Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Writers and poets buried in Utah
Wikidata records 42 writers as buried in 11 of the cemeteries we list in Utah. Salt Lake City Cemetery in Salt Lake City holds the most, with 24. Utah has the 23rd highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.
People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.
42
writers
11
cemeteries
7%
of notable burials in Utah
1930s
the decade with the most deaths (7)
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In order of death
Writers and poets buried in Utah
- Titus Billings1793-1866Mormon leaderProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- Orson Pratt1811-1881Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Reba Beebe Pratt1856-1886Mormon poetSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Abraham H. Cannon1859-1896American MormonSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Helen Mar Kimball1828-1896Wife of Joseph Smith, Jr.Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Hannah Last Cornaby1822-1905English-American Mormon authorSpanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, UT
- Augusta Joyce Crocheron1844-1915American writerSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Charles Carroll Goodwin1832-1917American editor and authorMount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Hyrum M. Smith1872-1918American Mormon leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Emmeline B. Wells1828-1921General President of the Relief SocietySalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Aurelia Spencer Rogers1834-1922American LDS leader and activistSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Jennie Anderson Froiseth1849-1930Founder of literary club, and anti-polygamy crusaderMount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Orson F. Whitney1855-1931LDS ApostleSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Martha Cragun Cox1852-1932American educator and Mormon genealogistSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Susa Young Gates1856-1933American writerProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- James E. Talmage1862-1933American Mormon leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Waldemar Young1878-1938American screenwriterSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Melvin J. Ballard1873-1939American Mormon leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Matthias F. Cowley1858-1940(1858-1940) Member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Elizabeth Ann Wells Cannon1859-1942American politicianSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Lily Munsell Ritchie1867-1943American writerMount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- May Anderson1864-1946Second president/the children's Primary Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints churchSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- John A. Widtsoe1872-1952Apostle of the LDS ChurchSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Harry Thomas Cory1870-1955American engineerSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Ruth May Fox1853-1958Women's rights activist andSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Grace Atkin Woodbury1889-1964American writer and poetWasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, UT
- Cecil W. Creel1889-1968Professor of agricultureMount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Emma Ray McKay1877-1970American humanitarian, music patron and poetSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Richard L. Evans1906-1971American Latter Day Saint writers and apostle; radio producer and announcerSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Annie Atkin Tanner1891-1972American writer and poetProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- LeGrand Richards1886-1983American Mormon leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Mark E. Petersen1900-1984American Mormon leaderSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Juanita Brooks1898-1989American historianSaint George City Cemetery, St. George, UT
- Ora Pate Stewart1910-1990American writer and composerProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- Virginia Sorensen1912-1991American writerProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- Marian Woodbury1914-1991American biologistBountiful Memorial Park, Woods Cross, UT
- Carlton Culmsee1904-1993American professor of journalismLogan Cemetery, Logan, UT
- Samuel W. Taylor1907-1997American writerProvo City Cemetery, Provo, UT
- James A. Janda1936-2010American Catholic priest & children's writerMount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
- Harry Reems1947-2013American pornographic actorPark City Cemetery, Park City, UT
- Doris Karren Burton1932-2015American librarian and authorRock Point Cemetery, Maeser, UT
- Thomas S. Monson1927-2018President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsSalt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, UT
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1860s1
- 1880s2
- 1890s2
- 1900s1
- 1910s3
- 1920s2
- 1930s7
- 1940s4
- 1950s3
- 1960s2
- 1970s3
- 1980s3
- 1990s5
- 2010s4
By recorded year of death, for the 42 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Salt Lake City Cemetery · Salt Lake City, UT24
- Provo City Cemetery · Provo, UT6
- Mount Olivet Cemetery · Salt Lake City, UT4
- Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery · Salt Lake City, UT1
- Saint George City Cemetery · St. George, UT1
- Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park · Salt Lake City, UT1
- Bountiful Memorial Park · Woods Cross, UT1
- Logan Cemetery · Logan, UT1
- Rock Point Cemetery · Maeser, UT1
- Park City Cemetery · Park City, UT1
- Spanish Fork City Cemetery · Spanish Fork, UT1
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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.