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Notable burials · UT

Notable people buried in Utah

Wikidata records 626 notable people as buried in Utah, spread over 66 of the cemeteries we list, the 24th highest count of any state. Salt Lake City Cemetery in Salt Lake City holds the most, with 273 (44% of the state total).

626
notable burials
66
cemeteries with one or more
273
at Salt Lake City Cemetery
By theme

Who is buried in Utah

Government
Military
American Civil War veterans1Korean War veterans1Medal of Honor recipients3Vietnam War veterans1World War I veterans13World War II veterans14
Arts and entertainment
Actors15Architects7Painters, sculptors and photographers14Journalists12Musicians and singers17Writers and poets42
Sports
American football players9Baseball players5Basketball players3Boxers3
Science and work
Aviators and astronauts1Business leaders31Inventors and engineers13Physicians5Scientists17

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

People

Best-documented burials in Utah

Showing 150 of 626. 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 Utah

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