Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Writers and poets buried in North Carolina
Wikidata records 34 writers as buried in 23 of the cemeteries we list in North Carolina. Old Chapel Hill Cemetery in Chapel Hill holds the most, with 6. North Carolina has the 28th highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.
People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.
34
writers
23
cemeteries
6%
of notable burials in North Carolina
1960s
the decade with the most deaths (7)
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In order of death
Writers and poets buried in North Carolina
- Thomas Godfrey1736-1763American poet and playwrightSaint James Episcopal Cemetery, Wilmington, NC
- William Bingham1835-1873American educatorOakwood Cemetery, Mebane, NC
- William J. Clarke1819-1886Soldier, state official, and poetCedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, NC
- Cornelia Phillips Spencer1825-1908American journalistOld Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- William McKendree Bryant1843-1919American educator and writerGreen Hill Cemetery, Waynesville, NC
- Frances Tiernan1846-1920American writerChestnut Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, NC
- C. Alphonso Smith1864-1924American American professor of English, philologist, and folkloristGreen Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, NC
- Fiswoode Tarleton1890-1931American authorBryson City Cemetery, Bryson City, NC
- Thomas Wolfe1900-1938American writerRiverside Cemetery, Asheville, NC
- Harriet Morehead Berry1877-1940American civic leader, suffragist, editorOld Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- W. J. Cash1900-1941American writerSunset Cemetery, Shelby, NC
- Caroline Bond Day1889-1948American physical anthropologist, author and educatorBeechwood Cemetery, Durham, NC
- D. W. Newsom1873-1949American academic administrator and authorMaplewood Cemetery, Durham, NC
- Howard W. Odum1884-1954American sociologistOld Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- James H. Street1903-1954American writerOld Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- Nellie Rowe Jones1887-1960North Carolina librarian and authorGreen Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, NC
- Richard McKenna1913-1964American writerChapel Hill Memorial Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- Anna J. Cooper1858-1964African-American author, educator, speaker and scholarCity Cemetery, Raleigh, NC
- Virginia MacFadyen1900-1966US actress and authorGreen Hill Cemetery, Waynesville, NC
- Olive Tilford Dargan1869-1968Author and poet of Asheville, N.C.Green Hills Cemetery, Asheville, NC
- Ruth Bellamy1906-1969American poetElmwood Cemetery, Enfield, NC
- Inglis Fletcher1879-1969American novelistWilmington National Cemetery, Wilmington, NC
- Betty Smith1896-1972American authorChapel Hill Memorial Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- Phillips Russell1884-1974American author and professorChapel Hill Memorial Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- John Dashiell1888-1975American psychologistOld Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- Gig Young1913-1978American actorGreen Hill Cemetery, Waynesville, NC
- Sara Mildred Strauss1896-1979ChoreographerOakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, NC
- Harry Golden1902-1981American journalistHebrew Cemetery, Charlotte, NC
- Paul Green1894-1981American playwrightOld Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, NC
- Randolph Scott1898-1987American actorElmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, NC
- Sarah Louise Delany1889-1999African-American writer and activistMount Hope Cemetery, Raleigh, NC
- David Brinkley1920-2003American journalistOakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, NC
- Elizabeth Rose Campbell1952-2004Newspaper editor and author of North CarolinaCedarwood Cemetery, Weldon, NC
- Edward P. Berglund1942-2019American writer and LawyerCoastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, Jacksonville, NC
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1760s1
- 1870s1
- 1880s1
- 1900s1
- 1910s1
- 1920s2
- 1930s2
- 1940s4
- 1950s2
- 1960s7
- 1970s5
- 1980s3
- 1990s1
- 2000s2
- 2010s1
By recorded year of death, for the 34 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Old Chapel Hill Cemetery · Chapel Hill, NC6
- Green Hill Cemetery · Waynesville, NC3
- Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery · Chapel Hill, NC3
- Green Hill Cemetery · Greensboro, NC2
- Oakdale Cemetery · Wilmington, NC2
- Hebrew Cemetery · Charlotte, NC1
- Wilmington National Cemetery · Wilmington, NC1
- Bryson City Cemetery · Bryson City, NC1
- Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery · Jacksonville, NC1
- Sunset Cemetery · Shelby, NC1
- Elmwood Cemetery · Charlotte, NC1
- Saint James Episcopal Cemetery · Wilmington, NC1
- Cedar Grove Cemetery · New Bern, NC1
- City Cemetery · Raleigh, NC1
- Maplewood Cemetery · Durham, NC1
- Oakwood Cemetery · Mebane, NC1
- Green Hills Cemetery · Asheville, NC1
- Riverside Cemetery · Asheville, NC1
- Beechwood Cemetery · Durham, NC1
- Elmwood Cemetery · Enfield, NC1
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery · Salisbury, NC1
- Cedarwood Cemetery · Weldon, NC1
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Raleigh, NC1
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Other notable burials in North Carolina
Method
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.