National Cemetery in Martin

The National Cemetery () in Martin, Slovakia, is the final resting place of many important personalities of Slovak history. The list includes writers, poets, national activists, pedagogues, etc.

List of notable burials

Juraj Antal – doctor-physiologist Július Barč-Ivan – writer Martin Benka – painter Ján Bodenek – writer Emanuel Teodor Bohm – supporter of Slovak literature in the United States Mária Bohmová-Dziaková – supporter of Slovak literature in the United States Ján Bulík – chairman of Matica Slovenská in Yugoslavia Blažej Bulla – architect and folklorist Juraj J. Cincík – sacral painter Jozef Cíger Hronský – writer Samuel Czambel – linguist Ferdinand Čatloš – generál, minister Štefan Marko Daxner – activist Matúš Dula – politician Mikuláš Štefan Ferienčík – journalist and writer Ján Francisci-Rimavský – activist Mikuláš Galanda – painter Michal Gašparík – author of chronicles Želmíra Gašparíková – translator Janka Guzová-Becková – singer, collector of folk songs Andrej Halaša – national and cultural worker Maša Haľamová – poet František Hečko – writer Mária Jančová-Hečková – writer Naďa Hejná – actress Milan Hodža – politician, prime minister of the ČSR, acting president of ČSR Ferdinand Hoffmann – theatrician Emil Horváth – actor Ján Hrušovský – writer and journalist Svetozár Hurban Vajanský – writer Anna Hurbanová-Jurkovičová – first Slovak actress A. Ilečka – sculptor Janko Jesenský – writer Ferdinand Juriga – activist Ján Kadavý – activist, publisher and composer František Kalina – editor and translator František Kalina Jr. – visual artist Ján Kalinčiak – writer Štefan Kvietik, actor Andrej Kmeť – collector, organizer of scientific life Jozef Kohút – organizer of the fire-brigade movement Janko Kráľ – poet Štefan Krčméry – poet Martin Kukučín – poet Karol Kuzmány – writer Andrej Lettrich – director and screenplay writer Jozef Lettrich – politician Cyprián Majerník – painter Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová – writer Ján Meličko – composer Hana Meličková – actress Danko Michaelli – actor Milan Mitrovský – painter and writer Pavol Mudroň – representative of the Slovak National Movement Štefan Nemčok – painter Karol Novák – conductor Jozef Pajtaš – eye surgeon Viliam Pauliny-Tóth – writer, journalist, politician P. Peressenyi – architect Ján Petrikovich – doctor Ambro Pietor – journalist, national activist Karol Plicka – photographer Belo Polla – historian Daniel Rapant – historian Vladimír Roy – poet Viliam Ruttkay-Nedecký – painter Miloslav Schmidt – organizer of the fire-brigade movement Ján Smrek – poet Blanka Smreková – poet Ivan Stodola – writer Ján Šikura – historian Jozef Škultéty – administrator of Matica slovenská Pavol Socháň - writer and photographer Miloš Štefanovič – politician Fraňo Štefunko – sculptor Ivan Štubňa – painter Dušan Šulc – book graphic artist Izabela Textorisová – botany expert Ľudmila Turzová – author of an Atlas of Healing Plants Eduard Tvarožek – translator Marián Váross – artistic historian Jaroslav Vlček – literary historian Gorazd Zvonický – translator

Sources

Frantisek Zboray's Home Page Zdenko Ďuriška: Národný cintorín v Martine, Pomníky a osobnosti, MS, 2007