Notable burials · NE
Notable people buried in Nebraska
Wikidata records 404 notable people as buried in Nebraska, spread over 96 of the cemeteries we list, the 34th highest count of any state. Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Omaha holds the most, with 93 (23% of the state total).
404
notable burials
96
cemeteries with one or more
93
at Forest Lawn Memorial Park
By theme
Who is buried in Nebraska
Military
American Civil War veterans14Medal of Honor recipients13Vietnam War veterans4World War I veterans5World War II veterans13
Arts and entertainment
Actors9Architects4Painters, sculptors and photographers10Journalists12Musicians and singers5Pulitzer Prize winners1Writers and poets23
Sports
American football players14Baseball players7Basketball players6
Science and work
Aviators and astronauts3Business leaders11Inventors and engineers3Physicians5Scientists10
From occupations, offices, awards and military service recorded on Wikidata. One person can appear in several lists.
People
Best-documented burials in Nebraska
- Anne Ramsey1929-1988American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Edith Abbott1876-1957American economistGrand Island Cemetery, Grand Island, NE
- Bob Gibson1935-2020American baseball playerEvergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Ralston, NE
- Eva Bowring1892-1985American politicianGordon Cemetery, Gordon, NE
- Bob Boozer1937-2012American basketball playerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Charles Starkweather1938-1959American spree killerWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Gordon MacRae1921-1986American actor, singerWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- George W. Norris1861-1944American politicianMemorial Park Cemetery, McCook, NE
- Susan La Flesche Picotte1865-1915Omaha Native American, physician, and reformerBancroft Cemetery, Pender, NE
- Hazel Abel1888-1966American politicianWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Grace Abbott1878-1939Social workerGrand Island Cemetery, Grand Island, NE
- Julius Sterling Morton1832-1902American politicianWyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, NE
- John Beasley1943-2023American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Grover Cleveland Alexander1887-1950American baseball playerElmwood Cemetery, Saint Paul, NE
- Susette LaFlesche Tibbles1854-1903Native American writer, lecturer, interpreter and artistBancroft Cemetery, Pender, NE
- Fred A. Seaton1909-1974American politicianParkview Cemetery, Hastings, NE
- Carl Curtis1905-2000American politicianMinden Cemetery, Minden, NE
- Betsy Baker1842-1955British-born American supercentenarianSterling Cemetery, Tecumseh, NE
- Alvin Saunders1817-1899American politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Brad Ashford1949-2022American politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Charles Thone1924-2018American politicianWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- J. James Exon1921-2005American politicianWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- John Milton Thayer1820-1906Union Army general and politicianWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Adeline Sarah Ames1879-1976American mycologistWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Dwight Griswold1893-1954American politicianFairview Cemetery, Scottsbluff, NE
- Vincenzo Capone1892-1952Brother of Al CaponeOmaha Valley Cemetery, Dakota City, NE
- Howard Homan Buffett1903-1964United States Representative from NebraskaForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Gilbert Hitchcock1859-1934American politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Julie Wilson1924-2015American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Charles Edward Magoon1861-1920American lawyer and diplomatWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Charles Henry Dietrich1853-1924American politicianParkview Cemetery, Hastings, NE
- Adam McMullen1872-1959American politicianWymore Cemetery, Wymore, NE
- Edward Zorinsky1928-1987American politicianBeth El Cemetery, Ralston, NE
- Gale Sayers1943-2020American professional football playerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Charles W. Bryan1867-1945American politicianWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Samuel Roy McKelvie1881-1956American politicianWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Monroe Hayward1840-1899Union Army soldier, lawyer, politicianWyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, NE
- Bill Barrett1929-2016United States Navy sailor and politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Lexington, NE
- Robert B. Howell1864-1933American politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- James E. Boyd1834-1906American politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Norris Brown1863-1960American politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Algernon Paddock1830-1897American politicianProspect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Joseph Millard1836-1922American politicianProspect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Elmer Burkett1867-1935American politicianWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- John Henry Kyl1919-2002American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Wayne, NE
- John H. Morehead1861-1942American politicianSteele Cemetery, Falls City, NE
- Silas A. Holcomb1858-1920American politicianBroken Bow Cemetery, Broken Bow, NE
- Roman Hruska1904-1999American politicianBohemian Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Jeremiah James Harty1853-1927American Roman Catholic archbishop
- Gordon Smiley1946-1982American racing driver
- Silas Garber1833-1905American politicianRed Cloud Cemetery, Red Cloud, NE
- Evelyn Sharp1919-1944American aviatorOrd Cemetery, Ord, NE
- Chester Hardy Aldrich1862-1924American politicianUlysses Cemetery, Seward, NE
- William V. Allen1847-1924American politicianCrown Hill Cemetery, Madison, NE
- William Henry Thompson1853-1937American politician, NebraskaGrand Island Cemetery, Grand Island, NE
- Hugh A. Butler1878-1954American politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Charles F. Manderson1837-1911American army officer and politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Victor Emanuel Anderson1902-1962American politicianWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Alice Dovey1884-1969American actressSteele Cemetery, Falls City, NE
- Keith Neville1884-1959American politicianNorth Platte Cemetery, North Platte, NE
- Samuel W. Reynolds1890-1988American politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Phineas Hitchcock1831-1881American politicianProspect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Ada Bittenbender1848-1925American lawyer, feminist activistWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- C. Frank Reavis1870-1932American politicianSteele Cemetery, Falls City, NE
- Arthur J. Weaver1873-1945American politicianSteele Cemetery, Falls City, NE
- George H. Heinke1882-1940American politicianWyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, NE
- Donald D. Clancy1921-2007American politicianParkview Cemetery, Hastings, NE
- Francis P. Matthews1887-19528th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
- Eugene D. O'Sullivan1883-1968American politician
- Val Peterson1903-1983American diplomatOakdale Cemetery, Neligh, NE
- Rollin Kirby1875-1952American political cartoonistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Richard Lee Metcalfe1861-1954American politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Albinus Nance1848-1911American politicianWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Phillip Hart Weaver1919-1989American politicianSteele Cemetery, Falls City, NE
- John Hyde Sweet1880-1964American politicianWyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, NE
- William E. Andrews1854-1942American politician from NebraskaParkview Cemetery, Hastings, NE
- Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski1910-2007American archaeologistGreenwood Cemetery, York, NE
- Edgar Howard1858-1951American politicianColumbus Cemetery, Columbus, NE
- Frank North1840-1885Pawnee interpreterColumbus Cemetery, Columbus, NE
- Clifford Dwight Waldo1913-2000American political scientistOak Grove Cemetery, Wilber, NE
- Dwight W. Burney1892-1987American politicianHartington Cemetery, Hartington, NE
- Big Elk1765-1846Native American tribal chiefBellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, NE
- David Henry Mercer1857-1919American politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Peter Hoagland1941-2007American politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Harry B. Coffee1890-1972American politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Miguel Keith1951-1970United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipientForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Thomas B. Cuming1827-18581st Secretary of Nebraska Territory and two time Acting GovernorProspect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- William James Connell1846-1924American politicianProspect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- John B. Hawley1831-1895American politicianProspect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Anna Wilson1835-1911American brothel ownerProspect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Amasa Cobb1823-1905Union Army generalWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- George Elliott Howard1849-1928American historianWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Gilbert L. Laws1838-1907American politician and Union Army soldierWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- William A. Poynter1848-1909American politicianWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Erwin Hinckley Barbour1856-1947American paleontologistWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Skip Stephenson1940-1992American comedianHoly Sepulchre Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- John A. Creighton1831-1907American businessmanHoly Sepulchre Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey1842-1911Union United States Army officerRidge Cemetery, Fremont, NE
- Dan Voorhees Stephens1868-1939American politicianRidge Cemetery, Fremont, NE
- Augustin Reed Humphrey1859-1937American politicianBroken Bow Cemetery, Broken Bow, NE
- Solomon Butcher1856-1927American photographerGates Cemetery, Taylor, NE
- Melvin O. McLaughlin1876-1928American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, York, NE
- Johnny Hopp1916-2003American baseball playerParkview Cemetery, Hastings, NE
- James Laird1849-1889American politicianParkview Cemetery, Hastings, NE
- Fred Gustus Johnson1876-1951American politicianParkview Cemetery, Hastings, NE
- James P. Latta1844-1911Nebraska Democratic politicianTekamah Cemetery, Tekamah, NE
- Henry Pratt Fairchild1880-1956American professor of sociologyRiverside Cemetery, Crete, NE
- Clair Armstrong Callan1920-2005American politicianOdell Cemetery, Wymore, NE
- John Seaton Robinson1856-1903American politician from NebraskaCrown Hill Cemetery, Madison, NE
- Robert G. Simmons1891-1969American politicianFairview Cemetery, Scottsbluff, NE
- Fenner Ferguson1814-1859American politicianBellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, NE
- Albert W. Jefferis1868-1942American politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Experience Estabrook1813-1894American politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Bertha Calloway1925-2017American activist and historianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Charles O. Lobeck1852-1920American politicianProspect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Augustus Hall1814-1861American politicianProspect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Louise Pound1872-1958American folkloristWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Samuel Maxwell1825-1901American politicianPleasant Ridge Cemetery, Plattsmouth, NE
- Ike Mahoney1901-1961American football playerHoly Sepulchre Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Willard Witte1906-1966American college basketball and football coach, college athletics administratorRidge Cemetery, Fremont, NE
- William G. Cambridge1931-2004United States federal judgeEvergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Ralston, NE
- William Laury Greene1849-1899American politicianKearney Cemetery, Kearney, NE
- Donald K. Schwab1918-2005United States Army Medal of Honor recipientHooper Cemetery, Fremont, NE
- Ernest M. Pollard1869-1939American politicianMount Pleasant Cemetery, Weeping Water, NE
- Bernard Palmer1914-1998American author of Christian juvenile fictionPrairie Home Cemetery, Holdrege, NE
- John McCarthy1857-1943American politicianPonca Cemetery, Ponca, NE
- Ronald L. Coker1947-1969United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipientFairview Cemetery, Alliance, NE
- James Tufts1829-1884American politicianL'eau Qui Court Cemetery, Center, NE
- Edward Evelyn1862-1936Association football playerEast Lawn Cemetery, Gering, NE
- Charles Wilson Pierce1823-1907American politicianPierce Cemetery, Waverly, NE
- Howard M. Baldrige1894-1985American politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Thomas Rogers Kimball1862-1934American architectForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- Earle Bunker1912-1975American photographerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- J. Laurie Wallace1864-1953Irish painterForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- George L. Miller1830-1920American physician, editor, and politicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, NE
- John Taffe1827-1884Union United States Army officerProspect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Origen D. Richardson1795-1876American politicianProspect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Champion S. Chase1820-1898American politicianProspect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Edmund G. McGilton1858-1933American politician in NebraskaProspect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Andrew Jackson Poppleton1830-1896American politicianProspect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Jesse Burr Strode1845-1924American politicianWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Roy H. Thorpe1874-1951American politicianWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Don Hollenbeck1905-1954American journalistWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Eugene Jerome Hainer1851-1929American politicianWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Oren S. Copeland1887-1958American politicianWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Winona Branch Sawyer1847-1939American writerWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Leslie Mann1892-1962American baseball player, scout, and manager; American football and basketball player and coachWyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, NE
- Constantine Joseph Smyth1859-1924American lawyer and politicianHoly Sepulchre Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Edward Creighton1820-1874American businessman and philanthropist (1820-1874); namesake of Creighton UniversityHoly Sepulchre Cemetery, Omaha, NE
- Rose Rosický1875-1954Czech American editor and translatorBohemian Cemetery, Omaha, NE
Showing 150 of 404. Each cemetery page lists everyone recorded there.
Ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article about the person.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park · Omaha93
- Wyuka Cemetery · Lincoln75
- Prospect Hill Cemetery · Omaha34
- Parkview Cemetery · Hastings14
- Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Omaha · Omaha12
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery · Omaha10
- Wyuka Cemetery · Nebraska City10
- Fort McPherson National Cemetery · Maxwell9
- Ridge Cemetery · Fremont7
- Bohemian Cemetery · Omaha6
- Grand Island Cemetery · Grand Island6
- Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery · Ralston5
- Greenwood Cemetery · York5
- Greenwood Cemetery · Wayne5
- Steele Cemetery · Falls City5
- Evergreen Home Cemetery · Beatrice4
- North Platte Cemetery · North Platte4
- Fairview Cemetery · Scottsbluff4
- Bellevue Cemetery · Bellevue3
- Columbus Cemetery · Columbus3
- Bancroft Cemetery · Pender3
- Kearney Cemetery · Kearney3
- Beth El Cemetery · Ralston2
- Blair Cemetery · Blair2
- Schuyler Cemetery · Schuyler2
Method
About this list
Names, years and descriptions come from Wikidata, where each person’s entry gives the cemetery as their place of burial. It covers people with an encyclopedia entry, not every grave. How we build it.
Other states
Notable burials in other states
- Alabama635
- Alaska139
- Arizona297
- Arkansas378
- California9,351
- Colorado247
- Connecticut1,850
- Delaware100
- District of Columbia1,261
- Florida478
- Georgia859
- Hawaii172
- Idaho150
- Illinois3,508
- Indiana1,269
- Iowa748
- Kansas487
- Kentucky889
- Louisiana450
- Maine589
- Maryland1,397
- Massachusetts5,034
- Michigan1,368
- Minnesota839
- Mississippi289
- Missouri1,271
- Montana137
- Nevada250
- New Hampshire422
- New Jersey1,938
- New Mexico222
- New York10,713
- North Carolina560
- North Dakota46
- Ohio2,567
- Oklahoma376
- Oregon566
- Pennsylvania3,541
- Rhode Island699
- South Carolina391
- South Dakota151
- Tennessee902
- Texas1,599
- Utah626
- Vermont437
- Virginia5,460
- Washington487
- West Virginia252
- Wisconsin1,183
- Wyoming107