This list of notable funerals represents significant historical funerals, based on both the number of attendants and estimated television audience.
Funeral | Date | Country | City | No. of attendees | Television audience | |
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Funeral of Ludwig van Beethoven | March 29, 1827 | ![]() |
Vienna | ~20,000[1] | ||
Funeral of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | November 18, 1852 | ![]() |
London | 1,500,000[2] | ||
Funeral and burial of Abraham Lincoln | April 19 – May 3, 1865 | ![]() |
East and Midwest | 150,000[3] | ||
State funeral of Victor Hugo | June 1, 1885 | ![]() |
Paris | 2,000,000–3,000,000[4] | ||
Funeral of August Spies, George Engel, Adolph Fischer, and Albert Parsons | November 13, 1887 | ![]() |
Chicago | ~500,000[5] | ||
Funeral of Wilhelm I | March 12–16, 1888 | ![]() |
Berlin | 200,000[6] | ||
State funeral of Pedro II of Brazil | December 9, 1891 | ![]() |
Paris | 200,000–300,000[7][8] | ||
Funeral of Henry George | October 29, 1897 | ![]() |
New York City | 100,000[9] | ||
Funeral of Giuseppe Verdi | January 30, 1901 | ![]() |
Milan | 10,000 (private ceremony)[10] | ||
February 27, 1901 | 300,000 (State funeral)[10] | |||||
Funeral of Sholem Aleichem | May 13, 1916 | ![]() |
New York City | at least 250,000[11] | ||
Funerals of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht | June 13, 1919 | ![]() |
Berlin | 200,000[12] | ||
Funeral of Michael Collins | August 28, 1922 | ![]() |
Dublin | 500,000[13] | ||
Funeral of Rudolph Valentino | August 30, 1926 | ![]() |
New York City | at least 10,000[14] | ||
State funeral of Jānis Čakste | March 18, 1927 | ![]() |
Rīga | up to 200,000[15] | ||
Funeral of Engelbert Dollfuss | July 30, 1934 | ![]() |
Vienna | Approx.500,000 [16] | ||
Funeral of Paul von Hindenburg | August 6–7, 1934 | ![]() |
Tannenberg Memorial, Hohenstein in Ostpreußen | 200,000[17] | (via radio, not television) at least 1,000,000 [18] | |
State funeral of Józef Piłsudski | May 18, 1935 | ![]() |
Kraków | up to 250,000[19][20] | ||
Funeral of Huey Long | September 12, 1935 | ![]() |
Baton Rouge | ~200,000[21] | ||
State funeral of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk | September 21, 1937 | ![]() |
Prague | 500–750,000[22] | ||
Funeral of Roman Dmowski | January 7, 1939 | ![]() |
Warsaw | 200,000[23] | ||
State funeral of Pedro Aguirre Cerda | November 28, 1941 | ![]() |
Santiago | 700,000[24] | ||
Funeral of Mahatma Gandhi | February 6, 1948 | ![]() |
New Delhi | at least 2,000,000[25][26] | ||
Funeral of John Garfield | May 23, 1952 | ![]() |
New York | 10,000[27][28] | ||
State funeral of Eva Perón | August 9, 1952 | ![]() |
Buenos Aires | 3,000,000[29] | ||
Funeral of Carmen Miranda | August 12, 1955 | ![]() |
Rio de Janeiro | 500,000[30] | ||
Funeral of B. R. Ambedkar | December 6, 1956 | ![]() |
Mumbai | at least 500,000[31] | ||
State funeral of Gershon Agron | November 2, 1959 | ![]() |
Jerusalem | at least 40,000[32][33] | ||
State funeral of John F. Kennedy | November 25, 1963 | ![]() |
Washington, D.C. | 550,000[34] | 41,500,000[35] | |
State funeral of Jawaharlal Nehru | May 28, 1964 | ![]() |
New Delhi | 1,500,000[36] | ||
State funeral of Winston Churchill | January 30, 1965 | ![]() |
London | (6,000 at funeral service) 500,000 [37][38] | 350,000,000[37] | |
State funeral of Hendrik Verwoerd | September 10, 1966 | ![]() |
Pretoria | 250,000[39] | ||
Funeral of Mir Osman Ali Khan | February 25, 1967 | ![]() |
Hyderabad | 800,000[40][41] | ||
Funeral of Lorenzo Bandini | May 10, 1967 | ![]() |
Reggiolo | 100,000[42] | ||
Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. | April 9, 1968 | ![]() |
Atlanta | 300,000[43] | 120,000,000[35] | |
State funeral of Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu C. N. Annadurai | February 3, 1969 | ![]() |
Madras | 15,000,000[44][45][46][47][48][49][50] | ||
State funeral of Ho Chi Minh | September 9, 1969 | ![]() |
Hanoi | 250,000[51] | ||
State funeral of Gamal Abdel Nasser | October 1, 1970 | ![]() |
Cairo | at least 3,000,000 [52][53][54] | ||
State funeral of Juan Perón | July 2–4, 1974 | ![]() |
Buenos Aires | at least 1,135,000[55] | ||
Funeral of Umm Kulthum | February 3, 1975 | ![]() |
Cairo | at least 1,000,000[56][57] | ||
State funeral of Chiang Kai-shek | April 10–16, 1975 | ![]() |
Taipei | at least 2,500,000[58] | ||
State funeral of Francisco Franco | November 22–23, 1975 | ![]() |
Madrid | 300,000–500,000[59][60] | ||
State funeral of Mao Zedong | September 9–18, 1976 | ![]() |
Beijing | at least 1,000,000[61] | ||
Funeral of Elvis Presley | August 16–18, 1977 | ![]() |
Memphis | 75,000[62] | ||
State funeral of Sir Robert Menzies | May 19, 1978 | ![]() |
Melbourne | ~100,000[63] | ||
State funeral of Houari Boumédiène | December 29, 1978 | ![]() |
Algiers | |||
State funeral of Park Chung-hee | November 3, 1979 | ![]() |
Seoul | ~2,000,000[64] | ||
State funeral of Josip Broz Tito | May 8, 1980 | ![]() |
Belgrade | ~700,000[65] | ||
Funeral of Bobby Sands | May 7, 1981 | ![]() |
Belfast | at least 100,000[66] | ||
State funeral of Bob Marley | May 21, 1981 | ![]() |
Kingston | ~100,000[67] | ||
State funeral of Ziaur Rahman | June 2, 1981 | ![]() |
Dhaka | ~2,000,000[68][69] | ||
State funeral of BP Koirala | July 21, 1982 | ![]() |
Kathmandu | ~500,000[70] | ||
Funeral of Aleksandar Ranković | August 22, 1983 | ![]() |
Belgrade | ~100,000[71][72][73] | ||
Funeral of Benigno Aquino Jr. | August 31, 1983 | ![]() |
Metro Manila | at least 2,000,000[74] | ||
Funeral of Enrico Berlinguer | June 13, 1984 | ![]() |
Rome | at least 1,000,000[75] | ||
State funeral of Indira Gandhi | November 3, 1984 | ![]() |
Delhi | at least 3,500,000[76] | ||
Funeral of M.G. Ramachandran | December 24, 1987 | ![]() |
Madras | at least 3,500,000[76] | ||
State funeral of Muhammad Zia Ul Haq | August 19, 1988 | ![]() |
Islamabad | ~1,000,000[77] | ||
State funeral of Hirohito | February 24, 1989 | ![]() |
Tokyo | at least 250,000[78] | ||
State funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini | June 5–6, 1989 | ![]() |
Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, Tehran | ~7,200,000[52] | ||
Re-burial of Imre Nagy | June 16, 1989 | ![]() |
Budapest | 150–250,000[79] | ||
Funeral of Uğur Mumcu | January 27, 1993 | ![]() |
Istanbul | 100–150,000[80] | ||
State funeral of Turgut Özal | April 21, 1993[81] | ![]() |
Ankara | at least 100,000[82] | ||
Funeral of Richard Nixon | April 26–27, 1994 | ![]() |
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, California | at least 54,000[83] | 28,300,000 [84] | |
Funeral of Ayrton Senna | May 5, 1994 | ![]() |
São Paulo | at least 3,000,000[34] | (in Brazil) at least 100,000,000 [85][86] | |
State funeral of Kim Il-sung | July 19, 1994 | ![]() |
Pyongyang | 2,000,000[87] | ||
Funeral of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez | April 3, 1995 | ![]() |
Corpus Christi, Texas | at least 70,000 | ||
Funeral of Sibel Yalçın | June 16, 1995 | ![]() |
Istanbul | at least 10,000 | ||
Funeral of Yahya Ayyash | January 6, 1996 | ![]() |
Gaza | at least 100,000[88] | ||
Funeral of Alparslan Türkeş | April 8, 1997 | ![]() |
Ankara | at least 100,000[89] | ||
Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales | September 6, 1997 | ![]() |
London and Althorp, Northamptonshire | (2,000 at funeral service) at least 1,000,000 [90][91] | 2.5×10 9 [91] | |
State funeral of Mother Teresa | September 13, 1997 | ![]() |
Calcutta | 1,000,000[92] | at least 1,000,000[35] | |
State funeral of King Hussein of Jordan | February 8, 1999 | ![]() |
Amman | ~800,000[93] | ||
State funeral of Pierre Trudeau | October 3, 2000 | ![]() |
Montreal | at least 1,000[94] | ||
Funeral of Rico Yan |
April 4, 2002 | ![]() |
Paranaque | ~20,000[95] | ||
Funeral of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | April 9, 2002 | ![]() |
London | at least 1,000,000[96] | ||
State funeral of Zoran Đinđić | March 15, 2003 | ![]() |
Belgrade | 200,000[97][98] | ||
State funeral of Heydar Aliyev | December 15, 2003 | ![]() |
Baku | 250,000[99] | ||
State funeral of Ronald Reagan | June 7, 2004 | ![]() |
Simi Valley, California and Washington, D.C. | 104,684[100] | 35,700,000[101] | |
Funeral of Fernando Poe Jr. | December 22, 2004 | ![]() |
Metro Manila | ~300,000[102] | ||
Funeral of Pope John Paul II | April 8, 2005 | ![]() |
Rome | 4,000,000[103][104] | 2×10 9 [35] | |
State funeral of Ibrahim Rugova | January 27, 2006 | ![]() |
Pristhina | 1,000,000[105] | ||
State funeral of Gerald Ford | December 30, 2006 – January 3, 2007 | ![]() |
Washington, D.C., and Grand Rapids, Michigan | 3,700[106] | 15,000,000 [84] | |
Funeral of Hrant Dink | January 23, 2007 | ![]() |
Istanbul | at least 200,000[107] | ||
Funeral of Dursun Karataş | August 11, 2008 | ![]() |
Istanbul | 15,000–20,000[108] | ||
Michael Jackson memorial service | July 7, 2009 | ![]() |
Staples Center, Los Angeles | 17,500[109] | 3×10 9 [110][111] | |
Funeral of Corazon Aquino | August 1–5, 2009 | ![]() |
Metro Manila | ~122,000[112] | ||
State funeral of Pavle, Serbian Patriarch | November 19, 2009 | ![]() |
Rakovica Monastery, Belgrade | at least 500,000[113] | ||
State funeral of GP Koirala | March 20, 2010 | ![]() |
Kathmandu | ~1,000,000[114] | ||
Funeral of Necmettin Erbakan | March 1, 2011 | ![]() |
Istanbul | 400,000–2,000,000[115][116] | ||
State funeral of Sri Sathya Sai Baba | April 24, 2011 | ![]() |
Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh | 500,000[117] | ||
Funeral of Otto von Habsburg | July 16, 2011 | ![]() |
Vienna | ~101,000[118] | 413,000–557,000[119] | |
Funeral of Bhupen Hazarika | November 9, 2011 | ![]() |
Guwahati | at least 600,000[120] | ||
State funeral of Kim Jong-il | December 28, 2011 | ![]() |
Pyongyang | 200,000[121] | ||
Funeral of Pope Shenouda III | March 20, 2012 | ![]() |
Cairo | at least 1,000,000[122] | ||
State funeral of Bal Thackeray | November 18–19, 2012 | ![]() |
Shivaji Park, Mumbai | 1,000,000–2,000,000 [123][124] | ||
State funeral of Hugo Chávez | March 6–8, 2013 | ![]() |
Caracas | 1,000,000–3,000,000[125] | ||
Funeral of Margaret Thatcher | April 17, 2013 | ![]() |
London | at least 1,000[126] | at least 4,000,000 [127] | |
Funeral of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef | October 7, 2013 | ![]() |
Jerusalem | 850,000[128][129] | ||
State funeral of Võ Nguyên Giáp | October 12–13, 2013 | ![]() |
Hanoi | at least 1,000,000[130] | ||
Commemoration of Nelson Mandela | December 10–15, 2013 | ![]() |
Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Qunu | at least 1,000[131][132] | (state funeral) at least 1,000,000 [132] | |
Funeral of Berkin Elvan | March 12, 2014 | ![]() |
Istanbul, and all around Turkey (as a part of the Gezi park protests) | 2,000,000[133] | ||
State funeral of Lee Kuan Yew | March 23–29, 2015 | ![]() |
Mandai | 100,000 (funeral cortege)[134][135] | ||
Muhammad Ali memorial service | June 10, 2016 | ![]() |
Louisville, Kentucky[136] | ~100,000 (funeral procession) 15,000 (memorial service)[137] |
1,000,000,000[138] | |
Funeral of Burhan Wani | July 8, 2016 | ![]() |
Pulwama | nearly 200,000[139] | ||
Funeral of Ömer Halisdemir | July 17, 2016 | ![]() |
Çukurkuyu, Niğde | 5,000[140][141] | ||
Funeral of Juan Gabriel | September 4–5, 2016 | ![]() |
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua and Mexico City | 500,000–1,000,000[142] | ||
State funeral of J. Jayalalithaa | December 5, 2016 | ![]() |
Chennai | at least 2,000,000[143] | ||
State funeral of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | January 9–11, 2017 | ![]() |
Tehran | 330,000–2,500,000[144] | ||
Funeral of Bhumibol Adulyadej | October 26, 2017 | ![]() |
Bangkok | at least 1,000[145] | (state funeral) at least 1,000,000[145] | |
Funeral of Johnny Hallyday | December 9, 2017 | ![]() |
Paris | 1,000,000[146] | 15,000,000[147] | |
Funeral of Sridevi | February 26, 2018 | ![]() |
Mumbai | ~1,000,000[148] | ||
Funeral of Akhtar Raza Khan | July 20, 2018 | ![]() |
Bareilly | at least 1,000,000[149][150][151] | 12,500,000 | |
Funeral of M. Karunanidhi | August 7, 2018 | ![]() |
Chennai | at least 1,000,000[152] | ||
Funeral of Muhammad Abdul Wahhab | November 18, 2018 | ![]() |
Raiwind Markaz, Lahore | at least 1,000,000[153][154] | ||
State funeral of George H. W. Bush | December 3–6, 2018 | ![]() |
Washington, D.C. and Houston, Spring, & College Station, Texas | 1,000[155] | 17,500,000 [84] | |
Funeral of the Skulener Rebbe | April 2, 2019 | ![]() |
Brooklyn, New York City | at least 100,000[156] | ||
Funeral of Qasem Soleimani | January 4, 2020 | ![]() |
Baghdad and Kadhimiya | at least 1,000[157] | ||
January 5, 2020 | ![]() |
Ahvaz and Mashhad | at least 700,000[158] | |||
January 6, 2020 | Tehran and Qom[159] | |||||
January 7, 2020 | Kerman[159] | |||||
Funeral of Zubayer Ahmad Ansari | April 18, 2020 | ![]() |
Brahmanbaria | at least 100,000[160] | ||
Funeral of Khadim Hussain Rizvi | November 21, 2020 | ![]() |
Lahore | 200,000[161] | ||
Funeral of Wali Rahmani | April 4, 2021 | ![]() |
Munger | 200,000-500,000[162][163][164] | ||
Funeral of Puneeth Rajkumar | October 29, 2021 | ![]() |
Bengaluru | 3,000,000[165][166][167][168][169] | 50,000,000 | |
State funeral of Lata Mangeshkar | February 6, 2022 | ![]() |
Mumbai | at least 1,000[170] | ||
Funeral of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky | March 20, 2022 | ![]() |
Bnei Brak | 750,000[171][172] | ||
Funeral of Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu | June 24, 2022 | ![]() |
Istanbul | at least 100,000[173] | ||
State funeral of Elizabeth II | September 19, 2022 | ![]() |
London | (2,000 at funeral service) at least 1,000,000 [174][175] | At least 4,100,000,000 worldwide
29,000,000 in the UK[176] | |
State funeral of Pelé | January 2–3, 2023 | ![]() |
Santos | over 230,000[177][178] | ||
Funeral of Pope Benedict XVI | January 5, 2023 | ![]() |
Rome | 200,000[179] | ||
Funeral of Abdulbaki Erol | July 13, 2023 | ![]() |
Adıyaman | 250,000[180] | ||
Funeral of Vijayakanth | December 28, 2023 | ![]() |
Chennai | 1,600,000 | ||
State funeral of Nguyễn Phú Trọng | July 25-26, 2024 | ![]() |
Hanoi | 250,000 |
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