Notable interments at Waverley Cemetery
70 notable figures are documented at Waverley Cemetery in Wikidata's burial records, each with a Wikipedia article and a recorded place of burial. Listed alphabetically.
- Adrian Knox (1863–1932), judge, politician
- Alice Jane Muskett (1869–1936), writer, painter
- Arthur Tauchert (1877–1933), actor, variety artist
- Beatrice Kerr (1887–1971), swimmer, competitive diver
- Carla Zampatti (1938–2021), business magnate, fashion designer
- Charles Adams Jeffries (1869–1931), writer, journalist
- Charles Mackellar (1844–1926), physician, politician, surgeon
- Dagmar Berne (1866–1900), physician
- Daniel Deniehy (1828–1865), politician, journalist
- Denison Miller (1860–1923), banker
- Dick Meagher (1866–1931), solicitor, politician
- Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968), writer, poet
- Edward Flood (1805–1888), politician, merchant, miller
- Edward Knox (1819–1901), politician, banker, businessperson
- Edward Miller Gard Eddy (1851–1897)
- Edwin Welch (1838–1916), journalist
- Eliza Ann Pugh (1851–1900), journalist, literary critic, activist
- Esther Abrahams (1771–1846), farmer, thief
- Esther Abrahams (1771–1846), farmer, thief
- Ethel Pedley (1859–1898), writer, author, musician
- Evelyn Marsden (1883–1938), flight attendant, nurse
- Fanny Durack (1889–1956), swimmer, competitive diver
- George Earp (1858–1933), politician, merchant, justice of the peace
- George Freeman (1935–1990), bookmaker
- George Johnston (1764–1823), politician, farmer
- George Sargent (1859–1921), businessperson
- George Thomas Clarke (1853–1925), accountant
- Harold Hardwick (1888–1959), swimmer, boxer
- Harry Rickards (1843–1911), comedian
- Henry Bracy (1846–1917), opera singer
- Henry Kendall (1839–1882), writer, poet
- Henry Lawson (1867–1922), writer, poet, journalist
- Henry Marcus Clark (1859–1913)
- Henry Skinner (1854–1936), businessperson
- J. F. Archibald (1856–1919), journalist
- Jack Fingleton (1908–1981), journalist, cricketer
- James Campbell (1820–1879), politician
- James Dowling (1787–1844), politician, barrister, journalist
- James Martin (1820–1886), judge, politician, barrister
- James O'Donnell (1860–1942), rugby union player
- John Beveridge (1848–1916), businessperson, politician
- John F. Sheridan (?–1908), actor, drag queen
- John Ferguson (1830–1906), politician, carpenter
- John Grant (1857–1928), politician, stonemason, trade unionist
- John Hay (1816–1892), politician
- John Lane Mullins (1857–1939), solicitor, politician
- John McGrath (1893–1971), politician
- John Neild (1846–1911), politician, insurance broker
- John Soame Richardson (1836–1896), military personnel
- John Treflé (1865–1915), politician, farmer, newspaper proprietor
- Julian Tenison Woods (1832–1889), priest, geologist, Catholic priest
- Lawrence Hargrave (1850–1915), astronomer, engineer, inventor
- Malcolm Young (1953–2017), composer, record producer, songwriter
- Margaret Adams (1915–1988), aircraft pilot
- Marie Bashir (1930–2026), physician, engineer, psychiatrist
- Myra Felton (1835–1920), photographer, painter
- Nehemiah Bartley (1830–1894), writer
- Nehemiah Bartley (1830–1894), writer
- Nicholas Shehadie (1926–2018), politician, rugby union player
- Paddy Crick (1862–1908), solicitor, politician, journalist
- Percy Bowyer (1909–1998), Australian rules football player
- Philip E. Muskett (1857–1909), physician, dietitian
- Richard Driver (1829–1880), solicitor, politician, cricketer
- Robert Duff (1835–1895), politician
- Samuel Bennett (1815–1878), newspaper editor
- Sarah Hynes (1859–1938), teacher, botanist
- Victor Trumper (1877–1915), cricketer
- Viktor Saneyev (1945–2022), athlete, athletics competitor
- William E. Sheridan (1839–1887), actor, stage actor
- William Trickett (1843–1916), solicitor, politician