Notable burials · Science and work
Scientists buried in Michigan
Wikidata records 42 scientists as buried in 24 of the cemeteries we list in Michigan. Forest Hill Cemetery in Ann Arbor holds the most, with 13. Michigan has the 15th highest count of any state, out of 1,905 nationally.
People recorded as scientists, including chemists, physicists, mathematicians, biologists and astronomers.
42
scientists
24
cemeteries
3%
of notable burials in Michigan
1960s
the decade with the most deaths (6)
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In order of death
Scientists buried in Michigan
- Douglass Houghton1809-1845American geologist and botanical collectorElmwood Cemetery, Detroit, MI
- Alexander Winchell1824-1891U.S. geologist and paleontologistForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Bela Hubbard1814-1896American explorer, surveyor and geologistElmwood Cemetery, Detroit, MI
- Ruth Hoppin1833-1903American educator, botanist, and naturalistSouth Park Cemetery, Three Rivers, MI
- Elizabeth Catherine Allmendinger1837-1909American botanist, collector and teacherForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Henry Gillman1833-1915Irish-American anthropologist and curatorElmwood Cemetery, Detroit, MI
- William James Beal1833-1924American botanistMount Hope Cemetery, Lansing, MI
- Mae Lane Cahn1864-1928American botanist and scientific collectorRoseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, MI
- Victor Clarence Vaughan1851-1929American physician and bacteriologistForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Albert M. Todd1850-1931American agricultural chemist and politicianMountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, MI
- Louise Reed Stowell1850-1931American scientist, author, editorForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- James Waterman Glover1868-1941American mathematician, statistician, and actuaryForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Effie Almira Southworth1860-1947American botanistForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Forest Ray Moulton1872-1952American astronomer and mathematician of the XXth centuryMaple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, MI
- Charles Melvin Barber1876-1954American zoologistEvergreen Cemetery, Grand Blanc, MI
- Clyde E. Love1882-1960American mathematician and contract bridge writerForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Marian L. Campbell1865-1963American botanist and botanical collectorMount Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, MI
- Truman G. Yuncker1891-1964U.S. botanist and educatorMount Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, MI
- Harvey Pierson Pettit1893-1966Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1922Martin Cemetery, East Grand Rapids, MI
- Gerrit Van Zyl1894-1967American chemistry professorPilgrim Home Cemetery, Holland, MI
- Vernon Guy Grove1890-1967Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1925Oakwood Cemetery, Traverse City, MI
- Robert Friedmann1891-1970Philosopher, theologianMountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, MI
- Leonard Jimmie Savage1917-1971American mathematicianClover Hill Park Cemetery, Birmingham, MI
- Mary Esther Elder1883-1972American botanist and botanical collectorOak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, MI
- Elizabeth Ruth Bennett1880-1972American mathematicianForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Carl Jenness Coe1886-1976Ph.D. Harvard University 1929Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, MI
- Ethel Claflin Yuncker1891-1981American botanist and collectorMount Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, MI
- Robert Frederick Paton1892-1983Ph.D. University of Michigan 1922Lakeview Cemetery, Laurium, MI
- Ruel Vance Churchill1899-1987American mathematicianForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Erich Rothe1895-1988German mathematicianForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Walter N. Koelz1895-1989American zoologist and museum collectorMount Hope Cemetery, Chelsea, MI
- Lamberto Cesari1910-1990Italian mathematicianForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Freeman Devold Miller1909-2000American astronomerForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Wilbur L. Dungy1926-2004American biology professorWoodland Cemetery, Jackson, MI
- Emmett Leith1927-2005American physicist and engineerForest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, MI
- Frederick W. Case1927-2011BotanistOakwood Cemetery, Shields, MI
- Anthony Paul Blozinski1938-2012Ph.D. Purdue University 1970Holy Cross Cemetery, Grand Rapids, MI
- Miles Vincent Sullivan1917-2016Inventor of drinking birdOak Grove Cemetery, Lawton, MI
- David Hahn1976-2016United States marineGreat Lakes National Cemetery, Holly, MI
- Peter B. Kaufman1928-2017American plant physiologistForest Lawn Cemetery, Dexter, MI
- Joseph Thaddeus Buckley1937-2025Ph.D. Indiana University 1964Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, MI
- Reu Everett Hoenborn 1888Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, MI
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1840s1
- 1890s2
- 1900s2
- 1910s1
- 1920s3
- 1930s2
- 1940s2
- 1950s2
- 1960s6
- 1970s5
- 1980s5
- 1990s1
- 2000s3
- 2010s5
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 41 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Forest Hill Cemetery · Ann Arbor, MI13
- Elmwood Cemetery · Detroit, MI3
- Mount Evergreen Cemetery · Jackson, MI3
- Mountain Home Cemetery · Kalamazoo, MI3
- Great Lakes National Cemetery · Holly, MI1
- Woodland Cemetery · Jackson, MI1
- Roseland Park Cemetery · Berkley, MI1
- Clover Hill Park Cemetery · Birmingham, MI1
- Highland Cemetery · Ypsilanti, MI1
- Oak Grove Cemetery · Lawton, MI1
- Oakwood Cemetery · Traverse City, MI1
- Maple Hill Cemetery · Cadillac, MI1
- Holy Cross Cemetery · Grand Rapids, MI1
- Oakwood Cemetery · Shields, MI1
- Pilgrim Home Cemetery · Holland, MI1
- South Park Cemetery · Three Rivers, MI1
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Chelsea, MI1
- Forest Lawn Cemetery · Dexter, MI1
- Martin Cemetery · East Grand Rapids, MI1
- Evergreen Cemetery · Grand Blanc, MI1
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Lansing, MI1
- Lakeview Cemetery · Laurium, MI1
- Oak Grove Cemetery · Coldwater, MI1
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Battle Creek, MI1
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Other notable burials in Michigan
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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.