List of burials at Melbourne General Cemetery

This is a list of notable individuals buried at Melbourne General Cemetery.

A

 * Douglas Alexandra (1922–2000), architect
 * Sir Harry Brookes Allen (1854–1926), pathologist

B

 * Mendel Balberyszski (1894–1966), Jewish community leader, historian of the destruction of the Vilna Ghetto in Lithuania.
 * Sir Redmond Barry (1813–1880), Acting Chief Justice who sentenced Ned Kelly to hang; instrumental in the foundation of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the University of Melbourne, and the State Library of Victoria
 * Auguste de Bavay (1856–1944), Belgian-born brewer and industrial chemist
 * James Beaney (1828–1891), surgeon
 * Rivett Bland (1811–1894), colonial administrator and gold miner
 * Hugh Brophy (1829–1919), Fenian
 * Sir Anthony Brownless (1817–1897), physician, Chancellor of Melbourne University
 * Robert O'Hara Burke (1821–1861) explorer (see Burke and Wills expedition)
 * William Burnley (1813-1860), politician, early Melbourne pioneer for whom Burnley was named

C

 * Hughie Cairns (1888-1929), jockey, first jockey to win the W.S. Cox Plate and the Melbourne Cup in the same year
 * Arthur Calwell (1896–1973), Politician, Leader of the Federal Opposition
 * Comte Lionel de Moreton de Chabrillan (1818–1858), first French Consul
 * William Champ (1808–1892), Premier of Tasmania
 * Janet Clarke (1851–1909), benefactor
 * Marcus Clarke (1846–1881), novelist & poet, author of For the Term of His Natural Life
 * Sir William Clarke (1831–1897), landowner and philanthropist
 * James Coates (1901–1947), confidence trickster, racketeer, underworld figure
 * Kelvin Coe (1946–1992), ballet dancer
 * Mario Condello (1952–2006), solicitor, underworld figure
 * Tom Corrigan (1851–1894), champion Irish jockey, died in a fall at Caulfield
 * George Coulthard (1856–1883), sportsman, pioneer of cricket and Australian football

D

 * Derrimut (c1810-1864), Boonwurrung leader in early days of Melbourne
 * Louise Dyer (1884–1962), music publisher

E

 * William Henry Ellerker (1837–1891), architect
 * George Elmslie (1861–1918), first Labor Premier of Victoria

F

 * John Pascoe Fawkner (1792–1869), one of the founders of Melbourne
 * Frederick Federici (1850–1888), opera singer, who created the title role in The Mikado in New York in 1885
 * Edmund Finn (1819–1898), journalist, wrote under the nom-de-plume "Garryowen"
 * Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1905–1990), historian
 * 'Tracker' Forbes (1865-1922), Australian footballer
 * James Goodall Francis (1819–1884), Premier of Victoria
 * John Freeman, (1822–1900), attempted assassin of Queen Victoria in 1840 under his former name Edward Oxford
 * Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015), 22nd Prime Minister of Australia

G

 * Jack Galbally (1910–1990), solicitor, politician
 * James Galloway (1828–1860), trade unionist, leader of the Eight Hours' Movement
 * S.T. Gill (1818–1880), artist
 * Duncan Gillies (1834–1903), Premier of Victoria
 * Samuel Gillott (1838–1913), politician, Mayor of Melbourne
 * Sir John Gorton (1911–2002), 19th Prime Minister of Australia
 * Thomas Grady VC DSM (To más Ó Grádaigh) (1835–1891), Irish Victoria Cross recipient in the Crimean War
 * Edward Grayndler (1867–1943), AWU General-Secretary, politician
 * Augustus Greeves (1806–1874), politician, Mayor of Melbourne
 * Thomas Griffiths (1865–1947), General & Colonial Administrator
 * Mrs Aeneas Gunn (Jeannie Gunn) (1870–1961), writer, author of We of the Never Never

H

 * Eliza Hall (1847–1916), benefactor, founder of Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
 * Greg Ham (1953–2012), musician
 * William Hammersley (1826–1886), cricketer, writer, codifier of Australian Rules Football
 * Patrick Hannan (1840–1925), discoverer of gold at Kalgoorlie
 * Frank Hare (1830–1892), police officer in charge of the Kelly Gang hunt
 * Richard Heales (1822–1864), Premier of Victoria
 * John Hennings (1835–1898), artist and theatre impresario
 * Hermann Herlitz (1834–1920), Lutheran pastor and pioneer
 * Robert Hoddle (1794–1881), surveyor, designer of Melbourne
 * Henry Hopwood (1813–1869), convict, pioneer, founder of Echuca (Tomb only; body actually buried in Echuca)
 * Tom Horan (1854–1916), Test cricketer, wrote on cricket under the nom-de-plume "Felix"
 * Anthony Hordern (1788–1869), founder of the department store dynasty
 * Sir Charles Hotham (1806–1855), Governor of Victoria

I

 * Sir Isaac Isaacs (1855–1948), the first Australian-born Governor General
 * John Iliffe (1846–1914), Dentistry pioneer

K

 * Araluen Kendall (1869–1870), infant daughter of Henry Kendall, commemorated in the poem "Araluen"
 * Sir James Kennedy (1882–1954), sportsman and politician
 * John King (1838–1872), explorer, sole survivor of Burke and Wills expedition
 * Lowe Kong Meng (1830/31-1888), Chinese Australian businessman

L

 * Peter Lalor (1827–1889), leader of the Eureka Stockade
 * Walter Lindrum (1898–1960), billiards champion, has a distinctive tombstone in the shape of a billiard table

M

 * John Macadam (1827–1865), scientist and politician, for whom the Macadamia nut was named
 * Sir John Henry MacFarland (1851–1935), educator, Chancellor of the University
 * Sir John Madden (1844–1918), Chief Justice
 * Emily Lydia Mather (1865–1891), victim of Frederick Bailey Deeming
 * John Reid McGowan ("Gentleman Jack") (1872–1912), boxing champion
 * Evander McIver (1834–1902), architect
 * Dame Pattie Menzies (1899–1995), Spouse of Sir Robert Menzies
 * Sir Robert Menzies (1894–1978), 12th Prime Minister of Australia
 * Billy Midwinter (1851–1890), Test cricketer for both England and Australia
 * Sir Norman Mighell (1894–1955), Anzac and Diplomat
 * Robert Clark Morgan (1798 – 1864), Captain of the ship that brought the first settlers to South Australia.
 * Sam Morris (1855–1931), Test cricketer

N

 * William Nicholson (1816–1865), Premier of Victoria, Mayor, advocate of secret ballot
 * Robert Nickle (1786–1855), Army commander

O

 * Mietta O'Donnell (1950–2001), restaurateur, chef and food writer
 * Cornelius O'Mahony (1840–1879), Gaelic scholar and Fenian
 * Sir John O'Shanassy (1818–1883), Premier of Victoria

P

 * Roy Park (1892–1947), Test cricketer, footballer (Melbourne), soldier, doctor
 * John Parnell, (1860–1931), soldier & administrator
 * Sir James Patterson (1833–1895), Premier of Victoria
 * John Giles Price (1808–1857), Magistrate, murdered by convicts at Williamstown

R

 * William Ramsay (1868–1914), developer and founder of Kiwi Boot Polish
 * Richard Read (the Younger) (c.1796-1862), colonial artist
 * Moses Rintel (1823–1880), pioneering Rabbi
 * Robert Russell (1808–1900), architect, pioneer

S

 * Carty Salmon (1860–1917), politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives
 * William Sams (1792–1871), colonial administrator, key figure in the founding of Melbourne
 * Jack Saunders (1876–1927), Test cricketer
 * James Scullin, ninth Prime Minister of Australia
 * Sarah Scullin, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia
 * Clara Seekamp (1819–1908), actress, teacher, writer, first female editor of an Australian newspaper
 * James Service (1823–1899), Premier of Victoria
 * Hattie Shepparde (1846 – 1874), actress and opera singer - buried with her mother and infant daughter
 * John Singleton (1808–1891), physician, philanthropist, evangelical Christian, social reformer; founder of the Royal Children's Hospital and Melbourne City Mission
 * John Thomas Smith (1816–1879), publican, Victorian colonial politician, seven times Lord Mayor of Melbourne, for whom Smith St. was named
 * Brettena Smyth (1840–1898), feminist, suffragette, freethinker, family planning advocate
 * Sir Arthur Snowden (1829–1918), politician, lawyer, mayor
 * Captain Frederick Standish (1824-1883), Police Commissioner, diarist
 * Thomas Welton Stanford (1832–1918), businessman, brother of Stanford University founder Leland Stanford
 * Peter Steele (1939–2012), poet
 * James Stephens (1821–1889), stonemason, Chartist and Eight Hours' campaigner
 * Joseph Sternberg, (1852–1898), politician
 * Alfred Stirling (1902–1981), diplomat
 * Davie Strath (1849–1879), golfer
 * Selina Sutherland (1839–1909), health and child welfare worker

T

 * Julian Thomas (1843–1896), journalist, wrote under the nom-de-plume "The Vagabond"
 * Sir John Thurston (1836–1897), Fijian colonial administrator
 * Thomas Topping (1828–1895), stonemason, Eight Hours' campaign pioneer
 * Elizabeth Tripp (1809–1899), educational pioneer
 * Gerard Tucker (1885–1974), founder of the Brotherhood of St Laurence

V

 * Julie Vieusseux (1820–1878), educator and artist

W

 * Sir Henry Weedon (1859–1921), Lord Mayor and parliamentarian
 * Clarence Whistler (1856–1885), wrestler
 * William John Wills (1834–1861), explorer (see Burke and Wills expedition)
 * Edward Wilson (1813–1878), journalist
 * Ray Wilson (1910–1938), jockey
 * John Wroe (1782-1863), religious visionary, founder of the Christian Israelites
 * Samuel Wynn (1891–1982), restaurateur, wine merchant

Y

 * Florence Young (1870–1920), actress & singer

Z

 * Traugott Zwar (1876–1947), soldier, writer, surgeon