Musicians and singers buried in Ohio
Wikidata records 68 musicians as buried in 42 of the cemeteries we list in Ohio. Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum in Finneytown holds the most, with 10. Ohio has the 9th highest count of any state, out of 2,837 nationally.
People recorded as musicians, singers, songwriters or composers.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Musicians and singers buried in Ohio
- W. W. Fosdick1825-1862American poetSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Benjamin Hanby1833-1867American composerOtterbein Cemetery, Westerville, OH
- Heinrich Sutter1834-1873German composer of salon musicEvergreen Cemetery, Painesville, OH
- Philip Bliss1838-187619th century Christian hymnodistChestnut Grove Cemetery, Ashtabula, OH
- Edward Rowland Sill1841-1887American poet and educatorOakwood Cemetery, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
- Mary Shaw1825-1894English-born actress and singerSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Dan Emmett1815-1904American entertainer and composerMound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, OH
- Herman Gerold1837-1914Composer, organist, and music teacherSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- William Howard Doane1832-1915American businessman and composerSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- William Henry Dana1846-1916American musicianOakwood Cemetery, Warren, OH
- Maro Lummis Bartlett1847-1919American composerWestwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH
- Rudolph Speil1850-1925American musicianCalvary Cemetery, Toledo, OH
- Ernest Ball1878-1927American musicianLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Carl Hahn1874-1929American composer, cellist, and choral conductorVine Street Hill Cemetery, Saint Bernard, OH
- Cecil Fanning1880-1931American baritone; author and librettistMount Calvary Cemetery, Columbus, OH
- James H. Fillmore1849-1936American songwriter and music publisherSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Tell Taylor1876-1937American songwriter, lyricist, traveling vaudeville performer, tenor vocalist, playwright, and music publisher (1876-1937).Van Horn Cemetery, Findlay, OH
- Frederick A. Williams1875-1939American composerLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Dayton Miller1866-1941American physicistLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Harry Clay Smith1863-1941African American newspaper editor and politicianWoodland Cemetery, Hough, OH
- Georgia Kober1873-1942American pianist and piano teacherMaple Grove Cemetery, Edgerton, OH
- Edmund S. Lorenz1854-1942American composerWoodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, OH
- Edgar Stillman Kelley1857-1944American composer, conductor, teacher, and writer on musicOxford Cemetery, Oxford, OH
- Edward Dickinson1853-1946American music teacherWestwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH
- Mabel Wagnalls1871-1946American author and pianistLithopolis Cemetery, Lithopolis, OH
- Effie Louise Koogle1869-1947American songwriter and playwrightLebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, OH
- Clarence M. Jones1889-1949American composer and music arrangerSugar Grove Cemetery, Wilmington, OH
- Almeda C. Adams1865-1949US blind musician, teacher, and authorLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Jessie Mae Jewitt1880-1952American songwriterKnollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, OH
- J. Elmer Spyglass1877-1957American singerGlen Forest Cemetery, Yellow Springs, OH
- Helen May Butler1867-1957American composerSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Shepherd Edmonds1876-1957Vaudeville entertainer/ SongwriterGreen Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
- Edwin Arthur Kraft1883-1962American musicianKnollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, OH
- Alan Freed1921-1965American disc jockey, songwriterLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Frank Simon1889-1967American composerRiverview Cemetery, Oakwood, OH
- Al Jorden1917-1967American musician, trombonistSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Albert Ayler1936-1970American jazz saxophonistHighland Park Cemetery, Shaker Heights, OH
- Barney Rapp1900-1970American bandleader and musicianSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Ted Lewis1890-1971American singer and bandleaderForest Cemetery, Circleville, OH
- Big Maybelle1924-1972American R&B singer and pianistEvergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Bedford Heights, OH
- Merle Tillotson Alcock1884-1975American opera singerWooster Cemetery, Wooster, OH
- William Powell1941-1977American soul singerForest Hill Cemetery, North Canton, OH
- Julia Perry1924-1979American composerGlendale Cemetery, Akron, OH
- Emil Danenberg1917-1982Pianist and college presidentWestwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH
- Edith Gordon Ainsberg1924-1986American sopranoNorth Lawn Cemetery, North Canton, OH
- Josephine Lausche-Welf1894-1990Slovenian-American singerCalvary Cemetery, Garfield Heights, OH
- Michael Callen1955-1993American writer, musician and AIDS activistMillville Cemetery, Hamilton, OH
- Clarence Satchell1940-1995Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, OH
- Joe Seneca1919-1996American actorHighland Park Cemetery, Shaker Heights, OH
- Paul Delph1957-1996American musicianSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Charles Freeman Lee1927-1997American jazz trumpeterCherry Grove Cemetery, Xenia, OH
- Rich Mullins1955-1997American Christian MusicianHollansburg Cemetery, Greenville, OH
- Ann Dupont1915-1998American musician and clarinetistRiverside Cemetery, Painesville, OH
- Frankie Yankovic1915-1998Slovenian-American musicianCalvary Cemetery, Garfield Heights, OH
- Roger Troutman1951-1999American musicianGreenwood Cemetery, Hamilton, OH
- Larry Troutman1944-1999American musician, songwriterGreenwood Cemetery, Hamilton, OH
- Joe Henderson1937-2001American jazz saxophonistDayton National Cemetery, Drexel, OH
- Ernest R. Miller1925-2002ComposerCalvary Cemetery, Garfield Heights, OH
- Marian Bergeron1918-2002American beauty pageant contestant and singerWoodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, OH
- Ruby Wright1914-2004American singer-songwriterSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Johnnie Wilder Jr.1949-2006American singerDayton National Cemetery, Drexel, OH
- Grace Hoffman1921-2008American singerZion Memorial Park Cemetery, Bedford Heights, OH
- Donald Erb1927-2008American composerLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Catfish Collins1943-2010American musicianVine Street Hill Cemetery, Saint Bernard, OH
- Rodgers Grant1936-2012American jazz pianist and composerLive Oak Cemetery, Paulding, OH
- Lubomír Hromádka1926-2014Czech-American musicianMaple Shade Cemetery, Independence, OH
- Bob Casale1952-2014American musicianStanding Rock Cemetery, Kent, OH
- Jimmy Scott1925-2014American jazz singerKnollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, OH
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1860s2
- 1870s2
- 1880s1
- 1890s1
- 1900s1
- 1910s4
- 1920s3
- 1930s4
- 1940s10
- 1950s4
- 1960s4
- 1970s7
- 1980s2
- 1990s11
- 2000s7
- 2010s5
By recorded year of death, for the 68 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum · Finneytown, OH10
- Lake View Cemetery · East Cleveland, OH6
- Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum · Dayton, OH3
- Knollwood Cemetery · Mayfield Heights, OH3
- Calvary Cemetery · Garfield Heights, OH3
- Westwood Cemetery · Oberlin, OH3
- Dayton National Cemetery · Drexel, OH2
- Greenwood Cemetery · Hamilton, OH2
- Vine Street Hill Cemetery · Saint Bernard, OH2
- Highland Park Cemetery · Shaker Heights, OH2
- Green Lawn Cemetery · Columbus, OH1
- Glendale Cemetery · Akron, OH1
- Glen Forest Cemetery · Yellow Springs, OH1
- Sugar Grove Cemetery · Wilmington, OH1
- Evergreen Cemetery · Painesville, OH1
- Maple Grove Cemetery · Edgerton, OH1
- Oxford Cemetery · Oxford, OH1
- Woodland Cemetery · Hough, OH1
- Mount Calvary Cemetery · Columbus, OH1
- Standing Rock Cemetery · Kent, OH1
- Riverview Cemetery · Oakwood, OH1
- Calvary Cemetery · Toledo, OH1
- Riverside Cemetery · Painesville, OH1
- Otterbein Cemetery · Westerville, OH1
- Van Horn Cemetery · Findlay, OH1
Top 25 of 42 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
Other notable burials in Ohio
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.