For well over 100 years, Morris Hill Cemetery has functioned as a final resting place for Boise residents. It has also served as a repository of the city's history and as a reflection of the growth and development of Boise, Idaho and the West. Below is a short list of well known Idahoans buried in this cemetery, although it by no means includes everyone buried on the grounds.

Annie "Peg Leg" Morrow (Idaho Pioneer Woman) Bert Henry Miller (Senator) Charles Ostner (Idaho's Pioneer Artist) Col. John Green (Medal of Honor Recipient) Cpl. Dan D. Schoonover (Medal of Honor Recipient) C.W. Moore / Laura M. Cunningham (Founder, Idaho First National Bank) Frank Forrester Church (Senator) James Jesus Angleton (Director of Counter-Intelligence, CIA) James Henry Hawley (Governor) John Michiner Haines (Governor) John Jurko (Hung for Murder) John Lynn Driscoll (President, First National Bank) John Tracy Morrison (Governor) Joseph Albertson (Founder, Albertsons Corporation) J.R. "Jack" Simplot (Founder, J.R. Simplot Company) Harry W. Morrison / Morris Hans Knudsen (Founders, Morrison-Knudsen Co.) Harry Orchard (Killed Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg) Moses Alexander (Governor) Reginald Owen (Actor) William Edgar Borah (Senator)