8
- Village Cemetery · Stoughton, MA6
- Springfield Cemetery · Springfield, MA5
- Lowell Cemetery · Lowell, MA5
- Milton Cemetery · Milton, MA5
- Newton Cemetery · Newton, MA5
- Forestdale Cemetery · Holyoke, MA5
- Harmony Grove Cemetery · Peabody, MA4
- Sharon Memorial Park · Sharon, MA4
- Granary Burying Ground · Boston, MA3
- Riverside Cemetery · New Bedford, MA3
- Central Burying Ground · Boston, MA2
- Main Street Cemetery · Dalton, MA2
- Sleepy Hollow Cemetery · Concord, MA2
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Everett, MA2
- Oak Grove Cemetery · Arlington, MA2
- Lakeside Cemetery · Wakefield, MA2
- Oak Grove Cemetery · Fall River, MA2
- Hamilton Cemetery · Wenham, MA2
- Maple Street Cemetery · Adams, MA2
- Rural Cemetery · New Bedford, MA2
- Stockbridge Cemetery · Stockbridge, MA2
- Pittsfield Cemetery · Pittsfield, MA2
Top 25 of 66 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Massachusetts
Writers and poets657United States representatives259Scientists217Painters, sculptors and photographers189Architects158Physicians154Journalists140American Civil War veterans124Actors112Inventors and engineers90Baseball players86Musicians and singers84Medal of Honor recipients72Governors57World War II veterans57American football players50United States senators40World War I veterans38Pulitzer Prize winners22Spanish-American War veterans18American Revolutionary War veterans15
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.