Business leaders buried in New Jersey
Wikidata records 77 business leaders as buried in 40 of the cemeteries we list in New Jersey. Rosedale Cemetery in West Orange holds the most, with 7. New Jersey has the 12th 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 New Jersey
- Nathan Cooper1751-1834American landowner, businessman from Chester, New Jersey; 1751-1834Chester Congregational Cemetery, Chester, NJ
- James Bishop1788-1845American shipping businessman in New Brunswick, New JerseyElmwood Cemetery, North Brunswick Township, NJ
- Roswell L. Colt1779-1856American businessmanCedar Lawn Cemetery, Elmwood Park, NJ
- Charles Leupp1807-1859American merchant and art collector, 1807-1859Christ Church Graveyard, New Brunswick, NJ
- John Renshaw Thomson1800-1862American politician, New JerseyPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Robert F. Stockton1795-1866United States Navy officerPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Edwin Augustus Stevens1795-1868American engineer and inventorHoboken Cemetery, North Bergen, NJ
- John Augustus Roebling1806-1869German-American engineerRiverview Cemetery, Trenton, NJ
- Hiram Hutchinson1808-1869American industrialistMount Pleasant Cemetery, Kearny, NJ
- Charles Hewitt1824-1879American industrialist and New Jersey state senatorMercer Cemetery, Trenton, NJ
- Nathan A. Cooper1802-1879American landowner, businessman, and military officer from Chester, New JerseyPleasant Hill Cemetery, Chester, NJ
- Nehemiah Perry1816-1881American politicianMount Pleasant Cemetery, Kearny, NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph1826-1883American politicianEvergreen Cemetery, Morristown, NJ
- John Ryle1817-1887American manufacturerCedar Lawn Cemetery, Elmwood Park, NJ
- Alfred Hunt1817-1888First president of Bethlehem Iron CompanyColestown Cemetery, Kingston Estates, NJ
- James Bishop1816-1895American politician and businessmanElmwood Cemetery, North Brunswick Township, NJ
- Samuel Colgate1822-1897American manufacturer and philanthropistRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- John H. Dialogue1828-1898American shipbuilderEvergreen Cemetery, Wood-Lynne, NJ
- Henry Lembeck1826-1904American businessmanBay View - New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, NJ
- Leslie Dodd Ward1845-1910American art collector and businessmanMount Pleasant Cemetery, Kearny, NJ
- James Harper Smith1834-1911American businessman from Somerville, New JerseyNew Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, NJ
- John F. Dryden1839-1911American businessman and philanthropistMount Pleasant Cemetery, Kearny, NJ
- Amos Clark, Jr.1828-1912American politicianEvergreen Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
- John Philip Holland1840-1914Irish-American marine engineerHoly Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa, NJ
- Fred C. Lounsbury1857-1917American business owner and postcard publisherHillside Cemetery, Plainfield, NJ
- Charles G. Roebling1849-1918American civil engineer, brother of Washington RoeblingRiverview Cemetery, Trenton, NJ
- Charles August Sulzer1879-1919Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Alaska TerritoryEvergreen Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
- Theodore Newton Vail1845-1920United States industrialistVail Memorial Cemetery, Parsippany, NJ
- John Wesley Hyatt1837-1920American inventor of plasticFair Mount Cemetery, Chatham, NJ
- Moses Taylor Pyne1855-1921American philanthropistPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- William Warren Gibbs1846-1924American entrepreneurUnion Cemetery, Hackettstown, NJ
- Frederick Frelinghuysen1848-1924American businessmanMount Pleasant Cemetery, Kearny, NJ
- George Gill Green1842-1925American patent medicine entrepreneurEglington Cemetery, Paulsboro, NJ
- George Merck1867-1926German entrepreneurRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- Guy Tripp1864-1927American business executive and U.S. Army generalOld Tennent Cemetery, Yorketown, NJ
- Austen Colgate1863-1927American businessman and politicianRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- John Peters Stevens1868-1929American textile executiveHillside Cemetery, Plainfield, NJ
- Edward Stratemeyer1862-1930American book packager, publisher and writerEvergreen Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
- Clarence Hill Kelsey1856-1930American banker and writerRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- Edward Irving Edwards1863-1931New Jersey politicianBay View - New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, NJ
- Dwight Morrow1873-1931American politicianBrookside Cemetery, Englewood, NJ
- Edwin S. Votey1856-1931American entrepreneurFair Mount Cemetery, Chatham, NJ
- Paul Guenther1860-1932German-American industrialistCedar Lawn Cemetery, Elmwood Park, NJ
- Forrest F. Dryden1864-1932American insurance executive (1864-1932); president of Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaMount Pleasant Cemetery, Kearny, NJ
- Henry de la Bruyere Carpender1882-1934Suspect in the Hall-Mills murderElmwood Cemetery, North Brunswick Township, NJ
- Henry Coddington Meyer1844-19351 May 1844 - certain 14 Apr 1935Rosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- Clarence Otis Bigelow1851-1937American pharmacistRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- Frederic Ellsworth Kip1862-1938American businessman and genealogistCedar Lawn Cemetery, Elmwood Park, NJ
- Christian William Feigenspan1876-1939American brewersFairmount Cemetery, Newark, NJ
- Seward Prosser1871-1942American bankerBrookside Cemetery, Englewood, NJ
- W. Warren Barbour1888-1943American politicianCedar Lawn Cemetery, Elmwood Park, NJ
- John Coard Taylor1901-1946American sprinter and hurdlerMount Hebron Cemetery, Upper Montclair, NJ
- James H. McGraw1860-1948American businessmanEvergreen Cemetery, Morristown, NJ
- Fairleigh S. Dickinson1866-1948Co-founder of Becton Dickinson and the named benefactor of Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityHillside Cemetery, Lyndhurst, NJ
- Charles Henry Ingersoll1865-1948American industrialistMount Hebron Cemetery, Upper Montclair, NJ
- William Lightfoot Schultz1876-1950USA soapmaker and businessmanNew Vernon Cemetery, Morristown, NJ
- Maxwell Becton1868-1951Co-founder of Becton DickinsonHillside Cemetery, Lyndhurst, NJ
- Ralph Baccellieri1882-1956InventorBerlin Cemetery, Berlin, NJ
- Ralph Kohlman1884-1957(1884-1957) husband of Ada Augusta FreudenbergEast Ridgelawn Cemetery, Nutley, NJ
- James Derward Potts1861-1958American businessmanEvergreen Cemetery, Basking Ridge, NJ
- C. M. Tremaine1870-1963American businessmanFairview Cemetery, Fairview, NJ
- Charles Edison1890-1969American politicianRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- Albert W. Hawkes1878-1971American politicianMount Hebron Cemetery, Upper Montclair, NJ
- Magnus Bjorndal1899-1971Norwegian American engineerFair Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Fair Lawn, NJ
- Christine Moore Howell1899-1972American businesspersonPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Wolfe Kohlman1889-1975American businessman; owner of Hauser Embroidery WorksBeth-El Cemetery, Oradell, NJ
- James Crane Kellogg III1915-1980American businessmanEvergreen Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio1914-1981New Jersey politicianGate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, NJ
- George Gallup1901-1984American statisticianPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Leon Klinghoffer1916-1985American businessmanBeth - David Cemetery, Kenilworth, NJ
- Dr. Rudolf Franz Kallir (Nirenstein)1895-1987Viennese emigré to NYCBrookside Cemetery, Englewood, NJ
- J. Richardson Dilworth1916-1997American businessmanPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Estée Lauder1908-2004American businesswomanBeth-El Cemetery, Oradell, NJ
- Evelyn Lauder1936-2011Jewish American businesswoman and philanthropistBeth-El Cemetery, Oradell, NJ
- Leonard Lomell1920-2011U.S. Army soldier and attorneyRiverside Cemetery, Toms River, NJ
- Halyna Voskobiynyk1930-2020American entrepreneurSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Ivana Trump1949-2022Czech-American businesswomanTrump family cemetery, Bedminster, NJ
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1830s1
- 1840s1
- 1850s2
- 1860s5
- 1870s2
- 1880s4
- 1890s3
- 1900s1
- 1910s8
- 1920s10
- 1930s12
- 1940s6
- 1950s5
- 1960s2
- 1970s4
- 1980s5
- 1990s1
- 2000s1
- 2010s2
- 2020s2
By recorded year of death, for the 77 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Rosedale Cemetery · West Orange, NJ7
- Princeton Cemetery · Princeton, NJ6
- Mount Pleasant Cemetery · Kearny, NJ6
- Cedar Lawn Cemetery · Elmwood Park, NJ5
- Evergreen Cemetery · Hillside, NJ4
- Elmwood Cemetery · North Brunswick Township, NJ3
- Brookside Cemetery · Englewood, NJ3
- Mount Hebron Cemetery · Upper Montclair, NJ3
- Beth-El Cemetery · Oradell, NJ3
- Evergreen Cemetery · Morristown, NJ2
- Bay View - New York Bay Cemetery · Jersey City, NJ2
- Riverview Cemetery · Trenton, NJ2
- Fair Mount Cemetery · Chatham, NJ2
- Hillside Cemetery · Lyndhurst, NJ2
- Hillside Cemetery · Plainfield, NJ2
- Christ Church Graveyard · New Brunswick, NJ1
- Hoboken Cemetery · North Bergen, NJ1
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery · Totowa, NJ1
- Old Tennent Cemetery · Yorketown, NJ1
- Mercer Cemetery · Trenton, NJ1
- St Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery · South Bound Brook, NJ1
- Colestown Cemetery · Kingston Estates, NJ1
- Eglington Cemetery · Paulsboro, NJ1
- Fairmount Cemetery · Newark, NJ1
- Fairview Cemetery · Fairview, NJ1
Top 25 of 40 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
Other notable burials in New Jersey
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.