Notable interments at Lexington Cemetery
100 notable figures are documented at Lexington Cemetery in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.
- Abraham Buford II (1820–1884), military personnel
- Adolph Rupp (1901–1977), basketball player, basketball coach
- Amy C. King (1928–2014), mathematician
- Arthur B. Rouse (1874–1956), lawyer, politician
- Aylette Buckner (1806–1869), lawyer, politician
- Basil W. Duke (1838–1916), writer, lawyer, military officer
- Ben Ali Haggin (1882–1951), painter
- Benjamin Winslow Dudley (1785–1870), surgeon, medical author
- C. M. Newton (1930–2018), basketball player, basketball coach, baseball player
- Charles Chilton Moore (1837–1906), editor, newspaper editor
- Charles Henry Breckinridge (1844–1867)
- Charles Kerr (1863–1950), judge, lawyer
- Charlton Hunt (1801–1836), lawyer, politician
- Claude M. Johnson (1852–1919), politician, printer
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge (1846–1932), politician, diplomat, ambassador
- Clyde Johnson (1917–1997), American football player
- Desha Breckinridge (1867–1935), editor, publisher, newspaper editor
- Elisha I. Winter (1781–1849), politician
- Elisha Warfield (1781–1859), physician
- Ethelbert Dudley Warfield (1861–1936), theologian
- Ethelbert Ludlow Dudley (1818–1862), physician, military officer
- Frances Estill Beauchamp (1857–1923), philanthropist, suffragist, temperance worker
- Frederick Van Lennep (1911–1987), advertising person, horse breeder
- Gay Brewer (1932–2007), golfer
- George B. Duncan (1861–1950), military officer
- George Madison Adams (1837–1920), lawyer, politician, clerk
- George S. Shanklin (1807–1883), lawyer, politician
- George T. Beck (1856–1943), businessperson, politician
- Gordon Granger (1821–1876), military officer
- Henry Brainerd McClellan (1840–1904), writer, teacher, military officer
- Henry Clay (1777–1852), writer, lawyer, politician
- Henry Clay McDowell (1832–1899), businessperson
- Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886–1960), lawyer, politician, jurist
- Herman Lee Donovan (1887–1964), pedagogue, head teacher
- Herman Lee Donovan (1887–1964), pedagogue, head teacher
- Hogan Yancey (1881–1960), baseball player, American football player
- Horace S. Beattie (1909–1993), executive, mechanical engineer
- James B. Beck (1822–1890), lawyer, politician
- James Brown Clay (1817–1864), judge, lawyer, politician
- James Carson Breckinridge (1877–1942), military officer
- James Kennedy Patterson (1833–1922), writer
- James Lane Allen (1849–1925), writer, author, novelist
- James McChord (1785–1820), Christian minister
- Jesse Creech (1895–1948), military officer, aircraft pilot
- Jim Varney (1949–2000), screenwriter, actor, writer
- Joe B. Hall (1928–2022), basketball coach
- John B. Breckinridge (1913–1979), lawyer, politician
- John Barnes Chance (1932–1972), composer
- John Breckinridge (1760–1806), lawyer, politician, jurist
- John Bryan Bowman (1824–1891), farmer
- John Bryan Bowman (1824–1891), farmer
- John C. Breckinridge (1821–1875), lawyer, military personnel, politician
- John Hunt Morgan (1825–1864), military personnel
- John T. Johnson (1788–1856), judge, lawyer, politician
- John Wesley Hunt (1773–1849), merchant, financier, pioneer
- John Y. Brown Jr. (1933–2022), lawyer, politician, entrepreneur
- John Y. Brown, Sr. (1900–1985), lawyer, politician, jurist
- Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Sr. (1842–1920), military personnel
- Joseph S. Fowler (1820–1902), lawyer, politician
- Josephine Russell Clay (1835–1920), animal breeder
- Jouett Shouse (1879–1968), lawyer, politician
- Kenny Rollins (1923–2012), basketball player
- Laura Clay (1849–1941), politician, suffragist
- Leslie Combs (1793–1881), lawyer, politician
- Mary Barr Clay (1839–1924), politician, sports journalist, suffragist
- Mary Carson Breckinridge (1881–1965), nurse, midwife, social activist
- Mary Cyrene Breckinridge (1826–1907), politician
- Mary Jane Warfield (1815–1900), suffragist
- Mary Wharton (1912–1991), botanical collector, botanist, scientific collector
- Mikhail Wehbe (1942–2022), politician, diplomat
- Q28796206 (1889–1984), painter
- Q5120363 (1816–1888), architect
- Q6248182 (1812–1890), architect
- Q7240570 (1887–1949), American football player
- Q75455259 (1850–1892), lawyer, politician
- Ralph Foody (1928–1999), actor, film actor
- Ralph Kercheval (1911–2010), horse trainer, American football player
- Randall L. Gibson (1832–1892), lawyer, politician, jurist
- Robert F. Stephens (1927–2002), judge
- Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. (1833–1915), judge, lawyer, politician
- Robert Smith Todd (1791–1849), politician
- Roger Hanson (1827–1863), lawyer, politician, military officer
- Roger W. Barbour (1919–1993), naturalist, photographer, zoologist
- Rosa Vertner Jeffrey (1826–1894), writer, poet, novelist
- Sanders D. Bruce (1825–1902), writer
- Sarah Gibson Humphreys (1830–1907), writer, suffragist
- Scott Breckinridge (1882–1941), fencer, gynecologist
- Silas Totten (1804–1873), teacher
- Sophonisba Breckinridge (1866–1948), writer, lawyer, economist
- Sweet Evening Breeze (1892–1983), drag queen, orderly
- Thomas Alexander Marshall (1794–1871), judge, lawyer, politician
- Thomas Boston Gordon (1816–1891)
- Thomas Clay McDowell (1866–1935), horse trainer
- Thomas R. Underwood (1898–1956), politician, journalist, editor
- Wallace Jones (1926–2014), basketball player, basketball coach
- Wickliffe Cooper (1831–1867), military officer
- Wilhelmenia Fernandez (1949–2024), actor, opera singer
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (1837–1904), lawyer, politician, journalist
- William P. Kimball (1857–1926), lawyer, politician
- William Russell (1758–1825), politician