Notable burials · Science and work
Inventors and engineers buried in Pennsylvania
Wikidata records 90 inventors and engineers as buried in 38 of the cemeteries we list in Pennsylvania. Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia holds the most, with 20. Pennsylvania has the 5th highest count of any state, out of 1,162 nationally.
People with inventor or engineer among their recorded occupations.
90
inventors and engineers
38
cemeteries
3%
of notable burials in Pennsylvania
1930s
the decade with the most deaths (10)
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In order of death
Inventors and engineers buried in Pennsylvania
- Thomas Godfrey1704-1749American optician and inventorLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- William Henry1729-1786Pennsylvania delegate to the Continental CongressGreenwood Cemetery, Lancaster, PA
- David Rittenhouse1732-1796American astronomer (*1732, †1796)Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Joseph Priestley1733-1804English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theoristRiverview Cemetery, Northumberland, PA
- Christian Gobrecht1785-1844United States Mint engraverLawnview Memorial Park, Rockledge, PA
- Benjamin Franklin Coston1821-1848American inventorLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Josiah White1781-1850Coal technology pioneerFriends Southwestern Burial Ground, Millbourne, PA
- Samuel Honeyman Kneass1806-1858American civil engineer and architectThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- Charles Ellet, Jr.1810-1862American civil engineerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Matthias W. Baldwin1795-1866American inventor and machinery manufacturerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Paul Beck Goddard1811-1866American physician and photographer of the 19th centuryLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- William Bullock1813-1867American inventorUniondale Cemetery 1, Pittsburgh, PA
- William Everhart1785-1868American politicianThe Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- John Adolphus Dahlgren1809-1870United States Navy admiralLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- George Meade1815-1872United States Army general and civil engineerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Hartman Bache1798-1872American engineerThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- Thomas Davidson1828-1874Naval constructor for the United States NavyLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- John Henry Towne1818-1875American engineerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Charles Lombaert1790-1875American contracting engineerThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- Sobieski Ross1828-1877American politicianEulalia Cemetery, Coudersport, PA
- Matthew Baird1817-1877American engineerLaurel 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
- David Alter1807-1881American inventor and scientistFreeport Cemetery, Freeport, PA
- Byron Benson1832-1888American entrepreneur and inventorWoodlawn Cemetery, Titusville, PA
- Amos Densmore1825-1893American inventorBlooming Valley Cemetery, Meadville, PA
- Hymen Lipman1817-1893American inventorLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Oliver B. Shallenberger1860-1898American electrical engineer and inventorBeaver Cemetery and Mausoleum, Beaver, PA
- Alfred E. Hunt1855-1899American businessmanAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Dillwyn Parrish Jr.1840-1899American engineerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Fairman Rogers1833-1900American academicLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- William B. Franklin1823-1903Union Army generalProspect Hill Cemetery, North York, PA
- Martha Coston1826-1904American inventorLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Thomas Messinger Drown1842-1904American university president, analytical chemist, metallurgistThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- Herman Haupt1817-1905Union United States Army generalWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- John P. Wetherill1844-1906American engineer and industrialist (1844-1906); inventor of a magnetic separation procedureLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- John Batterson Stetson1830-1906American hat makerWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- William Metcalf1838-1909American businessmanAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Joseph Wharton1826-1909American industrialistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Solomon Robert Dresser1842-1911American politicianWillow Dale Cemetery, Bradford, PA
- George Burnham1817-1912American engineerThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- Edwin J. Houston1847-1914American businessmanLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Edward Manning Bigelow1850-1916American politicianHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Charles Conrad Schneider1843-1916United States civil engineerChelten Hills Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
- Henri R. Heyl1842-1919American inventorLawnview Memorial Park, Rockledge, PA
- Henry J. Heinz1844-1919American businessmanHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- John Kennedy Barton1853-1921United States admiralWestminister Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Robert Brewster Stanton1846-1922American civil engineerSewickley Cemetery, Sewickley, PA
- Caroline Endres Diescher1846-1930American engineerAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Harrington Emerson1853-1931American efficiency engineer and business theoristThompson Memorial Cemetery, New Hope, PA
- Edwin Ruud1854-1932Norwegian mechanical engineerHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- John Bach McMaster1852-1932American historianLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Tinius Olsen1845-1932American engineerWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Wensel Morava1853-1932Czech American engineer and industrialistMount Greenwood Cemetery, Trucksville, PA
- Charles Elmer Hires1851-1937American businessmanWestminister Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Charles Edgar Duryea1861-1938American automobile manufacturerIvy Hill Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
- Louis Disbrow1876-1939American race car driverNew Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Rust Heinz1914-1939American car and boat designerHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Bertha Lamme1864-1943American engineerHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Philip M. Sharples1857-1944American inventor and industrialistThe Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- Eldridge R. Johnson1867-1945American businessman and inventorWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Eddie Bald1874-1946(1874-1946) American racing cyclist and racecar driverHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Edward Gowen Budd Sr.1870-1946American businessmanWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Mary Engle Pennington1872-1952American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Amos W. Barnes1867-1953Engineer and architectWestminister Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Gideon Sundback1880-1954Swedish-American inventorGreendale Cemetery, Meadville, PA
- Edward Robert Armstrong1877-1955American engineer, inventorChelten Hills Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
- Louis Semple Clarke1866-1957American automotive engineerAllegheny Cemetery, Bloomfield, PA
- Comfort A. Adams1868-1958American electrical engineerChelten Hills Cemetery, Wyndmoor, PA
- James Bert Garner1870-1960American chemical engineerHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Don Hilary Gingery1884-1961American politicianHillcrest Cemetery, Clearfield, PA
- Rupen Eksergian1889-1961American railway engineerWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Bernard Silver1924-1963American inventorRoosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, PA
- Chester G. Fisher1881-1965American engineer, company founder and athleteHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Willibald Trinks1874-1966German-American mechanical engineerSewickley Cemetery, Sewickley, PA
- Frank Newman Speller1875-1968American metallurgistHomewood Cemetery, Wilkinsburg, PA
- Hyman H. Harris1881-1970Communal workerRoosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, PA
- William T. Piper1881-1970American businessman and aviation pioneerHighland Cemetery, Lock Haven, PA
- Kalman J. De Juhasz1893-1972Hungarian-American mechanical engineer, inventorSlab Cabin Cemetery, State College, PA
- Frank Hastings Griffin1886-1974American inventorMedia Cemetery, Media, PA
- John Mauchly1907-1980American physicistRose Hill Cemetery, Ambler, PA
- Shiou-chuan Sun1911-1981Chinese-American engineerSlab Cabin Cemetery, State College, PA
- Sarkes Tarzian1900-1987Armenian-American engineerArlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
- Kenneth E. Waldie Jr.1955-2001American engineerQueen of Heaven Cemetery, Thompsonville, PA
- Octavio M. Salati1914-2001American academicCalvary Cemetery, Media, PA
- Raymond S. Berkowitz1923-2006American engineering professorRoosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, PA
- Alan MacDiarmid1927-2007New Zealand chemistArlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA
- Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf1922-2010German-American metallurgist and materials scientistWestminister Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Theodore J. Williams1923-2013American engineerBlairsville Cemetery, Blairsville, PA
- Harvey C. Nathanson1936-2019Electrical engineerBeth Shalom Cemetery, Glenshaw, PA
- Howard Wallace Andrews1923-2022Ph.D. Harvard University 1953Washington Crossing National Cemetery, Newtown Grant, PA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1740s1
- 1780s1
- 1790s1
- 1800s1
- 1840s2
- 1850s2
- 1860s5
- 1870s8
- 1880s3
- 1890s5
- 1900s9
- 1910s7
- 1920s2
- 1930s10
- 1940s5
- 1950s6
- 1960s7
- 1970s4
- 1980s3
- 2000s4
- 2010s3
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 90 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Laurel Hill Cemetery · Philadelphia, PA20
- Homewood Cemetery · Wilkinsburg, PA9
- West Laurel Hill Cemetery · Bala Cynwyd, PA6
- The Woodlands · Philadelphia, PA5
- Westminister Cemetery · Bala Cynwyd, PA4
- Allegheny Cemetery · Bloomfield, PA4
- Roosevelt Memorial Park · Trevose, PA3
- Chelten Hills Cemetery · Wyndmoor, PA3
- Arlington Cemetery · Drexel Hill, PA2
- Sewickley Cemetery · Sewickley, PA2
- Lawnview Memorial Park · Rockledge, PA2
- The Oaklands Cemetery · West Chester, PA2
- Slab Cabin Cemetery · State College, PA2
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Titusville, PA2
- Beaver Cemetery and Mausoleum · Beaver, PA1
- Greendale Cemetery · Meadville, PA1
- Washington Crossing National Cemetery · Newtown Grant, PA1
- Ivy Hill Cemetery · Wyndmoor, PA1
- Blairsville Cemetery · Blairsville, PA1
- Media Cemetery · Media, PA1
- Highland Cemetery · Lock Haven, PA1
- Prospect Hill Cemetery · North York, PA1
- Eulalia Cemetery · Coudersport, PA1
- Calvary Cemetery · Media, PA1
- Uniondale Cemetery 1 · Pittsburgh, PA1
Top 25 of 38 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Pennsylvania
United States representatives418Writers and poets236Baseball players193Business leaders188Painters, sculptors and photographers161American Civil War veterans142Scientists118American football players113Journalists99Musicians and singers99Medal of Honor recipients98Physicians94Actors83World War II veterans56Architects55World War I veterans47Mexican-American War veterans36Basketball players30Governors28United States senators27Spanish-American War veterans16
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.