Business leaders buried in Missouri
Wikidata records 79 business leaders as buried in 22 of the cemeteries we list in Missouri. Bellefontaine Cemetery in Saint Louis holds the most, with 37. Missouri has the 11th 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 Missouri
- Marie-Therese Bourgeois Chouteau1733-1814American matriarchCalvary Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Charles Lucas1792-1817American entrepreneur and legislator in Missouri TerritoryCalvary Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Manuel Lisa1772-1820American fur traderBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- William Sublette1799-1845American mountain manBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Henry Miller Shreve1785-1851American businessmanBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Kenneth McKenzie1797-1861Canadian fur traderBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Ignatz Uhrig1820-1861German-American entrepreneurBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Henry Washington Younger1810-1862Missouri mayorOrient Cemetery, Harrisonville, MO
- Johann Adam Lemp1793-1862Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- John O'Fallon1791-1865American philanthropistBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Sterling Price1809-1867American politician and Confederate States Army general in the Civil WarBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- William Hepburn Russell1812-1872Co-founder of the Pony ExpressGreenwood Cemetery, Palmyra, MO
- Henry von Phul1784-1874American businessmanCalvary Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Joseph Uhrig1808-1874German entrepreneurBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Benjamin Bonneville1797-1878Union Army generalBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Robert Campbell1804-1879American frontiersman, born 1804Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Eberhard Anheuser1806-1880German-American businessmanBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Henry S. Turner1811-1881American Army officerCalvary Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Samuel Hawken1792-1884American firearms designerBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- James W. Paramore1830-1887American businesspersonBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Sanford F. Conley1838-1890American businessmanColumbia Cemetery, Columbia, MO
- Robert A. Barnes1808-1892US businessmanBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- William F. Nast1840-1893American businessmanCalvary Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Erastus Wells1823-1893American politicianBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- William Seward Burroughs I1855-1898American businessmanBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Charles F. Orthwein1839-1898German-American businessmanBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Alexander Majors1814-1900American businessmanUnion Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
- Edward Howard Payne1849-1900American businesspersonHillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, MO
- Augustus Shapleigh1810-1902American businessmanBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Seth Ward1820-1903American businessmanForest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
- Simon Adler1832-1904Arkansas businessmanNew Mount Sinai Cemetery, Affton, MO
- Nathan Cole1825-1904American congressman and mayorBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Richard H. Keith1842-1905American businessmanMount Washington Cemetery, Independence, MO
- Frederick W. V. Blees1860-1906German-American philanthropistOakwood Cemetery, Macon, MO
- Daniel T. Jewett1807-1906American politicianBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Seth Wallace Cobb1838-1909American politicianCalvary Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Henry Lucas1857-1910American baseball executiveCalvary Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Chris von der Ahe1851-1913German-American baseball executiveBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Adolphus Busch I1839-1913American businessmanBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- N. G. Larimore1835-1913American businessmanBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Theophile Papin1857-1916American real estate agentCalvary Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Samuel Kennard1842-1916American businessman and Confederate Army officerBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Sol Star1840-1917Businessman of the Old WestNew Mount Sinai Cemetery, Affton, MO
- David Davis Walker1840-1918American businessmanCalvary Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- John Barber White1847-1923American politicianMount Washington Cemetery, Independence, MO
- Jacob Leander Loose1850-1923American businessmanElmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
- Ellis Wainwright1850-1924American businessman and art collectorBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Huston Wyeth1863-1925American businessman in hardware and food industriesMount Mora Cemetery, Saint Joseph, MO
- David May1848-1927American businessman and department story owner, merchantNew Mount Sinai Cemetery, Affton, MO
- W. R. Pickering1849-1927American business tycoonForest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
- Firmin V. Desloge1843-1929American industrialistCalvary Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Robert S. Brookings1850-1932American businessmanBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- John Francis Queeny1859-1933Founder of Monsanto CompanyBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Robert A. Long1850-1934American lumber baron, real estate developerForest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
- Sanford Conley Hunt1867-1934American businessmanColumbia Cemetery, Columbia, MO
- Ernst B. Filsinger1880-1937American foreign trade expertBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Charles S. Keith1873-1945American businessman and politicianMount Washington Cemetery, Independence, MO
- Tom Pendergast1872-1945American politicianCalvary Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
- Albert Bond Lambert1875-1946Amateur golfer, aviatorBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Vincent Leonard Price, Sr.1871-1948American businessmanBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Verne Hyde1867-1948American businessperson, stationer, and postcard publisherForest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
- Russell Stover1888-1954American businessmanMount Moriah Cemetery, Grandview, MO
- Edward Jacobson1891-1955American businessmanRose Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
- Eunice Gray1880-1962American brothel ownerPlatte City Cemetery, Platte City, MO
- Henry Hale Rand1909-1962American heir, business executive & philanthropistBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Karl Hoblitzelle1879-1967American philanthropist and real estate investorBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Lester Edmund Cox1895-1968Hazelwood Cemetery, Springfield, MO
- Edgar Monsanto Queeny1897-1968American businessmanBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Earl H. Painter1888-1969American college football player and coach, lawyerOak Grove Cemetery, Hanley Hills, MO
- Lloyd C. Stark1886-1972Governor of Missouri from 1937 to 1941Riverview Cemetery, Louisiana, MO
- Clara Stover1882-1975American businesswoman and chocolatierMount Moriah Cemetery, Grandview, MO
- Charles H. Yalemdied 1978American businessperson and philanthropistNew Mount Sinai Cemetery, Affton, MO
- James McDonnell1899-1980American aerospace pioneerBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Joyce C. Hall1891-1982Founder of greeting card companyForest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
- Harold Koplar1915-1985American businessmanNew Mount Sinai Cemetery, Affton, MO
- Frank P. Briggs1894-1992American politicianWalnut Ridge Cemetery, Fayette, MO
- Walter Christian Ploeser1907-1993American politicianBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Bud Walton1921-1995American businessmanMemorial Park Cemetery, Columbia, MO
- Calvin Caseborn 1804American businessmanBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1810s2
- 1820s1
- 1840s1
- 1850s1
- 1860s6
- 1870s5
- 1880s4
- 1890s6
- 1900s10
- 1910s8
- 1920s7
- 1930s5
- 1940s5
- 1950s2
- 1960s6
- 1970s3
- 1980s3
- 1990s3
By recorded year of death, for the 78 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Bellefontaine Cemetery · Saint Louis, MO37
- Calvary Cemetery · Saint Louis, MO10
- Forest Hill Cemetery · Kansas City, MO5
- New Mount Sinai Cemetery · Affton, MO5
- Mount Washington Cemetery · Independence, MO3
- Columbia Cemetery · Columbia, MO2
- Mount Moriah Cemetery · Grandview, MO2
- Platte City Cemetery · Platte City, MO1
- Mount Mora Cemetery · Saint Joseph, MO1
- Elmwood Cemetery · Kansas City, MO1
- Rose Hill Cemetery · Kansas City, MO1
- Orient Cemetery · Harrisonville, MO1
- Greenwood Cemetery · Palmyra, MO1
- Hazelwood Cemetery · Springfield, MO1
- Memorial Park Cemetery · Columbia, MO1
- Oakwood Cemetery · Macon, MO1
- Calvary Cemetery · Kansas City, MO1
- Riverview Cemetery · Louisiana, MO1
- Union Cemetery · Kansas City, MO1
- Walnut Ridge Cemetery · Fayette, MO1
- Hillcrest Cemetery · Fulton, MO1
- Oak Grove Cemetery · Hanley Hills, MO1
Other notable burials in Missouri
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.