Notable Calvary Burials
- Mary Odilia Berger (1823–1880), founder of Franciscan Sisters of Mary, which operates hospitals in Midwest
- Lewis V. Bogy (1813–1877) United States Senator
- Mickey Carroll (1919–2009), Munchkin in The Wizard of Oz film
- Kate Chopin (1851–1904), author
- François Chouteau (1797–1838), fur trader and businessman, founder of Kansas City, Missouri
- René Auguste Chouteau (1740–1829), fur trader, cofounder of the city of St. Louis
- Black Eagle (unknown-1831), Nez Perce leader
- Speaking Eagle (unknown-1831), Nez Perce leader
- Daniel M. Frost (1823–1900), CSA General
- Robert E. Hannegan (1903–1949), St. Louis politician
- Joseph Marie LaBarge (1815–1899), famous steamboat captain, taught Mark Twain, descendant of Robert de La Berge
- John Baptiste Charles Lucas (1758–1842), U.S. Representative who donated the land for the Old Courthouse
- Thomas Caute Reynolds (1821–1887), second Confederate governor of Missouri
- Dred Scott (1799–1858), slave who sued for freedom in what became important U.S. Supreme Court case; freed by slaveholder after loss of case
- William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891), American Civil War general (Union)
- Tennessee Williams (1911–1983), Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright
- Carl Whitney (1919–1986), Negro League baseball player
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