Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Journalists buried in Massachusetts
Wikidata records 140 journalists as buried in 55 of the cemeteries we list in Massachusetts. Mount Auburn Cemetery in North Brighton holds the most, with 43. Massachusetts has the 3rd highest count of any state, out of 1,833 nationally.
People with journalist among their recorded occupations.
140
journalists
55
cemeteries
3%
of notable burials in Massachusetts
1870s
the decade with the most deaths (12)
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Best documented
Journalists buried in Massachusetts
- Norman Mailer1923-2007American writerProvincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, MA
- Emily Greene Balch1867-1961American economist and writerForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Margaret Fuller1810-1850American writer and women's activistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Howard Zinn1922-2010American historian, playwright, and socialist thinkerNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- Henry Wilson1812-1875Vice president of the United States from 1873 to 1875Dell Park Cemetery, Natick, MA
- William Styron1925-2006American novelist and essayistWest Chop Cemetery, Vineyard Haven, MA
- Edward R. Murrow1908-1965American broadcast journalistWorthington Center Cemetery, Rutland, MA
- James Russell Lowell1819-1891American poet, critic, editor, and diplomatMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- William Lloyd Garrison1805-1879American journalist and abolitionistForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Mike Wallace1918-2012American journalist, game show host and actorWest Chop Cemetery, Vineyard Haven, MA
- Lucy Stone1818-1893American abolitionist and suffragistForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- John Greenleaf Whittier1807-1892American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slaveryUnion Cemetery, Amesbury, MA
- Art Buchwald1925-2007Journalist, humorist, United States MarineWest Chop Cemetery, Vineyard Haven, MA
- James Connolly1868-1957American triple jumperHolyhood Cemetery, Chestnut Hill, MA
- William F. Buckley Jr.1925-2008American public intellectual, conservative author and political commentatorSaint Bernards Cemetery, Fitchburg, MA
- Robert Benchley1889-1945American writer and actorProspect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, 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
- William Dean Howells1837-1920American author, critic, and playwrightCambridge Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- John Hersey1914-1993American journalist, novelist, professorWest Chop Cemetery, Vineyard Haven, MA
- Edmund Wilson1895-1972American writer, literary and social critic, and noted man of lettersPleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet, MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.1902-1985American politicianMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Horatio Alger1832-1899American novelistGlenwood Cemetery, Maynard, MA
- Alice Stone Blackwell1857-1950American feminist, journalist and human rights advocateForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich1836-1907American poet, novelist, editorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Josiah Warren1798-1874American social reformer, philosopher, inventor, musician, and authorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Susan Glaspell1876-1948American writerSnow Cemetery, Truro, MA
- David Halberstam1934-2007American writer, journalist, historianProspect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, MA
- Nathaniel P. Banks1816-1894American politician of Massachusetts and general of the Union ArmyGrove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, MA
- Nathaniel Parker Willis1806-1867American magazine writer, editor, and publisherMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Mary Livermore1820-1905American journalistWyoming Cemetery, Melrose, MA
- James Otis1725-1783Lawyer in colonial MassachusettsGranary Burying Ground, Boston, MA
- Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin1842-1924American publisher, journalist, African American civil rights leader, suffragist, and editorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Irving Babbitt1865-1933American academic and literary criticMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Charles Eliot Norton1827-1908American art historianMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Bud Collins1929-2016US sports journalist and tennis playerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- I. F. Stone1907-1989American investigative journalist, writer, and authorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- John Ciardi1916-1986American poet, professor, translatorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Louise Chandler Moulton1835-1908American poet, story-writer and criticMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Peter Viereck1916-2006American historian and poetEvergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, MA
- Mary Heaton Vorse1874-1966American journalistProvincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, MA
- Fanny Fern1811-1872American writerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Daniel Gregory Mason1873-1953American composerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Josiah Gilbert Holland1819-1881Novelist, poet, editorSpringfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes1816-1903American politicianPittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, MA
- Robert Underwood Johnson1853-1937American journalistStockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, MA
- Karl Heinzen1809-1880German-born American journalistForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Ray Stannard Baker1870-1946American journalistWildwood Cemetery, Amherst Center, MA
- David Gergen1942-2025American political consultantMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- James Thomas Fields1817-1881American writer and publisherMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Pauline Hopkins1859-1930American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and editorCambridge Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Samuel Francis Smith1808-1895Protestant Christian Minister Patriotic hymn writerNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- Edwin Percy Whipple1819-1886American writerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Kate Field1838-1896American journalistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- David A. Kennedy1955-1984American journalistHolyhood Cemetery, Chestnut Hill, MA
- Nahum Norbert Glatzer1903-1990Jewish literary scholar, theologian, and editorSharon Memorial Park, Sharon, MA
- John Sullivan Dwight1813-1893American music critic and Unitarian ministerForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Clarence W. Barron1855-1928American newspaper publisherForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Richard Henry Dana, Sr.1787-1879American writer and lawyerOld Burying Ground, West Cambridge/Harvard Square, MA
- Joan Kennedy Taylor1926-2005American journalistStockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, MA
- Richard Rogers Bowker1848-1933American publisher, editor, journalistStockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, MA
- Simon Rawidowicz1896-1957American philosopherSharon Memorial Park, Sharon, MA
- Michael Kelly1957-2003American journalistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Maud Howe Elliott1854-1948American writerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Isaiah Thomas1749-1831Massachusetts printer, publisher and journalistRural Cemetery & Crematory, Worcester, MA
- Franklin Benjamin Sanborn1831-1917American activist, journalist, editor and authorSleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA
- Thornton Burgess1874-1965American writer and conservationistSpringfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Frederick Lewis Allen1890-1954American historian and editor of Harper's MagazineForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- William Cooper Nell1816-1874African-American journalist, historianForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Arlo Bates1850-1918American writerHarmony Grove Cemetery, Peabody, MA
- James Jeffrey Roche1847-1908American journalistHolyhood Cemetery, Chestnut Hill, MA
- Thomas Allen1813-1882American politicianPittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, MA
- Lucien Aigner1901-1999Hungarian photographerElmwood Cemetery, Great Barrington, MA
- George Lyman Kittredge1860-1941American scholar, literary critic, and folkloristLothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, MA
- Robert W. Welch, Jr.1899-1985American businessman and anti-communist conspiracy theoristMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- John Henry Wright1852-1908American classical scholarMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Eliza Lee Cabot Follen1787-1860American author, editor, and abolitionistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- B. O. Flower1858-1918American journalistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- George B. Churchill1866-1925American politician from MassachusettsWildwood Cemetery, Amherst Center, MA
- Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant1881-1965American writerWildwood Cemetery, Winchester, MA
- William Emerson Barrett1858-1906American politician, MassachusettsNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- Samuel Adams Drake1833-1905American journalist and writerWyoming Cemetery, Melrose, MA
- Isaac Knapp1804-1843American publisherCopps Hill Burial Ground, VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton Campus, MA
- Caroline Knapp1959-2002American writerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Frank Crowninshield1872-1947American journalist and art collectorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Charles Carleton Coffin1823-1896American journalist, war correspondent, author and politicianMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Charles Hale1831-1882American politician, MassachusettsMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- James Davenport Whelpley1817-1872American physician and authorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Nathan Hale1784-1863American journalistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Samuel Bowles1826-1878United States newspaper editorSpringfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Katherine Eleanor Conway1853-1927American journalist, editor, poetHolyhood Cemetery, Chestnut Hill, MA
- George T. Davis1810-1877American politician, MassachusettsGreen River Cemetery, Greenfield, MA
- Elihu B. Hayes1848-1903American politicianPine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, MA
- Albert Edward Winship1845-1933American journalistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Reading, MA
- Albert Perkins Langtry1860-1939Politician in Massachusetts, USNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- Marion Howard Brazier1850-1935American journalist, editor, author, clubwomanWoodlawn Cemetery, Everett, MA
- Benjamin Perley Poore1820-1887American newspaper editorWalnut Hill Cemetery, West Newbury, MA
- Fitz Henry Warren1816-1878Union Army generalBrimfield Cemetery, Brimfield, MA
- Bartholomew Green1666-1732American printer and publisher, 1667-1732Granary Burying Ground, Boston, MA
- Michael Joseph McEttrick1848-1921American politician from MassachusettsCalvary Cemetery, Woburn, MA
- Joseph French Johnson1853-1925American economistQuabbin Park Cemetery, Ware, MA
- Hutchins Hapgood1869-1944Journalist, author, individualist anarchist.East Street Cemetery, Phillipston, MA
- Chester I. Reed1823-1873American politician in MassachusettsMount Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, MA
- Horace Elisha Scudder1838-1902American writer and editorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Amos Kidder Fiske1842-1921US lawyer, journalist and authorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- C. Allen Thorndike Rice1851-1889American journalistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Thomas Green Fessenden1771-1837American writer and lawyerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Florida Ruffin Ridley1861-1943American civil rights activist, teacher, editor and writerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Philip Hale1854-1934American music criticForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Walter Alden Dyer1878-1943American journalistWildwood Cemetery, Amherst Center, MA
- Walter Prichard Eaton1878-1957American writerCenter Cemetery, Sheffield, MA
- Richard L. Allen1803-1869American journalistBridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, MA
- Lucius Beebe1902-1966American writer and photographerLakeside Cemetery, Wakefield, MA
- Elliot Paul1891-1958American journalistBeech Grove Cemetery, Rockport, MA
- Nathaniel Benchley1915-1981American authorProspect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, MA
- Richard Kindleberger1942-2010American journalistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Joseph M. Field1810-1856American actor and dramatistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Melusina Fay Peirce1836-1923American writer and feministMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- William Schouler1814-1872Politician in Massachusetts, USForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- William Frederick Slocum1851-1934American clergyman and educatorNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- George A. Marden1839-1906American politicianLowell Cemetery, Lowell, MA
- Willis J. Abbot1863-1934American journalist and authorMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Walter Littlefield1867-1948American journalistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Louis A. Coolidge1861-1925American journalist and public servantDell Park Cemetery, Natick, MA
- Maude Trotter Steward1875-1955American newspaper publisherFairview Cemetery, Readville, MA
- Timothy Flint1780-1840American missionary and authorHarmony Grove Cemetery, Peabody, MA
- Edmund Janes Carpenter1845-1924American authorMilton Cemetery, Milton, MA
- Else Hofmann1893-1960Austrian-American art historian, educator, journalist and writerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Caleb A. Wall1820-1898American journalist and historianRural Cemetery & Crematory, Worcester, MA
- John A. Kelly1943-1978American journalistSaint Josephs Cemetery, Oak Hill Park, MA
- Charles W. Willis1864-1933U.S. author and journalistShawsheen Cemetery, Bedford, MA
- Robert Brown1912-2008American journalist and editorProspect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, MA
- Charles T. Congdon1821-1891American journalistRural Cemetery, New Bedford, MA
- Robert Littell1896-1963American journalist and editorTyringham Cemetery, Lee, MA
- Ernst Halperin1916-2003Swiss journalistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Charles Goodrich Whiting1842-1922American journalistSpringfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- Talcott Banks1869-1951US-american journalistEastlawn Cemetery, Williamstown, MA
- Bruce Lancaster1896-1963American diplomat, journalist and novelistHarmony Grove Cemetery, Peabody, MA
- Albert Gallatin Browne, Jr.1835-1891Journalist and abolitionistHarmony Grove Cemetery, Peabody, MA
- Arthur M. Abell1868-1958American music criticBridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, MA
- Margaret J. Magennisdied 1918American journalistMount Hope Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
Showing the 140 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 140. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1730s1
- 1780s1
- 1830s2
- 1840s2
- 1850s2
- 1860s4
- 1870s12
- 1880s9
- 1890s12
- 1900s12
- 1910s4
- 1920s12
- 1930s11
- 1940s10
- 1950s10
- 1960s9
- 1970s2
- 1980s6
- 1990s3
- 2000s11
- 2010s4
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 140 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Mount Auburn Cemetery · North Brighton, MA43
- Forest Hills Cemetery · Roslindale, MA12
- Newton Cemetery · Newton, MA5
- Springfield Cemetery · Springfield, MA4
- Holyhood Cemetery · Chestnut Hill, MA4
- Harmony Grove Cemetery · Peabody, MA4
- West Chop Cemetery · Vineyard Haven, MA4
- Prospect Hill Cemetery · Nantucket, MA4
- Wildwood Cemetery · Amherst Center, MA3
- Stockbridge Cemetery · Stockbridge, MA3
- Granary Burying Ground · Boston, MA2
- Rural Cemetery & Crematory · Worcester, MA2
- Wyoming Cemetery · Melrose, MA2
- Pittsfield Cemetery · Pittsfield, MA2
- Cambridge Cemetery · North Brighton, MA2
- Provincetown Cemetery · Provincetown, MA2
- Dell Park Cemetery · Natick, MA2
- Sharon Memorial Park · Sharon, MA2
- Bridge Street Cemetery · Northampton, MA2
- Sleepy Hollow Cemetery · Concord, MA1
- Shawsheen Cemetery · Bedford, MA1
- Copps Hill Burial Ground · VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton Campus, MA1
- Saint Josephs Cemetery · Oak Hill Park, MA1
- Saint Bernards Cemetery · Fitchburg, MA1
- Center Cemetery · Sheffield, MA1
Top 25 of 55 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Massachusetts
Writers and poets657United States representatives259Scientists217Painters, sculptors and photographers189Business leaders188Architects158Physicians154American 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.