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Notable burials · TX

Notable people buried in Texas

Wikidata records 1,599 notable people as buried in Texas, spread over 284 of the cemeteries we list, the 10th highest count of any state. Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio holds the most, with 171 (11% of the state total).

1,599
notable burials
284
cemeteries with one or more
171
at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
By theme

Who is buried in Texas

Government
First Ladies of the United States1Governors34Presidents of the United States1Supreme Court justices1United States representatives106United States senators16Vice Presidents of the United States1

From occupations, offices, awards and military service recorded on Wikidata. One person can appear in several lists.

People

Best-documented burials in Texas

Showing 150 of 1,599. Each cemetery page lists everyone recorded there.

Ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article about the person.

Cemeteries

Where they are buried

All cemeteries in Texas

Method

About this list

Names, years and descriptions come from Wikidata, where each person’s entry gives the cemetery as their place of burial. It covers people with an encyclopedia entry, not every grave. How we build it.

Other states

Notable burials in other states