Cemetery Directory USA
Notable burials · Science and work

Where scientists are buried

Wikidata records 1,905 scientists as buried in 861 of the cemeteries we list, across 51 states. Mount Auburn Cemetery in North Brighton, MA, holds the most, with 90.

People recorded as scientists, including chemists, physicists, mathematicians, biologists and astronomers.

1,905
scientists
861
cemeteries
51
states
1960s
the decade with the most deaths (167)

Map of cemeteries

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Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.

Best documented

Scientists and where they rest

Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 1,905. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.

Over time

Deaths by decade

  • 1760s1
  • 1780s1
  • 1790s1
  • 1800s3
  • 1810s7
  • 1820s3
  • 1830s4
  • 1840s10
  • 1850s17
  • 1860s28
  • 1870s32
  • 1880s55
  • 1890s64
  • 1900s98
  • 1910s121
  • 1920s129
  • 1930s148
  • 1940s160
  • 1950s145
  • 1960s167
  • 1970s131
  • 1980s136
  • 1990s126
  • 2000s150
  • 2010s126
  • 2020s36

By recorded year of death, for the 1,899 people with one.

Cemeteries

Where they are buried

Top 25 of 861 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.

By state

Scientists by state

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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.

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