Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Painters, sculptors and photographers buried in Michigan
Wikidata records 39 artists as buried in 28 of the cemeteries we list in Michigan. Forest Hill Cemetery in Ann Arbor holds the most, with 5. Michigan has the 12th highest count of any state, out of 2,295 nationally.
People recorded as painters, sculptors, photographers, illustrators or visual artists.
39
artists
28
cemeteries
3%
of notable burials in Michigan
1960s
the decade with the most deaths (5)
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In order of death
Painters, sculptors and photographers buried in Michigan
- Robert Seldon Duncanson1821-1872African American artistWoodland Cemetery, Monroe, MI
- Mortimer L. Smith1840-1896American artist and architectWoodmere Cemetery, Carleton, MI
- Aurelius O. Revenaugh1840-1908American painter;Greenwood Cemetery, Durand, MI
- Alexander E. Lyon1848-1909American photographerForest Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw, MI
- Adolph F. Isler1848-1912Swiss-American photographer active in the Upper Peninsula of MichiganLakeview Cemetery, Laurium, MI
- Samuel L. Sharpsteen1845-1916American photographer from MichiganOak Hill Cemetery, Owosso, MI
- John Haarer1840-1916American photographerForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Xarifa Hamilton Towner1881-1918American pastel artistPilgrim Home Cemetery, Holland, MI
- Wallace S. White1842-1921American photographer and musicianMountain Home Cemetery, Otsego, MI
- George W. Austin1865-1923American photographer (1860s, 1923)Watervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, MI
- Edwin Murray MacKay1869-1926American artistEvergreen Cemetery, Ferndale, MI
- Edward J. Peters1866-1929American jeweler and photographerFairview Cemetery, Homer, MI
- Gustav Adolph Mueller1864-1937German-American architect and sculptorElmwood Cemetery, Detroit, MI
- Mathias Alten1871-1938American painterGraceland Memorial Park and Mausoleum, East Grand Rapids, MI
- Clarence W. Flower1873-1939American photographer and postcard publisherRichmond Cemetery, Richmond, MI
- Sallie Steketee1882-1939American artistOakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI
- J. Frederick Rentschler1868-1940American photographerForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Henri De Kruif1882-1944American visual artistPilgrim Home Cemetery, Holland, MI
- Lella Grace Woodward1858-1949American artistOak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, MI
- Mamie Austin1887-1949American photographerWatervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, MI
- Ismar B. Masure1881-1952American photographer and postcard publisherOakhurst Cemetery, Whitehall, MI
- James Scripps Booth1888-1954American motorcycle designerGreenwood Cemetery, Birmingham, MI
- John Olof Viking1874-1958Amateur writer and photographerIshpeming Cemetery, Ishpeming, MI
- Lynn Bogue Hunt1878-1960American artistWoodmere Cemetery, Carleton, MI
- Robert A. Herzberg1886-1960American artistWhite Chapel Cemetery, Troy, MI
- Alford S. Lyndon1875-1962American photographer and postcard publisherForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Marcelline Hemingway Sanford1898-1963American musician and painterClinton Grove Cemetery, Clinton Township, MI
- Frede Vidar1911-1967Danish-born American visual artist, WPA muralistForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Kenneth Shaw Spencer1896-1973American photographerOak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, MI
- Mabel Meeker Edsall1880-1973American printmaker, sculptor, cartoonist and painterElm Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, MI
- Harold W. Clover1918-1974American photographerLake Forest Cemetery, Grand Haven, MI
- Felix Schlag1891-1974American artistOak Hill Cemetery, Owosso, MI
- Gwen Dew1903-1993American writer, journalist, and photographerRiverside Cemetery, Albion, MI
- Doris Lucile McLean Porter1897-1994American artistOakwood Cemetery, Grand Ledge, MI
- Elizabeth R. Sunderland1910-1994American architecture historianForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Marshall Fredericks1908-1998American artistGreenwood Cemetery, Birmingham, MI
- Josephine Harreld Love1914-2003American pianist, arts administrator, musicologistElmwood Cemetery, Detroit, MI
- John Brough Miller1933-2010American sculptorIthaca Cemetery, Ithaca, MI
- Stuart Padnos1922-2012US sculptor and scrap-metal magnate; philanthropistOakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1870s1
- 1890s1
- 1900s2
- 1910s4
- 1920s4
- 1930s4
- 1940s4
- 1950s3
- 1960s5
- 1970s4
- 1990s4
- 2000s1
- 2010s2
By recorded year of death, for the 39 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Forest Hill Cemetery · Ann Arbor, MI5
- Elmwood Cemetery · Detroit, MI2
- Woodmere Cemetery · Carleton, MI2
- Greenwood Cemetery · Birmingham, MI2
- Pilgrim Home Cemetery · Holland, MI2
- Oakhill Cemetery · Grand Rapids, MI2
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Owosso, MI2
- Watervliet Cemetery · Watervliet, MI2
- Oakwood Cemetery · Grand Ledge, MI1
- White Chapel Cemetery · Troy, MI1
- Elm Lawn Cemetery · Bay City, MI1
- Woodland Cemetery · Monroe, MI1
- Clinton Grove Cemetery · Clinton Township, MI1
- Oakhurst Cemetery · Whitehall, MI1
- Richmond Cemetery · Richmond, MI1
- Ithaca Cemetery · Ithaca, MI1
- Evergreen Cemetery · Ferndale, MI1
- Fairview Cemetery · Homer, MI1
- Forest Lawn Cemetery · Saginaw, MI1
- Graceland Memorial Park and Mausoleum · East Grand Rapids, MI1
- Greenwood Cemetery · Durand, MI1
- Ishpeming Cemetery · Ishpeming, MI1
- Lake Forest Cemetery · Grand Haven, MI1
- Lakeview Cemetery · Laurium, MI1
- Mountain Home Cemetery · Otsego, MI1
Top 25 of 28 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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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.