Notable interments at Purewa Cemetery
91 notable figures are documented at Purewa Cemetery in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.
- Alfred Averill (1865–1957), archbishop, Anglican priest
- Allen Curnow (1911–2001), writer, poet, university teacher
- Angela Annabell (1929–2000), musicologist
- Arthur Purchas (1821–1906), geologist, surgeon, botanist
- Arthur Pycroft (1875–1971), naturalist, historian, taxidermist
- Austin Gittos (1923–1986), fencer
- Bernard Charles Beale (1830–1910), physician
- Bill Pratney (1909–2001), sport cyclist
- Bill Schramm (1886–1962), lawyer, politician
- C. F. Goldie (1870–1947), artist, painter
- Carrick Robertson (1879–1963), surgeon
- Constance Frost (1862–1920), bacteriologist, pathologist
- Cora Roberton (1881–1962), nurse
- David Goldie (1842–1926), politician
- Denis Blundell (1907–1984), lawyer, politician, diplomat
- Dorothy Winstone (1919–2014), academic
- Douglas Hay (1876–1967), cricketer
- Edward Edinborough Chamberlain (1906–1993), biologist, academic, botanist
- Edward Leach (1879–1949), athlete, bowls player
- Edwin Mitchelson (1846–1934), politician
- Eldred Stebbing (1921–2009), audio engineer
- Emma Cheeseman (1846–1928), painter, taxidermist, botanist
- Ernest Chitty (1883–1948), organist
- Francis Bell (1944–1994), actor, stage actor, television actor
- Francis Bell (1944–1994), actor, stage actor, television actor
- Francis Dart Fenton (1822–1898), musician
- Frank Langstone (1881–1969), politician, diplomat
- Fred Hackett (1901–1963), politician
- George Bolt (1893–1963), aircraft pilot
- George Clinkard (1893–1970)
- George Dare Dowell (1831–1910), military personnel
- George Fraser (1832–1901), engineer
- George Pollard (1874–1963), athlete
- Gordon Minhinnick (1902–1992), cartoonist
- Harcourt Caughey (1911–1993), rugby union player
- Harold Grocott (1876–1960), businessperson, pharmacist, optometrist
- Harry A. Ironside (1876–1951), writer, preacher, theologian
- Harvey Turner (1889–1983), businessperson, auctioneer, horticulturist
- Henry Goulstone (1836–1914), banker
- Horace Moore-Jones (1868–1922), teacher, painter
- Jack Christie (1924–2014), businessperson, military personnel
- James Coates (1851–1935), banker
- James Job Holland (1841–1922), politician
- James Samuel Dickson (1870–1939), politician
- James Tibbs (1855–1924), head teacher
- Jessie Alexander (1876–1962), missionary
- Jim Dryden (1907–1974), amateur wrestler
- Jocelyn Kallender (1870–1953), cricketer
- John Crichton (1917–1993), photojournalist, war photographer
- John Francis Kavanagh (1903–1984), painter, sculptor
- John H. Boyes (1886–1958)
- Jonathan Trevethick (1864–1939), businessperson
- Joseph Wladislas Edmond Potocki de Montalk (1836–1901), teacher
- Joseph Wladislas Edmond Potocki de Montalk (1836–1901), teacher
- Joyce Fenton (1927–2014), fencer
- Keith Buttle (1900–1973), politician
- Kevin Smith (1963–2002), actor, singer, film actor
- Kīngi Īhaka (1921–1993), interpreter
- Laurie Knight (1901–1973), rugby union player
- Laurie Stevens (1920–2006), businessperson
- Len Keys (1880–1958), politician
- Lorrie Hunter (1900–1990), politician
- Marianne Smith (1851–1938), businessperson, philanthropist
- Mayzod Reid (1928–2001), rugby union player, competitive diver
- Nicky Allen (1958–1984), rugby union player
- Norm Holland (1924–2014), jockey
- Owen Woodhouse (1916–2014), judge, lawyer, jurist
- Pete Skoglund (1905–1968), bowls player
- Ray Dalton (1919–1997), rugby union player
- Richard Hellaby (1849–1902), businessperson
- Robert Chambers (1953–2013), judge, lawyer
- Robert Kerridge (1901–1979), businessperson
- Robert Muldoon (1921–1992), politician
- Ronald Sinclair (1903–1996), lawyer
- Roy McElroy (1907–1994), lawyer, politician, jurist
- Seymour Thorne George (1851–1922), politician
- Ted Bollard (1920–2011), academic, botanist, science administrator
- Thomas Ball (1809–1897), politician
- Thomas McClymont (1892–1974), rugby league player
- Thomas Ryan (1864–1927), painter, rugby union match official, rugby union player
- Thomas Thompson (1832–1919), politician
- Thomson Leys (1850–1924), journalist
- Walter Oliver Cernohorsky (1927–2014), philatelist, botanical collector, mining engineer
- William Crowther (1834–1900), politician
- William Daldy (1816–1903), politician
- William Fox (1812–1893), lawyer, politician, barrister
- William Henry Feldon (1871–1945), sculptor
- William Speight (1843–1919), politician
- Wilson Whineray (1935–2012), rugby union player
- Winston McCarthy (1908–1984), rugby league player
- Yvette Williams (1929–2019), athletics competitor, long jumper, shot putter