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Writers and poets buried in Texas

Wikidata records 64 writers as buried in 34 of the cemeteries we list in Texas. Texas State Cemetery in Austin holds the most, with 11. Texas has the 17th highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.

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

64
writers
34
cemeteries
4%
of notable burials in Texas
2000s
the decade with the most deaths (10)

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In order of death

Writers and poets buried in Texas

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

Over time

Deaths by decade

  • 1880s5
  • 1890s7
  • 1900s1
  • 1910s4
  • 1920s1
  • 1930s3
  • 1940s2
  • 1950s3
  • 1960s4
  • 1970s6
  • 1980s1
  • 1990s5
  • 2000s10
  • 2010s8
  • 2020s3

By recorded year of death, for the 63 people with one.

Cemeteries

Where they are buried

Top 25 of 34 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.

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Other notable burials in Texas

World War II veterans180American football players114United States representatives106Business leaders84Baseball players80American Civil War veterans70Actors67Musicians and singers64Scientists48World War I veterans45Medal of Honor recipients40Korean War veterans38Governors34Painters, sculptors and photographers32Journalists28Vietnam War veterans24Aviators and astronauts21Physicians20Basketball players19United States senators16Inventors and engineers15

Writers and poets in every state

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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