Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Journalists buried in Virginia
Wikidata records 125 journalists as buried in 26 of the cemeteries we list in Virginia. Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington holds the most, with 83. Virginia has the 5th highest count of any state, out of 1,833 nationally.
People with journalist among their recorded occupations.
125
journalists
26
cemeteries
2%
of notable burials in Virginia
2000s
the decade with the most deaths (23)
Map of cemeteries
Loading map…
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Best documented
Journalists buried in Virginia
- John F. Kennedy1917-1963President of the United States from 1961 to 1963Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis1929-1994First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Dashiell Hammett1894-1961American writerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Sherwood Anderson1876-1941American writerRound Hill Cemetery, Marion, VA
- Tom Wolfe1930-2018American author and journalistHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Dith Pran1942-2008Cambodian photojournalistChestnut Grove Cemetery, Herndon, VA
- L. Sprague de Camp1907-2000American non- and speculative fiction writerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Ion Mihai Pacepa1928-2021Romanian generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Frank Knox1874-194447th Secretary of the Navy of the United StatesArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Safire1929-2009American journalist and presidential speechwriterKing David Memorial Gardens, Idylwood, VA
- Hugh Samuel Johnson1882-1942American administratorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Conrad Burns1935-2016American politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Marguerite Higgins1920-1966American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Varina Davis1826-1906Second wife of President Jefferson Davis and First Lady of the Confederate StatesHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Mary Roberts Rinehart1876-1958American mystery writerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Pierre Salinger1925-2004American Senator and journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Bill Mauldin1921-2003American editorial cartoonistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Ira Clarence Eaker1896-1987United States Air Force generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Kenneth Roberts1885-1957American writerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Willis Carto1926-2015American activistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Jack Anderson1922-2005American newspaper columnistFerguson Family Cemetery, Cave Spring, VA
- John A. Scali1918-1995American diplomatArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Douglas Southall Freeman1886-1953American journalistHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Joseph H. Ball1905-1993American politicianProspect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, VA
- Charles Willeford1919-1988American crime novelistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Letcher1813-1884American politicianStonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, VA
- John Charles Daly1914-1991American journalist and game show hostArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Anna Chennault1923-2018American politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John H. Russell, Jr.1872-194716th Commandant of the Marine CorpsArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Stephen Early1889-1951American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- George D. Hay1895-1968American radio personalityForest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, VA
- Julius Ochs Adler1892-1955U.S. Army general during WWII, journalist and publisherArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- David Hackworth1930-2005American soldier and journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Jay W. Johnson1943-2009American politicianStonewall Memory Gardens, Bull Run, VA
- Joseph Medill Patterson1879-1946American politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- R. Ernest Dupuy1887-1975United States Army officer and military historianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Irving R. Levine1922-2009American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Carl Kasell1934-2018American radio personalityFairfax Memorial Park, Kings Park West, VA
- Varina Anne Davis1864-1898American writerHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Norman R. Hamilton1877-1964American politicianOak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, VA
- Frank Reynolds1923-1983Recipient of the Purple Heart medalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Barron1930-2005American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert Sharon Allen1900-1981American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Clay Blair1925-1998American historianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Lyn Nofziger1924-2006Journalist, political consultant and authorNational Memorial Park, West Falls Church, VA
- Carl W. Ackerman1890-1970American journalist, first dean of the Columbia School of JournalismHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- James T. Callender1758-1803Scottish pamphleteer and journalistSaint Johns Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Louis Isaac Jaffe1888-1950American journalistCedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, VA
- Sarah McClendon1910-2003White House correspondentArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Albert Merriman Smith1913-1970American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Nancy Dickerson Whitehead1927-1997American radio and television journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Henry V. Boynton1835-1905United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Malcolm Kilduff1927-2003White House Press secretaryArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Henry Dickinson Green1857-1929American politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Michael Kilian1939-2005American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- A. Peter Dewey1916-1945United States Army officer and journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Keyes Beech1913-1990American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Edyth Carter Beveridge1862-1927JournalistHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Thomas Whitehead1825-1901Confederate Army officer, newspaper editor and politicianSpring Hill Cemetery, West Lynchburg, VA
- Lenoir Chambers1891-1970American journalistForest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, VA
- Edward S. Hamlin1808-1894American politicianCedar Grove Cemetery, Williamsburg, VA
- Denver Dickerson1914-19816th Secretary of Guam and 37th Speaker of the Nevada Assembly from Democratic partyArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Callan O'Laughlin1873-1949American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Ernest Kent Coulter1871-1952American journalist and founder of Big Brothers Big SistersArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- George David Beveridge Jr.1922-1987American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Arthur Woods1870-1942American educator, journalist, military and law enforcement officerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Buckey O'Neill1860-1898American journalist, newspaper editor, sheriff, lawyer, and miner in ArizonaArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Samuel W. Small1851-1931American journalist and evangelistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Roman Kupchinsky1944-2010American journalist of Ukrainian descentArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Mitchell, Jr.1863-1929American newspaper editorEvergreen Cemetery, Montrose, VA
- Virginius Dabney1901-1995American journalistHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Ike Pappas1933-2008American journalistQuantico National Cemetery, Triangle, VA
- Jim Tucker1934-2013Investigative journalistZoar Cemetery, Lake of the Woods, VA
- Emil Hurja1892-1953American politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Eugene Patterson1923-2013JournalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- George Herbert Harries1860-1934American generalArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Martin Dardis1922-2006American police chiefArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Jeremiah O'Leary1919-1993American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Hughes Rudd1921-1992American television news anchor; CBS News correspondent; artillery spotter pilot during World War IIArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Jack Koehler1930-2012American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert J. Donovan1912-2003American historianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Elizabeth Peet McIntosh1915-2015Secret agentArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Doris Fleeson1901-1970American journalist and columnistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Sid Yudain1923-2013JournalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Nathaniel Beverley Tucker1820-1890American journalistShockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- John Hampden Pleasants1797-1846American journalist and businessmanShockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Carl H. Claudy1879-1957American author, magazine writer, and journalistNational Memorial Park, West Falls Church, VA
- Charles McDowell, Jr.1926-2010American political writer, syndicated columnistStonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, VA
- Lewis Yancey1895-1940American aviatorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Richard Grenier1933-2002American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Robert Goralski1928-1988American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- David Richardson1916-2005American journalist, born 1916Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Peter Hackes1924-1994NBC journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Mabel Grammer1906-2002American journalist, 1906-2002Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Genevieve Forbes Herrick1894-1962JournalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- James Barron Hope1829-1887American lawyer, journalist and poetElmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, VA
- Sedley C. Peck1889-1968American journalist, teacher, WWI and WWII soldierArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Alden Aaroe1918-1993Popular longtime broadcast journalist and announcer for WRVA, a radio station in Richmond, VirginiaHollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Edith Lindeman1898-1984American journalistHebrew Cemetery, Richmond, VA
- Peter Lisagor1915-1976American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Thomas Lunsford Stokes1898-1958American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Charles C. Hart1878-1956American diplomatArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Lydia H. Tilton1839-1915American journalist and temperance workerArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Herman Obermayer1924-2016American journalist, publisher, politicianArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Roy Hoopes1922-2009American author and journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Clement A. Lounsberry1843-1926American military officer and newspaper editorArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Alvred Bayard Nettleton1838-1911American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Matthias Ernest Rozsafy1828-1893Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Wilma Dobie1918-2005Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William Atherton DuPuy1876-1941American author and journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Edward G. Lowry1876-1943American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Philip H. Patchin1884-1954American journalist and businessmanIvy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, VA
- John Wilber Jenkins1873-1958American journalist and authorNational Memorial Park, West Falls Church, VA
- William M. Blackford1801-1864Journalist and American chargé d'affaires to the Republic of New Granada, based in BogotaSpring Hill Cemetery, West Lynchburg, VA
- Mel Elfin1929-2018American journalist and bureau chiefKing David Memorial Gardens, Idylwood, VA
- Ruben Levin1902-1981Polish American labor journalistKing David Memorial Gardens, Idylwood, VA
- John Taquette Goolrick1880-1949American author and journalistOak Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA
- John C. Goolrick1935-2005American journalistOak Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA
- George Shirley Kernan1865-1962Pohick Episcopal Church Cemetery, Lorton, VA
- Harold King1945-2010American author and journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Charles Johnson Post1873-1956American painter, etcher, and cartoonist, 1873-1956Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Carol Wharton1907-1958Staff correspondent for the Baltimore Evening SunArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- John Origen Herrick1898-1955American journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- Burdette Shields Wright Jr.1920-1998American federal agent and journalistArlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
- William C. Carringtondied 1852Represented Richmond City from 1852 to 1852Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, VA
Showing the 125 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 125. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1800s1
- 1840s1
- 1850s1
- 1860s1
- 1880s2
- 1890s5
- 1900s3
- 1910s2
- 1920s4
- 1930s2
- 1940s12
- 1950s16
- 1960s8
- 1970s6
- 1980s9
- 1990s13
- 2000s23
- 2010s15
- 2020s1
By recorded year of death, for the 125 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Arlington National Cemetery · Arlington, VA83
- Hollywood Cemetery · Richmond, VA8
- King David Memorial Gardens · Idylwood, VA3
- Shockoe Hill Cemetery · Richmond, VA3
- National Memorial Park · West Falls Church, VA3
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Fredericksburg, VA2
- Spring Hill Cemetery · West Lynchburg, VA2
- Forest Lawn Cemetery · Norfolk, VA2
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery · Lexington, VA2
- Quantico National Cemetery · Triangle, VA1
- Cedar Grove Cemetery · Williamsburg, VA1
- Fairfax Memorial Park · Kings Park West, VA1
- Stonewall Memory Gardens · Bull Run, VA1
- Saint Johns Cemetery · Richmond, VA1
- Hebrew Cemetery · Richmond, VA1
- Ivy Hill Cemetery · Alexandria, VA1
- Evergreen Cemetery · Montrose, VA1
- Elmwood Cemetery · Norfolk, VA1
- Round Hill Cemetery · Marion, VA1
- Cedar Grove Cemetery · Norfolk, VA1
- Pohick Episcopal Church Cemetery · Lorton, VA1
- Oak Grove Cemetery · Portsmouth, VA1
- Prospect Hill Cemetery · Front Royal, VA1
- Ferguson Family Cemetery · Cave Spring, VA1
- Zoar Cemetery · Lake of the Woods, VA1
Top 25 of 26 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
More lists
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 astronauts171Inventors and engineers113Painters, 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.