# National Cemetery in Martin

The National Cemetery (Slovak: Národný cintorín) in Martin, Slovakia is the final resting place of many important personalities of Slovak history. The list includes writers, poets, national activists, pedagogues, etc.
The reason why Martin was selected as the site for the National Cemetery was its role as the center of Slovak culture during the years of formation of the Slovak nation (19th century).

## 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
* 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