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Writers and poets buried in Tennessee

Wikidata records 28 writers as buried in 17 of the cemeteries we list in Tennessee. Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis holds the most, with 4. Tennessee has the 33rd highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.

People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.

28
writers
17
cemeteries
3%
of notable burials in Tennessee
1910s
the decade with the most deaths (3)

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In order of death

Writers and poets buried in Tennessee

Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.

Over time

Deaths by decade

  • 1860s1
  • 1880s1
  • 1890s2
  • 1910s3
  • 1920s3
  • 1930s2
  • 1940s3
  • 1950s2
  • 1960s2
  • 1970s1
  • 1980s1
  • 1990s2
  • 2000s3
  • 2010s1
  • 2020s1

By recorded year of death, for the 28 people with one.

Cemeteries

Where they are buried

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Other notable burials in Tennessee

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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.

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