Notable interments at Rock Creek Cemetery

309 notable figures are documented at Rock Creek Cemetery in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.

• A. Y. P. Garnett (1820–1888), physician
• A. Y. P. Garnett (1820–1888), physician
• Abner Taylor (1829–1903), politician
• Abraham Baldwin (1754–1807), politician
• Addison T. Smith (1862–1956), politician
• Ainsworth Rand Spofford (1825–1908), writer, librarian, journalist
• Albert Fairfax, 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1870–1939)
• Albert Freeman Africanus King (1841–1914), physician, university teacher, epidemiologist
• Albert Schneider (1884–1924), architect
• Alexander McKelway (1866–1918), journalist, Christian minister, trade unionist
• Alexander Melville Bell (1819–1905), university teacher, linguist
• Alexander Robey Shepherd (1835–1902), businessperson, politician, governor
• Alfred Atherton (1921–2002), diplomat
• Alice Lee Roosevelt (1884–1980), writer, socialite, autobiographer
• Amanda Newton (1860–1943), painter, artist, botanical illustrator
• Amanda Newton (1860–1943), painter, artist, botanical illustrator
• Andrew Coyle Bradley (1844–1902), judge, lawyer
• Angela Jurdak Khoury (1915–2011), diplomat
• Annie Elmira Rice (1852–1884), physician
• Anthony Francis Lucas (1855–1921), businessperson, engineer, geologist
• Arkady Shevchenko (1930–1998), politician, diplomat, spy
• Arnaud de Borchgrave (1926–2015), editor, journalist, novelist
• Art Allison (1849–1916), baseball player
• Arthur MacArthur (1815–1896), judge, lawyer, politician
• Arthur MacArthur (1815–1896), judge, lawyer, politician
• Arthur Powell Davis (1861–1933), geographer, civil engineer
• Barnett Michael Clinedinst (1837–1904), photographer
• Barnett Michael Clinedinst (1837–1904), photographer
• Benjamin Butterworth (1837–1898), lawyer, politician, jurist
• Benjamin H. Warder (1824–1894), businessperson
• Benjamin Saunders Minor (1865–1946), lawyer
• Beriah Wilkins (1846–1905), politician, editor, journalist
• Bishop W. Perkins (1841–1894), judge, lawyer, politician
• Blair Lee I (1857–1944), lawyer, politician
• Blair Lee III (1916–1985), politician, military officer
• Bruce Laingen (1922–2019), diplomat
• Burton K. Wheeler (1882–1975), lawyer, politician, jurist
• Byron Price (1891–1981), civil servant, journalist
• Camille Chautemps (1885–1963), politician
• Carmel Offie (1909–1972), civil servant
• Catharine Van Valkenburg Waite (1829–1913), writer, lawyer
• Catherine Cate Coblentz (1897–1951), writer, children's writer
• Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850–1927), naturalist, geologist, paleontologist
• Charles Francis Jenkins (1867–1934), writer, inventor
• Charles Josephus Nourse (1786–1851), military personnel
• Charles Kroth Moser (1877–1968), writer, novelist
• Charles Ranlett Flint (1850–1934), entrepreneur
• Charles S. Fairfax (1829–1869), politician
• Clara Hill (1870–1935), artist, sculptor
• Cleveland Abbe (1838–1916), astronomer, writer, mathematician
• Cornelia Adele Strong Fassett (1831–1898), artist, painter
• Crosby Stuart Noyes (1825–1908), publisher
• Daniel C. Roper (1867–1943), politician, diplomat
• Daniel Elmer Salmon (1850–1914), scientist, veterinarian, pathologist
• David L. Bazelon (1909–1993), judge, jurist
• De Lancey Gill (1859–1940), photographer, painter
• Dempster McIntosh (1896–1984), businessperson
• Doc White (1879–1969), baseball player
• Donald R. Heath (1894–1981), diplomat, university teacher
• Doug Allison (1846–1916), baseball player
• Douglas MacArthur II (1909–1997), diplomat
• Edna Hague Fawcett (1879–1960), botanist, pathologist, science writer
• Edward Beale McLean (1889–1941), socialite
• Edward Brooke Lee (1892–1984), military personnel, politician
• Edward Clark (1822–1902), architect
• Edward D. Townsend (1817–1893), military personnel
• Edwin Allan Lightner (1907–1990)
• Edwin E. Howell (1845–1911), geologist, cartographer
• Effiegene Locke Wingo (1883–1962), politician
• Effiegene Locke Wingo (1883–1962), politician
• Elbert G. Mathews (1910–1977), diplomat
• Eleanor Lansing Dulles (1895–1996), economist, diplomat, political economist
• Eleanor McGovern (1921–2007), politician
• Eliza Violet Gist Blair (1794–1877), journalist
• Elizabeth Crocker Bowers (1830–1895), actor, stage actor
• Elizabeth Norment (1952–2014), stage actor, film actor
• Elizabeth Tyree (1865–1952), actor, stage actor
• Emile Berliner (1851–1929), engineer, entrepreneur, inventor
• Emily Thornton Charles (1845–1895), writer, poet, journalist
• Eugene Allen (1919–2010), majordomo
• Eunice R. Oberly (1878–1921), librarian, bibliographer
• Eunice R. Oberly (1878–1921), librarian, bibliographer
• Evalyn Walsh McLean (1886–1947), socialite
• Evelyn Y. Davis (1929–2018), activist shareholder
• Flora Nancy Vasey (1861–1917), clerk, botanical collector, stenographer
• Florence Lathrop Page (1858–1921), socialite, philanthropist
• Florence Lathrop Page (1858–1921), socialite, philanthropist
• Florence Lathrop Page (1858–1921), socialite, philanthropist
• Florence Lathrop Page (1858–1921), socialite, philanthropist
• Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864–1952), photographer, artist, picture editor
• Francis Preston Blair (1791–1876), politician, editor, journalist
• Frank Brett Noyes (1863–1948), journalist
• Frank Crawford Armstrong (1835–1909), military personnel
• Frank Hatton (1846–1894), politician, editor, journalist
• Frederick Rodgers (1842–1917), military officer
• Fulton Lewis Jr. (1903–1966), radio personality
• G. William Miller (1925–2006), lawyer, politician, university teacher
• George Bomford (1780–1848), military personnel
• George Burr Richardson (1872–1949), geologist
• George Herbert Girty (1869–1939), researcher, paleontologist
• George L. Harrison (1887–1958), banker
• George McGovern (1922–2012), politician, diplomat, historian
• George Pitts (1925–1987), writer, journalist, music journalist
• George Taylor (1820–1894), lawyer, politician
• George V. Allen (1903–1970), diplomat
• Gerald A. Drew (1903–1970), diplomat
• Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875–1966), photographer, photojournalist, editor
• Glenn Brown (1854–1932), architect, secretary, architectural historian
• Gore Vidal (1925–2012), screenwriter, actor, writer
• Gustavus Fox (1821–1883), politician, military officer, diplomat
• Halson V. Eagleson (1903–1992), physicist, university teacher
• Harlan F. Stone (1872–1946), judge, lawyer, politician
• Harriet Newell Ralston (1828–1920), writer, poet
• Helen Essary (1886–1951), author, journalist
• Henry Baldwin (1780–1844), judge, lawyer, politician
• Henry E. Lackey (1876–1952), military personnel
• Henry H. Wells (1823–1900), lawyer, politician, governor
• Henry Oldys (1859–1925), writer, ornithologist
• Henry P. Smith III (1911–1995), judge, lawyer, politician
• Henry W. Howgate (1835–1901), bookseller
• Howard Austen (1929–2003), casting director
• Hubert Dilger (1836–1911), military personnel
• Hugh McCulloch (1808–1895), writer, lawyer, banker
• Irwin B. Laughlin (1871–1941), diplomat
• Isidor Rayner (1850–1912), lawyer, politician
• Israel Moore Foster (1873–1950), lawyer, politician
• J. Elfreth Watkins (1852–1903), engineer, curator, civil engineer
• Jacques Jouvenal (1829–1905), artist, stonemason, sculptor
• James Alexander Williamson (1829–1902), military officer
• James Benjamin Aswell (1869–1931), lawyer, politician
• James Kimbrough Jones (1839–1908), lawyer, politician
• James Trimble III (1925–1945), military personnel
• Jane Lawton (1944–2007), politician
• Jane Perry Clark Carey (1898–1981), political scientist, art collector
• Jasper Ewing Brady (1797–1871), lawyer, politician
• Jasper Ewing Brady (1797–1871), lawyer, politician
• Jeannie Blackburn Moran (1841–1929), writer, community leader, philanthropist
• Jefferson Patterson (1891–1977), diplomat
• Jeremiah M. Wilson (1828–1901), judge, lawyer, politician
• Joanne Simpson (1923–2010), university teacher, meteorologist
• John A. Logan (1826–1886), writer, lawyer, politician
• John B. Raymond (1844–1886), politician
• John Bullock Clark Jr. (1831–1903), lawyer, politician, military officer
• John Carl Williams Hinshaw (1894–1956), politician
• John Fletcher Hurst (1834–1903), bishop, writer, priest
• John J. Muccio (1900–1989), diplomat
• John James Abert (1788–1863), cartographer, soldier, explorer
• John Johnson (1842–1907), soldier
• John Kenneth Caldwell (1881–1982), diplomat
• John L. Davis (1825–1889), military officer
• John Lenthall (1807–1882), engineer, engineering officer
• John Lenthall (1807–1882), engineer, engineering officer
• John Lenthall (1807–1882), engineer, engineering officer
• John Lenthall (1807–1882), engineer, engineering officer
• John Marshall Harlan (1833–1911), judge, lawyer, politician
• John Maynard Woodworth (1837–1879), physician, military physician
• John Vines Wright (1828–1908), judge, lawyer, politician
• John W. Boehne, Jr. (1895–1973), politician
• John Wilbur Dwight (1859–1928), businessperson, politician
• John Wilbur Dwight (1859–1928), businessperson, politician
• John Wilson (1807–1876), lawyer, civil servant
• Joseph Austin Holmes (1859–1915), geologist
• Joseph Johnstone Muir (1847–1927)
• Joseph Nelson Rose (1862–1928), writer, curator, botanist
• Joseph Quincy Adams, Jr. (1880–1946), university teacher, non-fiction writer, scholar of English
• Joseph W. Babcock (1850–1909), politician
• Julius Garfinckel (1872–1936), merchant
• Kate Clifton Osgood Holmes (1858–1925), artist, painter, scientific illustrator
• Kate Clifton Osgood Holmes (1858–1925), artist, painter, scientific illustrator
• Leland J. Barrows (1906–1988), ambassador, diplomat, journalist
• Lella Warren (1899–1982), writer, novelist
• Leon E. Truesdell (1880–1979), demographer
• Levi Leiter (1834–1904), businessperson
• Lewis E. Payson (1840–1909), judge, lawyer, politician
• Louis A. Simon (1867–1958), architect
• Louis Leon Ludlow (1873–1950), writer, reporter, politician
• Loy W. Henderson (1892–1986), diplomat
• Lyudmila Alexeyeva (1927–2018), writer, politician, historian
• M. L. Wilson (1885–1969)
• Margaret Just Butcher (1913–2000), teacher, civil rights advocate, political activist
• Margaret Scully Zimmele (1872–1964), artist, illustrator, painter
• Margaret Sherratt Keys (1856–1942), proprietor, porcelain painter
• Margarita Spalding Gerry (1870–1939), novelist
• Marjorie Williams (1958–2005), journalist
• Marshall Wright (1926–2013), diplomat
• Martha Dodd (1908–1990), writer, resistance fighter, novelist
• Martha McWhirter (1827–1904), women's rights activist, motivational speaker
• Marvin Breckinridge Patterson (1905–2002), screenwriter, photographer, cinematographer
• Marvin Breckinridge Patterson (1905–2002), screenwriter, photographer, cinematographer
• Mary Berri Chapman Hansbrough (1872–1951), poet, painter
• Mary C. Ames (1831–1884), writer, journalist, novelist
• Mary Cutler Fairchild (1855–1921), librarian
• Mary Elizabeth Harper (1820–1890), writer, poet
• Mary Wright Gill (1868–1929), artist, scientific illustrator
• Mary Wright Gill (1868–1929), artist, scientific illustrator
• Matthew Gault Emery (1818–1901), politician
• Melville Bell Grosvenor (1901–1982), photographer, editing staff, executive
• Melvin Lindsey (1955–1992), journalist, radio personality
• Michael Novak (1933–2017), philosopher, envoy, social scientist
• Mike Palm (1899–1974), American football player, American football coach
• Miles Rock (1840–1901), astronomer, civil engineer
• Montgomery Blair (1813–1883), judge, lawyer, politician
• Moses Carl Holman (1919–1988), civil rights advocate
• Myron M. Cowen (1898–1965), lawyer, diplomat
• Nathan B. Scott (1842–1924), politician, banker
• Nelson Trusler Johnson (1887–1954), diplomat
• Nils Erik Wahlberg (1885–1977), engineer
• Oakes Murphy (1849–1908), politician
• Ole A. Olsen (1845–1915), Seventh-day Adventist minister
• Oliver Hudson Kelley (1826–1913), farmer, event producer, meteorological observer
• Otis Wingo (1877–1930), lawyer, politician
• Patricia Harris (1924–1985), lawyer, politician, diplomat
• Paul Warnke (1920–2001), lawyer, jurist, diplomat
• Peter Force (1790–1868), writer, politician, librarian
• Peyton Ford (1911–1971)
• Philander Chase Johnson (1866–1939), poet, comedian, lyricist
• Philip King (1872–1938), baseball manager, American football coach, American football player
• Q1080305 (1842–1945), businessperson
• Q1700247 (1913–1968), diplomat
• Q18324162 (1850–1911), writer
• Q28484508 (1876–1966), artist, painter
• Q4797444 (1835–1918), mathematician, civil servant
• Q5546015 (1813–1881), banker
• Q5673198 (1872–1938), architect, businessperson, real estate developer
• Q56755273 (1822–1899), writer
• Q56755273 (1822–1899), writer
• Q64853677 (1922–1991), diplomat
• Q7329614 (1858–1903), geographer
• Q7782088 (1858–1946), journalist
• Q7783284 (1824–1894), military personnel
• Q7976088 (1893–1967), economist
• Q8020500 (1914–1978), diplomat
• Q98928507 (1876–1938), diplomat
• R. Borden Reams (1904–1994), ambassador, diplomat
• Richard H. Sylvester (1830–1895), war correspondent, journalist
• Richard H. Sylvester (1859–1930), psychotherapist, chief of police
• Richard H. Sylvester (1859–1930), psychotherapist, chief of police
• Richard L. Wilson (1905–1981), journalist
• Richard Queen (1951–2002), diplomat
• Richard Rathbun (1852–1918), naturalist, secretary, zoologist
• Richard W. Townshend (1840–1889), lawyer, politician
• Robert C. Buchanan (1811–1878), military officer
• Robert E. Healy (1883–1946), judge
• Robert Homer Simpson (1912–2014), meteorologist
• Robert King Stone (1822–1872), physician
• Robert N. Butler (1927–2010), writer, physician, psychiatrist
• Robert Newton Harper (1861–1940), pharmacist
• Robert Prosky (1930–2008), comedian, stage actor, television actor
• Robert Simpson Woodward (1849–1924), scientist, astronomer, physicist
• S. Wallace Dempsey (1862–1949), lawyer, politician
• Samuel B. Hill (1875–1958), judge, lawyer, politician
• Samuel Franklin Emmons (1841–1911), geologist
• Samuel H. Kauffmann (1829–1906), publisher
• Samuel Harrison Greene (1845–1920), pastor, university president
• Samuel Harrison Smith (1772–1845), journalist
• Sergei Kourdakov (1951–1973), writer
• Sol Smith Russell (1848–1902), actor, stage actor
• Spencer Matthews King (1917–1988), diplomat
• St. Clair McKelway (1905–1980), writer, journalist
• Stanton J. Peelle (1843–1928), judge, lawyer, politician
• Stephen Johnson Field (1816–1899), judge, lawyer, politician
• Stuart C. Davidson (1922–2001), businessperson
• Sumner Welles (1892–1961), politician, diplomat, non-fiction writer
• Susan Ann Edson (1823–1897), physician, homeopath
• Temple Bailey (1880–1953), screenwriter, writer, novelist
• Terence V. Powderly (1849–1924), politician, trade unionist
• Thetus Willrette Sims (1852–1939), lawyer, politician
• Thomas C. Noyes (1868–1912), newspaper editor, baseball team owner
• Thomas Johnson (1917–2007), baseball player, American football coach
• Thomas Nelson Page (1853–1922), writer, lawyer, poet
• Thomas Tipton (1817–1899), lawyer, politician
• Thomas Walsh (1850–1910), miner
• Tim Russert (1950–2008), writer, lawyer, reporter
• Tran Van Chuong (1898–1986), lawyer, diplomat
• Truman Abbe (1873–1955), surgeon
• Upton Sinclair (1878–1968), writer, politician, poet
• Viron P. Vaky (1925–2012), diplomat
• Walter Compton (1912–1959), presenter, broadcasting executive
• Walter Lenox (1817–1874), politician
• Washington McLean (1816–1890), journalist
• William A. Rodenberg (1865–1937), lawyer, politician
• William Balfour Ker (1877–1918), artist, illustrator, painter
• William Coblentz (1873–1962), astronomer, physicist
• William Creighton Woodward (1867–1949), physician
• William Dodd (1869–1940), diplomat, historian, university teacher
• William Dodd (1869–1940), diplomat, historian, university teacher
• William F. Aldrich (1853–1925), politician, editor
• William H. French (1815–1881), military officer
• William Henry Holmes (1846–1933), illustrator, geologist, painter
• William J. Sebald (1901–1980), lawyer, diplomat, political adviser
• William L. Eagleton (1926–2011), ambassador, diplomat
• William M. Rountree (1917–1995), diplomat
• William Paret (1826–1911), Anglican priest
• William Patterson MacCracken, Jr. (1888–1969), aircraft pilot
• William R. Green (1856–1947), judge, lawyer, politician
• William Raspberry (1935–2012), writer, journalist
• William Rush Merriam (1849–1931), politician, banker, statistician
• William S. B. Lacy (1910–1978)
• William S. Fitzgerald (1880–1937), lawyer, politician
• William Saunders (1822–1900), botanist, landscape architect, horticulturist
• William Scott Ketchum (1813–1871), military officer
• William Stretch Abert (1836–1867), military officer
• William W. Cobey (1908–1998), academic administrator
• William W. Dixon (1838–1910), lawyer, politician
• William Windom (1827–1891), lawyer, politician
• William Winthrop (1831–1899), judge
• Willie Wood (1936–2020), American football player
• Willis Van Devanter (1859–1941), judge, lawyer, politician
• Winthrop G. Brown (1907–1987), diplomat