Writers and poets buried in New Jersey
Wikidata records 199 writers as buried in 55 of the cemeteries we list in New Jersey. St Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery in South Bound Brook holds the most, with 35. New Jersey has the 8th highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.
People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Writers and poets buried in New Jersey
- Grover Cleveland1837-190822nd & 24th President of the United States (1885-1889; 1893-1897)Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Isaac Bashevis Singer1904-1991Polish-American writerCedar Park Cemetery, Oradell, NJ
- Philip W. Anderson1923-2020American physicistPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Ivana Trump1949-2022Czech-American businesswomanTrump family cemetery, Bedminster, NJ
- William Carlos Williams1883-1963American poetHillside Cemetery, Lyndhurst, NJ
- Stephen Crane1871-1900American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalistEvergreen Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
- George F. Kennan1904-2005American advisor, diplomat, political scientist and historianPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Nicholas Murray Butler1862-1947American philosopher, diplomat, and educatorCedar Lawn Cemetery, Elmwood Park, NJ
- Dudley Moore1935-2002British actor, comedian, composer and musicianHillside Cemetery, Plainfield, NJ
- George Brinton McClellan1826-1885American soldier and politicianRiverview Cemetery, Trenton, NJ
- Neil Postman1931-2003American writer and academicCedar Park Cemetery, Oradell, NJ
- Jonathan Edwards1703-1758Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologianPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Ellen Swallow Richards1842-1911American chemistChrist Church Cemetery, South Amboy, NJ
- Henry van Dyke1852-1933American diplomatPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- John O'Hara1905-1970American journalist and writerPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Mary Mapes Dodge1831-1905American children's writerEvergreen Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
- Jan Karski1914-2000Polish World War II officer, resistance fighter and diplomatMount Olivet Cemetery, Middletown, NJ
- Julian Beck1925-1985American actor, director and writerCedar Park Cemetery, Oradell, NJ
- Tony Lip1930-2013American actorMaryrest Cemetery, Ramsey, NJ
- Frank M. Chapman1864-1945American ornithologistBrookside Cemetery, Englewood, NJ
- Raymond Franz1922-2010Critic and former member of Governing Body of Jehovah's WitnessesColestown Cemetery, Kingston Estates, NJ
- Sylvia Beach1887-1962American-born bookseller and publisherPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Petro Hryhorenko1907-1987Ukrainian soviet dissident, generalSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman1852-1930American novelist, short story writer, poet, children's authorHillside Cemetery, Plainfield, NJ
- Frank Fetter1863-1949American economistPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Gustave Gilbert1911-1977American psychologistCedar Park Cemetery, Oradell, NJ
- John Witherspoon1723-1794Scottish-American Presbyterian minister and Founding Father of the United StatesPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Delmore Schwartz1913-1966American poetCedar Park Cemetery, Oradell, NJ
- Harold Lamb1892-1962American historian and novelistBrookside Cemetery, Englewood, NJ
- Belva Plain1915-2010American writerB'nai Jeshurun Cemetery, Elizabeth, NJ
- Yevhen Malaniuk1897-1968Ukrainian poet and writerSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Charles Bryant1879-1948British actor and film directorEvergreen Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
- Vasyl Barka1908-2003Ukrainian writerSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Charles Bowers1889-1946American cartoonist and actorCedar Lawn Cemetery, Elmwood Park, NJ
- Thomas Dunn English1819-1902American state and federal politicianFairmount Cemetery, Newark, NJ
- Edward Stratemeyer1862-1930American book packager, publisher and writerEvergreen Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
- Victor Hugo Green1892-1960American travel writerHackensack Cemetery, Teaneck, NJ
- Arshavir Shirakian1900-1973Armenian writer (d. 1973)Hackensack Cemetery, Teaneck, NJ
- Sterling North1906-1974American children's writerNew Vernon Cemetery, Morristown, NJ
- Jane Cunningham Croly1829-1901American journalistEvergreen Cemetery, Lakewood, NJ
- Izydora Kosach-Borysova1888-1980Ukrainian writerSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Corliss Lamont1902-1995American activistBrookside Cemetery, Englewood, NJ
- Carolyn Wells1862-1942American humorist, poet, writer of children's works and mystery storiesRahway Cemetery, Rahway, NJ
- Edward S. Ellis1840-1916Novelist, nonfiction writerMount Hebron Cemetery, Upper Montclair, NJ
- Todos Osmachka1895-1962Ukrainian poet and writerSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- T. O'Conor Sloane1851-1940American editorSaint Vincent Cemetery, Madison, NJ
- Archibald Alexander1772-1851American theologianPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Otto Binder1911-1974American writerGeorge Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, NJ
- Harriet Adams1892-1982American juvenile mystery novelist and publisherFairmount Cemetery, Newark, NJ
- Robert Lowry1826-1899American professor of literature, composer of gospel hymnsHillside Cemetery, Plainfield, NJ
- Alfred Marshall Mayer1836-1897American physicistRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- James McCosh1811-1894British philosopherPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Samuel Merrill Woodbridge1819-1905Reformed minister, theologian, seminary professor in New Brunswick, New JerseyElmwood Cemetery, North Brunswick Township, NJ
- Richard Grant White1822-1885American literary scholarRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- Abraham Coles1813-1891American physician and poetWillow Grove Cemetery, New Brunswick, NJ
- Dokia Humenna1904-1996Ukrainian and Ukrainian American authorSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Oksana Liaturynska1902-1970Ukrainian poet and sculptorSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Nestor Dmytriw1862-1925Ukrainian priestEvergreen Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
- Glen MacDonough1870-1924American writerValleau Cemetery, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
- William Milligan Sloane1850-1928United States historianPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Aline Murray Kilmer1888-1941American poet, children's book author, and essayistSaint Joseph Cemetery, Newton, NJ
- Sviatoslav Shramchenko1893-1958Ukrainian admiralSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- John Charles Van Dyke1856-1932American art historian and criticElmwood Cemetery, North Brunswick Township, NJ
- Henry Mills Alden1836-1919American author and magazine editorHillside Cemetery, Plainfield, NJ
- Sara Agnes Rice Pryor1830-1912Writer and activistPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- John Huston Finley1863-1940American academic; NY Times editor-in-chiefPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Sviatoslav Hordynsky1906-1993Ukrainian poet and writerSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Jurka Vićbič1905-1975Belarusian writer and émigré leaderБеларускія могілкі ў Саўт-Рыверы, South River, NJ
- Bohdan Kravtsiv1904-1975Ukrainian poetSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Yurii Kosach1908-1990American writerSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Oleksa Stefanovych1899-1970Ukrainian poet and literary criticSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Maxwell Bodenheim1892-1954American writerCedar Park Cemetery, Oradell, NJ
- Moyshe Nadir1885-1943American Yiddish writer and poetCedar Park Cemetery, Oradell, NJ
- Robert Elliott Speer1867-1947Missionary in ChinaBrookside Cemetery, Englewood, NJ
- Seymour Reit1918-2001Writer, cartoonistFairview Cemetery, Westfield, NJ
- Esther Edwards Burr1732-1758American writerPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Laurence Hutton1843-1904American essayist and criticPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- John McDowell Leavitt1824-1909American writer, lawyer and priestRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- Alexander Wilson Drake1843-1916American artistMount Pleasant Cemetery, Kearny, NJ
- Henry William Herbert1807-1858English novelist, poet, historian, illustrator, journalist and writer on sportMount Pleasant Cemetery, Kearny, NJ
- Henrietta Christian Wright1852-1899American writerChestnut Hill Cemetery, Old Bridge, NJ
- Thomas Marc Parrott1866-1960American literary scholarLawrenceville Cemetery, Lawrenceville, NJ
- David Goodman Croly1829-1889American journalistEvergreen Cemetery, Lakewood, NJ
- Louis Freeland Post1849-1928American writerUnion Cemetery, Hackettstown, NJ
- Jaume Brossa i Roger1875-1919WriterSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Michael Heilprin1823-1888American biblical scholarFair Mount Cemetery, Chatham, NJ
- Julian Ralph1853-1903American journalistFairview Cemetery, Middletown, NJ
- Anna Rochester1880-1966American activistBrookside Cemetery, Englewood, NJ
- James M. Drake1837-1913Civil War officer, Medal of Honor recipient, author, and publisherEvergreen Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
- Jennie Maria Drinkwater Conklin1841-1900American authorHillside Cemetery, Plainfield, NJ
- Dorothy Quick1896-1962American poet and authorHillside Cemetery, Plainfield, NJ
- Arthur Stringer1874-1950Canadian screenwriter and novelistGreenwood Cemetery, Boonton, NJ
- William Hamilton Osborne1873-1942American authorRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- Wendell Phillips Garrison1840-1907American writerRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- Samuel Davies1723-1761American minister and educatorPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Julian Leonard Street1879-1947American writerPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Mary Artemisia Lathbury1841-1913American poet, illustrator, and hymnwriterRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- George McLean Harper1863-1947American Wordsworth scholar (1859 or 1860-1947)Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Marion Parsonnet1905-1960American screenwriterOheb Shalom Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
- Joseph W. Revere1812-1880American Civil War Union Army general officerHoly Rood Cemetery, Morristown, NJ
- James Cameron Mackenzie1852-1931American academicLawrenceville Cemetery, Lawrenceville, NJ
- Max Raisin1881-1957Belarusian writerMount Nebo Cemetery, Totowa, NJ
- Sarah Stokes Walton1844-1899American poet and artistMonument Cemetery, Beverly, NJ
- Julian Movchan1913-2002Ukrainian journalistSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Masiej Siadnioŭ1913-2001Belarusian poet and novelistБеларускія могілкі ў Саўт-Рыверы, South River, NJ
- Mariya Livytska1879-1971Wife of the first Ukrainian presidentSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Oleksandr Semenenko1898-1978Ukrainian politicianSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Anatolʹ Hak1893-1980St Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Hryhorii Kostiuk1902-2002Ukrainian literary scholar and writerSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Yuri Lavrinenko1905-1987Ukrainian and Ukrainian American literary critic, journalist, editor, and essayistSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Zirka Grendja-Donska1921-2017St Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Volodymyr Mijakovs'kyj1888-1972St Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Gloria Monty1921-2006American soap opera writerSaint Catharine's Cemetery, Manasquan, NJ
- Garrett Smith1878-1954American journalist and science fiction writerHillside Cemetery, Plainfield, NJ
- Lloyd Bartlett Gatchell1901-1969American philatelistMount Hebron Cemetery, Upper Montclair, NJ
- Samuel Fowler Bigelow1837-1915American judge, attorney and authorMount Pleasant Cemetery, Kearny, NJ
- Samuel Stanhope Smith1751-1819American clergyman and educator (1751-1819); president of Princeton universityPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Mrs. L. Dow Balliett1847-1929American writer, clubwomanAtlantic City Cemetery, Pleasantville, NJ
- Marvin Dana1867-1926American author and journalistVincent Cemetery, Nutley, NJ
- John Allan Wyeth1894-1981American poetBlawenburg Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Janka Zolak1912-2000Belarusian poetБеларускія могілкі ў Саўт-Рыверы, South River, NJ
- Mykola Butovych1895-1961St Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Danylo Tschaikowskyi1909-1972St Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Sviataslau Koush1916-1997Беларускія могілкі ў Саўт-Рыверы, South River, NJ
- Mykhailo Ostroverkha1897-1979Ukrainian-american authorSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Margaret Winship Eytinge1832-1916American writerBay View - New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, NJ
- John J. McGuire1917-1981American science fiction authorFairview Cemetery, Middletown, NJ
- A. Almi1892-1963Yiddish writerCedar Park Cemetery, Oradell, NJ
- John Stilwell Applegate1837-1916American lawyer, politician and writerFairview Cemetery, Middletown, NJ
- Richard Kendall Munkittrick1853-1911American writerFair Mount Cemetery, Chatham, NJ
- Walker Gwynne1845-1931Irish-American clergymanFair Mount Cemetery, Chatham, NJ
- Mary Helen Peck Crane1827-1891American church and temperance worker; writerEvergreen Cemetery, Hillside, NJ
- Georgiana Klingle Holmes1841-1940American poet, painterFairmount Cemetery, Newark, NJ
- Kenneth Dexter Miller1887-1968American priest and authorFairview Cemetery, Westfield, NJ
- J. E. McConaughy1834-1885American litterateur and authorNew Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, NJ
- Alfred Powell Morgan1889-1972American electrical engineerMount Hebron Cemetery, Upper Montclair, NJ
- Oliver Crane1822-1896American clergy, missionary, writer, poetRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- Andrew J. Graham1830-1894American writer and stenographerRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- William Alexander1848-1937American author and insurance secretaryPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Isidor Kalisch1816-1886American rabbiMount Pleasant Cemetery, Kearny, NJ
- Charles Augustus Aiken1827-1892American clergyman and educatorPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Francis Speir Jr.1856-1925American lawyer and writerRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- Henry Clay Cameron1827-1906American academicPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Walter Augustus Wyckoff1865-1908American academicPrinceton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
- Mayo Williamson Hazeltine1841-1909Editor; journalist; lawyerAtlantic City Cemetery, Pleasantville, NJ
- Frederick T. van Beuren, Jr.1876-1943Physician, surgeon, author, administrator, professorNew Vernon Cemetery, Morristown, NJ
- Oleksandr Voronyn1926-2013Ukrainian and Ukrainian American writer and radio journalistSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Halyna Voskobiynyk1930-2020American entrepreneurSt Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Halyna Z͡Hurba1888-1979St Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
- Havrylo Hordienko1902-1982St Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery, South Bound Brook, NJ
Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 199. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Deaths by decade
- 1750s2
- 1760s1
- 1790s1
- 1810s1
- 1850s2
- 1870s2
- 1880s8
- 1890s12
- 1900s17
- 1910s17
- 1920s9
- 1930s13
- 1940s20
- 1950s10
- 1960s18
- 1970s19
- 1980s13
- 1990s11
- 2000s13
- 2010s6
- 2020s3
By recorded year of death, for the 198 people with one.
Where they are buried
- St Andrew's Ukrainian Cemetery · South Bound Brook, NJ35
- Princeton Cemetery · Princeton, NJ28
- Rosedale Cemetery · West Orange, NJ13
- Cedar Park Cemetery · Oradell, NJ12
- Hillside Cemetery · Plainfield, NJ11
- Evergreen Cemetery · Hillside, NJ8
- Mount Pleasant Cemetery · Kearny, NJ8
- Mount Hebron Cemetery · Upper Montclair, NJ6
- Fairview Cemetery · Middletown, NJ5
- Brookside Cemetery · Englewood, NJ5
- Cedar Lawn Cemetery · Elmwood Park, NJ5
- Беларускія могілкі ў Саўт-Рыверы · South River, NJ4
- Elmwood Cemetery · North Brunswick Township, NJ3
- Fairmount Cemetery · Newark, NJ3
- Valleau Cemetery · Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ3
- Fair Mount Cemetery · Chatham, NJ3
- Greenwood Cemetery · Boonton, NJ2
- Hackensack Cemetery · Teaneck, NJ2
- Bloomfield Cemetery · Glen Ridge, NJ2
- Fairview Cemetery · Westfield, NJ2
- New Vernon Cemetery · Morristown, NJ2
- Evergreen Cemetery · Lakewood, NJ2
- Lawrenceville Cemetery · Lawrenceville, NJ2
- Atlantic City Cemetery · Pleasantville, NJ2
- B'nai Jeshurun Cemetery · Elizabeth, NJ1
Top 25 of 55 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.