Notable interments at Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
239 notable figures are documented at Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.
- A. U. Wyman (1833–1915), politician, banker
- Adna Anderson (1827–1889), engineer
- Adolf Cluss (1825–1905), architect, engineer
- Albert Pike (1809–1891), writer, lawyer
- Alexander B. Britton (1867–1926), lawyer
- Alexander Burton Hagner (1826–1915), judge, lawyer, politician
- Alexander Macomb Mason (1841–1897), military personnel
- Alice Acheson (1895–1996), painter, printmaker
- Alvey A. Adee (1842–1924), politician, diplomat
- Alvey A. Adee (1842–1924), politician, diplomat
- Ammi B. Young (1798–1874), architect
- Andrew Wylie (1814–1905), judge, lawyer
- Arthur Pue Gorman (1839–1906), politician, baseball player
- Ben Bradlee (1921–2014), editor, journalist
- Betty Duvall (1845–1891), spy
- Bryan Morse (1885–1939), coach, basketball coach
- Cadmus M. Wilcox (1824–1890), military personnel
- Campbell Dallas Emory (1839–1878)
- Charles Anthony Schott (1826–1901), meteorologist
- Charles Anthony Schott (1826–1901), meteorologist
- Charles C. Glover (1846–1936)
- Charles Eli Mix (1810–1878)
- Charles Griffin (1825–1867), military officer
- Charles H. Percy (1919–2011), businessperson, politician, military officer
- Charles Henry Tompkins (1830–1915), military officer
- Charles Lanman (1819–1895), writer, secretary, librarian
- Charles Milton Bell (1848–1893), photographer
- Charles Morris (1784–1856), naval officer
- Charles Page Bryan (1855–1918), lawyer, politician, diplomat
- Charles Pomeroy (1825–1891), lawyer, politician
- Charles Stewart McCauley (1793–1869), military officer
- Cornelius P. Van Ness (1782–1852), judge, lawyer, politician
- Daniel Mortimer Friedman (1916–2011), judge
- David Campion Acheson (1921–2018), judge
- David E. Finley, Jr. (1890–1977), lawyer, art historian
- David Higgins (1789–1873), judge, lawyer, politician
- David K. E. Bruce (1898–1977), lawyer, politician, diplomat
- David Levy Yulee (1810–1886), lawyer, politician
- Dean Acheson (1893–1971), lawyer, politician, diplomat
- Durham Stevens (1851–1908), diplomat
- E. D. E. N. Southworth (1819–1899), writer, novelist
- Ebon C. Ingersoll (1831–1879), lawyer, politician
- Edith Kingdon Gould (1920–2004), actor, socialite, stage actor
- Edward Douglass White Jr. (1845–1921), judge, lawyer, politician
- Edwin M. Stanton (1814–1869), judge, lawyer, politician
- Ethel Armes (1876–1945), journalist
- Evangeline Bruce (1918–1995), writer
- Evangeline Bruce (1918–1995), writer
- Fabius Stanly (1815–1882), military officer
- Frances Carpenter (1890–1972), photographer, writer, children's writer
- Frances Shimer (1826–1901), teacher
- Francis G. Newlands (1846–1917), lawyer, politician
- Frank Baker (1841–1918), physician, zoologist
- Franklin Steele (1813–1880), businessperson
- Frederick Aiken (1832–1878), lawyer, journalist
- G. Gould Lincoln (1880–1974), journalist, newspaper editor
- Gale W. McGee (1915–1992), politician, diplomat, university teacher
- Gamaliel Bailey (1807–1859), writer, journalist, abolitionist
- George Brown Goode (1851–1896), writer, zoologist, ichthyologist
- George Corbin Washington (1789–1854), politician
- George Douglas Ramsay (1802–1882), military personnel
- George E. Harris (1827–1911), lawyer, politician
- George E. Harris (1827–1911), lawyer, politician
- George Eustis, Jr. (1828–1872), lawyer, politician
- George Ingersoll Wood (1814–1899), cleric
- George Peter (1779–1861), politician
- George Peter (1829–1893), politician
- George W. Roosevelt (1844–1907)
- George W. Roosevelt (1844–1907)
- George Washington Montgomery (1804–1841), writer
- Glenn Brenner (1948–1992), sports commentator
- Helen Sioussat (1902–1995), writer, dancer
- Henrietta McKenney (1825–1887), painter
- Henry Addison (1798–1870)
- Henry David Cooke (1825–1881), businessperson, politician, journalist
- Henry E. Maynadier (1830–1868)
- Henry K. Craig (1791–1869), military personnel
- Henry L. Howison (1837–1914), military officer
- Henry Sherman (1808–1879), writer
- Henry W. Barry (1840–1875), lawyer, politician, military officer
- Herman Hollerith (1860–1929), businessperson, engineer, computer scientist
- Hestor L. Stevens (1803–1864), lawyer, politician
- Hoffman Philip (1872–1951), diplomat
- Horace Capron (1804–1885), businessperson, military officer, agronomist
- Howard K. Smith (1914–2002), actor, war correspondent, news presenter
- James Dunlop (1793–1872), judge, lawyer, politician
- James Herron Hopkins (1831–1904), lawyer, politician
- James M. Cannon (1918–2011), journalist
- James Melville Gilliss (1811–1865), astronomer, naval officer
- James Noble Tyner (1826–1904), lawyer, politician, jurist
- James P. Heath (1777–1854), politician
- James Tilton (1819–1878)
- Jean Margaret Davenport (1829–1903), actor, nurse
- Jean Margaret Davenport (1829–1903), actor, nurse
- Jennie Byrd Bryan Payne (1857–1919)
- Jesse L. Reno (1823–1862), military officer
- Jesse W. Reno (1861–1947), engineer, inventor
- John Adlum (1759–1836)
- John B. Montgomery (1794–1873), military officer
- John Barton Payne (1855–1935), judge, lawyer, art collector
- John Carter (1792–1850), lawyer, politician
- John E. McMahon (1860–1920), military personnel
- John Eaton (1790–1856), lawyer, politician, ambassador
- John Garland (1792–1861), military personnel
- John George Butler (1826–1909), cleric
- John George Nicolay (1832–1901), writer, secretary, politician
- John Harris (1793–1864), military personnel
- John Howard Payne (1791–1852), actor, writer, poet
- John J. Hemphill (1849–1912), lawyer, politician
- John Jay Knox (1828–1892), banker
- John Peter Van Ness (1769–1846), politician
- John Pool (1826–1884), lawyer, politician
- John R. McPherson (1833–1897), politician
- John Rodgers (1812–1882), military officer, botanical collector
- John W. Kern III (1929–2018), judge
- John W. Kern III (1929–2018), judge
- Joseph B. Smith (1826–1862), military officer
- Joseph Casey (1814–1879), judge, lawyer, politician
- Joseph Edward Willard (1865–1924), lawyer, politician, diplomat
- Joseph Henry (1797–1878), engineer, physicist, university teacher
- Joseph K. Barnes (1817–1883), military officer, surgeon, meteorological observer
- Josiah Dent (1817–1899), lawyer, politician
- Josiah Dent (1817–1899), lawyer, politician
- Judith Ellen Foster (1840–1910), lawyer
- Julius Erasmus Hilgard (1825–1891), engineer, university teacher, surveying engineer
- Julius Erasmus Hilgard (1825–1891), engineer, university teacher, surveying engineer
- Katharine Graham (1917–2001), writer, businessperson, author
- Laurance Safford (1893–1973), mathematician, military officer, cryptographer
- Lawrence Quincy Mumford (1903–1982), librarian
- Leila Mechlin (1874–1949), art critic
- Lewis E. Parsons (1817–1895), lawyer, politician, governor
- Livingston T. Merchant (1903–1976), ambassador, diplomat
- Lorenzo Dow (1777–1834), theologian
- Lorenzo Thomas (1804–1875), politician, military officer, adjutant
- Lucy Burwell Page Saunders (1808–1885), writer
- Madeleine Albright (1937–2022), writer, politician, minister
- Marcia Van Ness (1782–1832)
- Margaret L. Bailey (1812–1888), writer, poet, newspaper editor
- Margaret O'Neill Eaton (1799–1879), politician
- Marshall McDonald (1835–1895), geologist, ichthyologist, metallurgist
- Mary Cutts (1814–1856)
- Mary Mayo Crenshaw (1875–1951), writer
- Mary Nelson Winslow (1888–1952), social worker
- Mary Nelson Winslow (1888–1952), social worker
- Mary Spackman (1839–1904), physician
- Mary Stevens Beall (1855–1917), writer, librarian, historian
- Mary Virginia Merrick (1866–1955), social reformer
- Max Robinson (1939–1988), writer, news presenter, painter
- May Garrettson Evans (1866–1947), writer
- Myrtilla Miner (1815–1864), pedagogue, activist
- Nancy Maria Donaldson Johnson (1794–1890), inventor
- Napoleon B. Harrison (1823–1870), military officer
- Natalie Sumner Lincoln (1881–1935), writer, novelist, crime fiction writer
- Noah Haynes Swayne (1804–1884), judge, lawyer, politician
- O. H. Irish (1830–1883), diplomat
- Paul J. Pelz (1841–1918), architect
- Peter V. Hagner (1815–1893), military officer
- Phil Graham (1915–1963), journalist, publisher
- Philip Barton Key (1757–1815), judge, lawyer, politician
- Philip Barton Key (1757–1815), judge, lawyer, politician
- Q3185446 (1796–1864), military officer
- Q3701923 (1865–1916), politician, governor
- Q39429006 (1866–1933), mechanical engineer
- Q39499859 (1859–1940), politician, newspaper editor
- Q4718457 (1815–1874), military officer
- Q4749591 (1843–1909), businessperson
- Q5081943 (1826–1887), curator, anthropologist, archaeologist
- Q50906588 (1848–1931), artist, painter
- Q50906588 (1848–1931), artist, painter
- Q5495566 (1924–2001), photographer
- Q55720812 (1815–1890), astronomer
- Q57239344 (1892–1968), diplomat
- Q64585158 (1785–1872), businessperson
- Q7345134 (1822–1882), military officer
- Q8019603 (1868–1942), writer
- Rachel Davies (1846–1915), Christian minister, lecturer
- Return Jonathan Meigs (1801–1891), librarian
- Richard Cutts (1771–1845), lawyer, politician
- Richard Wallach (1816–1881), lawyer, politician
- Robert E. Clary (1805–1890), military officer
- Robert E. Preston (1836–1911), director
- Robert E. Preston (1836–1911), director
- Robert J. Walker (1801–1869), lawyer, politician, governor
- Roberta Flack (1937–2025), composer, teacher, singer
- Samuel Hooper (1808–1875), politician
- Samuel P. Carter (1819–1891), military officer
- Samuel S. Carroll (1832–1893), military officer
- Samuel Spencer (1910–1997), lawyer, politician
- Samuel Spencer (1847–1906), railway worker, civil engineer, railway executive
- Samuel Sprigg (1783–1855), lawyer, politician
- Samuel Walter Woodward (1848–1917), businessperson
- Sandy Hume (1969–1998), journalist
- Sandy Hume (1969–1998), journalist
- Seth Ledyard Phelps (1824–1885), politician, military officer, diplomat
- Sophie Radford de Meissner (1854–1957), novelist
- Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823–1887), naturalist, writer, zoologist
- Štefan Osuský (1889–1973), lawyer, politician, jurist
- Stephen Bloomer Balch (1747–1833), religious role
- Sylvester Churchill (1783–1862), journalist, soldier
- Theodore Timby (1819–1909), inventor
- Theodorus Bailey (1805–1877), military officer
- Thomas Barbour Bryan (1828–1906), politician, art collector
- Thomas Corcoran (1754–1830)
- Thomas J. D. Fuller (1808–1876), lawyer, politician
- Thomas Jesup (1788–1860), military personnel
- Uriah Forrest (1756–1805), politician
- Van H. Manning (1861–1932), engineer
- Vernon Jordan (1935–2021), lawyer, businessperson, jurist
- Walker Blaine (1855–1890), lawyer
- Walker Blaine (1855–1890), lawyer
- Walter Smith Cox (1826–1902), judge, lawyer, jurist
- Walter T. Skallerup, Jr. (1921–1987), lawyer
- Wendy Pepper (1964–2017), fashion designer
- Wiley T. Buchanan (1914–1986), diplomat
- Wiley T. Buchanan (1914–1986), diplomat
- Wilkinson Call (1834–1910), lawyer, politician, jurist
- William Adams Richardson (1821–1896), judge, lawyer, military officer
- William B. Magruder (1810–1869), politician
- William B. Webb (1825–1896), lawyer, politician
- William Birney (1819–1907), lawyer, jurist, military officer
- William Corcoran Eustis (1862–1921)
- William F. Willoughby (1867–1960), economist, public administration scholar
- William H. Hunt (1823–1884), judge, lawyer, politician
- William Henry Hunt (1857–1949), judge, lawyer, politician
- William Ledyard Rodgers (1860–1944), military officer
- William M. Dunn (1814–1887), lawyer, politician, military officer
- William Marbury (1762–1835), judge, lawyer, jurist
- William Matthews Merrick (1818–1889), judge, lawyer, politician
- William McMurtrie (1851–1913), chemist
- William Pinkney (1810–1883), priest, author
- William Radford (1809–1890), military officer
- William Radford (1809–1890), military officer
- William Richards Castle Jr. (1878–1963), diplomat
- William S. Lincoln (1813–1893), judge, lawyer, politician
- William W. Wood (1818–1882), engineer, military officer
- William Wilson Corcoran (1798–1888), politician, banker, art collector
- William Wister Haines (1908–1989), screenwriter
- Willis H. Shapley (1917–2005)
- Zalmon Richards (1811–1899)