Scientists buried in Utah
Wikidata records 17 scientists as buried in 9 of the cemeteries we list in Utah. Salt Lake City Cemetery in Salt Lake City holds the most, with 4. Utah has the 26th highest count of any state, out of 1,905 nationally.
People recorded as scientists, including chemists, physicists, mathematicians, biologists and astronomers.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Scientists buried in Utah
- Orson Pratt1811-1881Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- James E. Talmage1862-1933American Mormon leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Henrietta Gunn Thalman1914-1961American seed analyst and botanical collectorBountiful Memorial Park, Woods Cross, UT
- Christian Nephi Jensen1880-1964American botanistSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Franklin L. West1885-1966American physicistLogan Cemetery, Logan, UT
- Clarence Cottam1899-1974American biologist and conservationistOrem City Cemetery, Orem, UT
- Merlin W. Allen1912-1974American nematologist and entomologistLogan Cemetery, Logan, UT
- J. Irvin Swigart1904-1987Ph.D. Indiana University 1938Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, UT
- Neil C. Frischknecht1918-1990BotanistOrem City Cemetery, Orem, UT
- James C. Fletcher1919-1991American academic and NASA AdministratorSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Arthur Herman Holmgren1912-1992American botanistLogan Cemetery, Logan, UT
- William Raymond Scott1919-1992Ph.D. The Ohio State University 1947Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, UT
- Richard Eliot Chamberlin1923-1994American mathematicianWasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, UT
- Hal Tryon Morris1920-1999American geologistOgden City Cemetery, Ogden, UT
- Robert W. Parry1917-2006American chemistry professorHolladay Memorial Park Cemetery, Holladay, UT
- Tracy Hall1919-2008American chemistProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- Noal Cope Harbertson1942-2024Ph.D. North Carolina State University 1970Mountain Green Cemetery, Mountain Green, UT
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1880s1
- 1930s1
- 1960s3
- 1970s2
- 1980s1
- 1990s6
- 2000s2
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 17 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Salt Lake City Cemetery · Salt Lake City, UT4
- Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park · Salt Lake City, UT3
- Logan Cemetery · Logan, UT3
- Orem City Cemetery · Orem, UT2
- Provo City Cemetery · Provo, UT1
- Bountiful Memorial Park · Woods Cross, UT1
- Ogden City Cemetery · Ogden, UT1
- Holladay Memorial Park Cemetery · Holladay, UT1
- Mountain Green Cemetery · Mountain Green, UT1
Other notable burials in Utah
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.