Notable burials · Science and work
Inventors and engineers buried in Michigan
Wikidata records 39 inventors and engineers as buried in 26 of the cemeteries we list in Michigan. Woodlawn Cemetery in Ferndale holds the most, with 8. Michigan has the 10th highest count of any state, out of 1,162 nationally.
People with inventor or engineer among their recorded occupations.
39
inventors and engineers
26
cemeteries
3%
of notable burials in Michigan
1920s
the decade with the most deaths (8)
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In order of death
Inventors and engineers buried in Michigan
- Cyrus Pitt Grosvenor1792-1879Anti-Slavery Baptist ministerRiverside Cemetery, Albion, MI
- Samuel W Hill1815-1889American mining engineerOakridge Cemetery, Marshall, MI
- Melville Reuben Bissell1843-1889American entrepreneurOakhill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI
- Whitcomb L. Judson1846-1909InventorOakwood Cemetery, Muskegon, MI
- A.R. Pardington1862-1915Civil engineerWoodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale, MI
- Bob Burman1884-1916American racing driverImlay Cemetery, Imlay City, MI
- Horace Elgin Dodge1868-1920American businessmanWoodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale, MI
- John Francis Dodge1864-1920American businessmanWoodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale, MI
- Horace Caulkins1850-1923American artistElmwood Cemetery, Detroit, MI
- John O. Henes1852-1923Inventor, businessman, and philanthropistRiverside Cemetery, Menominee, MI
- Ernie Ansterberg1891-1924American racing driverMaple Grove Cemetery, Concord, MI
- Joe Boyer1890-1924American racing driverWoodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale, MI
- Thomas O. Perry1847-1927American engineerBrookside Cemetery, Tecumseh, MI
- David Dunbar Buick1854-1929Scottish-American inventorWoodmere Cemetery, Carleton, MI
- August Charles Fruehauf1868-1930American industrialistEvergreen Cemetery, Ferndale, MI
- Joseph Boyer1848-1930Computer industrialistWoodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale, MI
- Bobby Hupp1877-1931American automobile engineer and company founderWoodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale, MI
- William E. Upjohn1853-1932Doctor and Medical PioneerMountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, MI
- Henry M. Leland1843-1932American engineer, machinist, and entrepreneurWoodmere Cemetery, Carleton, MI
- Horatio Earle1855-1935American transport engineerGrand Lawn Cemetery, Redford, MI
- Edward N. Hines1870-1938American civil engineerWoodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale, MI
- George Bailey1900-1940American racing driverForest Lawn Cemetery, Hamtramck, MI
- Billy Liesaw1875-1941American racing driverWoodlawn Cemetery, Barnes Lake-Millers Lake, MI
- Henry Ford1863-1947American business magnateFord Cemetery, Detroit, MI
- Ransom E. Olds1864-1950American businessmanMount Hope Cemetery, Lansing, MI
- Benjamin Franklin Bailey1875-1954American engineerForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Lloyd Groff Copeman1881-1956American inventorOakwood Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Oxford, MI
- Otto Frederick Rohwedder1880-1960American manufacturer (1880-1960); inventor of first automatic bread-slicing machine for commercial useRiverside Cemetery, Albion, MI
- Charles Erwin Wilson1890-1961American secretary of DefenceAcacia Park Cemetery, Beverly Hills, MI
- Lawrence Carnahan Maugh1901-1971Ph.D. University of Michigan 1934Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Solomon Cady Hollister1891-1982American engineer and academicEvergreen Cemetery, Muskegon, MI
- Murray Van Wagoner1898-1986American politicianWhite Chapel Cemetery, Troy, MI
- Alex Manoogian1901-1996American businessmanWoodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale, MI
- Emmett Leith1927-2005American physicist and engineerForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- John DeLorean1925-2005American engineer and executive in the U.S. automobile industryWhite Chapel Cemetery, Troy, MI
- Miles Vincent Sullivan1917-2016Inventor of drinking birdOak Grove Cemetery, Lawton, MI
- David Hahn1976-2016United States marineGreat Lakes National Cemetery, Holly, MI
- Ted Simon1917-2017American engineerSaint Marys Cemetery, Portland, MI
- Lee Iacocca1924-2019American businessmanWhite Chapel Cemetery, Troy, MI
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1870s1
- 1880s2
- 1900s1
- 1910s2
- 1920s8
- 1930s7
- 1940s3
- 1950s3
- 1960s2
- 1970s1
- 1980s2
- 1990s1
- 2000s2
- 2010s4
By recorded year of death, for the 39 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Ferndale, MI8
- White Chapel Cemetery · Troy, MI3
- Forest Hill Cemetery · Ann Arbor, MI3
- Woodmere Cemetery · Carleton, MI2
- Riverside Cemetery · Albion, MI2
- Great Lakes National Cemetery · Holly, MI1
- Elmwood Cemetery · Detroit, MI1
- Oakwood Mount Pleasant Cemetery · Oxford, MI1
- Ford Cemetery · Detroit, MI1
- Oak Grove Cemetery · Lawton, MI1
- Grand Lawn Cemetery · Redford, MI1
- Riverside Cemetery · Menominee, MI1
- Brookside Cemetery · Tecumseh, MI1
- Mountain Home Cemetery · Kalamazoo, MI1
- Oakridge Cemetery · Marshall, MI1
- Evergreen Cemetery · Muskegon, MI1
- Evergreen Cemetery · Ferndale, MI1
- Forest Lawn Cemetery · Hamtramck, MI1
- Imlay Cemetery · Imlay City, MI1
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Lansing, MI1
- Oakhill Cemetery · Grand Rapids, MI1
- Acacia Park Cemetery · Beverly Hills, MI1
- Oakwood Cemetery · Muskegon, MI1
- Saint Marys Cemetery · Portland, MI1
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Barnes Lake-Millers Lake, MI1
Top 25 of 26 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.