Scientists buried in North Carolina
Wikidata records 21 scientists as buried in 9 of the cemeteries we list in North Carolina. Old Chapel Hill Cemetery in Chapel Hill holds the most, with 7. North Carolina has the 22nd highest count of any state, out of 1,905 nationally.
People recorded as scientists, including chemists, physicists, mathematicians, biologists and astronomers.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Scientists buried in North Carolina
- Thomas Fanning Wood1841-1892American physician, medical editor, botanist and organizer of a state board of healthOakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, NC
- Francis Preston Venable1856-1934American chemistOld Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- T. Gilbert Pearson1873-1943ConservationistGreen Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, NC
- Henry Ashby Rankin1872-1947Sawmill operator, amateur botanistCross Creek Cemetery, Fayetteville, NC
- Gertrude I. Grimsley Scott1903-1955American botanist and botanical collectorOakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, NC
- Edward Tankard Browne1894-1959Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1926Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- John Wayne Lasley, Jr1891-1967Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1920Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- Robert Ervin Coker1876-1967American zoologistOld Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- Mary Lura Sherrill1888-1968American chemistGreen Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, NC
- Harold Hotelling1895-1973American statistician and econometricianOld Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- Henry Roland Totten1892-1974American botanistOld Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- Alma Holland Beers1892-1974U.S. botanistOld Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- J. Burton Linker1897-1977American mathematicianOld Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- Oscar K. Rice1903-1978American physical chemistChapel Hill Memorial Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- Marjorie Lee Browne1914-1979American mathematician, educatorBeechwood Cemetery, Durham, NC
- Alfred Brauer1894-1985German-American mathematicianChapel Hill Memorial Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- John Nathaniel Couch1896-1986American mycologistOld Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- Nancy Blair Eliason1905-1991American botanist and botanical collectorOakwood Cemetery, Statesville, NC
- Loran Leroy Danielson1913-1998BotanistBack Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Harrisburg, NC
- LeRoy T. Walker1918-2012American track and field coach, sports executiveBeechwood Cemetery, Durham, NC
- Joseph Francis Schell1928-2022Ph.D. Indiana University 1957Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, NC
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1890s1
- 1930s1
- 1940s2
- 1950s2
- 1960s3
- 1970s6
- 1980s2
- 1990s2
- 2010s1
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 21 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Old Chapel Hill Cemetery · Chapel Hill, NC7
- Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery · Chapel Hill, NC4
- Beechwood Cemetery · Durham, NC2
- Green Hill Cemetery · Greensboro, NC2
- Oakdale Cemetery · Wilmington, NC2
- Oakwood Cemetery · Statesville, NC1
- Back Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery · Harrisburg, NC1
- Sharon Memorial Park · Charlotte, NC1
- Cross Creek Cemetery · Fayetteville, NC1
Other notable burials in North Carolina
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.