Notable burials · Science and work
Inventors and engineers buried in Virginia
Wikidata records 113 inventors and engineers as buried in 20 of the cemeteries we list in Virginia. Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington holds the most, with 91. Virginia has the 3rd highest count of any state, out of 1,162 nationally.
People with inventor or engineer among their recorded occupations.
113
inventors and engineers
20
cemeteries
2%
of notable burials in Virginia
2000s
the decade with the most deaths (14)
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In order of death
Inventors and engineers buried in Virginia
- William Mayo1684-1744English civil engineerHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- George Washington1732-1799Founding Father and first U.S. presidentWashington Family Cemetery, Mount Vernon, VA
- Thomas Jefferson1743-1826Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809Jefferson Tomb, Charlottesville, VA
- Isaac M. St. John1827-1880Confederate States Army brigadier generalHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Henry Hopkins Sibley1816-1886Confederate Army generalFredericksburg Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA
- Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski1824-1887Union United States Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Emery Merrill1837-1891Union Army officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Montgomery C. Meigs1816-1892Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Hiram Berdan1824-1893Union Army GeneralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Orlando Metcalfe Poe1832-1895Union Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Rosecrans1819-1898American diplomat, politician and army officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Horatio Wright1820-1899United States Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Mercer Brooke1826-1906United States Navy officerStonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, VA
- George A. Converse1844-1909American admiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- David Porter Heap1843-1910Engineer in the United States ArmyArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- George Westinghouse1846-1914American inventor and businessmanArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John G. Butler1842-1914United States Army general and inventorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Charles Browne Fleet1843-1916Pharmacist, inventorPresbyterian Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA
- George Whitefield Davis1839-1918United States Army general, military Governor of Puerto Rico, first military Governor of the Panama Canal ZoneArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Adams Howell1840-1918United States Navy admiralWarrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, VA
- John E. Pillsbury1846-1919American Navy rear admiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Abram Vanhoy Zane1850-1919American Navy officer and Arctic explorerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Chiswell Langhorne1843-1919American businessmanHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Thomas William Symons1849-1920American military officer and engineerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Bell Blish1860-1921United States naval officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Adelbert Rinaldo Buffington1837-1922United States Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Henry Martyn Robert1837-1923United States Army general and Chief of EngineersArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Anson Mills1834-1924United States generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Oswald Herbert Ernst1842-1926Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1914 to 1917Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Edgar Jadwin1865-1931United States Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Charles F. Stokes1863-1931American Navy surgeon generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Harry Burgess1872-1933Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, 1928-1932Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert S. Griffin1857-1933US Navy officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Frank J. Sprague1857-1934American naval officer and railroad pioneerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- George Owen Squier1865-1934United States Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Joseph Hammer1858-1934American engineerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Henry Rhoades1844-1934American naval officer, engineer and journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Raymond Stanton Patton1882-1937American admiral and engineer, second Director of the United States Coast and Geodetic SurveyArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John K. Robison1870-1938American Navy officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Louis A. Kaiser1870-1939American military officer (1870-1939); Governor of Guam in 1899Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Lewis Nixon1861-1940American naval architectUnion Cemetery, Leesburg, VA
- William Bowie1872-1940American engineer and geodesistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Le Roy Emmet1859-1941American engineerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Edwin C. Eckel1875-1941American engineer, geologist and former Geological Survey division chiefArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Bradley A. Fiske1854-1942United States Navy admiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Crozier1855-1942United States Army Chief of OrdnanceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Lansing Hoskins Beach1860-1945Engineer in the United States Army Corps of EngineersArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Addams Stratton McAllister1875-1946American electrical engineer and editorCedar Hill Cemetery, Covington, VA
- Harry Diamond1900-1948(1900-1948) Russian-American inventorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Alexander Klemin1888-1950Aeronautical engineerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Henry C. Newcomer1861-1952U.S. Army brigadier generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Edward Burr1859-1952United States Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- George Robertson1884-1955American race car driver, born 1884Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Nils F. Ambursen1876-1958Civil engineer and inventorGraham Cemetery, Orange, VA
- Donald William Page1884-1958American archaeologistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Edward L. Cochrane1892-1959United States admiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Donald Aubrey Quarles1894-1959American politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- George W. Malone1890-1961American politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William L. Uanna1909-1961United States security expertArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Julian Larcombe Schley1880-1965American politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- George Rappleyea1894-1966American engineerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Elliot See1927-1966American test pilot and NASA astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Charles Bassett1931-1966United States Air Force test pilot and astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Russell L. Rogers1928-1967American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Merritt Cooke Jr.1884-1967American football player and coachElmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, VA
- Clifton Williams1932-1967American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Julius Albert Krug1907-1970American politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Emory S. Land1879-1971United States admiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Paul D. Foote1888-1971American inventorNational Memorial Park, West Falls Church, VA
- Charles Litton, Sr.1904-1972American radio pioneerGreenwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- T. A. M. Craven1893-1972American naval officer and FCC commissionerNational Memorial Park, West Falls Church, VA
- Wilhelm D. Styer1893-1975United States generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Glen Edgar Edgerton1887-1976Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, 1940 to 1944Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Walter Stuart Diehl1893-1976American aeronautical engineerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Wernher von Braun1912-1977German and later American aerospace engineer and space architectIvy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, VA
- Leslie Alfred Skinner1900-1978American military engineerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Hugh John Casey1898-1981United States Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Gilmore David Clarke1892-1982American architectArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert John Fleming1907-1984American military officer (1907-1984); Governor of the Panama Canal Zone 1962-1967Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- James H. Stratton1898-1984American generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Gregory Jarvis1944-1986American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Ellison Onizuka1946-1986American astronaut from Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, first Asian American to reach space, later died in the Space Shuttle Challenger accidentArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Charles R. Hayleck, Jr.1921-1986American engineer and film reel collectorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Judith Resnik1949-1986American engineer and astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Willard Harrison Bennett1903-1987American physicistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Alfred M. Pride1897-1988United States Navy admiralArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Bruce Medaris1902-1990American officer and priestArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Henry A. Schade1900-1992United States Navy commodoreArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Albert B. Sabin1906-1993Jewish-Polish-American physician and epidemiologist who developed oral polio vaccinesArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Jimmy Doolittle1896-1993American military officer and aviation pioneerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Eugene Stoner1922-1997American firearms designerQuantico National Cemetery, Triangle, VA
- Marion O. McKinney, Jr.1921-1999American aerospace engineerSaint John's Cemetery, Hampton, VA
- Kenneth Nichols1907-2000United States Army officer and engineerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Melvyn R. Paisley1924-2001American military officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John L. McLucas1920-2002American government officialArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert C. Duncan1923-2003American engineerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Charles Carmin Noble1916-2003United States Army generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Richard E. Lawyer1932-2005American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Bernard Adolph Schriever1910-2005United States Air Force generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Harold Parfitt1921-2006United States generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Henriette Avram1919-2006American computer programmer and system analystArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Joseph K. Bratton1926-2007United States generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Willard Franklyn Searle1924-2009American ocean engineer and United States Navy officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Martin Wohl1930-2009American transportation economistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Ronald Stephen Klein1926-2009American computer science & engineering researcherArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Hung-Chang Lin1919-2009American electronics engineerColumbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Fred Ascani1917-2010United States generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert Michael White1924-2010American officer, astronaut, engineer and test pilotArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Joseph F. Ware, Jr.1969-2012Flight Test Engineer, academicWestview Cemetery, Blacksburg, VA
- C. Gordon Fullerton1936-2013American astronaut and test pilotArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Dean W. Coston1923-2013Longtime civil servant with the Department of Health, Education and WelfareArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Henry Hartsfield1933-2014American astronautArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Jack Minker1927-2021American artificial intelligence researcherKing David Memorial Gardens, Idylwood, VA
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1740s1
- 1790s1
- 1820s1
- 1880s3
- 1890s6
- 1900s2
- 1910s9
- 1920s6
- 1930s11
- 1940s9
- 1950s8
- 1960s9
- 1970s10
- 1980s10
- 1990s6
- 2000s14
- 2010s6
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 113 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Arlington National Cemetery · Arlington, VA91
- Hollywood Cemetery · Richmond, VA3
- National Memorial Park · West Falls Church, VA2
- Westview Cemetery · Blacksburg, VA1
- Presbyterian Cemetery · Lynchburg, VA1
- Quantico National Cemetery · Triangle, VA1
- Jefferson Tomb · Charlottesville, VA1
- Greenwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery · Richmond, VA1
- King David Memorial Gardens · Idylwood, VA1
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery · Lexington, VA1
- Union Cemetery · Leesburg, VA1
- Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery · Fredericksburg, VA1
- Elmwood Cemetery · Norfolk, VA1
- Ivy Hill Cemetery · Alexandria, VA1
- Cedar Hill Cemetery · Covington, VA1
- Warrenton Cemetery · Warrenton, VA1
- Saint John's Cemetery · Hampton, VA1
- Washington Family Cemetery · Mount Vernon, VA1
- Graham Cemetery · Orange, VA1
- Columbia Gardens Cemetery · Arlington, VA1
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Other notable burials in Virginia
World War II veterans1,175World War I veterans815American Civil War veterans444Medal of Honor recipients401Spanish-American War veterans353Korean War veterans314United States representatives305Writers and poets279Vietnam War veterans213Aviators and astronauts171Journalists125Painters, sculptors and photographers95Business leaders92Physicians86Scientists86United States senators85American football players81Governors64Mexican-American War veterans53Actors50Musicians and singers45Baseball players43Architects23Supreme Court justices19Basketball players18
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.