Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Writers and poets buried in Minnesota
Wikidata records 38 writers as buried in 13 of the cemeteries we list in Minnesota. Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis holds the most, with 19. Minnesota has the 24th highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.
People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.
38
writers
13
cemeteries
5%
of notable burials in Minnesota
1930s
the decade with the most deaths (7)
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In order of death
Writers and poets buried in Minnesota
- William Whipple Warren1825-1853Historian, interpreter, and legislator in the Minnesota TerritoryOakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, MN
- Harriet Bishop1817-1883American educator, writer, suffragist, temperance activistOakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, MN
- Richard W. Johnson1827-1897Union Army GeneralOakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, MN
- Ignatius Loyola Donnelly1831-1901American politicianCalvary Cemetery, Saint Paul, MN
- Ponsonby Ogle1855-1902British writer, journalist and editorLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Lafayette Bunnell1824-1903American physician, explorer, and writerWoodlawn Cemetery, Winona, MN
- Charles Ruggles Knapp1863-1908(1863-1908) American authorWoodlawn Cemetery, Winona, MN
- Justus Miles Forman1875-1915American writerLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Kenneth Rand1891-1918American poetLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Christopher Columbus Andrews1829-1922Union Army GeneralOakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, MN
- Lily Augusta Long1862-1927American poet and novelistHebron Cemetery, Nicollet, MN
- Amy Robbins Ware1877-1929American author; Red Cross worker in FranceLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Ole Edvart Rølvaag1876-1931Norwegian-American novelistOaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, MN
- Della Whitney Norton1840-1937American poet, author, Christian ScientistLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Emma A. Cranmer1858-1937American reformer, suffragist, writerLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- John Henry Barr1861-19371861-1937Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Effie Woodward Fifield1857-1937American authorLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- John Bates Clark1847-1938American neoclassical economistLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Clara Elizabeth Fanning1878-1938American writerLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Estelle Woods Wilcox1849-1943Cookery book compiler and publisher from Minnesota, USALakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Thomas Hall Shastid1866-1947American ophthalmologistForest Hill Cemetery, Aurora, MN
- William Bell Riley1861-1947American pastorLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Thomas Heggen1918-1949American writerLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Sinclair Lewis1885-1951American writer and playwrightGreenwood Cemetery, Sauk Centre, MN
- Edith Pierpont Stickney1876-1951American historianOakland Cemetery, Saint Paul, MN
- Robert McAlmon1895-1956American writerLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Nina Moore Tiffany1852-1958American writerRoselawn Cemetery, Roseville, MN
- Ellen Torelle Nagler1870-1965American biologist, author, lecturerLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- John Berryman1914-1972American poet and scholarResurrection Cemetery, Mendota Heights, MN
- George Aloysius Gallik1903-1975American Catholic priest, author and translatorCalvary Cemetery, Pine City, MN
- Clifford D. Simak1904-1988American writer, journalistLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Rena N. Coen1925-2001Art historianAdath Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery, Crystal, MN
- Mitch Hedberg1968-2005American stand-up comedianRoselawn Cemetery, Roseville, MN
- Dale B. Harris1914-2007American professor of psychologyLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Vince Flynn1966-2013American writer of fictionResurrection Cemetery, Mendota Heights, MN
- Scott Nimerfro1961-2016American film producer, television producer and screenwriterLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Mary Ann Feldman1933-2019American music criticLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
- Ronald J. Glasser1939-2022American doctor and writerUnited Hebrew Brotherhood Cemetery, Richfield, MN
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1850s1
- 1880s1
- 1890s1
- 1900s4
- 1910s2
- 1920s3
- 1930s7
- 1940s4
- 1950s4
- 1960s1
- 1970s2
- 1980s1
- 2000s3
- 2010s3
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 38 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Lakewood Cemetery · Minneapolis, MN19
- Oakland Cemetery · Saint Paul, MN5
- Resurrection Cemetery · Mendota Heights, MN2
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Winona, MN2
- Roselawn Cemetery · Roseville, MN2
- Calvary Cemetery · Saint Paul, MN1
- Adath Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery · Crystal, MN1
- United Hebrew Brotherhood Cemetery · Richfield, MN1
- Hebron Cemetery · Nicollet, MN1
- Oaklawn Cemetery · Northfield, MN1
- Greenwood Cemetery · Sauk Centre, MN1
- Forest Hill Cemetery · Aurora, MN1
- Calvary Cemetery · Pine City, MN1
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Other notable burials in Minnesota
United States representatives72American football players41Business leaders40Medal of Honor recipients25World War II veterans25Scientists21Baseball players19American Civil War veterans19Governors19Journalists17Painters, sculptors and photographers16Physicians15United States senators15World War I 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.