Notable interments at Mount Olivet Cemetery (Nashville)
130 notable figures are documented at Mount Olivet Cemetery (Nashville) in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.
- Aaron V. Brown (1795–1859), lawyer, politician, governor
- Abb Landis (1856–1927), lawyer, actuary, publisher
- Adelicia Acklen (1817–1887), plantation owner
- Adolphus Heiman (1809–1862), architect
- Albert E. Hill (1870–1933), politician
- Albert Smiley Williams (1849–1924), politician, banker
- Alexander Little Page Green (1806–1874)
- Aline Reese Blondner (1841–1931), pianist, musician
- Alvan Cullem Gillem (1830–1875), politician, military officer
- Andrew Jackson Caldwell (1837–1906), lawyer, politician
- Andrew Price (1854–1909), lawyer, politician
- Anne Dallas Dudley (1876–1955), suffragist, women's rights activist
- Arthur St. Clair Colyar (1818–1907), lawyer, businessperson, politician
- Ben Harris (1889–1927), baseball player
- Ben Harris (1889–1927), baseball player
- Benjamin A. Enloe (1848–1922), lawyer, politician
- Benjamin F. Cheatham (1820–1886), military officer
- Benton McMillin (1845–1933), lawyer, politician, governor
- Billy Byrd (1920–2001), guitarist, jazz guitarist
- Bruce Ryburn Payne (1874–1937), teacher, pedagogue, academic administrator
- Carl Giers (1828–1877), photographer, politician
- Cornelia Fort (1919–1943), aircraft pilot
- Cornelius Hankins (1863–1946), painter
- David Lipscomb (1831–1917), civil servant
- Del Wood (1920–1989), singer, pianist, songwriter
- Edmund William Cole (1827–1899), banker
- Edward Emerson Barnard (1857–1923), astronomer, photographer, university teacher
- Edward H. East (1830–1904), judge, lawyer, politician
- Edward Saunders Cheatham (1818–1878), businessperson, politician
- Ernest Stoneman (1893–1968), singer, musician, songwriter
- Eugene C. Lewis (1845–1917), engineer
- Fannie Battle (1842–1924), spy, social reformer
- Felix Grundy (1777–1840), judge, lawyer, politician
- Fountain E. Pitts (1808–1874), military officer
- Francis Furman (1816–1899), businessperson
- Fred Rose (1898–1954), composer, singer, record producer
- Fred Rose (1898–1954), composer, singer, record producer
- Garland Morrow (1899–1987), basketball coach, American football coach
- Gates P. Thruston (1835–1912), businessperson
- George A. Dickel (1818–1894), cooper
- George Dury (1817–1894), artist, painter
- George Maney (1826–1901), military personnel, politician, diplomat
- George P. Buell (1833–1883), military officer
- Guilford Dudley (1907–2002), diplomat
- Hamilton Love (1875–1922), sports journalist
- Hank Fort (1914–1973), songwriter
- Hank Fort (1914–1973), songwriter
- Henry Gibel (1858–1906), architect
- Henry S. Foote (1804–1880), writer, lawyer, politician
- Hill McAlister (1875–1959), lawyer, politician, governor
- Horace Harrison (1829–1885), judge, lawyer, politician
- Hord Boensch (1893–1924), American football player
- Howell Edmunds Jackson (1832–1895), judge, lawyer, politician
- Isaac Franklin (1789–1846), military personnel, slave trader
- Jacob M. Dickinson (1851–1928), lawyer, politician
- James Edwards Rains (1833–1862), jurist, military officer
- James Hampton Kirkland (1859–1939), latinist
- James Minor Quarles (1823–1901), judge, lawyer, politician
- James Stephen Brown (1858–1946), politician
- Jesse Wharton (1782–1833), lawyer, politician
- Jim Denny (1911–1963), record producer, talent manager
- John Bell (1796–1869), lawyer, politician
- John Berrien Lindsley (1822–1897), historian
- John Catron (1786–1865), judge, lawyer
- John McCormick Lea (1818–1903), politician
- John Meredith Bass (1804–1878), politician, banker
- John Overton (1766–1833), judge, slave trader
- John Owsley Manier (1887–1956), physician, coach, American football player
- John Trotwood Moore (1858–1929), writer, journalist, novelist
- John Vaughn Blake (1887–1964), American football player
- John W. Gaines (1860–1926), lawyer, politician
- John W. Morton (1842–1914), military officer
- John W. Morton (1842–1914), military officer
- John Warner White (1921–2010), businessperson, military officer
- Johnny Beazley (1918–1990), baseball player
- Johnny Gooch (1897–1975), baseball player
- Joseph Alexander Smith Acklen (1816–1863), lawyer, military personnel, plantation owner
- Joseph H. Acklen (1850–1938), lawyer, politician, zoologist
- Joseph Thorpe Elliston (1779–1856), silversmith
- Joseph W. Byrns (1869–1936), lawyer, politician
- Joseph W. Byrns Jr. (1903–1973), lawyer, politician
- Lucius E. Burch (1874–1959), surgeon, American football player
- Lytle Brown (1872–1951), military personnel
- Morgan Welles Brown (1800–1853), judge, lawyer
- Neill S. Brown (1810–1886), lawyer, politician, ambassador
- Oliver P. Rood (1845–1885), military personnel
- Orrin Henry Ingram, Sr. (1904–1963), businessperson
- Oscar Penn Fitzgerald (1829–1911), politician, biographer, journalist
- Pat Estes (1872–1947), American football player
- Percy Warner (1861–1927), businessperson
- Pink Wade (1899–1966), American football player
- Pink Wade (1899–1966), American football player
- Q15452972 (1852–1904), politician
- Q16059310 (1834–1917), lawyer, politician
- Q16063625 (1800–1878), politician, banker
- Q17358944 (1851–1892), politician
- Q23074185 (1788–1873), farmer
- Q23074185 (1788–1873), farmer
- Q27178009 (1866–1936), politician, farmer
- Q5213982 (1879–1936), American football player
- Q5213982 (1879–1936), American football player
- Q62125882 (1846–1926), socialite, philanthropist
- Q7027228 (1914–1991), athlete
- Randal William McGavock (1826–1863), lawyer, politician
- Richard Boone Cheatham (1824–1877), politician
- Richard Houston Dudley (1836–1914), politician
- Robert Weakley (1764–1845), politician
- Samuel McClary Fite (1816–1875), judge, lawyer, politician
- Thomas Benton Smith (1838–1923), military officer
- Thomas F. Frist, Sr. (1910–1998), businessperson
- Thomas Lee Woolwine (1874–1925), politician
- Thomas Menees (1823–1905), lawyer, politician, obstetrician
- Thomas Osmond Summers (1812–1882), theologian, university teacher, Christian minister
- Thomas Owen Morris (1845–1924), businessperson, politician
- Vern Gosdin (1934–2009), singer, singer-songwriter
- Vernon K. Stevenson (1812–1884), military officer
- Washington Bogart Cooper (1802–1888), painter
- William B. Bate (1826–1905), lawyer, politician, governor
- William Beall (1825–1883), military personnel
- William Crane Gray (1835–1919), cleric
- William Crawford Smith (1837–1899), architect, soldier
- William E. Beard (1873–1950), journalist, American football player
- William G. Hirsig (1868–1924)
- William Giles Harding (1808–1886)
- William Hicks Jackson (1835–1903), animal breeder
- William J. Sneed (1835–1907), surgeon
- William King McAlister Jr. (1850–1923), judge, lawyer
- William Litterer (1834–1917), politician
- William Marshall McCarthy (1840–1899), politician, banker
- William Martin Armistead (1873–1955), advertising person