Notable burials · OK
Notable people buried in Oklahoma
Wikidata records 376 notable people as buried in Oklahoma, spread over 137 of the cemeteries we list, the 37th highest count of any state. Rose Hill Burial Park in Nichols Hills holds the most, with 31 (8% of the state total).
376
notable burials
137
cemeteries with one or more
31
at Rose Hill Burial Park
By theme
Who is buried in Oklahoma
Government
Military
American Civil War veterans5Korean War veterans3Medal of Honor recipients7Vietnam War veterans3War of 1812 veterans1World War I veterans7World War II veterans27
Arts and entertainment
Actors17Architects1Painters, sculptors and photographers14Journalists6Musicians and singers14Pulitzer Prize winners1Writers and poets13
Science and work
Aviators and astronauts3Business leaders13Inventors and engineers5Physicians6Scientists10
From occupations, offices, awards and military service recorded on Wikidata. One person can appear in several lists.
People
Best-documented burials in Oklahoma
- Gerónimo1829-1909Leader of the Bedonkohe ApacheBeef Creek Apache Cemetery, Lawton, OK
- Ben Johnson1918-1996American film actorPawhuska City Cemetery, Pawhuska, OK
- Maria Tallchief1925-2013American ballerinaFairfax Cemetery, Fairfax, OK
- Toby Keith1961-2024American country music singer and actorSunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Norman, OK
- Dale Robertson1923-2013American actorYukon Cemetery, Yukon, OK
- Tim Holt1919-1973American actorMemory Lane Cemetery, Harrah, OK
- Stand Watie1806-18712nd principal chief of the Cherokee NationPolson Cemetery, Grove, OK
- Roy Clark1933-2018American multi-instrumentalist musicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK
- Tom Coburn1948-2020American politician and physicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Muskogee, OK
- Wayman Tisdale1964-2009American basketball player and smooth jazz bass guitaristMemorial Park Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK
- Bob Wills1905-1975American musicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK
- Troy Ruttman1930-1997American racing driverMooreland Cemetery, Mooreland, OK
- John Ross1790-18661st principal chief of the Cherokee NationRoss Cemetery, Park Hill, OK
- Michael Dunn1934-1973American actor and singerSunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Norman, OK
- Pretty Boy Floyd1904-1934American bank robberAkins Cemetery, Sallisaw, OK
- Oral Roberts1918-2009Christian religious leader, healing evangelist, author, educator, television personalityMemorial Park Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK
- Warren Spahn1921-2003American baseball playerElmwood Cemetery, Hartshorne, OK
- Dewey F. Bartlett1919-1979American politicianCalvary Cemetery, Jenks, OK
- Henry Bellmon1921-2009American politicianBillings Union Cemetery, Tonkawa, OK
- Emmett Dalton1871-1937American outlawKingfisher Cemetery, Kingfisher, OK
- Erik Rhodes1906-1990American actor and singerEl Reno Cemetery, El Reno, OK
- Jimmy Reece1929-1958Racecar driverRose Hill Burial Park, Nichols Hills, OK
- Robert S. Kerr1896-1963American politicianRose Hill Burial Park, Nichols Hills, OK
- Blue Washington1898-1970American actorGreenleaf Cemetery, Park Hill, OK
- Carl Hubbell1903-1988American baseball playerNew Hope Cemetery, Meeker, OK
- Nana1800-1896Warrior and chief of the Chihenne band of the Chiricahua ApacheBeef Creek Apache Cemetery, Lawton, OK
- Lee Cruce1863-19332nd governor of OklahomaRose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, OK
- Sammi Smith1943-2005American country singerElmhurst Cemetery, Guymon, OK
- J. Paul Hogan1919-2012American chemistMemorial Park Cemetery, Bartlesville, OK
- Montfort Stokes1762-1842American politicianFort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, OK
- Elmer McCurdy1880-1911American outlawSummit View Cemetery, Guthrie, OK
- John W. Harreld1872-1950American politicianFairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
- John Calloway Walton1881-1949American politicianRose Hill Burial Park, Nichols Hills, OK
- Don Chandler1934-2011American football player, placekicker, punterMemorial Park Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK
- Robert Banks1921-1989American chemistMemorial Park Cemetery, Bartlesville, OK
- James B. A. Robertson1871-1938Oklahoma governor; politicianOak Park Cemetery, Chandler, OK
- Lyle Boren1909-1992American politicianMaple Grove Cemetery, Seminole, OK
- Robert L. Williams1868-1948Governor of Oklahoma; politicianHighland Cemetery, Durant, OK
- Sylvan Goldman1898-1984American inventorFairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
- Edward Capehart O'Kelley1857-1904American outlawFairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
- Lloyd Waner1906-1982American baseball playerRose Hill Burial Park, Nichols Hills, OK
- Charles D. Carter1868-1929Native American politician from OklahomaRose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, OK
- Wesley E. Disney1883-1961American politicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK
- Tom Murton1928-1990American activistBayard Cemetery, Medford, OK
- Raymond D. Gary1908-1993American politicianWoodberry Forest Cemetery, Madill, OK
- Lee Roy Selmon1954-2011American football playerTrice Hill Cemetery, Forest Park, OK
- Henry S. Johnston1867-1965American politicianGrace Hill Cemetery, Perry, OK
- John Newbold Camp1908-1987American politicianWaukomis Cemetery, Waukomis, OK
- Samuel J. Montgomery1896-1957American politicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Bartlesville, OK
- James S. Davenport1864-1940American politicianFairview Cemetery, Vinita, OK
- James Vernon Smith1926-1973American politician from OklahomaFair Lawn Cemetery, Chickasha, OK
- William Grady Stigler1891-1952American politicianStigler Cemetery, Stigler, OK
- Kate Barnard1875-1930American sociologistFairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
- Martin E. Trapp1877-1951American politicianFairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
- Scott Ferris1877-1945American politicianRose Hill Burial Park, Nichols Hills, OK
- William J. Holloway1888-19708th Governor of OklahomaRose Hill Burial Park, Nichols Hills, OK
- James Vernon McClintic1878-1948U.S. Representative from OklahomaRose Hill Burial Park, Nichols Hills, OK
- Marilyn Moore1931-1992American singerRose Hill Burial Park, Nichols Hills, OK
- George B. Schwabe1886-1952Republican U.S. Congressman from OklahomaMemorial Park Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK
- Robert P. Hill1874-1937American politicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Edmond, OK
- Allie Reynolds1917-1994Native American baseball playerMemorial Park Cemetery, Edmond, OK
- Everette B. Howard1873-1950American politicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Edmond, OK
- Zenobia Powell Perry1908-2004American composer and composition teacherWhite Rose Cemetery, Bartlesville, OK
- Bob Fenimore1925-2010American football playerFairlawn Cemetery, Stillwater, OK
- Dick Hutton1923-2003American amateur and professional wrestlerSouth Heights Cemetery, Sapulpa, OK
- William Miller Jenkins1856-1941American lawyerSouth Heights Cemetery, Sapulpa, OK
- Paul Stewart1892-1950American politicianAntlers City Cemetery, Antlers, OK
- Tom D. McKeown1878-1951American politicianRosedale Cemetery, Ada, OK
- Ed Edmondson1919-1990American politicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Muskogee, OK
- Eddie Sutton1936-2020American college basketball player and coachCalvary Cemetery, Jenks, OK
- John Conover Nichols1896-1945Politician and lawyerGreenwood Cemetery, Eufaula, OK
- E. W. Marland1874-1941American politicianPonca City Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, OK
- Thomas Alberter Chandler1871-1953American politicianFairview Cemetery, Vinita, OK
- David Pendleton Oakerhater1847-1931Anglican saint from Oklahoma, Cheyenne warrior, ledger artist, Episcopal missionary, veteran of the Red River War, prisoner of war in Fort Marion, FloridaWatonga Indian Cemetery, Watonga, OK
- Milton C. Garber1867-1948American politicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Enid, OK
- George H. Wilson1905-1985American politicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Enid, OK
- Claude Weaver1867-1954American politician and judgeFairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
- Dennis Thomas Flynn1861-1939American politicianFairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
- Sidney Clarke1831-1909American politicianFairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
- Ted Risenhoover1934-2006American politicianFort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, OK
- Jack Jacobs1919-1974American football playerFort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, OK
- Solomon Andrew Layton1864-1943American architectRose Hill Burial Park, Nichols Hills, OK
- John Jarman1915-1982Son of John Henry Jarman I and Gran.Rose Hill Burial Park, Nichols Hills, OK
- Cassius McDonald Barnes1845-1925Union Army soldierSummit View Cemetery, Guthrie, OK
- William Wirt Hastings1866-1938American politicianTahlequah Cemetery, Tahlequah, OK
- Abraham Jefferson Seay1832-1915American judgeKingfisher Cemetery, Kingfisher, OK
- Roger Wheeler1926-1981American businessmanMemorial Park Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK
- Henson Cargill1941-2007American musicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Edmond, OK
- Skinny Johnson1911-1980American basketball player-coachMemorial Park Cemetery, Edmond, OK
- Spencer Bernard1918-2001American politicianRush Springs Cemetery, Rush Springs, OK
- George W. Bellamy1867-1920American politicianEl Reno Cemetery, El Reno, OK
- Paul Endacott1902-1997American basketball playerMemorial Park Cemetery, Bartlesville, OK
- George A. Neeley1879-1919American politicianOak Park Cemetery, Chandler, OK
- Bob Kalsu1945-1970American football player and US Army officerResthaven Gardens Cemetery, Moore, OK
- Mike Fanning1953-2022American football playerCalvary Cemetery, Jenks, OK
- William Post Jr.1901-1989American actorRock Cemetery, Granite, OK
- Oscar Ameringer1870-1943German born American opinion journalist, joiner and musicianFairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
- Auguste Pierre Chouteau1786-1838American businessman 1786-1838Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, OK
- Ulysses S. Stone1878-1962American politicianRose Hill Burial Park, Nichols Hills, OK
- Muriel Hazel Wright1889-1975Teacher, historian and writer on the Choctaw NationRose Hill Burial Park, Nichols Hills, OK
- Charles Coe1923-2001Amateur golferRose Hill Burial Park, Nichols Hills, OK
- Melvin B. Tolson1898-1966American poetSummit View Cemetery, Guthrie, OK
- Bill Campbell1920-1974American football playerPawhuska City Cemetery, Pawhuska, OK
- Carl Morton1944-1983Baseball playerMemorial Park Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK
- John Ridge1802-1839American Indian politicianPolson Cemetery, Grove, OK
- Moscelyne Larkin1925-2012American ballet dancerMemorial Park Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK
- Vance Trimble1913-2021American journalistOakwood Cemetery, Wewoka, OK
- Henry Starr1873-1921American criminalDewey Cemetery, Dewey, OK
- Joe Frazier1922-2011American baseball playerBixby Cemetery, Bixby, OK
- Jackie Brown1943-2017American baseball playerHoldenville Cemetery, Holdenville, OK
- Cliff Mapes1922-1996American baseball playerGraham Memorial Cemetery, Pryor, OK
- Henry C. Snodgrass1848-1931American politicianAltus Cemetery, Altus, OK
- Chuck Corgan1902-1928American MLB and NFL athleteElmwood Cemetery, Wagoner, OK
- Harry Brecheen1914-2004American baseball player and coachRosedale Cemetery, Ada, OK
- Louis Wilke1896-1962American basketball coach and administratorMemorial Park Cemetery, Bartlesville, OK
- Fred S. Clinton1874-1955American physicianOaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa, OK
- Gregory E. Pyle1949-2019American politicianMount Olivet Cemetery, Hugo, OK
- Cecil Grigg1891-1968American football playerBryan Chapel Cemetery, Salina, OK
- T. C. Cannon1946-1978Kiowa-Caddo painter and print makerMemory Lane Cemetery, Anadarko, OK
- Lillian Smith1871-1930American trick shooterPonca City Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, OK
- Henry Roman Nose1856-1917Cheyenne leaderWatonga Indian Cemetery, Watonga, OK
- Juanita Kidd Stout1919-1998American judgeWestwood Cemetery, Wewoka, OK
- Ken Corley1921-1984American basketball playerMooreland Cemetery, Mooreland, OK
- Loco1823-1905American indigenous leaderBeef Creek Apache Cemetery, Lawton, OK
- William H. Ketcham1868-1921American clergymanFairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK
- Joel H. Elliott1840-1868American army officerFort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, OK
- Benjamin Hoskins Paddock1926-1998American bank robber and con manFort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, OK
- James Boren1925-2010SatiristFort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, OK
- Bobby Murcer1946-2008American baseball playerRose Hill Burial Park, Nichols Hills, OK
- Cot Deal1923-2013American baseball player and coachRose Hill Burial Park, Nichols Hills, OK
- Cecil Dick1915-1992Cherokee painter and Studio artist from OklahomaTahlequah Cemetery, Tahlequah, OK
- Joyce C. Stearns1893-1948American physicistKingfisher Cemetery, Kingfisher, OK
- Bill Breckinridge1907-1958American baseball playerMemorial Park Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK
- Jim Oglesby1905-1955American baseball playerMemorial Park Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK
- Howard M. Ervin1915-2009American writerMemorial Park Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK
- Johnnie Lee Wills1912-1984American fiddlerMemorial Park Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK
- Richard Lloyd Jones1873-1963American newspaper editorMemorial Park Cemetery, Broken Arrow, OK
- Bennie Owen1875-1970American football player and coach, basketball coachMemorial Park Cemetery, Edmond, OK
- Jim Barker1935-2005American politicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Edmond, OK
- Phil White1900-1982Player of American footballMemorial Park Cemetery, Edmond, OK
- Roger Eason1918-1998Player of American footballMemorial Park Cemetery, Edmond, OK
- William S. Key1889-1959United States Army officerMemorial Park Cemetery, Edmond, OK
- Orville Tuttle1912-1978American football player and coachMemorial Park Cemetery, Edmond, OK
- Hank Wyse1918-2000American baseball playerFairview Cemetery, Pryor, OK
- Howard Keys1935-1971American football playerFairlawn Cemetery, Stillwater, OK
- Moses Yellow Horse1898-1964Native American baseball pitcherNorth Indian Cemetery, Pawnee, OK
- Jim Stanley1935-2012American football player and coachFairlawn Cemetery, Stillwater, OK
- Franklin Elmore Kennamer1879-1960United States federal judgeChelsea Cemetery, Chelsea, OK
- Wilma Victor1919-1987Choctaw educatorDenison Cemetery, Idabel, OK
- Roy Foster1945-2008American baseball playerNorth Heights Cemetery, Sapulpa, OK
Showing 150 of 376. 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
- Rose Hill Burial Park · Nichols Hills31
- Memorial Park Cemetery · Broken Arrow30
- Memorial Park Cemetery · Edmond25
- Fort Gibson National Cemetery · Fort Gibson19
- Fairlawn Cemetery · Oklahoma City18
- Fairlawn Cemetery · Stillwater13
- Rose Hill Cemetery · Ardmore8
- Pawhuska City Cemetery · Pawhuska7
- Kingfisher Cemetery · Kingfisher7
- Memorial Park Cemetery · Enid7
- El Reno Cemetery · El Reno7
- Memorial Park Cemetery · Bartlesville7
- Tahlequah Cemetery · Tahlequah7
- Summit View Cemetery · Guthrie6
- Calvary Cemetery · Jenks6
- Trice Hill Cemetery · Forest Park6
- Fairview Cemetery · Vinita5
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Hugo4
- Highland Cemetery · Durant4
- Highland Cemetery · Lawton4
- Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery · Norman3
- Oaklawn Cemetery · Tulsa3
- Resthaven Gardens Cemetery · Moore3
- Highland Cemetery · Pawnee3
- Fort Towson Cemetery · Hugo3
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 Mexico222
- New York10,713
- North Carolina560
- North Dakota46
- Ohio2,567
- Oregon566
- Pennsylvania3,541
- Rhode Island699
- South Carolina391
- South Dakota151
- Tennessee902
- Texas1,599
- Utah626
- Vermont437
- Virginia5,460
- Washington487
- West Virginia252
- Wisconsin1,183
- Wyoming107