Notable burials · Arts and entertainment
Writers and poets buried in Wisconsin
Wikidata records 73 writers as buried in 36 of the cemeteries we list in Wisconsin. Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison holds the most, with 16. Wisconsin has the 15th highest count of any state, out of 6,032 nationally.
People recorded as writers, novelists, poets, playwrights or screenwriters.
73
writers
36
cemeteries
6%
of notable burials in Wisconsin
1930s
the decade with the most deaths (10)
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In order of death
Writers and poets buried in Wisconsin
- Abby Allin1820-1860American writerForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Frank A. Haskell1828-1864Union Army officerSilver Lake Cemetery, Portage, WI
- Mathilde Franziska Anneke1817-1884German feministForest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
- J. M. Bundy1835-1891Oakwood Cemetery, Beloit, WI
- Lyman Draper1815-1891American historianForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Konrad Krez1828-1897German-American poet, lawyer and generalForest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
- Emily Elizabeth Veeder1841-1898American writerGreen Ridge Cemetery, Kenosha, WI
- Nancy H. Adsit1825-1902American art lecturer, art educator, writerForest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
- Charles Kendall Adams1835-1902American educator and historianForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Mary Mathews Adams1840-1902American poet, philanthropistForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Mary Elizabeth Mears1830-1907American poetRiverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, WI
- C. L. James1846-1911American anarchist writer and journalistLakeview Cemetery, Eau Claire, WI
- Franklin H. Head1835-1914American lawyer and writerGreen Ridge Cemetery, Kenosha, WI
- Eben E. Rexford1848-1916American lyricist and horticulturistShiocton Bovina Saint Denis Cemetery, Black Creek, WI
- George Wilbur Peck1840-1916American politician in Wisconsin and newspaper founderForest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
- Marion Juliet Mitchell1836-1917American poetOak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, WI
- Ella Giles Ruddy1851-1917American author, editor, essayistForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Marion Vienna Churchill Dudley1844-1919American writer and reformerRock Lake Cemetery, Lake Mills, WI
- Electa Amanda Wright Johnson1838-1919American philanthropistForest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
- John Coit Spooner1843-1919Union United States Army officerForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Emma May Alexander Reinertsen1853-1920American writerForest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
- Wingfield W. Watson1828-1922Latter Day Saint leaderHudson Cemetery, Burlington, WI
- Sydney Dayre1838-1922American writer of children's poems and storiesForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Ole Amundsen Buslett1855-1924American politicianNorthland Lutheran Cemetery, Iola, WI
- Robert M. La Follette1855-1925American progressive politician from WisconsinForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin1843-1928American geologist and educatorOakwood Cemetery, Beloit, WI
- Miriam Noel Wright1869-1930American artist, second wife of Frank Lloyd WrightForest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
- Frederick Jackson Turner1861-1932American historianForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Charles King1844-1933American soldier and writerForest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
- George Banta1857-1935American businessmanOak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, WI
- Stanley G. Weinbaum1902-1935American writerGreenwood Cemetery, West Milwaukee, WI
- Adda F. Howie1852-1936American writer and farmerGraceland Cemetery, Glendale, WI
- Rasmus Bjørn Anderson1846-1936American diplomat, translator, and scholarLake Ripley Cemetery, Cambridge, WI
- Zona Gale1874-1938American author and playwrightSilver Lake Cemetery, Portage, WI
- Marshall Cousins1869-1939American politicianLakeview Cemetery, Eau Claire, WI
- Edward Everett Rose1862-1939American playwrightLakeside Cemetery, Weyauwega, WI
- Hamlin Garland1860-1940American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writerNeshonoc Cemetery, West Salem, WI
- Lizzie Black Kander1858-1940American writerGreenwood Cemetery, West Milwaukee, WI
- Richard T. Ely1854-1943United States economist and authorForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Mary D. Bradford1856-1943American academic administratorGreen Ridge Cemetery, Kenosha, WI
- Edward Sheldon1886-1946American dramatistOak Hill Cemetery, Lake Geneva, WI
- Susan Adelaide Sterling1858-1946American academic and professor of German at the University of WisconsinForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Harry A. Millis1873-1948American economistGreen Ridge Cemetery, Kenosha, WI
- Leona Alford Malek1878-1951American writerJericho Cemetery, Eagle, WI
- Harry E. Aitken1877-1956American film producer and screenwriterPrairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, WI
- Mary Hay1901-1957American dancer, actress, playwright and Ziegfeld girlRiverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, WI
- Jim Kjelgaard1910-1959American authorWisconsin Memorial Park Cemetery, Butler, WI
- Roy Chapman Andrews1884-1960American explorer, naturalist, and writerOakwood Cemetery, Beloit, WI
- Effie Waller Smith1879-1960American poet from KentuckyOak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, WI
- Charles G. Westcott1923-1962American author and marketing employeeWillow River Cemetery, Hudson, WI
- Dickey Chapelle1919-1965American photographerForest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
- George Middleton1880-1967American playwrightForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- William J. McNally1891-1967American author and playwrightImmaculate Conception Catholic Church Cemetery, New Richmond, WI
- Kenneth Goff1914-1972American ministerSpring Grove Cemetery, Delavan, WI
- Helen Van Valkenburgh1886-197420th-century American author and poetForest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
- Adelin Linton1899-1977American writerForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Nicholas Ray1911-1979American film directorOak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, WI
- Elizabeth Frances Corbett1887-1981American writer of fiction, poems, and playsArlington Park Cemetery, Greenfield, WI
- Chris Farley1964-1997American actor and comedianResurrection Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Kenneth Parsons1903-1998American economistForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Margaret Irene Rufsvold1907-2001Librarian And Professor Of Library ScienceForest Home Cemetery, Marinette, WI
- Karen Wynn Fonstad1945-2005American cartographer, academicForest Cemetery, Stevens Point, WI
- John M. Scott1913-2007Catholic priestCalvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Wauwatosa, WI
- Jeff Erlanger1970-2007Disability advocateForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Gary Gygax1938-2008American game designer and authorOak Hill Cemetery, Lake Geneva, WI
- James Robertson1918-2009American broadcaster and writerForest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
- Martin H. Greenberg1941-2011American speculative fiction anthologist and political scientistFort Howard Memorial Park, Green Bay, WI
- Shelley Ryan1956-2014American gardener and television hostGerman Valley Cemetery, Mount Horeb, WI
- Anne Nicol Gaylor1926-2015American atheist and campaigner for abortion rightsMount Hope Cemetery, Sparta, WI
- Ron Miscavige1936-2021Former Scientology member, father of Scientology CEO David MiscavigeSouthern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Union Grove, WI
- Isabel Bader1926-2022Teacher, art collector and philanthropistSecond Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, WI
- Rebecca Blank1955-2023American economistForest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI
- Helen Weinbaumborn 1906American writerGreenwood Cemetery, West Milwaukee, WI
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1860s2
- 1880s1
- 1890s4
- 1900s4
- 1910s9
- 1920s6
- 1930s10
- 1940s7
- 1950s4
- 1960s6
- 1970s4
- 1980s1
- 1990s2
- 2000s6
- 2010s3
- 2020s3
By recorded year of death, for the 72 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Forest Hill Cemetery · Madison, WI16
- Forest Home Cemetery · Milwaukee, WI11
- Green Ridge Cemetery · Kenosha, WI4
- Oakwood Cemetery · Beloit, WI3
- Greenwood Cemetery · West Milwaukee, WI3
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Neenah, WI2
- Lakeview Cemetery · Eau Claire, WI2
- Silver Lake Cemetery · Portage, WI2
- Riverside Cemetery · Oshkosh, WI2
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Lake Geneva, WI2
- Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery · Union Grove, WI1
- Forest Home Cemetery · Marinette, WI1
- Second Home Cemetery · Milwaukee, WI1
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Sparta, WI1
- Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum · Wauwatosa, WI1
- Wisconsin Memorial Park Cemetery · Butler, WI1
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Janesville, WI1
- Resurrection Cemetery · Madison, WI1
- Graceland Cemetery · Glendale, WI1
- Prairie Home Cemetery · Waukesha, WI1
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Cemetery · New Richmond, WI1
- Northland Lutheran Cemetery · Iola, WI1
- Lakeside Cemetery · Weyauwega, WI1
- Spring Grove Cemetery · Delavan, WI1
- Fort Howard Memorial Park · Green Bay, WI1
Top 25 of 36 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
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Other notable burials in Wisconsin
Business leaders169United States representatives96Scientists45American football players40Journalists33Painters, sculptors and photographers29American Civil War veterans29World War II veterans28Baseball players25Governors23Musicians and singers21Actors19Physicians18Inventors and engineers16United States senators16Medal of Honor recipients15
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.