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
From occupations, offices, awards and military service recorded on Wikidata. One person can appear in several lists.
People
Best-documented burials in Utah
- John Browning1855-1926Firearms designer of the United StatesOgden City Cemetery, Ogden, UT
- Philo Farnsworth1906-1971American inventorProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- Kim Peek1951-2009American savantHolladay Memorial Park Cemetery, Holladay, UT
- Thomas S. Monson1927-2018President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- John Taylor1808-1887British-born American religious leader and third president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Wilford Woodruff1807-1898President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Harry Reems1947-2013American pornographic actorPark City Cemetery, Park City, UT
- Ina Claire1893-1985American stage and film actressMount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Alma Richards1890-1963American Olympic high jump gold medalist athlete, soldier, lawyer and teacherParowan City Cemetery, Parowan, UT
- Bob Bennett1933-2016American politicianSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Gordon B. Hinckley1910-2008President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Joseph F. Smith1838-1918President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- L'Wren Scott1964-2014American model and fashion/costume designerBen Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, UT
- Olene S. Walker1930-2015Utah politicianSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Billy Casper1931-2015American golferEvergreen Cemetery, Springville, UT
- Spencer W. Kimball1895-1985President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Moroni Olsen1889-1954American actorOgden City Cemetery, Ogden, UT
- Bob Clotworthy1931-2018American diver and coachLarkin Sunset Gardens, White City, UT
- George Dern1872-1936American politicianMount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- David O. McKay1873-1970President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Ralph Vary Chamberlin1879-1967American biologistSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Gail Halvorsen1920-2022United States Air Force pilotProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- Heber J. Grant1856-1945President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Gene Fullmer1931-2015American boxerSouth Jordan Cemetery, South Jordan, UT
- John Smith1931-1995American actorMount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Howard W. Hunter1907-1995President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Joseph Fielding Smith1876-1972Tenth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Reed Owen Smoot1862-1941United States Senator and LDS ApostleProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- Keene Curtis1923-2002American actorBountiful Memorial Park, Woods Cross, UT
- Frank Moss1911-2003American politicianSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- George Albert Smith1870-1951President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Wallace F. Bennett1898-1993American businessman and politicianSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- James C. Fletcher1919-1991American academic and NASA AdministratorSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Edward Woods1903-1989American actorSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Orson Pratt1811-1881Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Tracy Hall1919-2008American chemistProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- Thomas Kearns1862-1918United States Senator from UtahMount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Maurice Abravanel1903-1993Ottoman-American Jewish conductorB'Nai Israel Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Harold B. Lee1899-1973President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Martha Hughes Cannon1857-1932American physician and politicianSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Norman H. Bangerter1933-2015American politicianSouth Jordan Cemetery, South Jordan, UT
- Chris Cannon1950-2024American politicianSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Frank J. Cannon1859-1933United States Senator from UtahOgden City Cemetery, Ogden, UT
- Jon Meade Huntsman Sr.1937-2018American businessman and philanthropistWasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, UT
- Eni Faleomavaega1943-2017American Samoan politicianProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- Bill Orton1948-2009American politicianBen Lomond Cemetery, North Ogden, UT
- Simon Bamberger1846-1926American politicianB'Nai Israel Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Orson Hyde1805-1878American Mormon leaderSpring City Cemetery, Spring City, UT
- William H. King1863-1949American politicianSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Heber Manning Wells1859-1938American governor of UtahSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Wayne Owens1937-2002American politicianSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Scott M. Matheson1929-199012th Governor of UtahParowan City Cemetery, Parowan, UT
- Abe Murdock1893-1979United States Senator and Congressman from UtahMountain View Cemetery, Beaver, UT
- Arthur Brown1843-1906United States Senator from UtahMount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Calvin L. Rampton1913-2007American politicianSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- William Marion Jardine1879-1955American diplomat and Secretary of AgricultureLogan Cemetery, Logan, UT
- Iver Lawson1879-1960Swedish track cyclistSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- George Q. Cannon1827-1901Member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Utah Territory congressional delegateSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- William Spry1864-1929American politicianSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Melvin Russell Ballard1928-2023American businessman and religious leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Waldemar Young1878-1938American screenwriterSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Elbert D. Thomas1883-1953American politicianSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Ed Roth1932-2001American artist, cartoonist and custom car painterManti Cemetery, Manti, UT
- K. Gunn McKay1925-2000United States Congressman from UtahHuntsville Cemetery, Wolf Creek, UT
- Charles C. Moore1866-1958American politician, IdahoMount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Arthur Lloyd Thomas1851-1924Governor of Utah Territory from 1889-93Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Charles R. Mabey1877-1959American politicianBountiful Memorial Park, Woods Cross, UT
- Heber C. Kimball1801-1868American Mormon leaderKimball - Whitney Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Mervyn S. Bennion1887-1941United States Navy Medal of Honor recipientSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- John Christopher Cutler1846-1928Second Governor of UtahSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Herbert B. Maw1893-1990Governor of UtahSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- John Milton Bernhisel1799-1881American politicianSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- L. Tom Perry1922-2015American Mormon leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins1850-1926United States Senator and Territorial Delegate from UtahSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Leonard Strong1908-1980American actorSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Richard G. Scott1928-2015American Mormon leaderWasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, UT
- William Adams Dawson1903-1981United States Congressman from UtahKaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, UT
- Henry H. Blood1872-1942Governor of UtahKaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, UT
- John D. Lee1812-1877Leader in the LDS ChurchPanguitch City Cemetery, Panguitch, UT
- J. Bracken Lee1899-1996Politician and United States Army service memberMount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Joseph Howell1857-1918American politicianLogan Cemetery, Logan, UT
- Karl G. Maeser1828-1901Prominent Utah educator and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Neal A. Maxwell1926-2004Latter-Day Saints leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Carolyn Beug1952-2001American filmmakerLogan Cemetery, Logan, UT
- John Thomas Caine1829-1911United States Territorial Delegate from UtahSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- M. Blaine Peterson1906-1985American politicianOgden City Cemetery, Ogden, UT
- Arnold Friberg1913-2010American painter and illustratorSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- James E. Talmage1862-1933American Mormon leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Jedediah M. Grant1813-1856American Mormon leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Emma Lucy Gates Bowen1882-1951SingerSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- George Dewey Clyde1898-1972American politicianWasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, UT
- Inez Knight Allen1876-1937Mormon missionary and Utah politicianProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- J. W. Robinson1878-1964United States Congressman from UtahProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- Walter K. Granger1888-1978United States Congressman from UtahCedar City Cemetery, Cedar City, UT
- Clarence Emir Allen1852-1932United States Congressman from UtahMount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Elmer O. Leatherwood1872-1929United States Congressman from UtahMount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Willard Richards1804-1854American Latter-day Saint leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Franklin S. Harris1884-1960American educatorSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Samuel Augustus Merritt1827-1910American politician in California, Utah and IdahoSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- George MacFarlane1878-1932Canadian-born American actor of stage and screenSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- J. Reuben Clark1871-1961American attorney, civil servant, and religious leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Daniel H. Wells1814-1891Apostle of LDS Church and Mayor of Salt Lake CitySalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Lawrence Dallin Clawson1885-1937American cinematographerSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- David C. Evans1924-1998American computer scientistWasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, UT
- Jacob Johnson1847-1925United States Congressman from UtahWasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, UT
- Lonnie Mayne1944-1978American professional wrestlerLarkin Sunset Gardens, White City, UT
- Robert MacDonald1912-1989Special effects artistProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- Susa Young Gates1856-1933American writerProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- P.O. Ackley1903-1989Gunsmith, author and columnistLarkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery, Canyon Rim, UT
- Leroy Robertson1896-1971American composer and music educatorLarkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery, Canyon Rim, UT
- Jacob B. Blair1821-1901American politicianMount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Arthur Moulton1873-1962American bishop and memoiristMount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Arthur Shepherd1880-1958American composer and conductorSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- William Clayton1814-1879American Mormon leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Ada Dwyer Russell1863-1952American actressSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Joseph Young1797-1881Mormon missionarySalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Sherman P. Lloyd1914-1979United States Congressman from UtahSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Bruce R. McConkie1915-1985American Mormon leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Alice Louise Reynolds1873-1938First woman BYU professorSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Jean Sullivan1923-2003American actressLogan Cemetery, Logan, UT
- Sarah E. Anderson1853-1900American politicianOgden City Cemetery, Ogden, UT
- Franklin S. Richards1849-1934American Mormon leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- George A. Smith1817-1875Apostle of the LDS ChurchSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Larry H. Miller1944-2009American businessmanSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- William Henry Hooper1813-1882United States Territorial Delegate from UtahSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Edward Hunter1793-1883Presiding Bishop of the LDS ChurchSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Elizabeth Ann Wells Cannon1859-1942American politicianSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Emmeline B. Wells1828-1921General President of the Relief SocietySalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Don Bagley1927-2012American jazz bassistWasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, UT
- John B. Fairbanks1855-1940American landscape painterPayson City Cemetery, Payson, UT
- Juanita Brooks1898-1989American historianSaint George City Cemetery, St. George, UT
- Samuel W. Taylor1907-1997American writerProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- Abraham Owen Smoot1815-1895American Mormon pioneerProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- William H. Behle1909-2009American ornithologistMount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Deedee Corradini1944-2015American businesswoman and politicianPark City Cemetery, Park City, UT
- Marvin J. Ashton1915-1994Apostle of the LDS ChurchLarkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery, Canyon Rim, UT
- Jabez G. Sutherland1825-1902American politicianMount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Richard Whitehead Young1858-1919United States Army general of World War ISalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- W. W. Phelps1792-1872Leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Erastus Snow1818-1888American Latter-day Saint leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- William Henry Chamberlin1870-1921American Mormon philosopher, theologian, and educatorSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Joseph Peterson1878-1935American psychologistOgden City Cemetery, Ogden, UT
- William Jennings1823-1886American politician in UtahSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Elijah Abel1808-1884First black elder and seventy in the Latter Day Saint MovementSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Abraham O. Woodruff1872-1904Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Albert Carrington1813-1889Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Anthon H. Lund1844-1921Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Jane Elizabeth Manning James1822-1908African-American Mormon pioneerSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- John A. Widtsoe1872-1952Apostle of the LDS ChurchSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Betty Glad1927-2010American political scientistSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
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
- Salt Lake City Cemetery · Salt Lake City273
- Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park · Salt Lake City48
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Salt Lake City46
- Provo City Cemetery · Provo41
- Logan Cemetery · Logan25
- Ogden City Cemetery · Ogden24
- Bountiful Memorial Park · Woods Cross24
- Larkin Sunset Gardens · White City10
- Levan Cemetery · Nephi9
- Saint George City Cemetery · St. George8
- Larkin Sunset Lawn Cemetery · Canyon Rim7
- Evergreen Cemetery · Springville6
- Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery · Salt Lake City5
- Farmington City Cemetery · Farmington4
- Kaysville City Cemetery · Kaysville4
- Kimball - Whitney Cemetery · Salt Lake City4
- Ben Lomond Cemetery · North Ogden4
- Huntsville Cemetery · Wolf Creek4
- Mountain View Cemetery · Beaver4
- Orem City Cemetery · Orem4
- Spanish Fork City Cemetery · Spanish Fork4
- Holladay Memorial Park Cemetery · Holladay4
- B'Nai Israel Cemetery · Salt Lake City3
- South Jordan Cemetery · South Jordan3
- Payson City Cemetery · Payson3
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
- Alabama635
- Alaska139
- Arizona297
- Arkansas378
- California9,351
- Colorado247
- Connecticut1,850
- Delaware100
- District of Columbia1,261
- Florida478
- Georgia859
- Hawaii172
- Idaho150
- Illinois3,508
- Indiana1,269
- Iowa748
- Kansas487
- Kentucky889
- Louisiana450
- Maine589
- Maryland1,397
- Massachusetts5,034
- Michigan1,368
- Minnesota839
- Mississippi289
- Missouri1,271
- Montana137
- Nebraska404
- Nevada250
- New Hampshire422
- New Jersey1,938
- New Mexico222
- New York10,713
- North Carolina560
- North Dakota46
- Ohio2,567
- Oklahoma376
- Oregon566
- Pennsylvania3,541
- Rhode Island699
- South Carolina391
- South Dakota151
- Tennessee902
- Texas1,599
- Vermont437
- Virginia5,460
- Washington487
- West Virginia252
- Wisconsin1,183
- Wyoming107