Notable burials · Science and work
Scientists buried in Ohio
Wikidata records 95 scientists as buried in 39 of the cemeteries we list in Ohio. Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum in Finneytown holds the most, with 13. Ohio has the 5th highest count of any state, out of 1,905 nationally.
People recorded as scientists, including chemists, physicists, mathematicians, biologists and astronomers.
95
scientists
39
cemeteries
4%
of notable burials in Ohio
1940s
the decade with the most deaths (12)
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In order of death
Scientists buried in Ohio
- Eliza Griscom Sullivant1817-1850American botanist, bryologist and botanical collectorGreen Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
- Daniel Drake1785-1852American physician and writerSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- John Locke1792-1856American photographer and botanistSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- William Williams Mather1804-1859American geologistGreen Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
- William Starling Sullivant1803-1873US bryologistGreen Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
- John H. Klippart1823-1878American agriculturalistGreen Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
- Ebenezer Baldwin Andrews1821-1880American geologistOak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, OH
- Enoch Beery Seitz1846-1883American mathematicianGreenville Union Cemetery, Greenville, OH
- Henry Curtis Beardslee1807-1884BotanistEvergreen Cemetery, Painesville, OH
- Rachel Littler Bodley1831-1888US professor, botanist, and educatorSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Leo Lesquereux1806-1889Swiss-American botanistGreen Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
- Thomas Blakiston1832-1891British zoologistGreen Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
- John Strong Newberry1822-1892American geologist, physician, explorer, and authorLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Gustavus Frankenstein1828-1893Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Samuel Andrews1836-1904Chemist/inventorLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Albert Allen Wright1846-1905American botanistWestwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH
- James H. Salisbury1823-1905American physicianLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- G. D. Gable1863-1911Ph.D. Lafayette College 1891Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, OH
- Charles Martin Hall1863-1914American chemistWestwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH
- E. Jane Spence1832-1917Botanist and botanical collectorFerncliff Cemetery, Springfield, OH
- John N. Stockwell1832-1920American astronomer and mathematicianLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- George Frederick Wright1838-1921American geologistWestwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH
- Harriet L. Keeler1844-1921American teacher, botanist, and authorWestwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH
- Arthur Dunn Pitcher1880-1923Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1910Lake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Ellen Phonetta Fillmore1853-1925American botanist and botanical curatorSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Frank Fanning Jewett1844-1926American chemistWestwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH
- Caesar Augustin Grasselli1850-19271850-1927 , manufacturing chemist and business leaderLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Alfred Hutchinson Cowles1858-1929American chemistLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Ellen Hayes1851-1930American mathematician and astronomerMaple Grove Cemetery, Granville, OH
- A. G. Leonard1865-1932State Geologist of North DakotaWestwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH
- Hannah J. Biddlecome1843-1934American botanist and collectorWoodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, OH
- August F. Foerste1862-1936Geologist & PaleontologistWoodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, OH
- Charles Franklin Thwing1853-1937American writerLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Charles Napoleon Mooney1874-1938American geologist and soil scientistMilan Cemetery, Milan, OH
- May Eliza Day1850-1938American botanist and botanical collectorGarfield Cemetery, Sheffield, OH
- Edward Jacob Petry1880-1939American botanistGnadenhutten - Clay Union Cemetery, Gnadenhutten, OH
- Lumina Cotton Riddle Smyth1871-1939American botanistWoodstock Cemetery, North Lewisburg, OH
- Dayton Miller1866-1941American physicistLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Salomon Krach1902-1941BiologistMayfield Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, OH
- Joseph Stanley-Brown1858-1941American geologist, banker, and aide to James A. GarfieldLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Suzan Rose Benedict1873-1942American mathematicianWoodlawn Cemetery, Norwalk, OH
- Henry Lewis Rietz1875-1943American mathematician, actuarial scientist, and statistician.West Union Cemetery, Gnadenhutten, OH
- Douglas Wilson Johnson1878-1944GeomorphologistMaple Grove Cemetery, Granville, OH
- Thomas Midgley1889-1944American chemist and engineerGreen Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
- Charles William Dabney1855-1945American academic administratorSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Benjamin Finkel1865-1947American mathematicianReber Hill Cemetery, Ashville, OH
- Orville Wright1871-1948American aviation pioneerWoodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, OH
- George Clyde Fisher1878-1949American curator at the American Museum of Natural History and later the head of the Hayden PlanetariumGraceland Cemetery, Sidney, OH
- Theano Wattles Case1853-1949American teacher, botanist and painterWestlawn Cemetery, Canton, OH
- Montgomery Morton Culver1891-1950Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh 1927Hockman Cemetery, Liberty Center, OH
- William H. Shideler1886-1958American geologistOxford Cemetery, Oxford, OH
- John R. Womersley1907-1958British mathematicianWoodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, OH
- Sheila Scott Macintyre1910-1960Scottish mathematicianSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Wilmer Garfield Stover1881-1961American botanistUnion Cemetery, Upper Arlington, OH
- Herbert Grove Dorsey1876-1961American scientistMaple Grove Cemetery, Granville, OH
- Arthur Holly Compton1892-1962American physicistWooster Cemetery, Wooster, OH
- Emma Eliza Laughlin1866-1962United States botanist and botanical collectorSouthern Cemetery, Barnesville, OH
- Harry C. Oberholser1870-1963American ornithologistGlendale Cemetery, Akron, OH
- Frederick Orville Grover1868-1964American botanistWestwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH
- Dudley Weldon Woodard1881-1965American MathematicianLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Carl E. Howe1898-1966American physicistWestwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH
- Archibald James Macintyre1908-1967Born: 3 July 1908 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; Died: 4 August 1967 in Ohio, USASpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Chester Henry Yeaton1886-1970Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1915Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH
- Emma Lucy Braun1889-1971American botanist and first woman to be elected President of the Ecological Society of America, in 1950Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Marie Mathilda Johnson1898-1978Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1928Westwood Cemetery, Oberlin, OH
- Lois Lampe1896-1978Botanist and educatorWashington Cemetery, Washington Court House, OH
- Kirtley F. Mather1888-1978American geologistMaple Grove Cemetery, Granville, OH
- Marjorie T. Bingham1895-1979American botanistSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Fred A. Tate1920-1980American chemistGreen Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
- Rush Elliott1903-1981American anatomy educatorAthens Cemetery, Athens, OH
- Jack Kiefer1924-1981American mathematical statisticianWesleyan Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
- William Boone1920-1983MathematicianSaint Mary Cemetery, Saint Bernard, OH
- Leonard T. Capell1894-1989American chemistUnion Cemetery, Upper Arlington, OH
- Hillel Poritsky1898-1990American applied mathematicianMarkillie Cemetery, Hudson, OH
- Harold C. Trimble1914-1991Canadian, American mathematicianWalnut Grove Cemetery, Worthington, OH
- Sherman A. Wengerd1915-1995Maple Grove Cemetery, Granville, OH
- Marion Tinsley1927-1995American checkers playerGreen Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
- Alice Withrow1907-1998Botanist for the National Museum of Natural History and co-author of "Generation, Control, and Measurement of Visible and Near-visible Radiant Energy"Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Margaret Hannah Fulford1904-1999American botanist and bryologistSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Kurt L. Loening1924-2000American chemistUnion Cemetery, Upper Arlington, OH
- Willard Van Orman Quine1908-2000American philosopher and logicianGlendale Cemetery, Akron, OH
- Theodosius Laszlo Demen1924-2003Ph.D. Saint Louis University 1958Oakwood Cemetery, Warren, OH
- Joseph L. Popp Jr.1950-200610 Sep 1950 - 27 Jun 2006Lake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Paul Lauterbur1929-2007American chemistGraceland Cemetery, Sidney, OH
- John Irving Derr1927-2010Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 1972Spring Grove Cemetery, Medina, OH
- Frank H. Verhoek1909-2010American chemistWalnut Grove Cemetery, Worthington, OH
- Frank Levin1927-2011Born: 19 June 1927 in Dayton, Ohio, USA; Died: 2 October 2011 in Swansea, Wales Ph.D. The University of Cincinnati 1955Riverview Cemetery, Oakwood, OH
- Sherwood L. Fawcett1919-2015American scientistGreen Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
- Henry Heimlich1920-2016American surgeon widely credited as the inventor of the Heimlich maneuverSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- William Edward Deeds1920-2017American physicistMaple Grove Cemetery, Granville, OH
- David Goss1952-2017American mathematicianGreen Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, OH
- John R. Coash1922-2019American professor of geologyOak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green, OH
- Edward L. Ghidotti1932-2020Early victim of the COVID-19 pandemicResurrection Cemetery, Powell, OH
- Ray Allen Dove1921-2020ChemistOhio Western Reserve National Cemetery, Rittman, OH
- Carl Theodore Heiselborn 1852Pseudo-mathematicianWoodland Cemetery, Hough, OH
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1850s4
- 1870s2
- 1880s5
- 1890s3
- 1900s3
- 1910s3
- 1920s8
- 1930s9
- 1940s12
- 1950s3
- 1960s10
- 1970s6
- 1980s5
- 1990s6
- 2000s5
- 2010s8
- 2020s2
By recorded year of death, for the 94 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum · Finneytown, OH13
- Lake View Cemetery · East Cleveland, OH12
- Green Lawn Cemetery · Columbus, OH11
- Westwood Cemetery · Oberlin, OH10
- Maple Grove Cemetery · Granville, OH6
- Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum · Dayton, OH4
- Union Cemetery · Upper Arlington, OH3
- Glendale Cemetery · Akron, OH2
- Walnut Grove Cemetery · Worthington, OH2
- Wooster Cemetery · Wooster, OH2
- Graceland Cemetery · Sidney, OH2
- Oak Grove Cemetery · Bowling Green, OH1
- Saint Mary Cemetery · Saint Bernard, OH1
- Athens Cemetery · Athens, OH1
- Wesleyan Cemetery · Cincinnati, OH1
- Resurrection Cemetery · Powell, OH1
- Westlawn Cemetery · Canton, OH1
- Woodland Cemetery · Hough, OH1
- Oxford Cemetery · Oxford, OH1
- Washington Cemetery · Washington Court House, OH1
- Oak Grove Cemetery · Marietta, OH1
- Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery · Rittman, OH1
- Evergreen Cemetery · Painesville, OH1
- Riverview Cemetery · Oakwood, OH1
- Oakwood Cemetery · Warren, OH1
Top 25 of 39 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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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.