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), politician, judge
- Alice Jane Muskett (1869–1936), painter, writer
- Arthur Tauchert (1877–1933), variety artist, actor
- Beatrice Kerr (1887–1971), competitive diver, swimmer
- Carla Zampatti (1938–2021), fashion designer, business magnate
- Charles Adams Jeffries (1869–1931), journalist, writer
- Charles Mackellar (1844–1926), surgeon, physician, politician
- Dagmar Berne (1866–1900), physician
- Daniel Deniehy (1828–1865), journalist, politician
- Denison Miller (1860–1923), banker
- Dick Meagher (1866–1931), politician, solicitor
- Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968), poet, writer
- Edward Flood (1805–1888), company director, pastoralist, magistrate
- Edward Knox (1819–1901), banker, businessperson, politician
- Edward Miller Gard Eddy (1851–1897)
- Edwin Welch (1838–1916), journalist
- Eliza Ann Pugh (1851–1900), social reformer, activist, literary critic
- Esther Abrahams (1767–1846), thief, farmer
- Esther Abrahams (1767–1846), thief, farmer
- Ethel Pedley (1859–1898), children's writer, musician, author
- Evelyn Marsden (1883–1938), flight attendant, nurse
- Fanny Durack (1889–1956), competitive diver, swimmer
- George Earp (1858–1933), importer, justice of the peace, merchant
- George Freeman (1935–1990), bookmaker
- George Johnston (1764–1823), farmer, politician
- 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), poet, writer
- Henry Lawson (1867–1922), journalist, poet, writer
- Henry Marcus Clark (1859–1913)
- Henry Skinner (1854–1936), businessperson
- J. F. Archibald (1856–1919), journalist
- Jack Fingleton (1908–1981), cricketer, journalist
- James Campbell (1820–1879), politician
- James Dowling (1787–1844), chief justice, journalist, barrister
- James Martin (1820–1886), barrister, politician, judge
- James O'Donnell (1860–1942), rugby union player
- John Beveridge (1848–1916), politician, businessperson
- John F. Sheridan (?–1908), drag queen, actor
- John Ferguson (1830–1906), carpenter, politician
- John Grant (1857–1928), trade unionist, stonemason, politician
- John Hay (1816–1892), politician
- John Lane Mullins (1857–1939), politician, solicitor
- John McGrath (1893–1971), politician
- John Neild (1846–1911), insurance broker, politician
- John Soame Richardson (1836–1896), military personnel
- John Treflé (1865–1915), newspaper proprietor, farmer, politician
- Julian Tenison Woods (1832–1889), malacologist, explorer, botanist
- Lawrence Hargrave (1850–1915), military flight engineer, inventor, engineer
- Malcolm Young (1953–2017), rock musician, guitarist, songwriter
- Margaret Adams (1915–1988), aircraft pilot
- Marie Bashir (1930–2026), social activist, university teacher, psychiatrist
- Myra Felton (1835–1920), painter, photographer
- Nehemiah Bartley (1830–1894), writer
- Nehemiah Bartley (1830–1894), writer
- Nicholas Shehadie (1926–2018), rugby union player, politician
- Paddy Crick (1862–1908), journalist, politician, solicitor
- Percy Bowyer (1909–1998), Australian rules football player
- Philip E. Muskett (1857–1909), dietitian, physician
- Richard Driver (1829–1880), cricketer, politician, solicitor
- Robert Duff (1835–1895), politician
- Samuel Bennett (1815–1878), newspaper editor
- Sarah Hynes (1859–1938), botanist, teacher
- Victor Trumper (1877–1915), cricketer
- Viktor Saneyev (1945–2022), athletics competitor, athlete
- William E. Sheridan (1839–1887), stage actor, actor
- William Trickett (1843–1916), politician, solicitor