This page lists the names of individuals buried in the cemetery who are recorded in the pages of the original Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) and the newer Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB). 

This page lists entries from Raggi to Sutton.

Other pages cover A’Beckett to Archer | Baggallay to Bury | Callender to Cummings | De La Motte to Forrester | Gassiot to Justyne | Kearns to Myers | Napier to Quilter | Raggi to Sutton |

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Mario Raggi (1821-1907), sculptor; grave 26,018, square 86                                                                                                                                                          DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1912_supplement/Raggi,_Mario                                                                       ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35649

Pantia Stephen Ralli (1793-1865), merchant; grave 866, square 28 (Greek enclosure)                                                                                                            ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/39298

Stephen Augustus Ralli (1829-1902), merchant; grave 14,564, square 41-42 (St Stephen’s Chapel)                                                                                    ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/49030  

Ellen Henrietta Ranyard (1810-1879), founder of the female bible mission, home mission worker; grave 4,220, square 40                                            DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Ranyard,_Ellen_Henrietta                                                               ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23142

Angus Bethune Reach (1821-1856), journalist; grave 1,363, square 97 (monument destroyed and grave reused)                                                            DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Reach,_Angus_Bethune                                                                 ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23213

Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814-1865), conchologist and publisher; grave 3,295, square 5 (monument destroyed)                                                                DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Reeve,_Lovell_Augustus                                                                 ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23300

William Rendle (1811-1893), antiquary; grave 4,494, square 25 (monument destroyed)                                                                                                          DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Rendle,_William                                                                               ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23367

Baron Paul Julius de Reuter (1816-1899), news agency founder; grave 28,319, square 23                                                                                                    ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/37890

William Pett Ridge (1859-1930), novelist and short story writer; cremated                                                                                                                              ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/56888

Henry Thomas Riley (1816-1878), literary scholar and translator; grave 16,962, square 77 (monument destroyed)                                                          DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Riley,_Henry_Thomas                                                                     ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23650

David Roberts (1796-1864), painter; grave 15,280, square 38 (replacement memorial)                                                                                                          DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Roberts,_David_(1796-1864)                                                         ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23746

Frederick William Robinson (1830-1901), novelist; grave 24,413, square 118                                                                                                                            DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1912_supplement/Robinson,_Frederick_William                                           ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/35791

(Thomas) Frederick Robson (Frederick Brownbill, 1821-1864), actor; grave 9,307, square 79 (square 78 in burial records)                                              DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Robson,_Thomas_Frederick                                                           ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/23902

Emmanuel Michael Rodocanachi(1855-1932), banker and financier; grave 28,411, square 28 (Greek enclosure)                                                          ODNB:  https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-59878?rskey=Ab1ILG&result=1#odnb-9780198614128-e-59878-headword-2  [Entry under his father, Michael Emmanuel Rodocanachi (1821-1901)]

Michael Emmanuel Rodocanachi(1821-1901), merchant and banker; grave 6,415 + 28,411, square 28 (Greek enclosure)                                            ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/59878

Pandia Peter Rodocanachi(1865-1936), merchant and banker; grave 29,183, square 28 (Greek enclosure)                                                                    ODNB: https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-59876?rskey=g0xi74&result=1#odnb-9780198614128-e-59876-headword-2  [Entry under his father, Peter Pandia Rodocanachi (1831-1899)]

Peter Pandia Rodocanachi(1831-1899), merchant and banker; grave 29,183, square 28 (Greek enclosure)                                                                    ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/59876

John Ryder, otherwise John Nicholas Robins (1814-1885), actor; grave 15,086, square 118 (monument destroyed)                                                          DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Ryder,_John_(1814-1885)                                                               ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/24400

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Samuel Sangster (c1804/5-1872), engraver; catacomb 16A                                                                                                                                                          DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Sangster,_Samuel                                                                           ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/24659

Edmund Henry Faucit Saville (1811-1857), actor; grave 5,658, square 36                                                                                                                                ODNB: https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-49703?rskey=kV5Ihs&result=1#odnb-9780198614128-e-49703-headword-3  [Entry under his father, John Faucit Saville (c1783-1853)]

Dr Edward James Seymour (1796-1866), physician; grave 10,238, square 48                                                                                                                            DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Seymour,_Edward_James                                                               ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/25165

Elizabeth Sara Sheppard (c1826-1862), novelist; grave 7,969, square 18 (monument destroyed)                                                                                          DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Sheppard,_Elizabeth_Sara  (gives date of birth as 1830)          ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/25341

Christian Augustus Siebe (1788-1872), engineer; grave 4,522, square 24                                                                                                                                ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/47441

William Simms (1793-1860), maker of scientific instruments; grave 79, square 64                                                                                                                    DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Simms,_Frederic_Walter  [Entry under that of his brother, Frederic Walter Simms (1803-1865)]                                                                                                                                                                                                                ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/25568

Sir Lumley St George Skeffington (1771-1850), fop and playwright; grave 2,750, square 61                                                                                                    DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Skeffington,_Lumley_St._George                                                   ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/25658

Felix Slade (1788-1868), art collector and benefactor; grave 5,736, square 62                                                                                                                          DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Slade,_Felix (gives date of birth as 1790)                                      ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/25704

Menella Bute Smedley (1820-1877), poet and novelist; grave 16,536, grave 92                                                                                                                            ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/57422 

Richard John Smith (known as O Smith) (1786-1855), actor; grave 4,385, square 19 (grave reused)                                                                                      DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Smith,_Richard_John                                                                       ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/25889

Robert Somers (1822-1891), journalist and author; grave 21,578, grave 29 (monument destroyed)                                                                                    DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Somers,_Robert                                                                               ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/26003

Thomas Sopwith (1803-1879), surveyor and civil engineer; grave 17,339, square 91                                                                                                                DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Sopwith,_Thomas                                                                           ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/26033

John Southward (1840-1902), printer and writer; grave 24,468, square 57                                                                                                                                DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1912_supplement/Southward,_John                                                               ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36200

John Edward Sowerby (1825-1870), artist and publisher; grave 3,408, square 19 (monument destroyed)                                                                          DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Sowerby,_John_Edward                                                                 ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/26075

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892), Baptist preacher and religious writer; grave 24,395, square 38                                                                            DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Spurgeon,_Charles_Haddon                                                         ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/26187

Charles Stanford (1823-1886), Baptist minister; grave 21,161, square 56                                                                                                                                  DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Stanford,_Charles                                                                           ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/26237

Edward Steane (1798-1882), Baptist minister; grave 8,210, square 53/66                                                                                                                                ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/47093

Mrs Sarah Isabel Stephenson (1827-1893) [second wife of the engineer George Robert Stephenson (1819-1905)]; grave 3,264, square 47                DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1912_supplement/Stephenson,_George_Robert                                           ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36278

Sir Thomas Stevenson (1838-1908), scientific analyst and toxicologist; grave 26,543, square 95                                                                                          DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1912_supplement/Stevenson,_Thomas                                                           ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/36290

Anthony Stewart (1773-1846), miniature painter; grave 1,566, square 97                                                                                                                                  DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Stewart,_Anthony                                                                           ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/26462

Sir Henry William Stisted (1817-1875), army officer; grave 15,722, square 67                                                                                                                            DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Stisted,_Henry_William                                                                   ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/26538

Thomas Lumisden Strange (1808-1884), judge in India and writer; grave 20,310, square 27                                                                                                  DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Strange,_Thomas_Lumisden                                                         ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/26640

Thomas Wilberforce Stoughton (1840-1917), publisher; grave 26,778, square 56                                                                                                                      ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/56401

John Sutherland (1808-1891), physician and promoter of sanitary science; grave 24,102, square 86                                                                                    DNB: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Sutherland,_John                                                                             ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/26794

William Richard Sutton (c1835/7-1900), entrepreneur and housing philanthropist; grave 28,100, square 82                                                                          ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/56402