Where physicians are buried
Wikidata records 1,346 physicians as buried in 634 of the cemeteries we list, across 50 states. Mount Auburn Cemetery in North Brighton, MA, holds the most, with 63.
People with physician among their recorded occupations.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Physicians and where they rest
- William James1842-1910American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatistCambridge Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Gerty Cori1896-1957Austro-Hungarian-American biochemistBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Karl Landsteiner1868-1943Jewish-Austrian biologist, physician and Nobel Prize laureateProspect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, MA
- Thomas Hunt Morgan1866-1945American biologist and professor from KentuckyMountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, CA
- Robert Edwards1925-2013English physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine and in-vitro fertilisationElmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
- William Carlos Williams1883-1963American poetHillside Cemetery, Lyndhurst, NJ
- Oliver Wendell Holmes1809-1894American poet and physicianMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Karen Horney1885-1952American-German psychoanalystFerncliff Cemetery, Greenburgh, NY
- Carl Ferdinand Cori1896-1984Czech Nobel prize laureate and scientistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Edward Adelbert Doisy1893-1986American biochemistOak Hill Cemetery, Oakland, MO
- James Naismith1861-1939Canadian-American coach; inventor of basketballMemorial Park Cemetery, Lawrence, KS
- John Franklin Enders1897-1985American medical researcherFairview Cemetery, West Hartford, CT
- Herbert Spencer Gasser1888-1963American physiologistGreenwood Cemetery, Platteville, WI
- George Minot1885-1950American physicianForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Philip Showalter Hench1896-1965American physicianOakwood Downtown Cemetery, Rochester, MN
- Robert F. Furchgott1916-2009American biochemistSaint Lawrence Cemetery, Charleston, SC
- George Whipple1878-1976American physician and biomedical researcherMount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY
- Howard Temin1934-1994American geneticistForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr.1915-1974American pharmacologistBurlingame City Cemetery, Osage City, KS
- Albert B. Sabin1906-1993Jewish-Polish-American physician and epidemiologist who developed oral polio vaccinesArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Dickinson W. Richards1895-1973American physician, Nobel Prize recipientEast Cemetery, Litchfield, CT
- Laurel Clark1961-2003NASA astronaut, medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, and Space Shuttle mission specialistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Thomas Huckle Weller1915-2008American virologistWoodlawn Cemetery, Wellesley, MA
- Haing S. Ngor1940-1996Cambodian-American physician and actorRose Hills Memorial Park - Cemetery, Whittier, CA
- Henry Draper1837-1882American physician and astronomerGreen - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- William T. G. Morton1819-1868United States dental surgeonMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Hideyo Noguchi1876-1928Japanese bacteriologistWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Georgios Papanikolaou1883-1962Greek pathologistRiverside Cemetery, Clinton, NJ
- Benjamin Rush1746-1813American physician, educator, and authorChrist Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, PA
- David M. Brown1956-2003American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Kazys Grinius1866-1950Third President of Lithuania from 7 June 1926 until 17 December 1926Lithuanian National Cemetery, Justice, IL
- H. H. Holmes1861-1896American con artist and serial killerHoly Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, PA
- Harvey Williams Cushing1869-1939American neurosurgeonLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- Alice Hamilton1869-1970American physician and toxicologistCove Cemetery, Chester Center, CT
- Michael Ellis DeBakey1908-2008American cardiac surgeonArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Frederick Cook1865-1940American explorerForest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY
- James Curtis Hepburn1815-1911American physician, educator, and phonologist of JapaneseRosedale Cemetery, West Orange, NJ
- Raymond Vahan Damadian1936-2022American scientist and inventorPinelawn Memorial Park, East Farmingdale, NY
- Helen B. Taussig1898-1986Jewish-American cardiologistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Henry Heimlich1920-2016American surgeon widely credited as the inventor of the Heimlich maneuverSpring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Finneytown, OH
- Eduard Bloch1872-1945Austrian physicianBeth David Cemetery, Elmont, NY
- Gregory Goodwin Pincus1903-1967American biochemistMountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury, MA
- Crawford Williamson Long1815-1878American physicianOconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, GA
- Leonard Wood1860-19275th Chief of Staff of the U.S. ArmyArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Joseph Leidy1823-1891American anatomist and paleontologistWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi1842-1906American physician, writer and suffragistGreen - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- Rebecca Lee Crumpler1831-1895American physicianFairview Cemetery, Readville, MA
- Dorothy Hansine Andersen1901-1963American physicianOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Sonny Carter1947-1991American physician, soccer player, Navy officer, and astronautAlta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, GA
- Tom Coburn1948-2020American politician and physicianMemorial Park Cemetery, Muskogee, OK
- Elliott Coues1842-1899American ornithologistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Crawford Gorgas1854-192022nd Surgeon General of the United States ArmyArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Sammy Lee1920-2016American diver and physicianFort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
- Judah Folkman1933-2008American biologistTemple Israel Cemetery, Wakefield, MA
- John Jeffries1744-1819Boston physician, scientist, and military surgeonGranary Burying Ground, Boston, MA
- William Stewart Halsted1852-1922American surgeonGreen - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- Isaac Israel Hayes1832-1881United States explorer and physicianOakland Friends Cemetery, West Chester, PA
- Georg Karl Tänzler1877-1952(1877-1952) German-born American radiology technologist and erotomaniacOakside Cemetery, Zephyrhills, FL
- Harry Benjamin1885-1986German/American endocrinologist and sexologistShelter Island Presbyterian Cemetery, Shelter Island, NY
- Leila Denmark1898-2012American pediatricianPortal Cemetery, Statesboro, GA
- George Engelmann1809-1884German-American physician and botanistBellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, MO
- Denton Cooley1920-2016American heart surgeonGlenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX
- Susan La Flesche Picotte1865-1915Omaha Native American, physician, and reformerBancroft Cemetery, Pender, NE
- Josiah McCracken1874-1962American football player, athlete and professor of medicineWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
- Henry Dearborn1751-1829American politicianForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Samuel George Morton1799-1851American physician and naturalistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Sara Josephine Baker1873-1945American physicianPoughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, NY
- John Lawrence LeConte1825-1883American entomologistWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- William Henry Welch1850-1934American physician and scientistNorfolk Center Cemetery, Winchester Center, CT
- Samuel Gridley Howe1801-1876American physician and abolitionistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- William Chester Minor1834-1920American army surgeon, psychiatric-hospital patient, and lexicographical researcherEvergreen Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Abraham Jacobi1830-1919German-American pediatricianGreen - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- Alfred Blalock1899-1964American surgeonDruid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, MD
- Oliver Wolcott1726-1797American politician, ConnecticutEast Cemetery, Litchfield, CT
- Andrew Taylor Still1828-1917American physician and politician (1828-1917); founder of Osteopathic MedicineForest-Llewellyn Cemetery, Kirksville, MO
- Abraham Flexner1866-1959American educatorCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Samuel L. Mitchill1764-1831American politicianGreen - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- J. Marion Sims1813-1883American physician and gynecologistGreen - Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
- Marie Zakrzewska1829-1902Polish-American physicianForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Joseph Warren1741-1775American doctorForest Hills Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
- Benjamin Silliman Sr.1779-1864Early American chemist and science educatorGrove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT
- Charles Drew1904-1950American surgeon and medical researcherLincoln Memorial Cemetery, Silver Hill, MD
- Howard Atwood Kelly1858-1943American academic and gynecologistWoodlawn Cemetery, Woodlawn, MD
- Greene Vardiman Black1836-1915American dentistry academicDiamond Grove Cemetery, South Jacksonville, IL
- Johann Spurzheim1776-1832German physician and phrenologistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Augustus Addison Gould1805-1866American conchologistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Jacob Bigelow1787-1879American botanist, physician, and educational reformerMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Frederic Lewy1885-1950German-born American neurologistHaverford New Meeting Cemetery, Ardmore, PA
- Elisha Kent Kane1820-1857American explorer and military medical officerLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Luke Pryor Blackburn1816-1887American physician and governor of KentuckyFrankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY
- Samuel Mudd1833-1883Medical doctor implicated in the Lincoln assassinationSaint Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery, Hughesville, MD
- Max Gerson1881-1959German physician, originator of Gerson TherapyMaple Grove Cemetery, Queens, NY
- William Thornton1759-1828British-American physician, inventor, painter and architectCongressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Dorothy Reed Mendenhall1874-1964American pediatricianForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Silas Weir Mitchell1829-1914American physicianThe Woodlands, Philadelphia, PA
- Herbert William Conn1859-1917American bacteriologist and educatorPine Grove Cemetery, Middletown, CT
- Daniel Garrison Brinton1837-1899American archaeologist and ethnologistMedia Cemetery, Media, PA
- Arnold Kegel1894-1972American gynecologistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Henry Drysdale Dakin1880-1952British chemistSleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY
- Alexander Skene1837-1900Scottish-American gynecologistRockland Cemetery, Piermont, NY
- Ralph Hills1902-1977American shot putterMissoula Cemetery, Missoula, MT
- Martin R. Delany1812-1885United States Army officer and physician, abolitionist, journalist, and writerMassies Creek Cemetery, Cedarville, OH
- Jennie Kidd Trout1841-1921Canadian physicianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Hans Zinsser1878-1940American physician, bacteriologistSleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY
- Anson Jones1798-1858Texan politicianGlenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX
- John Strong Newberry1822-1892American geologist, physician, explorer, and authorLake View Cemetery, East Cleveland, OH
- John Stapp1910-1999American career U.S. Air Force officer, flight surgeon, physician, and biophysicistFort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, TX
- Robert Montgomery Bird1806-1854American novelist, playwright, physicianLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Frederick Schwatka1849-1892American explorer and authorPioneer Cemetery, Salem, OR
- Gloria Hemingway1931-2001American physicianKetchum Cemetery, Ketchum, ID
- John Edwards Holbrook1794-1871American zoologistMagnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
- Lawrence Joseph Henderson1878-1942American biochemist, philosopher and sociologistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Robert Wilson Shufeldt1850-1934American scientistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- George Pardee1857-1941Governor of CaliforniaMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- Caroline Still Anderson1848-1919American physician, educator, and activistEden Memorial Cemetery, Collingdale, PA
- Mary Stone1873-1954Chinese medical doctorMountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, CA
- Martha Hughes Cannon1857-1932American physician and politicianSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Rosalie Slaughter Morton1876-1968American physicianSpring Hill Cemetery, West Lynchburg, VA
- Royal S. Copeland1868-1938American politicianForest Lawn Cemetery, Dexter, MI
- Jan F. Esser1877-1946Doctor, chess master, art collectorArcher Woods Memorial Park Cemetery, Justice, IL
- Mary E. Britton1855-1925African-American physicianCove Haven Cemetery, Lexington-Fayette, KY
- Harriot Kezia Hunt1805-1875American physicianMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Charles Thomas Jackson1805-1880ChemistMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Charles Pickering1805-1878American anthropologist, botanist, and physicianMount Auburn Cemetery, North Brighton, MA
- Ray Lyman Wilbur1875-1949American physician and politician (1875-1949); president of Stanford University from 1933 to 1943Alta Mesa Cemetery, Los Altos, CA
- Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead1867-1941American gynecologistIndian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, CT
- Harry Lane1855-1917American politicianLone Fir Cemetery, Portland, OR
- Constantine Hering1800-1880Homeopathic physician and naturalistWest Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Bessica Medlar Raiche1875-1932American aviator, dentist, and physicianFairhaven Memorial Park and Mortuary, Orange, CA
- Virginia M. Alexander1899-1949American physicianMount Lawn Cemetery, Sharon Hill, PA
- Paul Dudley White1886-1973American cardiologistBellevue Cemetery, Harvard, MA
- Robert Kingston Scott1826-190074th Governor of South Carolina, and an officer in the Union ArmyGlenwood Cemetery, Napoleon, OH
- Laura Alberta Linton1853-1915American chemist and physicianGreenfield Cemetery, Wabasha, MN
- Benjamin Baker Moeur1869-1937American politicianDouble Butte Cemetery, Tempe, AZ
- John Shaw Billings1838-1913American surgeon, statistician, United States Army officer, designer of New York Public libraryArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William M. Gwin1805-1885American politicianMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA
- Emily Barringer1876-1961American ambulance surgeonLakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, CT
- John Benjamin Murphy1857-1916American surgeonCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- Irving Calkins1875-1958American physician and sport shooterSpringfield Cemetery, Springfield, MA
- C. Walton Lillehei1918-1999American cardiologistFort Snelling National Cemetery, Richfield, MN
- Phog Allen1885-1974American football and basketball coachOak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, KS
- William P. C. Barton1786-1856American surgeon and scientistLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Samuel W. Crawford, Jr.1829-1892United States Army surgeon and Union generalLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
- Robert N. Butler1927-2010American academicRock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
- Thaddeus William Harris1795-1856United States librarian and entomologistOld Burying Ground, West Cambridge/Harvard Square, MA
- William Alcott1798-1859American physician and authorNewton Cemetery, Newton, MA
- George Miller Beard1839-1883American neurologistPhillips Academy Cemetery, Andover, MA
- Mary Blair Moody1837-1919American physician, anatomist and editorSpring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, NY
- Mary Ann Bickerdyke1817-1901American nurse and philanthropistLinwood Cemetery, Galesburg, IL
- Graham N. Fitch1809-1892Union United States Army officer and American politicianMount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, IN
Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 1,346. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Deaths by decade
- 1650s1
- 1670s1
- 1700s1
- 1760s1
- 1770s3
- 1780s3
- 1790s7
- 1800s4
- 1810s10
- 1820s15
- 1830s12
- 1840s20
- 1850s27
- 1860s45
- 1870s55
- 1880s85
- 1890s112
- 1900s104
- 1910s131
- 1920s135
- 1930s116
- 1940s101
- 1950s88
- 1960s71
- 1970s48
- 1980s29
- 1990s40
- 2000s46
- 2010s24
- 2020s6
By recorded year of death, for the 1,341 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Mount Auburn Cemetery · North Brighton, MA63
- Arlington National Cemetery · Arlington, VA57
- Green - Wood Cemetery · Brooklyn, NY41
- Woodlawn Cemetery · The Bronx, NY27
- Laurel Hill Cemetery · Philadelphia, PA25
- Graceland Cemetery · Chicago, IL18
- Forest Hills Cemetery · Roslindale, MA17
- Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum · Finneytown, OH17
- Rosehill Cemetery · Chicago, IL16
- The Woodlands · Philadelphia, PA14
- Rock Creek Cemetery · Washington, DC14
- Grove Street Cemetery · New Haven, CT13
- Crown Hill National Cemetery · Indianapolis, IN13
- Bellefontaine Cemetery · Saint Louis, MO12
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park · Glendale, CA12
- Cave Hill Cemetery · Louisville, KY12
- Mountain View Cemetery · Reno, NV12
- Oakwoods Cemetery · Chicago, IL12
- West Laurel Hill Cemetery · Bala Cynwyd, PA12
- Mountain View Cemetery · Oakland, CA10
- Hollywood Cemetery · Richmond, VA10
- Rural Cemetery & Crematory · Worcester, MA9
- Green Mount Cemetery · Baltimore, MD8
- Congressional Cemetery · Washington, DC8
- Metairie Cemetery · Metairie, LA8
Top 25 of 634 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
Physicians by state
- Alabama13
- Alaska1
- Arizona4
- Arkansas5
- California92
- Colorado3
- Connecticut59
- Delaware5
- District of Columbia32
- Florida14
- Georgia20
- Hawaii1
- Idaho1
- Illinois93
- Indiana27
- Iowa15
- Kansas9
- Kentucky26
- Louisiana11
- Maine10
- Maryland38
- Massachusetts154
- Michigan21
- Minnesota15
- Mississippi3
- Missouri23
- Montana1
- Nebraska5
- Nevada21
- New Hampshire16
- New Jersey40
- New Mexico2
- New York194
- North Carolina10
- Ohio55
- Oklahoma6
- Oregon14
- Pennsylvania94
- Rhode Island8
- South Carolina12
- South Dakota1
- Tennessee14
- Texas20
- Utah5
- Vermont11
- Virginia86
- Washington13
- West Virginia4
- Wisconsin18
- Wyoming2
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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.