# List of largest funerals

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 |
| C. N. Annadurai | February 4, 1969 | India | Madras | ~15,000,000 | |
| Ruhollah Khomeini | June 5–6, 1989 | Iran | Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, Tehran | ~7,200,000 | |
| Qasem Soleimani | January 5, 2020 | Iran | Ahvaz and Mashhad | ~7,000,000 | |
| Qasem Soleimani | January 6, 2020 | Iran | Tehran and Qom | ~7,000,000 | |
| Qasem Soleimani | January 7, 2020 | Iran | Kerman | ~7,000,000 | |
| Pope John Paul II | April 8, 2005 | Vatican City | Rome | ~4,000,000 | 2×10^$^9$ |
| Umm Kulthum | February 5, 1975 | Egypt | Cairo | ~4,000,000 | |
| Indira Gandhi | November 3, 1984 | India | Delhi | ~3,500,000 | |
| M.G. Ramachandran | December 25, 1987 | India | Madras | ~3,500,000 | |
| Ayrton Senna | May 5, 1994 | Brazil | São Paulo | ~3,000,000 | (in Brazil) at least 100,000,000 |
| Eva Perón | August 9, 1952 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | ~3,000,000 | |
| Gamal Abdel Nasser | October 1, 1970 | Egypt | Cairo | ~3,000,000 | |
| Puneeth Rajkumar | October 29, 2021 | India | Bengaluru | ~3,000,000 | 50,000,000 |
| Chiang Kai-shek | April 10–16, 1975 | Taiwan | Taipei | ~2,500,000 | |
| Victor Hugo | June 1, 1885 | French Third Republic | Paris | ~2,000,000−3,000,000 | |
| Benigno Aquino Jr. | August 31, 1983 | Philippines | Metro Manila | ~2,000,000 | |
| Berkin Elvan | March 12, 2014 | Turkey | Istanbul, and all around Turkey (as a part of the Gezi park protests) | ~2,000,000 | |
| Houari Boumédiène | December 29, 1978 | Algeria | Algiers | ~2,000,000 | |
| J. Jayalalithaa | December 6, 2016 | India | Chennai | ~2,000,000 | |
| Kim Il-sung | July 19, 1994 | North Korea | Pyongyang | ~2,000,000 | |
| Mahatma Gandhi | February 6, 1948 | India | New Delhi | ~2,000,000 | |
| Park Chung-hee | November 3, 1979 | South Korea | Seoul | ~2,000,000 | |
| Ziaur Rahman | June 2, 1981 | Bangladesh | Dhaka | ~2,000,000 | |
| Vijayakanth | December 29, 2023 | India | Chennai | ~1,600,000 | |
| Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | November 18, 1852 | United Kingdom | London | ~1,500,000 | |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | May 28, 1964 | India | New Delhi | ~1,500,000 | |
| Rafic Hariri | February 16, 2005 | Lebanon | Beirut | ~200,000 | |
| Rafic Hariri | March 14, 2005 | Lebanon | Beirut | ~1,200,000−1,500,000 | |
| Juan Perón | July 2–4, 1974 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | ~1,135,000 | |
| Hugo Chávez | March 6–8, 2013 | Venezuela | Caracas | ~1,000.000−3,000,000 | |
| Bal Thackeray | November 18–19, 2012 | India | Shivaji Park, Mumbai | ~1,000,000−2,000,000 | |
| Akhtar Raza Khan | July 20, 2018 | India | Bareilly | ~1,000,000 | 12,500,000 |
| Charles de Gaulle | November 12, 1970 | France | Colombey | ~1,000,000 | |
| Enrico Berlinguer | June 13, 1984 | Italy | Rome | ~1,000,000 | |
| GP Koirala | March 20, 2010 | Nepal | Kathmandu | ~1,000,000 | |
| Ibrahim Rugova | January 27, 2006 | Kosovo | Pristhina | ~1,000,000 | |
| Johnny Hallyday | December 9, 2017 | France | Paris | ~1,000,000 | 15,000,000 |
| M. Karunanidhi | August 8, 2018 | India | Chennai | ~1,000,000 | |
| Mother Teresa | September 13, 1997 | India | Calcutta | ~1,000,000 | at least 1,000,000 |
| Muhammad Abdul Wahhab | November 18, 2018 | Pakistan | Raiwind Markaz, Lahore | ~1,000,000 | |
| Muhammad Zia Ul Haq | August 19, 1988 | Pakistan | Islamabad | ~1,000,000 | |
| Pope Shenouda III | March 20, 2012 | Egypt | Cairo | ~1,000,000 | |
| Diana, Princess of Wales | September 6, 1997 | United Kingdom | London and Althorp, Northamptonshire | ~1,000,000 (2,000 at funeral service) | 2.5×10^$^9$ |
| Queen Elizabeth II | September 19, 2022 | United Kingdom | London | ~1,000,000 (2,000 at funeral service) | At least 4,100,000,000 worldwide 29,000,000 in the UK |
| Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | April 9, 2002 | United Kingdom | London | ~1,000,000 | |
| Mao Zedong | September 9–18, 1976 | China | Beijing | ~1,000,000 | |
| Nelson Mandela (memorial service) | December 10–15, 2013 | South Africa | Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Qunu | ~1,000,000 1,000 for Memorial Service | |
| Sridevi | February 26, 2018 | India | Mumbai | ~1,000,000 | |
| Võ Nguyên Giáp | October 12–13, 2013 | Vietnam | Hanoi | ~1,000,000 | |
| Ovadia Yosef | October 7, 2013 | Israel | Jerusalem | ~850,000 | |
| King Hussein of Jordan | February 8, 1999 | Jordan | Amman | ~800,000 | |
| Pierre Gemayel | November 23 , 2006 | Lebanon | Beirut | ~800,000 | |
| Mir Osman Ali Khan | February 25, 1967 | India | Hyderabad | ~800,000 | |
| Chaim Kanievsky | March 20, 2022 | Israel | Bnei Brak | ~750,000 | |
| Josip Broz Tito | May 8, 1980 | Yugoslavia | Belgrade | ~700,000 | |
| Pedro Aguirre Cerda | November 28, 1941 | Chile | Santiago | ~700,000 | |
| Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | November 11, 1938 | Turkey | Ankara | ~600,000−750,000 | |
| Bhupen Hazarika | November 9, 2011 | India | Guwahati | ~600,000 | |
| John F. Kennedy | November 25, 1963 | United States | Washington, D.C. | ~550,000 | 41,500,000 |
| Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Death and state funeral of Tomáš Masaryk | September 21, 1937 | Czechoslovakia | Prague | ~500,000−750,000 | |
| Juan Gabriel | September 4–5, 2016 | Mexico | Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua and Mexico City | ~500,000−1,000,000 | |
| August Spies, George Engel, Adolph Fischer, and Albert Parsons | November 13, 1887 | United States | Chicago | ~500,000 | |
| Baruch Charney Vladeck | November 2, 1938 | United States | New York City | ~500,000-750,000 | |
| BP Koirala | July 21, 1982 | Nepal | Kathmandu | ~500,000 | |
| B. R. Ambedkar | December 6, 1956 | India | Mumbai | ~500,000 | |
| Carmen Miranda | August 12, 1955 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | ~500,000 | |
| Engelbert Dollfuss | July 30, 1934 | Federal State of Austria | Vienna | ~500,000 | |
| Michael Collins | August 28, 1922 | Ireland | Dublin | ~500,000 | |
| Patriarchh Pavle | November 19, 2009 | Serbia | Rakovica Monastery, Belgrade | ~500,000 | |
| Sathya Sai Baba | April 24, 2011 | India | Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh | ~500,000 | |
| Winston Churchill | January 30, 1965 | United Kingdom | London | ~500,000 (6,000 at funeral service) | 6,000 |
| Necmettin Erbakan | March 1, 2011 | Turkey | Istanbul | ~400,000−2,000,000 | |
| Hassan Nasrallah | February 23, 2025 | Lebanon | Camille Chamoun, Beirut | ~1,300,000−1,700,000 | |
| Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | January 9–11, 2017 | Iran | Tehran | ~330,000−2,500,000 | |
| Francisco Franco | November 22–23, 1975 | Spain | Madrid | ~300,000−500,000 | |
| Fernando Poe Jr. | December 22, 2004 | Philippines | Metro Manila | ~300,000 | |
| Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi | February 27, 1901 | Italy | Milan | ~300,000 | |
| Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi | January 30, 1901 | Italy | Milan | ~10,000 | |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | April 9, 1968 | United States | Atlanta | ~300,000 | 120,000,000 |
| Abdulbaki Erol | July 13, 2023 | Turkey | Adıyaman | ~250,000 | |
| Hendrik Verwoerd | September 10, 1966 | South Africa | Pretoria | ~250,000 | |
| Heydar Aliyev | December 15, 2003 | Azerbaijan | Baku | ~250,000 | |
| Józef Piłsudski | May 18, 1935 | Poland | Kraków | ~250,000 | |
| Sholem Aleichem | May 13, 1916 | United States | New York City | ~250,000 | |
| Emperor Hirohito | February 24, 1989 | Japan | Tokyo | ~250,000 | |
| Ho Chi Minh | September 9, 1969 | North Vietnam | Hanoi | ~250,000 | |
| Nguyễn Phú Trọng | July 25-26, 2024 | Vietnam | Hanoi | ~250,000 | |
| Pelé | January 2–3, 2023 | Brazil | Santos | ~230,000 | |
| Wali Rahmani | April 4, 2021 | India | Munger | ~200,000−500,000 | |
| Pedro II of Brazil | December 9, 1891 | French Third Republic | Paris | ~200,000−300,000 | |
| Burhan Wani | July 8, 2016 | India | Pulwama | ~200,000 | |
| Hrant Dink | January 23, 2007 | Turkey | Istanbul | ~200,000 | |
| Khadim Hussain Rizvi | November 21, 2020 | Pakistan | Lahore | ~200,000 | |
| Kim Jong-il | December 28, 2011 | North Korea | Pyongyang | ~200,000 | |
| Paul von Hindenburg | August 6–7, 1934 | Nazi Germany | Tannenberg Memorial, Hohenstein in Ostpreußen | ~200,000 | (via radio, not television) at least 1,000,000 |
| Wilhelm I | March 12–16, 1888 | German Empire | Berlin | ~200,000 | |
| Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht | June 13, 1919 | Weimar Republic | Berlin | ~200,000 | |
| Huey Long | September 12, 1935 | United States | Baton Rouge | ~200,000 | |
| Jānis Čakste | March 18, 1927 | Latvia | Rīga | ~200,000 | |
| Pope Benedict XVI | January 5, 2023 | Vatican City | Rome | ~200,000 | |
| Roman Dmowski | January 7, 1939 | Poland | Warsaw | ~200,000 | |
| Zoran Đinđić | March 15, 2003 | FR Yugoslavia | Belgrade | ~200,000 | |
| Imre Nagy (reburial) | June 16, 1989 | Hungary | Budapest | ~150,000−250,000 | |
| Abraham Lincoln | April 19 – May 3, 1865 | United States | East and Midwest | ~150,000 | |
| Corazon Aquino | August 1–5, 2009 | Philippines | Metro Manila | ~122,000 | |
| Ronald Reagan | June 7, 2004 | United States | Simi Valley, California and Washington, D.C. | ~104,684 | 35,700,000 |
| Otto von Habsburg | July 16, 2011 | Austria | Vienna | ~101,000 | 413,000–557,000 |
| Uğur Mumcu | January 27, 1993 | Turkey | Istanbul | ~100,000−150,000 | |
| Aleksandar Ranković | August 22, 1983 | Yugoslavia | Belgrade | ~100,000 | |
| Alparslan Türkeş | April 8, 1997 | Turkey | Ankara | ~100,000 | |
| Édith Piaf | October 11, 1963 | France | Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris | ~100,000 | |
| Bob Marley | May 21, 1981 | Jamaica | Kingston | ~100,000 | |
| Bobby Sands | May 7, 1981 | United Kingdom | Belfast | ~100,000 | |
| Henry George | October 29, 1897 | United States | New York City | ~100,000 | |
| Lee Kuan Yew | March 23–29, 2015 | Singapore | Mandai | ~100,000 (funeral cortege) | |
| Lorenzo Bandini | May 10, 1967 | Italy | Reggiolo | ~100,000 | |
| Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu | June 24, 2022 | Turkey | Istanbul | ~100,000 | |
| Muhammad Ali (memorial service) | June 10, 2016 | United States | Louisville, Kentucky | ~100,000 (funeral procession) 15,000 (memorial service) | 1,000,000,000 |
| Robert Menzies | May 19, 1978 | Australia | Melbourne | ~100,000 | |
| Turgut Özal | April 21, 1993 | Turkey | Ankara | ~100,000 | |
| Yahya Ayyash | January 6, 1996 | Palestine | Gaza | ~100,000 | |
| Yisroel Avrohom Portugal | April 2, 2019 | United States | Brooklyn, New York City | ~100,000 | |
| Zubayer Ahmad Ansari | April 18, 2020 | Bangladesh | Brahmanbaria | ~100,000 | |
| Elvis Presley | August 16–18, 1977 | United States | Memphis | ~75,000 | |
| 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 |
| Gershon Agron | November 2, 1959 | Israel | Jerusalem | ~40,000 | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | March 29, 1827 | Austrian Empire | Vienna | ~20,000 | |
| Rico Yan | April 4, 2002 | Philippines | Paranaque | ~20,000 | |
| Michael Jackson (memorial service) | July 7, 2009 | United States | Staples Center, Los Angeles | ~17,500 | 3×10^$^9$ |
| Dursun Karataş | August 11, 2008 | Turkey | Istanbul | ~15,000−20,000 | |
| John Garfield | May 23, 1952 | United States | New York | ~10,000 | |
| Kahlil Gibran | August 21, 1931 | Lebanon | Beirut & Bsharri | ~10,000 | |
| Sibel Yalçın | June 16, 1995 | Turkey | Istanbul | ~10,000 | |
| Rudolph Valentino | August 30, 1926 | United States | New York City | ~10,000 | |
| Ömer Halisdemir | July 17, 2016 | Turkey | Çukurkuyu, Niğde | ~5,000 | |
| Gerald Ford | December 30, 2006 – January 3, 2007 | United States | Washington, D.C., and Grand Rapids, Michigan | ~3,700 | 15,000,000 |
| Bhumibol Adulyadej | October 26, 2017 | Thailand | Bangkok | ~1,000 | (state funeral) at least 1,000,000 |
| George H. W. Bush | December 3–6, 2018 | United States | Washington, D.C. and Houston, Spring, & College Station, Texas | ~1,000 | 17,500,000 |
| Lata Mangeshkar | February 6, 2022 | India | Mumbai | ~1,000 | |
| Margaret Thatcher | April 17, 2013 | United Kingdom | London | ~1,000 | at least 4,000,000 |
| Pierre Trudeau | October 3, 2000 | Canada | Montreal | ~1,000 | |