Notable interments at Metairie Cemetery
134 notable figures are documented at Metairie Cemetery in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.
- Adolph Meyer (1842–1908), politician
- Al Copeland (1944–2008), businessperson, restaurateur
- Al Hirt (1922–1999), musician, conductor, bandleader
- Alcée Louis la Branche (1806–1861), politician, diplomat
- Alexander John Drysdale (1870–1934), painter
- Alfred Mercier (1816–1894), physician, poet, playwright
- Andres Molinary (1847–1915), painter
- Andrew Higgins (1886–1952), businessperson, engineer
- Anne Rice (1941–2021), screenwriter, writer, novelist
- Benjamin Flanders (1816–1896), politician
- Bror Anders Wikström (1854–1909), painter
- C. Edmund Kells (1856–1928), dentist
- Carlos Marcello (1910–1993), criminal
- Chapman H. Hyams (1838–1923), businessperson, stockbroker, art collector
- Charles C. Bass (1875–1975), physician
- Charles Didier Dreux (1832–1861), military personnel, politician
- Charles E. Fenner (1876–1963), businessperson
- Charles F. Buck (1841–1918), lawyer, politician
- Charles Jacques Villeré (1828–1899), lawyer, politician
- Charles Parlange (1851–1907), judge, lawyer, politician
- Connie Ryan (1920–1996), baseball player
- Davis Sessums (1858–1929)
- DeLesseps Morrison, Jr. (1944–1996), lawyer, businessperson, politician
- deLesseps Story Morrison (1912–1964), lawyer, businessperson, politician
- Dorothy Dell (1915–1934), actor, singer, Ziegfeld girl
- Dorothy Dix (1861–1951), writer, journalist, columnist
- Eddie Edwards (1891–1963), musician, jazz musician
- Eddie Gatto (1916–1944), American football player
- Edward James Gay (1878–1952), politician
- Elizebeth Thomas Werlein (1883–1946), socialite, preservationist
- Eugene Chassaignac (1820–1878), teacher, composer, businessperson
- Ève Curie (1904–2007), screenwriter, writer, war correspondent
- Frederick Nash Ogden (1837–1866)
- George Soulé (1834–1926), writer, teacher, military officer
- Grace King (1852–1932), writer, historian, novelist
- Grace King (1852–1932), writer, historian, novelist
- Hamilton D. Coleman (1845–1926), politician, businessperson
- Harry Connick Sr. (1926–2024), lawyer
- Harry Connick Sr. (1926–2024), lawyer
- Harry Lee (1932–2007), lawyer, politician
- Helen Turner (1858–1958), artist, painter
- Henry C. Warmoth (1842–1931), judge, lawyer, politician
- Isaac Cline (1861–1955), meteorologist
- Isaac Delgado (1839–1912), businessperson
- Isadore Dyer (1865–1920), physician
- James Halligan (1879–1965), American football coach, head coach
- James Koppel Gutheim (1817–1886), rabbi
- James Koppel Gutheim (1817–1886), rabbi
- James O'Connor (1870–1941), lawyer, politician
- James Z. Spearing (1864–1942), lawyer, politician
- Janet Mary Riley (1915–2008), academic
- Jim Garrison (1921–1992), judge, writer, lawyer
- Joachim O. Fernández (1896–1978), politician, military officer
- John Albert Morris (1836–1895), businessperson
- John Bell Hood (1831–1879), military personnel
- John Bernecker (1984–2017), actor, stunt performer
- John Bull Smith Dimitry (1835–1901), writer, professor, historian
- John G. Schwegmann (1911–1995), businessperson, politician
- John G. Schwegmann (1911–1995), businessperson, politician
- John H. Kennard (1836–1887), judge, lawyer, soldier
- John Leonard Riddell (1807–1867), physician, politician, geologist
- John McEnery (1833–1891), lawyer, politician, governor
- John Milliken Parker, Sr (1863–1939), businessperson, politician, farmer
- Johnny Humphries (1915–1965), baseball player
- José Agustín Quintero (1829–1885), journalist
- Josie Arlington (1864–1914), madam, prostitute
- Kate M. Gordon (1861–1932), suffragist
- Leon Godchaux (1824–1899), businessperson
- Louis A. Martinet (1849–1917), politician, newspaper proprietor
- Louis Prima (1910–1978), actor, singer, singer-songwriter
- Lulu King Saxon (1852–1927), artist
- Marguerite Clark (1883–1940), actor, stage actor, film actor
- Marie Madeleine Seebold Molinary (1866–1948), artist, painter
- Marie Madeleine Seebold Molinary (1866–1948), artist, painter
- Marie Madeleine Seebold Molinary (1866–1948), artist, painter
- Marie Madeleine Seebold Molinary (1866–1948), artist, painter
- Martha Gilmore Robinson (1888–1981), civil rights advocate
- Martha R. Field (1855–1898), journalist
- Martin Behrman (1864–1926), politician
- Matthew D. Lagan (1829–1901), politician
- Mel Ott (1909–1958), baseball player
- Mel Parnell (1922–2012), baseball player
- Michael Dracos Dimitry (1874–1929), lawyer, politician, official
- Michael Hahn (1830–1886), judge, lawyer, businessperson
- Moise H. Goldstein Sr. (1882–1972), architect
- Nathaniel Burbank (1838–1901), journalist, editor, humorist
- Nathaniel D. Wallace (1845–1894), politician
- Nauman Scott (1916–2001), judge, lawyer
- Norman Treigle (1927–1975), opera singer
- P. G. T. Beauregard (1818–1893), writer, politician, inventor
- P. P. Werlein (1812–1885)
- Paul H. Maloney (1876–1967), politician
- Pearl Rivers (1849–1896), writer, poet, publisher
- Pearl Rivers (1849–1896), writer, poet, publisher
- Pete Fountain (1930–2016), politician, clarinetist, jazz musician
- Pete Herman (1896–1973), boxer
- Putsy Caballero (1927–2016), baseball player
- Q13448520 (1860–1957), surgeon
- Q18153506 (1899–1963), American football player
- Q4679405 (1793–1869), politician
- Q4679405 (1793–1869), politician
- Q56489624 (1917–1985), American football player
- Q6280854 (1837–1896), politician
- Q7382981 (1927–2002), businessperson
- Richard Koch (1889–1971), photographer, architect
- Richard Koch (1889–1971), photographer, architect
- Richard Koch (1889–1971), photographer, architect
- Richard Koch (1889–1971), photographer, architect
- Richard Taylor (1826–1879), politician, soldier, army officer
- Richard W. Leche (1898–1965), judge, lawyer, politician
- Robert C. Davey (1853–1908), judge, politician
- Ruth McEnery Stuart (1849–1917), writer, novelist
- Sam Zemurray (1878–1961), businessperson, entrepreneur
- Samuel D. McEnery (1837–1910), judge, lawyer, politician
- Samuel Louis Gilmore (1859–1910), lawyer, politician
- Seymour Weiss (1896–1969), businessperson, politician
- Sophie B. Wright (1866–1912), educator
- Stan Rice (1942–2002), writer, poet, painter
- T. L. Bayne (1865–1934), lawyer, American football player
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt (1805–1893), judge, lawyer, politician
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt (1805–1893), judge, lawyer, politician
- Theodore John Dimitry Jr. (1879–1945), writer, inventor, university teacher
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson (1847–1921), politician
- Thomas Courtland Manning (1825–1887), judge, lawyer, diplomat
- Thomas Jenkins Semmes (1824–1899), lawyer, politician
- Thomas Semmes Walmsley (1889–1942), lawyer, politician
- Tom Benson (1927–2018), businessperson
- Walter Guion (1849–1927), judge, lawyer, politician
- Willey Glover Denis (1879–1929), biochemist, physiologist
- William A. Robertson (1837–1889), lawyer, politician
- William Alfred Freret (1833–1911), architect
- William C. C. Claiborne (1775–1817), judge, lawyer, politician
- William Wright Heard (1853–1926), businessperson, politician, governor
- Zeke Bonura (1908–1987), basketball player, baseball player, American football player