Notable interments at Historic Oakwood Cemetery
67 notable figures are documented at Historic Oakwood Cemetery in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.
- Addie Worth Bagley Daniels (1869–1943), suffragist
- Alexander Boyd Andrews (1841–1915), executive
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (1830–1892), judge, lawyer, politician
- Benjamin R. Lacy (1854–1929), politician
- Carle Augustus Woodruff (1841–1913), military personnel
- Charles Baskerville (1870–1922), chemist, American football player
- Charles Brantley Aycock (1859–1912), teacher, lawyer, politician
- Clement Samuel Brimley (1863–1946), zoologist, entomologist, herpetologist
- Cora Lily Woodard Aycock (1868–1952), farmer
- Cornelia Petty Jerman (1874–1946), politician, suffragist
- Dan K. Moore (1906–1986), judge, lawyer, politician
- Daniel Gould Fowle (1831–1891), judge, lawyer, politician
- David Lowry Swain (1801–1868), judge, lawyer, politician
- Edwin A. Penick (1907–1959)
- Edwin Godwin Reade (1812–1894), judge, lawyer, politician
- Elizabeth Delia Dixon-Carroll (1872–1934), physician, suffragist
- Elizabeth Edwards (1949–2010), writer, teacher, lawyer
- Frank A. Daniels Jr. (1931–2022), publisher
- George B. Anderson (1831–1862), military personnel
- George Edmund Badger (1795–1866), judge, lawyer, politician
- Henry K. Burgwyn (1841–1863), military personnel, soldier
- Hugo Leander Blomquist (1888–1964), botanical collector, botanist, scientific collector
- James Crawford Biggs (1872–1960), judge, lawyer, politician
- James E. Shepherd (1847–1910), judge, lawyer
- Jesse Helms (1921–2008), politician, military officer, executive
- Jim Valvano (1946–1993), coach, basketball player, basketball coach
- John Haywood (1755–1827), politician
- John Heritage Bryan (1798–1870), lawyer, politician
- John Louis Taylor (1769–1829), judge, lawyer, politician
- John McKee (1877–1950), physician, head coach, American football coach
- Johnny McAdams (1912–1975), association football player, basketball player, baseball player
- Jonathan Worth (1802–1869), lawyer, politician, governor
- Joseph John Daniel (1784–1848), judge, lawyer, politician
- Joseph John Daniel (1784–1848), judge, lawyer, politician
- Josephus Daniels (1862–1948), politician, minister, ambassador
- Josiah Bailey (1873–1946), lawyer, politician
- Kemp P. Battle (1831–1919), politician
- Leonidas L. Polk (1837–1892), politician, journalist
- Mary Ann Scherr (1921–2016), illustrator, university teacher, jewelry designer
- Mary Fleming Black (1848–1893), writer
- Montford McGehee (1822–1895), lawyer, politician
- Needham B. Broughton (1848–1914), politician
- Nell Battle Lewis (1893–1956), jurist, columnist, journalist
- Octavius Coke (1840–1895), lawyer, politician, secretary of state
- Q4865074 (1871–1950), head coach, American football coach
- Q5734551 (1861–1946), zoologist, scientific collector
- Q7169630 (1872–1935), head coach
- Q7789479 (1840–1902), military officer
- Q8009523 (1902–1972), politician
- Robert Hoke (1837–1912), military personnel, soldier
- Robert W. Winston (1860–1944), judge, lawyer
- Talmage Holt Stafford (1890–1967), basketball coach, American football player
- Thad A. Eure (1899–1993), politician
- Theodore B. Lyman (1815–1893), Anglican priest
- Thomas Bragg (1810–1872), lawyer, politician, governor
- Thomas Charles Fuller (1832–1901), judge, lawyer, politician
- Thomas Jones Pence (1873–1916)
- Thomas Kenan (1838–1911), politician
- Vermont C. Royster (1914–1996), writer, military officer, editor
- Walter Clark (1846–1924), judge, lawyer
- William Horn Battle (1802–1879), judge, lawyer, politician
- William Nathan Harrell Smith (1812–1889), judge, lawyer, politician
- William Ruffin Cox (1832–1919), judge, lawyer, politician
- William Woods Holden (1818–1892), lawyer, politician, governor
- Willis Smith (1887–1953), lawyer, politician
- Winder R. Harris (1888–1973), politician, editor, journalist
- Zeno Payne Metcalf (1885–1956), writer, illustrator, entomologist