Notable burials · NM
Notable people buried in New Mexico
Wikidata records 222 notable people as buried in New Mexico, spread over 33 of the cemeteries we list, the 43rd highest count of any state. Santa Fe National Cemetery in Santa Fe holds the most, with 63 (28% of the state total).
222
notable burials
33
cemeteries with one or more
63
at Santa Fe National Cemetery
By theme
Who is buried in New Mexico
Government
Military
American Civil War veterans3Korean War veterans3Medal of Honor recipients6Vietnam War veterans3World War I veterans3World War II veterans21
Arts and entertainment
Actors5Architects4Painters, sculptors and photographers23Journalists5Musicians and singers2Writers and poets23
Sports
American football players6Baseball players1Boxers1
Science and work
Aviators and astronauts2Business leaders5Inventors and engineers2Physicians2Scientists10
From occupations, offices, awards and military service recorded on Wikidata. One person can appear in several lists.
People
Best-documented burials in New Mexico
- Gene Hackman1930-2025American actor and novelistSanta Fe Memorial Gardens, Santa Fe, NM
- Dennis Hopper1936-2010American actor and film directorJesus Nazareno Cemetery, Ranchos de Taos, NM
- Billy the Kid1859-1881American outlaw and gunfighterOld Fort Sumner Cemetery, Fort Sumner, NM
- Kit Carson1809-1868American frontiersman and Union Army generalKit Carson Memorial Cemetery, Taos, NM
- Bobby Unser1934-2021American racecar driverSunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, NM
- Pete Domenici1932-2017United States Senator from New MexicoMount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Oliver La Farge1901-1963American novelist, anthropologistSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Norris Bradbury1909-1997American physicistGuaje Pines Cemetery, Los Alamos, NM
- Lois Duncan1934-2016American young-adult and children's writerSunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, NM
- Rudolfo Anaya1937-2020American Chicano novelist, poetMount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Tony Hillerman1925-2008American writerSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Jerry Unser1932-1959American racing driverSunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, NM
- Al Unser1939-2021American racecar driverSunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, NM
- Maria Martinez1887-1980Native American potter 1887-1980San Ildefonso Cemetery, San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM
- Randy Castillo1950-2002American drummerMount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Arthur Wahl1917-2006American chemistFairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Bob Foster1938-2015American boxerFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Edmund G. Ross1826-1907American politicianFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Joseph Montoya1915-1978American politicianRosario Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Connie Gilchrist1895-19851901-1985 American actressSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Elfego Baca1865-1945American sheriffSunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, NM
- Dennis Chavez1888-1962Democratic politician from the U.S. state of New Mexico.Mount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Ruth Hanna McCormick1880-1944American politicianFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Popé1630-1688Tewa religious leaderOhkay Owingeh Pueblo Cemetery, Ohkay Owingeh, NM
- Mabel Dodge Luhan1879-1962American patron of the artsKit Carson Memorial Cemetery, Taos, NM
- Jack Schaefer1907-1991American writerSanta Fe Memorial Gardens, Santa Fe, NM
- James F. Hinkle1862-1951American politicianSouth Park Cemetery, Roswell, NM
- E. Irving Couse1866-1936American artistSierra Vista Cemetery, Taos, NM
- Steven Schiff1947-1998American politicianCongregation Albert Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo1859-1930American politicianMount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- William Calhoun McDonald1858-1918American politician (1858-1918); Governor of New Mexico 1912-1917Cedarvale Cemetery, White Oaks, NM
- Thomas G. Morris1919-2016American politicianTucumcari Memorial Park, Tucumcari, NM
- Frederick Ashworth1912-2005United States Navy admiralSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Katherine Stinson1891-1977American aviatorSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Carl Hatch1889-1963American politicianFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Edwin L. Mechem1912-2002American judge and politicianFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Thomas B. Catron1840-1921American politicianFairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- George Curry1861-1947U.S. military officer and politicianSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- David F. Cargo1929-2013American politicianSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Andrieus A. Jones1862-1927American politicianMasonic Cemetery, Las Vegas, NM
- Néstor Montoya1862-1923American politicianMount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Vincent Carter1891-1972American politicianMount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Ursula Curtiss1923-1984American authorMount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- John E. Miles1884-1971American politicianSanta Fe Memorial Gardens, Santa Fe, NM
- Allan Houser1914-1994Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache painter and sculptor from Oklahoma and New MexicoSanta Fe Memorial Gardens, Santa Fe, NM
- Walter Haut1922-2005American public information officerSouth Park Cemetery, Roswell, NM
- Adelina Otero-Warren1881-19651882-1965 , suffragist, politician, and authorRosario Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- John J. Dempsey1879-1958American politicianRosario Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca1864-1917Governor of New MexicoMount Calvary Cemetery, Las Vegas, NM
- Lizzie Holmes1850-1926American editor, anarchistFairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Don Weis1922-2000American film and television directorSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Charles Bent1799-1847American politicianSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Arthur T. Hannett1884-1966American politicianFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- William Randolph Lovelace II1907-1965American physicianFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Ralph Brazelton Peck1912-2008American civil engineerFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Andrew H. Burke1850-1918American politicianSouth Park Cemetery, Roswell, NM
- Tim Donnelly1944-2021American actorRosario Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- W. Herbert Dunton1878-1936American artistSierra Vista Cemetery, Taos, NM
- Oscar E. Berninghaus1874-1952American artistSierra Vista Cemetery, Taos, NM
- Antonio José Martínez1793-1867New Mexican priest, educator, publisher, rancher, farmer, community leader, and politicianKit Carson Memorial Cemetery, Taos, NM
- Chato1854-1934Apache warriorMescalero Indian Cemetery, Mescalero, NM
- John Morrow1865-1935American politicianFairmont Cemetery, Raton, NM
- Merritt C. Mechem1870-1946American politicianMount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Miguel Antonio Otero1859-1944American writer and politicianFairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Charles H. Corlett1889-1971United States generalSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Thomas J. Mabry1884-1962American politicianFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Francisco Perea1830-1913Union Army officerFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Lawrence S. Trimble1825-1904American politicianFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Albert G. Simms1882-1964American politicianFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Cynthia Irwin-Williams1936-1990American archaeologistFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Alvin C. Graves1909-1965American nuclear physicistGuaje Pines Cemetery, Los Alamos, NM
- Antonio M. Fernández1902-1956American politicianRosario Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Charlie Bowdre1848-1880American outlawOld Fort Sumner Cemetery, Fort Sumner, NM
- Mariano S. Otero1844-1904American politicianMount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Helen Reilly1890-1962American writerMount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Trinidad Romero1835-1918American politicianMount Calvary Cemetery, Las Vegas, NM
- Antonio Joseph1846-1910American politicianFairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Edward D. Baca1938-2020United States Army GeneralSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Will Shuster1893-1969American artistSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Clyde Tingley1882-1960American politicianFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- John F. Simms1916-1975American politicianFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Maurice Garland Fulton1877-1955American historianSouth Park Cemetery, Roswell, NM
- John Collier Jr.1913-1992American anthropologist and photographerTalpa Cemetery, Talpa, NM
- William J. Mills1849-191519th Governor of New Mexico TerritoryMasonic Cemetery, Las Vegas, NM
- Emery Hawkins1912-1989American animatorSierra Vista Cemetery, Taos, NM
- Millicent Rogers1902-1953American art collectorSierra Vista Cemetery, Taos, NM
- Harold L. Runnels1924-1980American politicianResthaven Cemetery, Lovington, NM
- Tom O'Folliard1858-1880American outlawOld Fort Sumner Cemetery, Fort Sumner, NM
- American librarianMount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Alice Corbin Henderson1881-1949American writerFairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Gerald Cassidy1869-1934American artistFairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- José Francisco Chaves1833-1904Union United States Army officerSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- William Frederick Milton Arny1813-1881American government officialSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Gale Cleven1918-2006American pilotSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Nerses Krikorian1921-2018Armenian-American chemistSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Edward W. Wynkoop1836-1891Founder of Denver and military officer in the First Colorado Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil WarSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Paul Bennewitz1927-2003American businessman and UFO investigatorSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- John Edwards Conway1934-2014United States federal judgeSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Bernard Shandon Rodey1856-1927American politicianFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Howard J. McMurray1901-1961American politicianFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Ross L. Malone1910-1974American lawyerSouth Park Cemetery, Roswell, NM
- Henry Connelly1800-1866Governor of New Mexico TerritoryRosario Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- J. Wight Giddings1858-1933American politicianSierra Vista Cemetery, Taos, NM
- Maxie Anderson1934-1983American hot air balloonist and businessmanSunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, NM
- Andrew Sloan1845-1883American politicianMemory Lane Cemetery, Silver City, NM
- Julian Martinez1879-1943San Ildefonso painter and potter from New MexicoSan Ildefonso Cemetery, San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM
- Francisco Antonio Manzanares1843-1904American politicianMount Calvary Cemetery, Las Vegas, NM
- Ceran St. Vrain1802-1870American fur traderSaint Vrain Cemetery, Mora, NM
- Arthur Seligman1871-1933American politicianFairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Ralph Emerson Twitchell1859-1925American lawyer, historian, and politicianFairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Charles P. Clever1830-1874American politicianSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Howard C. Bratton1922-2002United States federal judgeSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Elinor D. Gregg1886-1970Public health nurseSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Francis W. Nye1918-2019United States generalSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- W. Richard West, Sr.1912-1996Cheyenne painter, sculptor, educatorSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Raymond G. Murphy1930-2007United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipientSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- John Crosby1926-2002American conductorSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Mack Easley1916-2006American politicianSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Joe Bauman1922-2005American baseball playerSouth Park Cemetery, Roswell, NM
- R. R. Brown1879-1950American football and baseball coachSouth Park Cemetery, Roswell, NM
- Hiram M. Dow1885-1969American politicianSouth Park Cemetery, Roswell, NM
- Elizabeth Garrett1885-19471885-1947 musician and songwriter , daughter of Pat GarrettSouth Park Cemetery, Roswell, NM
- Boaz Walton Long1876-1962American diplomatMasonic Cemetery, Las Vegas, NM
- D'Arcy McNickle1904-1977American writerSunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, NM
- Harold H. Moon, Jr.1921-1944United States Army Medal of Honor recipientSunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, NM
- Fannie S. Spitz1873-1943American inventorCongregation Albert Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Leslie Gillett1881-1969American football player and coachFairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- William Hayes Pope1870-1916United States federal judgeFairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Daniel Kennard Sadler1882-1960American judgeFairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Frederick Hammersley1919-2009American artistSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- James B. Jones1886-1947American politicianSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Sterling Foster Black1924-1996American politicianSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Jose F. Valdez1925-1945United States Army Medal of Honor recipientSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Robert S. Scott1913-1999United States Army Medal of Honor recipientSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- James Fulton Zimmerman1887-1944American historianFairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Richard Lee Dorman1922-2010American architectRosario Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- James Murray, Sr.1889-1946American politicianPrairie Haven Cemetery, Hobbs, NM
- Feliks Maciszewski1884-1957General of the Polish ArmyMount Calvary Cemetary, Raton, NM
- Elias Lee Francis II1913-2001American politicianMount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Solomon Luna1858-1912American rancher and bankerMount Calvary Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
- Isabel Lancaster Eckles1877-1971Fairview Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Tom Cleary1923-2009American gridiron football playerSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Daniel Fernandez1944-1966United States Army Medal of Honor recipientSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Forrest Fenn1930-20201930-2020 American art dealerSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Jesse L. Nusbaum1887-1975American archaeologist, anthropologist and photographerSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- George Nicholas Bascom1837-1862US Army officerSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Robert Hanson1920-2005US Army Air Force soldierSanta Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM
- Henry J. Berquist1905-1990Wisconsin political candidateFort Bayard National Cemetery, Fort Bayard, NM
- William D. Allison1861-1923American lawmanSouth Park Cemetery, Roswell, NM
- Joseph McKibben1921-2001American physicist and engineerGuaje Pines Cemetery, Los Alamos, NM
Showing 150 of 222. 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
- Santa Fe National Cemetery · Santa Fe63
- Fairview Memorial Park Cemetery · Albuquerque25
- Fairview Cemetery · Santa Fe18
- Mount Calvary Cemetery · Albuquerque17
- Sunset Memorial Park · Albuquerque15
- South Park Cemetery · Roswell15
- Rosario Cemetery · Santa Fe10
- Sierra Vista Cemetery · Taos7
- Guaje Pines Cemetery · Los Alamos6
- Santa Fe Memorial Gardens · Santa Fe5
- Masonic Cemetery · Las Vegas5
- Congregation Albert Cemetery · Albuquerque3
- Kit Carson Memorial Cemetery · Taos3
- Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery · Las Cruces3
- Mount Calvary Cemetery · Las Vegas3
- Old Fort Sumner Cemetery · Fort Sumner3
- San Ildefonso Cemetery · San Ildefonso Pueblo2
- Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo Cemetery · Ohkay Owingeh2
- Talpa Cemetery · Talpa2
- Memory Lane Cemetery · Silver City2
- Fort Bayard National Cemetery · Fort Bayard1
- Cedarvale Cemetery · White Oaks1
- Mount Calvary Cemetary · Raton1
- Fairmont Cemetery · Raton1
- Tucumcari Memorial Park · Tucumcari1
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
- Nebraska404
- Nevada250
- New Hampshire422
- New Jersey1,938
- 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