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Writers and poets buried in Missouri

Wikidata records 80 writers as buried in 32 of the cemeteries we list in Missouri. Bellefontaine Cemetery in Saint Louis holds the most, with 31. Missouri has the 14th highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.

People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.

80
writers
32
cemeteries
6%
of notable burials in Missouri
1910s
the decade with the most deaths (10)

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In order of death

Writers and poets buried in Missouri

Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.

Over time

Deaths by decade

  • 1850s1
  • 1860s1
  • 1870s1
  • 1880s5
  • 1890s5
  • 1900s5
  • 1910s10
  • 1920s8
  • 1930s5
  • 1940s5
  • 1950s7
  • 1960s8
  • 1970s2
  • 1980s7
  • 1990s3
  • 2010s5
  • 2020s2

By recorded year of death, for the 80 people with one.

Cemeteries

Where they are buried

Top 25 of 32 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.

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Other notable burials in Missouri

United States representatives161Baseball players83Business leaders79American Civil War veterans67Musicians and singers42Medal of Honor recipients34Painters, sculptors and photographers33Actors31Governors30Scientists30Journalists29World War II veterans27American football players26United States senators24Physicians23Mexican-American War veterans16Architects15Inventors and engineers15World War I veterans15

Writers and poets in every state

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.

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