Notable burials · WY
Notable people buried in Wyoming
Wikidata records 107 notable people as buried in Wyoming, spread over 31 of the cemeteries we list, the 49th highest count of any state. Lakeview Cemetery in Cheyenne holds the most, with 24 (22% of the state total).
107
notable burials
31
cemeteries with one or more
24
at Lakeview Cemetery
By theme
Who is buried in Wyoming
Government
Military
Medal of Honor recipients3Spanish-American War veterans1World War I veterans4World War II veterans3
Arts and entertainment
Painters, sculptors and photographers1Writers and poets7
Sports
American football players5Baseball players1Basketball players3
Science and work
Inventors and engineers2Physicians2Scientists6
From occupations, offices, awards and military service recorded on Wikidata. One person can appear in several lists.
People
Best-documented burials in Wyoming
- Nellie Tayloe Ross1876-1977First woman state governor in the U.S.Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Craig L. Thomas1933-2007American politicianRiverside Cemetery, Cody, WY
- Liver-Eating Johnson1824-1900Mountain man of the American Old West.Old Trail Town Cemetery, Cody, WY
- Lester C. Hunt1892-1954American politicianBeth El Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Aven Nelson1859-1952U.S. botanistGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Joseph M. Carey1845-1924American politicianLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Edward Bryant1945-2017American writerWheatland Cemetery, Wheatland, WY
- Ken Sailors1921-2016American basketball playerGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Francis E. Warren1844-1929American politician and Civil War veteranLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Robert D. Carey1878-1937American politicianLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Edward D. Crippa1899-1960American politicianRock Springs Cemetery, Rock Springs, WY
- Bryant Butler Brooks1861-1944American politicianHighland Cemetery, Casper, WY
- Washakie1800-1900Eastern Shoshone chiefWashakie Cemetery, Fort Washakie, WY
- Amos W. Barber1861-1915American politicianLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Fenimore Chatterton1860-1958American politicianLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Patrick Joseph Sullivan1865-1935Irish-American politician from WyomingHighland Cemetery, Casper, WY
- Harry Schwartz1869-1955American politicianHighland Cemetery, Casper, WY
- Milward Simpson1897-1993American politicianRiverside Cemetery, Cody, WY
- Frank L. Houx1854-1941American politicianRiverside Cemetery, Cody, WY
- DeForest Richards1846-1903American politicianLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- William B. Ross1873-1924American governor of WyomingLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Frank Emerson1882-1931American politicianLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Charles E. Winter1870-1948American politicianHighland Cemetery, Casper, WY
- Frank O. Horton1882-1948American politicianWillow Grove Cemetery, Buffalo, WY
- Paul Ranous Greever1891-1943Politician and United States Army officerRiverside Cemetery, Cody, WY
- Grace Raymond Hebard1861-1936American historian, suffragist, educator, economist and writerGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Thurman Arnold1891-1969American judgeGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- William A. Richards1849-1912American politicianLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Guy Trosper1911-1963American screenwriterMount Hope Cemetery, Lander, WY
- Lee E. Geyer1888-1939American politicianRock Springs Cemetery, Rock Springs, WY
- Frank E. Lucas1876-1948American politicianWillow Grove Cemetery, Buffalo, WY
- Arthur G. Crane1877-1955American politician in WyomingBeth El Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Clifford Joy Rogers1897-1962American politicianBeth El Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Stephen Wheeler Downey1839-1902American politicianGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Wilbur C. Knight1858-1903GeologistGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Agnes Mathilde Wergeland1857-1914American historianGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- William Wellington Corlett1842-1890Union United States Army officerLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Maxwell Struthers Burt1882-1954American writerAspen Hill Cemetery, Jackson, WY
- Katharine Newlin Burt1882-1977American novelist and film scenaristAspen Hill Cemetery, Jackson, WY
- Leslie Andrew Miller1886-1970American politicianBeth El Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Elijah Nicholas Wilson1842-1915American writerSouth Park Cemetery, Rafter J Ranch, WY
- John Davidson Clark1884-1961American lawyer, economist, and politician, WyomingBeth El Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- James R. Carpenter1867-1943American politicianLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Don Bracken1962-2014American football playerMonument Hill Cemetery, Thermopolis, WY
- Joe Tiller1942-2017American football player and coachWillow Grove Cemetery, Buffalo, WY
- Charles N. Hunter1906-1978Colonel in the United States ArmyFrances E Warren Air Base Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Asa Shinn Mercer1839-1917American politicianHyattville Cemetery, Worland, WY
- John Corbett1869-1947American football player and coach of multiple sports, college athletics administratorGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Mary Godat Bellamy1861-1955American politicianGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Doc Middleton1851-1913American outlawDouglas Cemetery, Douglas, WY
- Donald J. Ruhl1923-1945United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipientDonald J Ruhl Memorial Cemetery, Greybull, WY
- Bill Strannigan1918-1997College basketball coachRock Springs Cemetery, Rock Springs, WY
- Alan Swallow1915-1966American publisher & academicCrown Hill Cemetery, Powell, WY
- Jim Brandenburg1935-2023American basketball coachGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Melville C. Brown1838-1928American politician and judgeGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Justus F. Soule1862-1939American football coach, professor, and university administratorGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Richard V. Thomas1932-2010American judgeLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Amalia Post1836-1897American suffragistLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Thomas R. Reid1839-1917American politicianLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Carl M. Dunrud1891-1976American cowboy and dude ranch operatorMeeteetse Cemetery, Cody, WY
- William H. Harrison1894-1991American politician in WyomingPine Bluffs Cemetery, Pine Bluffs, WY
- Douglas A. Preston1858-1929American attorney and politicianRock Springs Cemetery, Rock Springs, WY
- Patrick Rogan1847-1912United States Army Medal of Honor recipientRock Springs Cemetery, Rock Springs, WY
- Joseph E. Rehal1872-1923American businessmanHighland Cemetery, Casper, WY
- E. J. Sullivan1874-1956American businessman, lawyer, and politicianHighland Cemetery, Casper, WY
- Nate Champion1857-1892American cattlemanWillow Grove Cemetery, Buffalo, WY
- Joe Lefors1865-1940American lawmanWillow Grove Cemetery, Buffalo, WY
- William Chapin Deming1869-1949American editor and publisherBeth El Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Harry P. Ilsley1884-1953American judgeBeth El Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Frederick L. Thompson1871-1944American politicianBeth El Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Bruce S. Jones1883-1981American politicianBeth El Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Ed Warren1885-1963American actor and politician from WyomingBeth El Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Perry W. Jenkins1867-1955American coach and politicianPinedale Cemetery, Pinedale, WY
- Jim Baker1818-1898American pioneerBaker Cemetery, Saratoga, WY
- Kayo Lam1911-1993American football playerGlenrock Cemetery, Glenrock, WY
- N. K. Boswell1836-1921American sheriffGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Otto L. Burns1868-1941American politicianGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- William H. Holliday1843-1925American politicianGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Vernon Gale1929-1989American football coachGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Samuel H. Knight1892-1975American geologistGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Emma Howell Knight1865-1928American and Canadian academicGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Dwight Smithson Jeffers1883-1980Green Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Jesse Knight1850-1905American judgeLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Charles N. Potter1852-1927American judgeLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Helen Frances Warren1880-1915Spouse of American General John J. PershingLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Allen Thompson1847-1906Twins soldiersLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Walter W. Kingham1908-1997American politicianLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Joseph Seng1880-1912Wyoming State Penitentiary Cemetery, Rawlins, WY
- Oliver Clinton Dern1915-1928American childLusk Cemetery, Lusk, WY
- Oliver Junior Eshelman1925-2016American soldierOregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery, Evansville, WY
- Joseph E. Hoadley1913-1997American physicianMount Pisgah Cemetery, Gillette, WY
- Oliver McArthur1911-1911American infantLovell Cemetery, Lovell, WY
- William H. Curry, Jr.1904-2001American geologistHighland Cemetery, Casper, WY
- John T. Conley1844-1904American merchant and postmasterMount Hope Cemetery, Sheridan, WY
- Terua Pierson Williams1907-2002U.S. botanist, botanical collector and teacherAspen Hill Cemetery, Jackson, WY
- Cora Ethel Snell1876-1966American botanical collectorDeaver Cemetery, Lovell, WY
- Peerage person ID=347442Riverside Cemetery, Cody, WY
- Gerald Martin Richmond1914-2001American geologistPinedale Cemetery, Pinedale, WY
- Ulysses Simpson Grant1864-1953Glenrock Cemetery, Glenrock, WY
- Celia Alice Calhoun1860-1929Botanical collector and wife of botanist Aven NelsonGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Margaret Brebner1879-1960Botanical collectorGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- John W. Scott1871-1956American zoologistGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- T. A. Larson1910-2001American poetGreen Hill Cemetery, Laramie, WY
- Louisa David Carey1857-1934First Lady of WyomingLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Helen Maria Smith1843-1902First Lady of WyomingLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Claude L. Draper1875-1958Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
- Jim Kidd1857-1916Performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West ShowLakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
Ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article about the person.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Lakeview Cemetery · Cheyenne24
- Green Hill Cemetery · Laramie23
- Beth El Cemetery · Cheyenne10
- Highland Cemetery · Casper7
- Riverside Cemetery · Cody5
- Rock Springs Cemetery · Rock Springs5
- Willow Grove Cemetery · Buffalo5
- Aspen Hill Cemetery · Jackson3
- Glenrock Cemetery · Glenrock2
- Pinedale Cemetery · Pinedale2
- Mount Pisgah Cemetery · Gillette1
- Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery · Evansville1
- Meeteetse Cemetery · Cody1
- Wheatland Cemetery · Wheatland1
- Douglas Cemetery · Douglas1
- Wyoming State Penitentiary Cemetery · Rawlins1
- Donald J Ruhl Memorial Cemetery · Greybull1
- Crown Hill Cemetery · Powell1
- Deaver Cemetery · Lovell1
- Hyattville Cemetery · Worland1
- Lovell Cemetery · Lovell1
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Lander1
- Washakie Cemetery · Fort Washakie1
- Frances E Warren Air Base Cemetery · Cheyenne1
- Lusk Cemetery · Lusk1
Method
About this list
Names, years and descriptions come from Wikidata, where each person’s entry gives the cemetery as their place of burial. It covers people with an encyclopedia entry, not every grave. How we build it.
Other states
Notable burials in other states
- Alabama635
- Alaska139
- Arizona297
- Arkansas378
- California9,351
- Colorado247
- Connecticut1,850
- Delaware100
- District of Columbia1,261
- Florida478
- Georgia859
- Hawaii172
- Idaho150
- Illinois3,508
- Indiana1,269
- Iowa748
- Kansas487
- Kentucky889
- Louisiana450
- Maine589
- Maryland1,397
- Massachusetts5,034
- Michigan1,368
- Minnesota839
- Mississippi289
- Missouri1,271
- Montana137
- Nebraska404
- Nevada250
- New Hampshire422
- New Jersey1,938
- New Mexico222
- New York10,713
- North Carolina560
- North Dakota46
- Ohio2,567
- Oklahoma376
- Oregon566
- Pennsylvania3,541
- Rhode Island699
- South Carolina391
- South Dakota151
- Tennessee902
- Texas1,599
- Utah626
- Vermont437
- Virginia5,460
- Washington487
- West Virginia252
- Wisconsin1,183