Business leaders buried in Minnesota
Wikidata records 40 business leaders as buried in 11 of the cemeteries we list in Minnesota. Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis holds the most, with 29. Minnesota has the 18th highest count of any state, out of 3,027 nationally.
People recorded as businesspeople, entrepreneurs or industrialists.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Business leaders buried in Minnesota
- Alonzo Cooper Rand1831-1885American inventor and politician (183_-1885)Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Hugh G. Harrison1822-1891American businessman, banker and politicianLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Robert Bruce Langdon1826-1895American businessman and politicianLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Dorilus Morrison1814-1897American politicianLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Isaac Staples1816-1898American businessmanFairview Cemetery, Stillwater, MN
- Edward C. Babb1834-1899American businessman and politicianLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- John S. Pillsbury1827-1901American governor of MinnesotaLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- John Martin1820-1905(1820-1905) businessman, created the Northwestern Consolidated Milling CompanyLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Orlando C. Merriman1827-1906American lawyer, politician and businessmanLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Thomas Lowry1843-1909American businessmanLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Andrew B. Robbins1845-1910America entrepreneur and politicianLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Joseph Ray Watkins1840-1911American entrepreneurWoodlawn Cemetery, Winona, MN
- William D. Washburn1831-1912American politicianLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- John De Laittre1832-1912American businessman, banker and politicianLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- William Hood Dunwoody1841-1914US businessman and museum benefactorLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- James Stroud Bell1847-19151847-1915 , businessmanLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Alpheus Beede Stickney1840-1916American railroad executiveOakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, MN
- James J. Hill1838-1916American railroad promoter and financierResurrection Cemetery, Mendota Heights, MN
- Ida Dorsey1866-1918American madamLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- George A. Brackett1836-1921American politician and businessmanLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Charles M. Loring1833-1922American businessperson, miller and publicistLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Kerry Conley1864-1924American businessman and politicianOakwood Downtown Cemetery, Rochester, MN
- L. P. Hubbard1840-1932American businessmanLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Franklin Clarence Mars1883-1934American businessmanLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- George Dayton1857-1938American businessmanLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Matthew C. Brush1877-1940American industrialistWoodlawn Cemetery, Winona, MN
- George A. Hormel1860-1946American businessmanOakwood Cemetery, Austin, MN
- Wheelock Whitney, Sr.1894-1957American businessmanLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Julius H. Barnes1873-1959American industrialist and government officialForest Hill Cemetery, Aurora, MN
- John H. MacMillan, Jr.1895-1960American businessmanLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- James Ford Bell1879-1961American businessmanLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Lyle Wright1898-1963Canadian-American ice hockey manager and businessmanLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Rufus Rand1892-1971American businessman, military officer and politicianLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Roy H. Bjorkman1893-1984Minneapolis clothierLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Curt Carlson1914-1999American businessmanLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Forrest Mars1904-1999American businessmanLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Tom Burnett1963-2001Vice president and COO of a Pleasanton, California, medical devices company, Thoratec CorporationFort Snelling National Cemetery, Richfield, MN
- Elmer L. Andersen1909-2004Businessman and politicianHillside Cemetery, Lauderdale, MN
- Earl B. Olson1915-2006American businessmanFairview Cemetery, Willmar, MN
- John Hugh MacMillan1928-2008American businessmanLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1880s1
- 1890s5
- 1900s4
- 1910s9
- 1920s3
- 1930s3
- 1940s2
- 1950s2
- 1960s3
- 1970s1
- 1980s1
- 1990s2
- 2000s4
By recorded year of death, for the 40 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Lakewood Cemetery · Minneapolis, MN29
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Winona, MN2
- Resurrection Cemetery · Mendota Heights, MN1
- Fairview Cemetery · Stillwater, MN1
- Oakland Cemetery · Saint Paul, MN1
- Fairview Cemetery · Willmar, MN1
- Forest Hill Cemetery · Aurora, MN1
- Fort Snelling National Cemetery · Richfield, MN1
- Hillside Cemetery · Lauderdale, MN1
- Oakwood Cemetery · Austin, MN1
- Oakwood Downtown Cemetery · Rochester, MN1
Other notable burials in Minnesota
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.