Business leaders buried in Pennsylvania
Wikidata records 188 business leaders as buried in 65 of the cemeteries we list in Pennsylvania. Allegheny Cemetery in Bloomfield holds the most, with 33. Pennsylvania has the 5th highest count of any state, out of 3,027 nationally.
People recorded as businesspeople, entrepreneurs or industrialists.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Business leaders buried in Pennsylvania
- Gideon Sundback1880-1954Swedish-American inventorGreendale Cemetery, Meadville, PA
- Henry J. Heinz1844-1919American businessmanHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- John Sutter1803-1880Pioneer of California known for his association with the California Gold RushMoravian Cemetery, Lititz, PA
- Paul H. O'Neill1935-2020American politicianSewickley Cemetery, Sewickley, PA
- Robert Cornelius1809-1893American photographer and lamp manufacturerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Edwin Drake1819-1880American oil driller, popularly credited with being the first to drill for oil in the United StatesWoodlawn Cemetery, Titusville, PA
- Henry Clay Frick1849-1919American industrialistHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Eben Byers1880-1932Industrialist, amateur golferAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Nick Berg1978-2004American freelance radio tower repairman taken hostage and killed in IraqMontefiore Cemetery, Rockledge, PA
- William Henry Conley1840-1897American industrialist, and first president of Zion's Watch Tower Tract SocietyHighwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
- John Heinz1938-1991American businessman and politicianHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Samuel D. Ingham1779-1860American politicianThompson Memorial Cemetery, New Hope, PA
- Haym Solomon1740-1785American businessmanMikveh Israel Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Joseph Wharton1826-1909American industrialistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Matthias W. Baldwin1795-1866American inventor and machinery manufacturerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- William B. Franklin1823-1903Union Army generalProspect Hill Cemetery, North York, PA
- Harrington Emerson1853-1931American efficiency engineer and business theoristThompson Memorial Cemetery, New Hope, PA
- Joseph R. Grundy1863-1961American politicianBeechwood Cemetery, Penndel, PA
- Louis Thomas McFadden1876-1936American politicianEast Canton Cemetery, Canton, PA
- William Still1821-1902American activist, abolitionist, historian, and businessmanEden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
- Eldridge R. Johnson1867-1945American businessman and inventorWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- David Alter1807-1881American inventor and scientistFreeport Cemetery, Freeport, PA
- R. A. F. Penrose Jr.1863-1931American mining geologist and entrepreneurLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Milton Shapp1912-1994American businessman and politicianHar Jehuda Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
- Thomas Mellon1813-1908American businessman (1813-1908); founder of Mellon BankAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Richard Mellon Scaife1932-2014American Mellon family heir, and newspaper ownerAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- George T. Oliver1848-1919American politicianAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Dan Rooney1932-2017American football executive/owner, philanthropist and diplomatChrist Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, West View, PA
- Edwin Ruud1854-1932Norwegian mechanical engineerHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- James Forten1766-1842American activist, businessman and abolitionistEden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
- Benjamin Matlack Everhart1818-1904American mycologistThe Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- Art Rooney1901-1988American football player, executive, and ownerChrist Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, West View, PA
- Willard Rockwell1888-1978American businessmanHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Thomas A. Scott1823-1881American railroad executive and businesspersonThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- Lem Billings1916-1981American businessmanAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Charles Willing1710-1754American politicianChrist Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, PA
- Edwin Henry Fitler1825-1896American politicianLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- John Batterson Stetson1830-1906American hat makerWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Tinius Olsen1845-1932American engineerWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Lydia Hamilton Smith1813-1884American businesswomanSaint Mary's Cemetery, Lancaster, PA
- Samuel S. Brown1842-1905American businessmanAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- John G. Johnson1841-1917Philadelphia lawyer and art collectorIvy Hill Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
- Paul Beck Goddard1811-1866American physician and photographer of the 19th centuryLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- William T. Piper1881-1970American businessman and aviation pioneerHighland Cemetery, Lock Haven, PA
- Joseph E. Widener1871-1943American businessman and art collectorLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Ed Snider1933-2016American sports executiveWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Albert Frederick Schoenhut1849-1912Businessman and toy producer, known for the toy pianoWestminister Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Sarah Shearer1848-1909American brothel-ownerAlsace Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hyde Park, PA
- Condy Raguet1784-1842American politicianHood Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Henry Worth Thornton1871-1933American football player and coachSaint Lukes Episcopal Church Cemetery, Newtown, PA
- Alfred E. Hunt1855-1899American businessmanAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Benjamin Franklin Jones1824-1903American businessmanAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Henry W. Oliver1840-1904American businessmanAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- David Yuengling1808-1877American brewerCharles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, PA
- Ernest T. Weir1875-1957American businessmanHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Jacob Ridgway1768-1843FinancierLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Elmer Holmes Bobst1884-1978American businessmanWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Edward Julius Berwind1848-1936American businessmanWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Sara Dary Armbruster1862-1911American business woman and publisherWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- J. Howard Pew1882-1971American industrialistWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Joseph Newton Pew1848-1912American businessmanWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Harry P. O'Neill1889-1953American politicianCathedral Cemetery, Scranton, PA
- Washington Atlee Burpee1858-1915American businessmanDoylestown Cemetery, Doylestown, PA
- Thomas M. Carnegie1843-1886American businessmanAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- William J. Kountz Jr.1867-1899American-football player and authorAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- D. Dudley Bloom1922-2015American inventor and real estate developerRoosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, PA
- Benjamin Thaw1859-1933American bankerAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- William Little1809-1887American mayor of PittsburghAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Samuel Kier1813-1874American inventor and businessman who is credited with founding the American petroleum refining industryAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- William Whipper1804-1876African-American businessman and abolitionistEden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
- Franklin B. Gowen1836-1889President of Philadelphia and Reading RailroadIvy Hill Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
- David L. Clark1864-1939American businessmanHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- John Wilhelm Rowntree1868-1905Businessman, Religious reformerHaverford New Meeting Cemetery, Ardmore, PA
- Adam Forepaugh1831-1890American circus ownerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Erskine Hazard1789-1865Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Hamilton Disston1844-1896American industrialist and real-estate developerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Uriah Hunt Painter1837-1900American journalist, lobbyist, entrepreneur, investor, and photographerThe Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- J. H. Haverly1837-1901American theatre managerMount Peace Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Konstantinos Papadakis1946-2009American businessmanWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- John Warhola1925-2010Andy Warhol's brother and trustee of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual ArtsSaint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
- Joseph N. Pew, Jr.1886-1963American businessmanWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- George Morgan1733-1810American merchant and representative to Native AmericansWashington Cemetery, Washington, PA
- Ario Pardee1810-1892US engineer, coal baron and philanthropistVine Street Cemetery, Hazleton, PA
- Bernard Gimbel1885-1966American businessmanMount Sinai Cemetery, Cheltenham, PA
- Harry Clay Trexler1854-1933American businessmanFairview Cemetery, Allentown, PA
- David Burpee1893-1980American businessmanDoylestown Cemetery, Doylestown, PA
- Joe Trees1869-1943American football playerPlum Creek Cemetery, Plum, PA
- Marshall T. Heaps1898-1961American politician and businessmanSlate Ridge Cemetery, Susquehanna Trails, PA
- Jake Kozloff1901-1976Russian-American businessmanKesher Zion Cemetery, Grill, PA
- Matthew McCloskey1893-1973American diplomat, businessman and Democratic Party fundraiserCalvary Cemetery, West Conshohocken, PA
- James Thomson1790-1876Mayor of Pittsburgh, born 1790Allegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- James Laughlin1806-1882American businessmanAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- James M. Guffey1839-1930OilmanAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Joseph M. Gazzam1842-1927American politicianAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- John Arbuckle1838-1912American businessmanAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Seth Tobias1963-2007American businessmanRoosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, PA
- George Courtauld1761-1823British businessmanAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Theodore R. Hostetter1870-1902American sportsmanAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- John Walker1843-1932American industrialistHighwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA
- Frederick Yuengling1848-1899American brewerCharles Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, PA
- Abel Payne Caldwell1865-1917American newspaper editor, journalistMerion Memorial Park, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Frank E. Sagendorph, 2nd1883-1972American industrailistArlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
- Alfred O. Deshong1837-1913American industrialist, philanthropist and art collectorChester Rural Cemetery, Parkside, PA
- Christopher J. Perry1854-1921American newspaper editorEden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
- Robert Pitcairn1836-1909American businessmanHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Edward Jay Allen1830-1915American pioneerHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Frank H. Buhl1848-1918American industrialist and philanthropistOakwood Cemetery, Sharon, PA
- Samuel Simeon Fels1860-1950American businessmanChelten Hills Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
- J. S. Lovering Wharton1850-1931American financierLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- William Lukens Elkins1832-1903American businessman and art collectorLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Benjamin Faunce1873-1949American druggist and businessmanHighland Cemetery, Lock Haven, PA
- Joshua Ballinger Lippincott1813-1886Publisher in Philadelphia, founder of the family firm J.B. Lippincott CompanyLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Jehu Eyre1738-1781American businessmanLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Philip M. Sharples1857-1944American inventor and industrialistThe Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- Charles Frederick Berwind1846-1890American businessmanWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Bill Benswanger1892-1972American baseball executiveWest View Cemetery, West View, PA
- Worthington Scranton1876-1955American lawyer and industrialistDunmore Cemetery, Dunmore, PA
- Samuel F. Dale1816-1876American industrialistFranklin Cemetery, Franklin, PA
- Byron Benson1832-1888American entrepreneur and inventorWoodlawn Cemetery, Titusville, PA
- Fred G. Nixon-Nirdlinger1877-1931American theatre managerMount Sinai Cemetery, Cheltenham, PA
- Samuel S. Fleisher1871-1944Jewish-American manufacturer, art patron, philanthropistMount Sinai Cemetery, Cheltenham, PA
- Louis F. Neuweiler1848-1929Fairview Cemetery, Allentown, PA
- Edward Mark Young1866-1932American industrialistFairview Cemetery, Allentown, PA
- Thomas Baker Slick, Sr.1883-1930American businessmanClarion Cemetery, Clarion, PA
- Samuel G. Allen1870-1956American industrialistOakland Cemetery, Warren, PA
- James H. Hays1800-1876American businessmanAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Georg Wittmer1825-1910German entrepreneurAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Charles Avery1784-1858American preacher, philanthropist, abolitionistAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Curtis Grubb Hussey1802-1893American copper and steel manufacturerAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Alexander McBurney Byers1827-1900Steel manufacturer of Pittsburgh, PAAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Charles Hart Spencer1852-1912American businessmanAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- William Penn Snyder1861-1921American industrialistAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Calvin Wells1827-1909American industrialistAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Henry Blake Hays1829-1881Coal industry pioneerAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Robert M. Adger1837-1910Bibliophile, businessman, and civil rights organizerMerion Memorial Park, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Charles L. Taylor1857-1922American industrialistHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- J. Hartwell Hillman Sr.1841-1911American businessmanHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Jesse H. Lippincott1843-1894American businessmanHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Charles Stewart Wurts1790-1859American businessman and founder of the Delaware and Hudson RailwayLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- James Kitchenman1825-1909English-American textile manufacturerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Joseph Lapsley Wilson1844-1928American railroad executiveLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Harrison S. Morris1856-1948American businessman, philanthropist, and authorLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- William Cramp1807-1879American shipbuilderLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Henry C. Gibson1830-1891American financier and art collectorLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- John F. Braun1867-1939American industrialist and art collectorLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- S. Pemberton Hutchinson1861-1929American industrialistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- David Sands Brown1800-1877American industrialistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Harry B. Rosengarten1837-1921American businessmanLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- George D. Rosengarten1801-1890German-American businessmanLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- William Levis James1833-1903Union Army brevet brigadier generalThe Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 188. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Deaths by decade
- 1750s1
- 1780s2
- 1810s1
- 1820s1
- 1840s4
- 1850s2
- 1860s7
- 1870s8
- 1880s12
- 1890s17
- 1900s27
- 1910s23
- 1920s12
- 1930s23
- 1940s11
- 1950s6
- 1960s6
- 1970s8
- 1980s4
- 1990s2
- 2000s3
- 2010s6
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 187 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Allegheny Cemetery · Bloomfield, PA33
- Laurel Hill Cemetery · Philadelphia, PA32
- West Laurel Hill Cemetery · Bala Cynwyd, PA16
- Homewood Cemetery · Wilkinsburg, PA15
- The Woodlands · Philadelphia, PA9
- The Oaklands Cemetery · West Chester, PA4
- Eden Memorial Cemetery · Collingdale, PA4
- Mount Sinai Cemetery · Cheltenham, PA4
- Fairview Cemetery · Allentown, PA3
- Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery · West View, PA2
- Ivy Hill Cemetery · Wyndmoor, PA2
- Prospect Hill Cemetery · North York, PA2
- West View Cemetery · West View, PA2
- Merion Memorial Park · Bala Cynwyd, PA2
- Highland Cemetery · Lock Haven, PA2
- Highwood Cemetery · Pittsburgh, PA2
- Charles Baber Cemetery · Pottsville, PA2
- Roosevelt Memorial Park · Trevose, PA2
- Doylestown Cemetery · Doylestown, PA2
- Thompson Memorial Cemetery · New Hope, PA2
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Titusville, PA2
- Westminister Cemetery · Bala Cynwyd, PA1
- Washington Cemetery · Washington, PA1
- Christ Church Burial Ground · Philadelphia, PA1
- Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery · Pittsburgh, PA1
Top 25 of 65 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
Other notable burials in Pennsylvania
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.