Notable interments at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
43 notable figures are documented at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.
- Alfred Baker Smith (1825–1896), military leader
- Alfred Wagstaff Jr. (1844–1921), lawyer, politician
- Alfred Wagstaff Jr. (1844–1921), lawyer, politician
- B. Platt Carpenter (1837–1921), judge, lawyer, politician
- Benson John Lossing (1813–1891), writer, historian, journalist
- Charles H. Ruggles (1789–1865), judge, lawyer, politician
- Charles Johnston (1793–1845), lawyer, politician
- David Brooks (1756–1838), judge, lawyer, politician
- Edmund Platt (1865–1939), politician, editor, journalist
- Elijah Hedding (1780–1852), priest
- Emile Bachelet (1863–1946), electrician, inventor, engineer
- Frank Bahret (1858–1888), baseball player
- George Henry Moore (1823–1892), writer, librarian, historian
- George Stuart Fullerton (1859–1925), psychologist, philosopher
- George Stuart Fullerton (1859–1925), psychologist, philosopher
- Gilbert Livingston (1742–1806), politician
- Gilbert Livingston (1742–1806), politician
- Henry A. Livingston (1776–1849), politician
- Henry Gilbert Livingston (1714–1799)
- Henry Livingston, Jr. (1748–1828), judge, writer, businessperson
- Henry Seely White (1861–1943), scientist, mathematician, executive
- Homer Augustus Nelson (1829–1891), judge, lawyer, politician
- James Emott (1771–1850), judge, lawyer, politician
- James Hooker (1792–1858), judge, lawyer
- James Hooker (1792–1858), judge, lawyer
- James Monroe Taylor (1848–1916), university president, Baptist minister
- Jane Bolin (1908–2007), judge, lawyer
- John Joseph Kindred (1864–1937), lawyer, politician
- John Thompson (1809–1890), lawyer, politician
- Matthew Vassar (1792–1868), brewer, philanthropist
- Nathaniel Platt Bailey (1809–1891)
- Philip Hamilton (1802–1884), lawyer, prosecutor, abolitionist
- Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768–1835), politician, military officer
- Q15731754 (1848–1919), physician, psychiatrist, biographer
- Q6133868 (1888–1967), inventor
- Randall S. Street (1780–1841), lawyer, politician, military officer
- Rip Torn (1931–2019), actor, stage actor, voice actor
- Samuel Neilson (1761–1803), businessperson
- Sara Josephine Baker (1873–1945), physician
- Smith Thompson (1768–1843), judge, lawyer, politician
- Stephen Baker (1819–1875), politician
- Theodorus Bailey (1758–1828), lawyer, politician
- William Wilson (1801–1860), writer, poet, bookseller