Funeral
|
Date
|
Country
|
City
|
No. of attendees
|
Television audience
|
C. N. Annadurai |
February 4, 1969 |
India |
Madras |
~15,000,000[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] |
|
Ruhollah Khomeini |
June 5–6, 1989 |
Iran |
Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, Tehran |
~7,200,000[8] |
|
Qasem Soleimani
|
January 5, 2020
|
Iran
|
Ahvaz and Mashhad
|
~7,000,000[9] |
|
January 6, 2020
|
Tehran and Qom[10]
|
January 7, 2020
|
Kerman[10]
|
Pope John Paul II |
April 8, 2005 |
Vatican City |
Rome |
~4,000,000[11][12] |
2,000,000,000[13]
|
Umm Kulthum |
February 5, 1975 |
Egypt |
Cairo |
~4,000,000[14][15][16] |
|
Indira Gandhi |
November 3, 1984 |
India |
Delhi |
~3,500,000[17] |
|
M.G. Ramachandran |
December 25, 1987 |
India |
Madras |
~3,500,000[17] |
|
Ayrton Senna |
May 5, 1994 |
Brazil |
São Paulo |
~3,000,000[18] |
(in Brazil) at least 100,000,000[19][20]
|
Eva Perón |
August 9, 1952 |
Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
~3,000,000[21] |
|
Gamal Abdel Nasser |
October 1, 1970 |
United Arab Republic |
Cairo |
~3,000,000[8][22][23] |
|
Puneeth Rajkumar
|
October 29, 2021
|
India
|
Bengaluru
|
~3,000,000[24][25][26][27][28]
|
50,000,000
|
Chiang Kai-shek |
April 10–16, 1975 |
Taiwan |
Taipei |
~2,500,000[29] |
|
Victor Hugo |
June 1, 1885 |
France |
Paris |
~2,000,000−3,000,000[30] |
|
Benigno Aquino Jr. |
August 31, 1983 |
Philippines |
Metro Manila |
~2,000,000[31] |
|
Berkin Elvan
|
March 12, 2014
|
Turkey
|
Istanbul, and all around Turkey (as a part of the Gezi park protests)
|
~2,000,000[32]
|
|
Houari Boumédiène |
December 29, 1978 |
Algeria |
Algiers |
~2,000,000[33] |
|
J. Jayalalithaa |
December 6, 2016 |
India |
Chennai |
~2,000,000[34] |
|
Kim Il-sung |
July 19, 1994 |
North Korea |
Pyongyang |
~2,000,000[35] |
|
Mahatma Gandhi |
February 6, 1948 |
India |
New Delhi |
~2,000,000[36][37] |
|
Park Chung-hee |
November 3, 1979 |
South Korea |
Seoul |
~2,000,000[38] |
|
Ziaur Rahman |
June 2, 1981 |
Bangladesh |
Dhaka |
~2,000,000[39][40] |
|
Vijayakanth
|
December 29, 2023
|
India
|
Chennai
|
~1,600,000
|
|
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington |
November 18, 1852 |
United Kingdom |
London |
~1,500,000[41] |
|
Jawaharlal Nehru |
May 28, 1964 |
India |
New Delhi |
~1,500,000[42] |
|
Hassan Nasrallah |
February 23, 2025 |
Lebanon |
Camille Chamoun, Beirut |
~1,300,000−1,700,000[43][44][45][46]
|
|
|
Juan Perón |
July 2–4, 1974 |
Argentina |
Buenos Aires |
~1,135,000[47] |
|
Hugo Chávez |
March 6–8, 2013 |
Venezuela |
Caracas |
~1,000.000−3,000,000[48] |
|
Bal Thackeray |
November 18–19, 2012 |
India |
Shivaji Park, Mumbai |
~1,000,000−2,000,000[49][50] |
|
Akhtar Raza Khan |
July 20, 2018 |
India |
Bareilly |
~1,000,000[51][52][53] |
12,500,000
|
Charles de Gaulle |
November 12, 1970 |
France |
Colombey |
~1,000,000[54] |
|
Enrico Berlinguer |
June 13, 1984 |
Italy |
Rome |
~1,000,000[55] |
|
GP Koirala |
March 20, 2010 |
Nepal |
Kathmandu |
~1,000,000[56] |
|
Ibrahim Rugova
|
January 27, 2006
|
Kosovo
|
Prishtina
|
~1,000,000[57]
|
|
Johnny Hallyday |
December 9, 2017 |
France |
Paris |
~1,000,000[58] |
15,000,000[59]
|
M. Karunanidhi |
August 8, 2018 |
India |
Chennai |
~1,000,000[60] |
|
Mother Teresa |
September 13, 1997 |
India |
Calcutta |
~1,000,000[61] |
at least 1,000,000[13]
|
Muhammad Abdul Wahhab |
November 18, 2018 |
Pakistan |
Raiwind Markaz, Lahore |
~1,000,000[62][63]
|
|
Muhammad Zia Ul Haq |
August 19, 1988 |
Pakistan |
Islamabad |
~1,000,000[64] |
|
Pope Shenouda III |
March 20, 2012 |
Egypt |
Cairo |
~1,000,000[65] |
|
Diana, Princess of Wales |
September 6, 1997 |
United Kingdom |
London and Althorp, Northamptonshire |
~1,000,000 (2,000 at funeral service)[66][67] |
2,500,000,000[67]
|
Queen Elizabeth II
|
September 19, 2022
|
United Kingdom
|
London
|
~1,000,000 (2,000 at funeral service)[68][69]
|
29,000,000 in the UK[70]
|
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother |
April 9, 2002 |
United Kingdom |
London |
~1,000,000[71] |
|
Mao Zedong |
September 9–18, 1976 |
China |
Beijing |
~1,000,000[72] |
|
Nelson Mandela (memorial service) |
December 10–15, 2013 |
South Africa |
Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Qunu |
~1,000,000 1,000 for Memorial Service[73][74] |
|
Sridevi |
February 26, 2018 |
India |
Mumbai |
~1,000,000[75] |
|
Võ Nguyên Giáp |
October 12–13, 2013 |
Vietnam |
Hanoi |
~1,000,000[76] |
|
Ovadia Yosef |
October 7, 2013 |
Israel |
Jerusalem |
~850,000[77][78] |
|
King Hussein of Jordan |
February 8, 1999 |
Jordan |
Amman |
~800,000[79] |
|
Pierre Gemayel |
November 23, 2006 |
Lebanon |
Beirut |
~800,000[80] |
|
Mir Osman Ali Khan |
February 25, 1967 |
India |
Hyderabad |
~800,000[81][82] |
|
Chaim Kanievsky
|
March 20, 2022
|
Israel
|
Bnei Brak
|
~750,000[83][84]
|
|
Josip Broz Tito |
May 8, 1980 |
Yugoslavia |
Belgrade |
~700,000[85] |
|
Pedro Aguirre Cerda |
November 28, 1941 |
Chile |
Santiago |
~700,000[86] |
|
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk |
November 11, 1938 |
Turkey |
Ankara |
~600,000−750,000[87][88] |
|
Bhupen Hazarika |
November 9, 2011 |
India |
Guwahati |
~600,000[89] |
|
John F. Kennedy |
November 25, 1963 |
United States |
Washington, D.C. |
~550,000[18] |
41,500,000[13]
|
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Death and state funeral of Tomáš Masaryk |
September 21, 1937 |
Czechoslovakia |
Prague |
~500,000−750,000[90] |
|
Juan Gabriel |
September 4–5, 2016 |
Mexico |
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua and Mexico City |
~500,000−1,000,000[91] |
|
August Spies, George Engel, Adolph Fischer, and Albert Parsons |
November 13, 1887 |
United States |
Chicago |
~500,000[92] |
|
Baruch Charney Vladeck
|
November 2, 1938
|
United States
|
New York City
|
~500,000[93]-750,000[94]
|
|
BP Koirala |
July 21, 1982 |
Nepal |
Kathmandu |
~500,000[95] |
|
B. R. Ambedkar |
December 6, 1956 |
India |
Mumbai |
~500,000[96] |
|
Carmen Miranda |
August 12, 1955 |
Brazil |
Rio de Janeiro |
~500,000[97] |
|
Engelbert Dollfuss |
July 30, 1934 |
Austria |
Vienna |
~500,000[98] |
|
Michael Collins |
August 28, 1922 |
Ireland |
Dublin
|
~500,000[99] |
|
Patriarchh Pavle |
November 19, 2009 |
Serbia |
Rakovica Monastery, Belgrade |
~500,000[100] |
|
Sathya Sai Baba |
April 24, 2011 |
India |
Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh |
~500,000[101]
|
|
Winston Churchill |
January 30, 1965 |
United Kingdom |
London |
~500,000 (6,000 at funeral service)[102][103] |
6,000[102]
|
Necmettin Erbakan
|
March 1, 2011
|
Turkey
|
Istanbul
|
~400,000−2,000,000[104][105]
|
|
Pope Francis
|
April 21-26, 2025
|
Vatican City
|
Rome
|
~400,000[106]
|
|
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
January 9–11, 2017 |
Iran |
Tehran |
~330,000−2,500,000[107] |
|
Francisco Franco |
November 22–23, 1975 |
Spain |
Madrid |
~300,000−500,000[108][109] |
|
Fernando Poe Jr.
|
December 22, 2004
|
Philippines
|
Metro Manila
|
~300,000[110]
|
|
Giuseppe Verdi
|
February 27, 1901
|
Italy
|
Milan
|
~300,000[111] |
|
January 30, 1901
|
~10,000[111]
|
Martin Luther King Jr. |
April 9, 1968 |
United States |
Atlanta |
~300,000[112] |
120,000,000[13]
|
Abdulbaki Erol
|
July 13, 2023
|
Turkey
|
Adıyaman
|
~250,000[113]
|
|
Hendrik Verwoerd |
September 10, 1966 |
South Africa |
Pretoria |
~250,000[114] |
|
Heydar Aliyev |
December 15, 2003 |
Azerbaijan |
Baku |
~250,000[115] |
|
Józef Piłsudski |
May 18, 1935 |
Poland |
Kraków |
~250,000[116][117]
|
|
Sholem Aleichem |
May 13, 1916 |
United States |
New York City |
~250,000[118] |
|
Emperor Hirohito |
February 24, 1989 |
Japan |
Tokyo |
~250,000[119] |
|
Ho Chi Minh |
September 9, 1969 |
North Vietnam |
Hanoi |
~250,000[120] |
|
Nguyễn Phú Trọng
|
July 25-26, 2024
|
Vietnam
|
Hanoi
|
~250,000
|
|
Pelé
|
January 2–3, 2023
|
Brazil
|
Santos
|
~230,000[121][122]
|
|
Wali Rahmani |
April 4, 2021 |
India |
Munger |
~200,000−500,000[123][124][125]
|
|
Pedro II of Brazil |
December 9, 1891 |
France |
Paris |
~200,000−300,000[126][127] |
|
Mohammed Burhanuddin |
January 17, 2014 |
India |
Raudat Tahera, Mumbai |
~200,000[128] |
|
Burhan Wani |
July 8, 2016 |
India |
Pulwama |
~200,000[129] |
|
Hrant Dink |
January 23, 2007 |
Turkey |
Istanbul |
~200,000[130] |
|
Khadim Hussain Rizvi |
November 21, 2020 |
Pakistan |
Lahore |
~200,000[131]
|
|
Kim Jong-il |
December 28, 2011 |
North Korea |
Pyongyang |
~200,000[132] |
|
Paul von Hindenburg |
August 6–7, 1934 |
Nazi Germany |
Tannenberg Memorial, Hohenstein in Ostpreußen |
~200,000[133] |
(via radio, not television) at least 1,000,000[134]
|
Wilhelm I |
March 12–16, 1888 |
German Empire |
Berlin |
~200,000[135] |
|
Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht |
June 13, 1919 |
Weimar Republic |
Berlin |
~200,000[136]
|
|
Huey Long |
September 12, 1935 |
United States |
Baton Rouge |
~200,000[137] |
|
Jānis Čakste |
March 18, 1927 |
Latvia |
Rīga |
~200,000[138]
|
|
Rafic Hariri
|
February 16, 2005
|
Lebanon
|
Beirut
|
~200,000[139] |
|
Pope Benedict XVI
|
January 5, 2023
|
Vatican City
|
Rome
|
~200,000[140]
|
|
Roman Dmowski |
January 7, 1939 |
Poland |
Warsaw |
~200,000[141] |
|
Zoran Đinđić |
March 15, 2003 |
FR Yugoslavia |
Belgrade |
~200,000[142][143] |
|
Imre Nagy (reburial) |
June 16, 1989 |
Hungary |
Budapest |
~150,000−250,000[144] |
|
Abraham Lincoln |
April 19 – May 3, 1865 |
United States |
East and Midwest |
~150,000[145] |
|
Corazon Aquino |
August 1–5, 2009 |
Philippines |
Metro Manila |
~122,000[146] |
|
Ronald Reagan |
June 7, 2004 |
United States |
Simi Valley, California and Washington, D.C. |
~104,684[147] |
35,700,000[148]
|
Otto von Habsburg |
July 16, 2011 |
Austria |
Vienna |
~101,000[149] |
413,000–557,000[150]
|
Uğur Mumcu
|
January 27, 1993
|
Turkey
|
Istanbul
|
~100,000−150,000[151]
|
|
Aleksandar Ranković |
August 22, 1983 |
Yugoslavia |
Belgrade |
~100,000[152][153][154] |
|
Alparslan Türkeş
|
April 8, 1997
|
Turkey
|
Ankara
|
~100,000[155]
|
|
Kostis Palamas
|
February 12, 1943
|
Greece
|
Athens
|
~100,000[156]
|
|
Édith Piaf |
October 11, 1963 |
France |
Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris |
~100,000[157][158]
|
|
Bob Marley |
May 21, 1981 |
Jamaica |
Kingston |
~100,000[159] |
|
Bobby Sands |
May 7, 1981 |
Ireland |
Belfast |
~100,000[160] |
|
Henry George |
October 29, 1897 |
United States |
New York City |
~100,000[161] |
|
Lee Kuan Yew |
March 23–29, 2015 |
Singapore |
Mandai |
~100,000 (funeral cortege)[162][163] |
|
Lorenzo Bandini |
May 10, 1967 |
Italy |
Reggiolo |
~100,000[164]
|
|
Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu
|
June 24, 2022
|
Turkey
|
Istanbul
|
~100,000[165]
|
|
Muhammad Ali (memorial service) |
June 10, 2016 |
United States |
Louisville, Kentucky[166] |
~100,000 (funeral procession) 15,000 (memorial service)[167] |
1,000,000,000[168]
|
Robert Menzies |
May 19, 1978 |
Australia |
Melbourne |
~100,000[169] |
|
Turgut Özal
|
April 21, 1993[170]
|
Turkey
|
Ankara
|
~100,000[171]
|
|
Yahya Ayyash |
January 6, 1996 |
Palestine |
Gaza |
~100,000[172] |
|
Yisroel Avrohom Portugal |
April 2, 2019 |
United States |
Brooklyn, New York City |
~100,000[173] |
|
Zubayer Ahmad Ansari |
April 18, 2020 |
Bangladesh |
Brahmanbaria |
~100,000[174] |
|
Elvis Presley |
August 16–18, 1977 |
United States |
Memphis |
~75,000[175] |
|
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
|
April 3, 1995
|
United States
|
Corpus Christi, Texas
|
~70,000
|
|
Richard Nixon |
April 26–27, 1994 |
United States |
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, California |
~54,000 |
28,300,000[176]
|
Gershon Agron |
November 2, 1959 |
Israel |
Jerusalem |
~40,000[177][178] |
|
Ludwig van Beethoven |
March 29, 1827 |
Austrian Empire |
Vienna |
~20,000[179] |
|
Rico Yan
|
April 4, 2002
|
Philippines
|
Paranaque
|
~20,000[180] |
|
Michael Jackson (memorial service) |
July 7, 2009 |
United States |
Staples Center, Los Angeles |
~17,500[181] |
3,000,000,000[182][183]
|
Dursun Karataş
|
August 11, 2008
|
Turkey
|
Istanbul
|
~15,000−20,000[184]
|
|
|
John Garfield |
May 23, 1952 |
United States |
New York |
~10,000[185][186] |
|
Kahlil Gibran
|
August 21, 1931
|
Lebanon
|
Beirut & Bsharri
|
~10,000[187][188]
|
|
Sibel Yalçın
|
June 16, 1995
|
Turkey
|
Istanbul
|
~10,000
|
|
Rudolph Valentino |
August 30, 1926 |
United States |
New York City |
~10,000[189] |
|
Ömer Halisdemir
|
July 17, 2016
|
Turkey
|
Çukurkuyu, Niğde
|
~5,000[190][191]
|
|
Gerald Ford |
December 30, 2006 – January 3, 2007 |
United States |
Washington, D.C., and Grand Rapids, Michigan |
~3,700[192] |
15,000,000[176]
|
Bhumibol Adulyadej |
October 26, 2017 |
Thailand |
Bangkok |
~1,000[193] |
(state funeral) at least 1,000,000[193]
|
George H. W. Bush |
December 3–6, 2018 |
United States |
Washington, D.C. and Houston, Spring, & College Station, Texas |
~1,000[194] |
17,500,000[176]
|
Lata Mangeshkar |
February 6, 2022 |
India |
Mumbai |
~1,000[195] |
|
Margaret Thatcher |
April 17, 2013 |
United Kingdom |
London |
~1,000[196] |
at least 4,000,000[197]
|
Pierre Trudeau |
October 3, 2000 |
Canada |
Montreal |
~1,000[198] |
|