List of largest funerals

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This list of notable funerals represents significant historical funerals, based on both the number of attendants and estimated television audience.

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C. N. AnnaduraiFebruary 4, 1969{{flag|India}}Madras{{nts|15,000,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|title=Largest funeral gathering|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/65207-largest-funerals|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Guinness World Records|language=en-gb}}{{Cite web|last=Nakatani|first=Mina|date=2021-05-09|title=The Biggest Funerals In History|url=https://www.grunge.com/404896/the-biggest-funerals-in-history/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Grunge.com|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2018-09-16|title=A funeral that entered Guinness World Records|url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2018/09/16025820/1088622/A-funeral-that-entered-Guinness-World-Records.vpf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122022138/https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2018/09/16025820/1088622/A-funeral-that-entered-Guinness-World-Records.vpf|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 22, 2019|access-date=2021-12-20|website=dtNext.in|language=en}}{{Cite news|date=2013-12-11|title=Will Mandela's funeral be the biggest in history?|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-25310508|access-date=2021-12-20}}{{Cite web|last=Nelly|first=Jacob|date=2018-08-08|title=Karunanidhi burial: Which were the largest funerals in India, and the world?|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/karunanidhi-burial-which-were-largest-funerals-india-world-777287|access-date=2021-12-20|website=www.ibtimes.co.in|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Pendle|first=George|title=Which Famous Figure Had the Biggest Public Funeral?|url=https://www.history.com/news/which-famous-figure-had-the-biggest-public-funeral|access-date=2021-12-20|website=HISTORY|date=August 29, 2018 |language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2017-07-10|title=A Look At History's Most Expensive And Well-Attended Funerals Across The World|url=https://www.hutchisonfuneralhome.com/a-look-at-history-s-most-expensive-and-well-attended-funerals-across-the-world|access-date=2021-12-20|website=www.hutchisonfuneralhome.com|language=en}}
Ruhollah KhomeiniJune 5–6, 1989{{flag|Iran}}Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, Tehran{{nts|7,200,000|prefix=~}}
rowspan=3 | Qasem Soleimani

|January 5, 2020

| rowspan=3 | {{flag|Iran}}

| Ahvaz and Mashhad

| rowspan="3" | {{nts|7,000,000|prefix=~}}[https://en.imna.ir/photo/404717/Kerman-pays-homage-to-Lieutenant-General-Qassem-Soleimani Kerman pays homage to Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani] retrieved 6 Feb 2023

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January 6, 2020

| Tehran and Qom{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/million-man-soleimani-funeral-procession-said-to-be-largest-since-khomeini/|title='Million mourner' Soleimani funeral procession said to be largest since Khomeini|website=www.timesofisrael.com}}

January 7, 2020

| Kerman

Pope John Paul IIApril 8, 2005{{flag|Vatican City}}Rome{{nts|4,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/millions-mourn-pope-at-historys-largest-funeral-757246.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201121502/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/millions-mourn-pope-at-historys-largest-funeral-757246.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2008|title=The Independent: "Millions mourn Pope at history's largest funeral"|accessdate=October 19, 2008 |publisher=Independent News and Media Limited | location=London | date=April 8, 2005}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4428149.stm |title=BBC 4428149|accessdate=March 4, 2008 | date=April 9, 2005 | work=BBC News | first=Stephanie | last=Holmes}}{{nts|2,000,000,000}}
Umm KulthumFebruary 5, 1975{{flag|Egypt}}Cairo{{nts|4,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/01/daily-chart-9|title=Kumbh together |newspaper=The Economist|date=15 January 2013 }}{{cite news |title=Egyptians Throng Funeral of Um Kalthoum, the Arabs’ Acclaimed Singer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/02/06/archives/egyptians-throng-funeral-of-um-kalthoum-the-arabs-acclaimed-singer.html |access-date=24 February 2025 |publisher=The New York Times |date=6 February 1975}}{{cite web |title=Umm Kulthūm |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Umm-Kulthum-Egyptian-musician |website=Britannica |publisher=Britannicaa |access-date=25 February 2025}}
Indira GandhiNovember 3, 1984{{flag|India}}Delhi{{nts|3,500,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web | url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/karunanidhi-burial-which-were-largest-funerals-india-world-777287 | title=Karunanidhi burial: Which were the largest funerals in India, and the world? | website=International Business Times | date=August 8, 2018 }}
M.G. RamachandranDecember 25, 1987{{flag|India}}Madras{{nts|3,500,000|prefix=~}}
Ayrton SennaMay 5, 1994{{flag|Brazil}}São Paulo{{nts|3,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jul/08/how-service-michael-jackson-compares/|title=How service for Michael Jackson compares|newspaper=Las Vegas Sun|first=Ron|last=Kantowski|date=July 8, 2009}}{{nts|100,000,000|prefix=(in Brazil) at least }}[http://www.tv-pesquisa.com.puc-rio.br/mostraregistro.asp?CodRegistro=25009 Senna faz audiência de TVs crescer (in portuguese)] TV pesquisa - PUC-Rio de Janeiro[http://f1-archive.narod.ru/books/Ayrton_Senna_O_Heroi_Revelado_2004.pdf Book "Ayrton: O Herói Revelado" - Information about the Brazilian TV ratings (in portuguese)] Archivo PDF
Eva PerónAugust 9, 1952{{flag|Argentina}}Buenos Aires{{nts|3,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78738/13-things-you-might-not-know-about-eva-peron|title=13 Things You Might Not Know About Eva Perón|date=May 7, 2017|first=Suzanne|last=Raga|website=Mental Floss|accessdate=November 19, 2020}}
Gamal Abdel NasserOctober 1, 1970{{flag|Egypt|1958}}Cairo{{nts|3,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11354116/The-ten-largest-gatherings-in-human-history.html|title=The ten largest gatherings in human history|work=The Telegraph|date=January 19, 2015|accessdate=January 11, 2017|last=Philipson|first=Alice}}{{Cite news |title=Death and Funeral of Gamal Abdel Nasser |date=January 19, 2009 |accessdate=April 11, 2014 |url=http://news.egypt.com/en/death-and-funeral-of-gamal-abdel-nasser.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413145649/http://news.egypt.com/en/death-and-funeral-of-gamal-abdel-nasser.html |archivedate=April 13, 2014 }}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942325-1,00.html |title=Nasser's Legacy: Hope and Instability |magazine=Time |date=October 12, 1970 |accessdate=September 29, 2020 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313132254/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C942325-1%2C00.html |archivedate=March 13, 2010 }}
Puneeth Rajkumar

|October 29, 2021

|{{flag|India}}

|Bengaluru

|{{nts|3,000,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web |date=2021-11-17 |title='Would've Been Better If I Had Died Instead of Puneeth': Veteran Actor Sarath Kumar |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/wouldve-been-better-if-i-had-died-instead-of-puneeth-veteran-actor-sarath-kumar-4454219.html |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=News18 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-11-05 |title=Digital artist's heartbreaking tribute to late Puneet Rajkumar - Tamil News |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/puneet-rajkumar-picture-with-his-father-rajkumar-karan-acharya-paintings-puneet-rajkumar-death-tamil-news-300570 |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=IndiaGlitz.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lokmattimes.com/entertainment/rajinikanth-pays-emotional-tribute-to-puneeth-rajkumar-a475/|title=Rajinikanth pays emotional tribute to Puneeth Rajkumar - www.lokmattimes.com|date=November 11, 2021|website=Lokmat Times}}{{Cite web |date=2021-11-05 |title=Dying Young |url=https://openthemagazine.com/feature/puneeth-rajkumar-dying-young/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=Open The Magazine |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2021-10-31 |title=Puneeth Rajkumar: ಸುಮಾರು 25 ಲಕ್ಷ ಜನರಿಂದ ಪುನೀತ್ಅಂ ತಿಮ ದರ್ಶನ; ಎಲ್ಲರ ಸಹಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿಎಂ ಬೊಮ್ಮಾಯಿ ಕೃತಜ್ಞತೆ |url=https://tv9kannada.com/entertainment/sandalwood/25-lakh-people-were-seen-puneeth-in-kantheerava-stadium-says-araga-jnanendra-and-cm-bommai-says-thanks-to-all-spr-290762.html |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=TV9 Kannada |language=kn}}

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|Chiang Kai-shek|| April 10–16, 1975 || {{flag|Taiwan}}|| Taipei|| {{nts|2,500,000|prefix=~}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S3QHAQAAIAAJ&q=%E7%B8%BD%E7%B5%B1+%E8%94%A3%E5%85%AC%E5%93%80%E6%80%9D%E9%8C%84|title=〈瞻仰遺容〉,《總統 蔣公哀思錄》第一編|publisher=台北:總統 蔣公哀思錄編纂小組|language=Chinese|date=October 31, 1975}}||

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|Victor Hugo|| June 1, 1885 || {{flag|French Third Republic}}|| Paris|| {{nts|2,000,000-3,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=http://isreview.org/issue/89/enduring-relevance-victor-hugo|title=The enduring relevance of Victor Hugo|work=isreview.org|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}||

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|Benigno Aquino Jr.|| August 31, 1983 || {{flag|Philippines|1936}}|| Metro Manila || {{nts|2,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news |url=http://www.spot.ph/newsfeatures/28666/10-most-attended-funerals-in-philippine-history |title=10 Most-Attended Funerals in Philippine History |publisher=Spot.ph |accessdate=September 29, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010231304/http://www.spot.ph/newsfeatures/28666/10-most-attended-funerals-in-philippine-history |archivedate=October 10, 2016 }} ||

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|Berkin Elvan

|March 12, 2014

|{{flag|Turkey}}

|Istanbul, and all around Turkey (as a part of the Gezi park protests)

|{{nts|2,000,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite news |title=Ustabaş tahliye edilmedi: Berkin'in cenazesine 2 milyon kişi katıldı |language=Turkish |work=Cumhuriyet |url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/ustabas-tahliye-edilmedi-berkinin-cenazesine-2-milyon-kisi-katildi-960461}}

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|Houari Boumédiène||December 29, 1978 ||{{flag|Algeria}}||Algiers||{{nts|2,000,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web |title=ALGERIA: ABOUT ONE MILLION MOURNERS DISRUPT FUNERAL OF LATE PRESIDENT HOUARI BOUMEDIENNE. |url=https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=British Pathé |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228134836/https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/ |url-status=live }} ||

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|J. Jayalalithaa|| December 6, 2016 || {{flag|India}}|| Chennai ||{{nts|2,000,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|date=December 6, 2016|title=CM jayalalitha funeral attended by over 1 million Indians|url=https://timesofislamabad.com/06-Dec-2016/cm-jayalalitha-funeral-attended-by-over-1-million-indians|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Times of Islamabad}}||

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| Kim Il-sung|| July 19, 1994 || {{flag|North Korea}}|| Pyongyang || {{nts|2,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite book|last1=Gall|first1=Timothy L|last2=Gall|first2=Susan B|title=Worldmark Chronology of the Nations: Asia|volume=3|year=1999|publisher=Gale Group|location=Farmington Hills|isbn=0-7876-0521-2|page=316}} ||

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|Mahatma Gandhi|| February 6, 1948 || {{flag|India}}|| New Delhi|| {{nts|2,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|title=Over a million get last darshan|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4cU-AAAAIBAJ&pg=2273%2C2717510|page=1 (bottom left)|access-date=January 19, 2012|work=The Indian Express|date=February 1, 1948}}{{cite book|author=Mahatma Gandhi|title=The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings|url=https://archive.org/details/gandhireadersou00gand/page/483|year=1994|publisher=Grove Press|isbn=978-0-8021-3161-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/gandhireadersou00gand/page/483 483–489]}} ||

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|Park Chung-hee|| November 3, 1979 || {{flag|South Korea|1949}}|| Seoul|| {{nts|2,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/03/archives/koreans-pay-final-tribute-to-park-at-state-funeral.html|title= Koreans Pay Final Tribute to Park at State Funeral|work=New York Times|date= November 3, 1979|accessdate=August 18, 2023}}||

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|Ziaur Rahman|| June 2, 1981 || {{flag|Bangladesh}}|| Dhaka|| {{nts|2,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|title=Bangladesh Buries Leader|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_I4cAAAAIBAJ&pg=5846,221312&dq=|accessdate=October 24, 2013|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=June 2, 1981}}{{cite news|title=After the Assassination|url=http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2iiaeww&s=6#.UmmxEPmkpd4|accessdate=October 24, 2013|newspaper=Newsweek|date=June 15, 1981|archive-date=December 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225220836/http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2iiaeww&s=6#.UmmxEPmkpd4|url-status=dead}}||

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|Vijayakanth

|December 29, 2023

|{{flag|India}}

|Chennai

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|Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|| November 18, 1852 || {{flag|United Kingdom}}|| London || {{nts|1,500,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|title=Which Famous Figure Had the Biggest Public Funeral?|url=https://www.history.com/news/which-famous-figure-had-the-biggest-public-funeral|first=George|last=Pendle|date=August 31, 2017|website=HISTORY.com|accessdate=September 29, 2020}}

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|Jawaharlal Nehru|| May 28, 1964 || {{flag|India}}|| New Delhi || {{nts|1,500,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/29/1-5-million-view-rites-for-nehru.html|title=1.5 Million View Rites for Nehru|newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 29, 1964|publisher=}}||

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| rowspan="1" | Rafic Hariri

|February 16, 2005

| rowspan=1 |{{flag|Lebanon}}

| rowspan=1 |Beirut

| {{nts|200,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news |title=Lebanese mourners turn funeral into anti-Syria rally |url=https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2005/02/17/lebanese-mourners-turn-funeral-into-anti-syria-rally/31684335007/ |access-date=26 February 2025 |publisher=The Gainsville Sun |date=16 February 2005}} ||rowspan="2"|

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|Juan Perón|| July 2–4, 1974 || {{flag|Argentina}}|| Buenos Aires || {{nts|1,135,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=http://www.elhistoriador.com.ar/articulos/vuelta_de_peron/muerte_de_juan_domingo_peron.php |language=Spanish |title=The death of Juan Domingo Perón |accessdate=September 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025121723/http://www.elhistoriador.com.ar/articulos/vuelta_de_peron/muerte_de_juan_domingo_peron.php |archivedate=October 25, 2014 }}||

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|Hugo Chávez|| March 6–8, 2013 || {{flag|Venezuela}}|| Caracas|| {{nts|1,000.000-3,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rg.ru/2013/03/15/venezuela-site.html|script-title=ru:Чавеса сдали в Музей|date=March 15, 2013|publisher=Российская газета|language=Russian|accessdate=September 7, 2014}}||

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|Bal Thackeray|| November 18–19, 2012 || {{flag|India}}|| Shivaji Park, Mumbai || {{nts|1,000,000-2,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|date=November 19, 2012 |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/121119/news-current-affairs/article/maha-end-tiger-journey |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111171028/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/121119/news-current-affairs/article/maha-end-tiger-journey |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 11, 2013 |title=Maha end to Tiger journey |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |accessdate=November 19, 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/video/nearly-20-lakh-people-join-the-funeral-procession-of-shiv-sena-supremo-bal-thackeray-as-mumbai-comes-to-a-standstill/1/229716.html |title=Nearly 20 lakh people join the funeral procession of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray as Mumbai comes to a standstill |publisher=India Today |date=November 18, 2012 |accessdate=November 19, 2012}}||

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|Akhtar Raza Khan|| July 20, 2018 || {{flag|India}}|| Bareilly || {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=http://muslimmirror.com/eng/renowned-barelvi-cleric-mufti-akhtar-raza-khan-passes-away/|title=Renowned Barelvi cleric Mufti Akhtar Raza Khan passed away, millions attend final journey - Muslim Mirror|website=muslimmirror.com|date=July 22, 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=August 16, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.patrika.com/bareilly-news/azahari-miyan-janaze-mein-jan-sailaab-ki-photo-3140733/|title=अजहरी मियां के जनाजे में दिखा जो जनसैलाब, आपने कभी नहीं देखा होगा, देखें तस्वीरें|work=www.patrika.com|access-date=August 17, 2018|language=hi-IN}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.siasat.com/news/10-lakh-people-attend-funeral-taajush-shariah-mufti-mohammad-akhtar-raza-khan-quadri-1383884/|title=10 lakh people attend funeral of Taajush Shariah Mufti Mohammad Akhtar Raza Khan Quadri|date=July 23, 2018|website=The Siasat Daily|language=en-GB|access-date=April 27, 2019}}||{{nts|12,500,000}}

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|Charles de Gaulle || November 12, 1970 || {{flag|France}}|| Colombey || {{nts|1000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news |title=World: A Glimpse of Glory, a Shiver of Grandeur |url=https://time.com/archive/6876399/world-a-glimpse-of-glory-a-shiver-of-grandeur/?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=25 February 2025 |publisher=Time Magazine |date=23 November 1970}} ||

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|Enrico Berlinguer|| June 13, 1984 || {{flag|Italy}}|| Rome || {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}[https://archive.today/20120717000948/http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1964&dat=19840614&id=3_wtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-8wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1954,1506198 "1 Million Attend Berlinguer's Funeral"] The Palm Beach Post - June 14, 1984||

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|GP Koirala|| March 20, 2010 || {{flag|Nepal}}|| Kathmandu|| {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|title=Girija Prasad Koirala cremated with state honours

|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/Girija-Prasad-Koirala-cremated-with-state-honours/article16582369.ece,221312&dq=|accessdate=Jun 21, 2024|newspaper=The Hindu|date=March 21, 2010}}||

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|Ibrahim Rugova

|January 27, 2006

|{{flag|Kosovo

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|Pristhina

|{{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web |date=2006-01-27 |title=One million Kosovans in funeral tribute to hero of independence |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/one-million-kosovans-in-funeral-tribute-to-hero-of-independence-6110665.html |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=The Independent |language=en}}

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|Johnny Hallyday|| December 9, 2017 || {{flag|France}}|| Paris || {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/dec/09/johnny-hallyday-funeral-paris-tributes-emmanuel-macron|title=A million take to Paris streets for Johnny Hallyday's funeral|first=Kim|last=Willsher|date=December 9, 2017|website=The Guardian|accessdate=September 30, 2020}} || {{nts|15,000,000}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/8231/johnny-hallyday-the-french-rock-star-who-was-born-and-died-a-catholic|title=Johnny Hallyday, the French rock star who was born and died a Catholic|first=Tom|last=Heneghan|date=December 12, 2017|website=The Tablet|accessdate=November 19, 2020}}

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|M. Karunanidhi|| August 8, 2018 || {{flag|India}}|| Chennai || {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|date=August 9, 2018|title=Millions march for Karunanidhi, four die in stampede|url=https://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/090818/millions-march-for-mk-four-die-in-stampede.html|access-date=July 29, 2020|website=The Asian Age}}||

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| Mother Teresa|| September 13, 1997 || {{flag|India}}|| Calcutta || {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/state-funeral-in-contrast-with-life-of-austerity-1.106251|title=State funeral in contrast with life of austerity|first=Rahul|last=Bedi|date=September 15, 1997|newspaper=The Irish Times|accessdate=September 30, 2020}} || {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=at least }}

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|Muhammad Abdul Wahhab|| November 18, 2018 || {{flag|Pakistan}} || Raiwind Markaz, Lahore || {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|title=Ameer Tableeghi Jamaat Haji Abdul Wahab passes away at 96|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1849719/ameer-tableeghi-jamaat-haji-abdul-wahab-passes-away-96|newspaper=Geo News|date=18 Nov 2018}}{{cite news|title=Tableeghi Jamaat Ameer Haji Abdul Wahab laid to rest|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/395462-thousands-attend-funeral-of-tableeghi-jamaat-ameer-haji-abdul-wahab|newspaper=The Express Tribune|date=18 Nov 2018}}

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|Muhammad Zia Ul Haq|| August 19, 1988 || {{flag|Pakistan}}|| Islamabad|| {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-21-mn-1149-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Mark | last=Fineman | title=Million Mourn at Funeral for Pakistan's Zia | date=August 21, 1988}}||

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|Pope Shenouda III|| March 20, 2012 || {{flag|Egypt}}|| Cairo || {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/08/15/attended-funerals-world/|title=The most attended funerals in the world|date=August 15, 2016|first=Tijana|last=Radeska|website=The Vintage News}} ||

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|Diana, Princess of Wales|| September 6, 1997 || {{flag|United Kingdom}}|| London and Althorp, Northamptonshire || {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}
(2,000 at funeral service){{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1997/12/26/adding-princess-dianas-impact-1997/|title=Take a look back at Princess Diana's impact on 1997|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|first1=Suna|last1=Chang|first2=Anna|last2=Holmes|date=December 26, 1997|access-date=May 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101062606/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,290815,00.html|archive-date=January 1, 2014|url-status=live}}|| {{nts|2,500,000,000}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/6/newsid_2502000/2502307.stm|title= 1997: Diana's funeral watched by millions|work=BBC News|accessdate=January 11, 2017}}

|-

|Queen Elizabeth II

|September 19, 2022

|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|London

|{{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}
(2,000 at funeral service){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60617519|title=Your complete guide to the Queen's funeral|work=BBC News|date=19 September 2022|accessdate=19 September 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/crowds-gather-in-london-and-windsor-as-world-prepares-to-say-goodbye-to-the-queen-at-her-funeral-12701321|title=Tens of thousands in London and Windsor as world says goodbye to the Queen at her funeral|publisher=Sky News|first=Bethany|last=Minelle|date=19 September 2022|accessdate=19 September 2022}}

|At least 4,100,000,000 worldwide

29,000,000 in the UK{{Cite web |date=2022-09-20 |title=More than 29m people in UK watched Queen's funeral, TV data shows |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/20/about-250000-people-queued-to-see-queens-coffin-in-london-says-minister |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}

|-

|Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|| April 9, 2002 || {{flag|United Kingdom}}|| London || {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1919541.stm|title=Queen Mother is laid to rest|work=BBC News|accessdate=January 11, 2017}}||

|-

|Mao Zedong|| September 9–18, 1976 || {{flag|China}}|| Beijing || {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/funeral-of-mao-zedong|title=1 million people attend funeral of Mao Zedong|website=HISTORY.com|accessdate=September 30, 2020}}||

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|Nelson Mandela (memorial service)|| December 10–15, 2013 || {{flag|South Africa}}|| Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Qunu|| {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}
1,000 for Memorial Service{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nelson-mandela-memorial-service-draws-thousands-to-soweto/|title=Nelson Mandela memorial service draws thousands to rain-soaked Soweto stadium|date=December 10, 2013|website=CBS News|accessdate=November 2, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/16/world/africa/nelson-mandela-funeral.html|title=Thousands Gather to Bury Mandela in His Home Village|first1=Lydia|last1=Polgreen|first2=John|last2=Eligon|first3=Alan|last3=Cowell|date=December 15, 2013|website=The New York Times|accessdate=November 2, 2020}}||

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|Sridevi|| February 26, 2018 || {{flag|India}}|| Mumbai|| {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/with-lakhs-of-followers-sridevi-s-funeral-procession-was-one-of-the-largest-mumbai-had-ever-witnessed/story-cXcU8w2IhhWKzXXutwQHEJ.html|title=With lakhs of followers, Sridevi's funeral procession was one of the largest Mumbai had ever witnessed|date=March 1, 2018|website=The Hindustan Times|access-date=May 22, 2019}}||

|-

|Võ Nguyên Giáp|| October 12–13, 2013 || {{flag|Vietnam}}|| Hanoi|| {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/vietnam-in-photos/86840/historical-images-at-general-vo-nguyen-giap-s-funeral.html|title=Historical images at General Vo Nguyen Giap's funeral|date=October 16, 2014|access-date=August 18, 2014|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022221610/http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/vietnam-in-photos/86840/historical-images-at-general-vo-nguyen-giap-s-funeral.html|url-status=dead}}||

|-

| Ovadia Yosef|| October 7, 2013 || {{flag|Israel}}|| Jerusalem || {{nts|850,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/experts-doubt-police-data-on-yosefs-funeral-attendance|title='Only' 450,000 at Yosef funeral, some experts claim - The Times of Israel|work=The Times of Israel|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Hundreds-of-thousands-turn-out-for-funeral-of-Rabbi-Ovadia-Yosef-328088|title=Hundreds of thousands turn out for funeral of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef|date=October 7, 2013|publisher=Jerusalem Post|accessdate=October 7, 2013}}||

|-

|King Hussein of Jordan|| February 8, 1999 || {{flag|Jordan}}|| Amman|| {{nts|800,000|prefix=~}}PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, 1999 Online NewsHour||

|-

|Pierre Gemayel|| November 23 , 2006 || {{flag|Lebanon}}|| Beirut|| {{nts|800,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news |title=Lebanese bid farewell to slain Christian leader |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15847595 |access-date=27 February 2025 |agency=The Associated Press |publisher=NBC News |date=22 November 2006}}||

|-

|Mir Osman Ali Khan|| February 25, 1967 || {{flag|India}}|| Hyderabad || {{nts|800,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/on-his-50th-death-anniversary-hyderabad-s-last-nizam-is-a-forgotten-king/story-C893eZBp0ymVSqiffqTHtJ.html|title=On his 50th death anniversary, the last Nizam of Hyderabad is a forgotten king|date=February 24, 2017|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=October 8, 2019}}{{cite news |title=In pictures: 50 years ago, a sea of people turned up for the death of Hyderabad's last Nizam |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pictures-50-years-ago-sea-people-turned-death-hyderabads-last-nizam-57707 |work=The News Minute |date=24 February 2017 |language=en}}||

|-

|Chaim Kanievsky

|March 20, 2022

|{{flag|Israel}}

|Bnei Brak

|{{nts|750,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite news |title=Prominent Israeli rabbi mourned by thousands at funeral |publisher = ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israeli-police-prepare-mass-funeral-major-rabbi-83560158 |access-date=2022-03-20}}{{Cite news |title=Prominent Israeli rabbi mourned by thousands at funeral |publisher = Times of Israel |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/unparalleled-in-his-generation-rabbi-kanievsky-laid-to-rest-in-massive-funeral|access-date=2022-03-20}}

|

|-

|Josip Broz Tito|| May 8, 1980 || {{flag|Yugoslavia}} || Belgrade ||{{nts|700,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|last=Barlovac|first=Bojana|date=May 4, 2010|title=Former Yugoslav Countries Mark Tito's Death|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2010/05/04/former-yugoslav-countries-mark-tito-s-death/|access-date=November 29, 2020|website=Balkan Insight|language=en-US}}||

|-

|Pedro Aguirre Cerda|| November 28, 1941 || {{flag|Chile}}|| Santiago || {{nts|700,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-73311.html|title=700 mil personas en unidad democrática participaron en funerales del abanderado del 25 de octubre - Memoria Chilena|website=Memoria Chilena: Portal|language=es|access-date=April 30, 2019}} ||

|-

|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk||November 11, 1938 || {{flag|Turkey}}|| Ankara || {{nts|600,000-750,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/20503|title=Atatürk'ün Cenaze Töreni: Yas ve Metanet|date=2011 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.sozcu.com.tr/ataturkun-olumu-ve-cenaze-toreni-11-kasim-wp5442612 |title=Atatürk'ün ölümü ve cenaze töreni 11 KASIM |date=November 11, 2019 }}||

|-

|Bhupen Hazarika|| November 9, 2011 || {{flag|India}}|| Guwahati || {{nts|600,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-six-lakh-pay-last-respects-to-bhupen-hazarika-1610238|title=Six lakh pay last respects to Bhupen Hazarika|date=November 10, 2011}} ||

|-

|John F. Kennedy || November 25, 1963 || {{flag|United States}}|| Washington, D.C. ||{{nts|550,000|prefix=~}}|| {{nts|41,500,000}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/12/06/nelson-mandela-funeral-leaders/3892789/|title=6 famous funerals of world leaders|last=Williams|first=Ashley|date=December 6, 2013|website=USA Today|accessdate=November 2, 2020}}

|-

|Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Death and state funeral of Tomáš Masaryk|| September 21, 1937 || {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}|| Prague || {{nts|500,000-750,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.blesk.cz/clanek/zpravy-udalosti/494875/rakev-s-masarykem-provazelo-pres-pul-milionu-lidi-na-pruvod-cekali-celou-noc.html|title=Rakev s Masarykem provázelo přes půl milionu lidí. Na průvod čekali celou noc|website=blesk.cz|date=September 21, 2017 |language=cs}}||

|-

|Juan Gabriel|| September 4–5, 2016 || {{flag|Mexico}}|| Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua and Mexico City || {{nts|500,000-1,000,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mexicans-say-goodbye-their-amor-eterno-juan-gabriel-n643826|title=Mexicans Say Heartfelt Goodbye to Their 'Amor Eterno,' Juan Gabriel|first=Edgar|last=Zuñiga, Jr.|date=September 7, 2016|website=NBC News|accessdate=September 30, 2020}} ||

|-

|August Spies, George Engel, Adolph Fischer, and Albert Parsons|| November 13, 1887 || {{flag|United States|1877}}|| Chicago || {{nts|500,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/people_places_things/the_broom_of_wicker_park.php|title=The Beachwood Reporter - The Broom of Wicker Park|work=beachwoodreporter.com|accessdate=February 15, 2015|archive-date=October 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023193032/http://www.beachwoodreporter.com/people_places_things/the_broom_of_wicker_park.php|url-status=dead}}||

|-

|Baruch Charney Vladeck

|November 2, 1938

|{{flag|United States|1912}}

|New York City

|{{nts|500,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite news |date=November 3, 1938 |title="HALF MILLION SEE VLADECK FUNERAL" |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/11/03/archives/half-million-see-vladeck-funeral-east-side-streets-crowded-with.html |access-date=December 3, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}-750,000{{Cite web |title=⁨: ניו יאור!האט ווען וגעלכע וולאדעס איז ⁩ {{!}} ⁨פארווערטס⁩ {{!}} 3 November 1938 {{!}} Newspapers {{!}} The National Library of Israel |url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/frw/1938/11/03/01/article/1/?e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7CtxTI--------------1 |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=www.nli.org.il |language=en}}

|

|-

|BP Koirala|| July 21, 1982 || {{flag|Nepal}}|| Kathmandu|| {{nts|500,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|title=BP Koirala Archives Leader|url=https://bipinadhikari.com.np/bpkoirala/political-ideology/,221312&dq=|accessdate=Jun 21, 2024|newspaper=BP Koirala Archives|date=July 21, 1982}}||

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|B. R. Ambedkar|| December 6, 1956 || {{flag|India}}|| Mumbai || {{nts|500,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xNAI9F8IBOgC&q=funeral&pg=PA16|title=Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia|last=Smith|first=Bardwell L.|date=January 1, 1976|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9004045104|language=en}} ||

|-

|Carmen Miranda|| August 12, 1955 || {{flag|Brazil}}|| Rio de Janeiro || {{nts|500,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/30/AR2005113002141.html|title=In Rio, Carmen Miranda's Still Hard to Top|newspaper=The Washington Post |date=1 December 2005 |first=Michael |last=Astor}} ||

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|Engelbert Dollfuss|| July 30, 1934 || {{flag|Federal State of Austria}}|| Vienna|| {{nts|500,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web |date=2012-11-02 |title=AUSTRIA: Death for Freedom - TIME |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,747609-1,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102143720/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,747609-1,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-02 |access-date=2023-02-14 }}||

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|Michael Collins || August 28, 1922 || {{flag|Ireland}} || Dublin

| {{nts|500,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web |date=2022-08-28 |title=On This Day: One-fifth of Ireland attends Michael Collins's funeral in Dublin |url=http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/Thousands-lined-the-streets-for-Michael-Collins-funeral-PHOTOS.html |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=IrishCentral.com |language=en}}||

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|Patriarchh Pavle|| November 19, 2009 || {{flag|Serbia|2004}}|| Rakovica Monastery, Belgrade || {{nts|500,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|date=November 19, 2009 |url=https://www.danas.rs/drustvo/patrijarha-pavla-ispratilo-vise-od-pola-miliona-ljudi |title=Patrijarha Pavla ispratilo više od pola miliona ljudi |publisher=Danas.rs |accessdate=November 19, 2009}} ||

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|Sathya Sai Baba || April 24, 2011 || {{flag|India}}|| Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh || {{nts|500,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-13204914|title=Thousands flock to funeral of India guru Satya Sai Baba|first=Sanjoy|last=Majumder|date=April 27, 2011|work=BBC News|accessdate=February 25, 2021}}

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|Winston Churchill || January 30, 1965 || {{flag|United Kingdom}}|| London || {{nts|500,000|prefix=~}}
(6,000 at funeral service){{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Aaron |title=Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill: 50 years since Britain buried its iconic wartime leader |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/history/554733/Sir-Winston-Churchill-State-Funeral-50-Anniversary-Wartime-Prime-Minister |accessdate=November 9, 2020 |work=Express |date=January 30, 2015}}{{cite journal |last1=Croft |first1=Romney |date=Winter 2015 |title=Churchill's Final Farewell: The State and Private Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill |url=https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-166/churchill-s-final-farewell-the-state-and-private-funeral-of-sir-winston-churchill/ |journal=Finest Hour |issue=166 |pages=9 |access-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101011328/https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-166/churchill-s-final-farewell-the-state-and-private-funeral-of-sir-winston-churchill/ |url-status=dead }} || {{nts|6000}}

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|Necmettin Erbakan

|March 1, 2011

|{{flag|Turkey}}

|Istanbul

|{{nts|400,000-2,000,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite news |title=Erbakan'ın cenazesine kaç kişi katıldı? |language=Turkish |work=Vatan |url=https://www.gazetevatan.com/gundem/bakan-ozhaseki-mogan-golunden-3-milyon-500-bin-metrekup-camur-cikarildi-2109034}}{{Cite news |title=Erbakan'ın Naaşı Merkez Efendi'ye Götürülüyor |language=Turkish |work=Gazete Pan |url=http://www.haberpan.com/haber/erbakanin-naasi-merkez-efendiye-goturuluyor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106223735/http://www.haberpan.com/haber/erbakanin-naasi-merkez-efendiye-goturuluyor |archive-date=6 November 2011}}

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|Hassan Nasrallah || February 23, 2025 || {{flag|Lebanon}}||Camille Chamoun, Beirut|| {{nts|1,300,000-1,700,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=https://al-akhbar.com/lebanon/824304/%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D9%88%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5|title=أكثر من مليون شخص في تشييع الشهيدين نصر الله وصفي الدين}}{{Cite web|url=https://shafaq.com/en/World/Nasrallah-s-funeral-1-4-million-mourners-organizers-say|title=Organizers: 1.4 million mourners participate in Nasrallah's funeral|website=Shafaq News}}{{cite news |last1=Mroue |first1=Bassem |title=Masses of mourners attend the funeral of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, 5 months after his killing |url=https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-funeral-nasrallah-hashem-safieddine-5b698c1d403887135e35b20c4cb22413 |access-date=25 February 2025 |publisher=AP News |date=23 February 2025}}{{cite news |title=Some 400,000 attend slain Hezbollah leader Nasrallah's funeral |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/400-000-attend-slain-hezbollah-210320925.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANuwgHULFOpajpXNSuvATEGpvsMLKhN-N0Y6u7SASHxlRFzOjXxruBvnHTsem-qpJMVGfY6OmiKMGxLsOGL47zuJY24N4tZ7lF6PHifr5Wjl4y0AiW8EMcbVNiJ275wdFrE3yy3YqFnltyQZugl3ReBskxfASNbwLeDMuTkDRlyv |access-date=26 February 2024 |agency=DPA International |publisher=Yahoo News |date=23 February 2025}}||

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|Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani || January 9–11, 2017 || {{flag|Iran}}|| Tehran || {{nts|330,000-2,500,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ensafnews.com/49548/|title=جمعیت مراسم تشییع هاشمی رفسنجانی چقدر بود؟|language=fa|trans-title=What was the population of Hashemi Rafsanjani's funeral?|website=ensafnews.com|date=January 11, 2017 |accessdate=September 30, 2020}} ||

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|Francisco Franco|| November 22–23, 1975 || {{flag|Spain|1945}}|| Madrid|| {{nts|300,000-500,000|prefix=~}}{{cite book|title=Franco:Caudillo de Espana|language=Spanish|first=Paul|last=Preston|publisher=Debolsillo|year=2004|page=[https://archive.org/details/francocaudillode00paul/page/842 842]|isbn=978-8497594776|url=https://archive.org/details/francocaudillode00paul/page/842}}{{cite web | url=http://www.generalisimofranco.com/20n/prensa/20N-1975.htm|title=20-N 1975: Desfile ante Franco y entierro del Soldado|publisher=Generalisimofranco.com|accessdate=February 14, 2015}}||

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|Fernando Poe Jr.

|December 22, 2004

|{{flag|Philippines}}

|Metro Manila

|{{nts|300,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite news |date=2004-12-22 |title=Crowds flock to film star funeral |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4116719.stm |access-date=2022-03-28}}

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| rowspan="2" | Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi

|February 27, 1901

| rowspan=2 |{{flag|Italy}}

| rowspan=2 |Milan

| {{nts|300,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=https://style.corriere.it/attualita/societa/giuseppe-verdi-funerali-eredita-gianmaria-aliverta/|title=Giuseppe Verdi: la storia dei suoi due funerali e la sua eredità|website=Style}} ||rowspan="2"|

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|January 30, 1901

|{{nts|10,000|prefix=~}}

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|Martin Luther King Jr.|| April 9, 1968 || {{flag|United States}}|| Atlanta || {{nts|300,000|prefix=~}}{{cite book|last=Kotz|first=Nick|title=Judgment days : Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the laws that changed America|year=2005|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|location=Boston|isbn=0-618-08825-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/judgmentdayslynd00kotz/page/419 419]|chapter=14. Another Martyr|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/judgmentdayslynd00kotz/page/419}}|| {{nts|120,000,000}}

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|Abdulbaki Erol

|July 13, 2023

|{{flag|Turkey}}

|Adıyaman

|{{nts|250,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite news |title=Menzil cemaati lideri Abdulbaki Erol son yolculuğuna uğurlandı |language=Turkish |work=NTV |url=https://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/menzil-cemaati-lideri-abdulbaki-erol-son-yolculuguna-ugurlandi,5-85z81og0ePDzhXKET7XA}}

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|Hendrik Verwoerd|| September 10, 1966 || {{flag|South Africa|1928}}|| Pretoria|| {{nts|250,000|prefix=~}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20070424173033/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,836363-1,00.html South Africa: Death to the Architect]. TIME. September 16, 1966.||

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|Heydar Aliyev || December 15, 2003 || {{flag|Azerbaijan}}|| Baku || {{nts|250,000|prefix=~}}{{cite book|last1=Graeme|first1=Wilson|title=Ilham: Portrait of a President|date=April 17, 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZS27CT98F0C&q=heydar+aliyev+funeral+250%2C000&pg=PA263|isbn=978-9948-15-289-7|pages=263|publisher=AuthorHouse |accessdate=September 29, 2020}} ||

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|Józef Piłsudski || May 18, 1935 || {{flag|Poland|1928}} || Kraków || {{nts|250,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web| url = https://historia.dorzeczy.pl/302575/pogrzeb-jozefa-pilsudskiego-uroczystosci-zalobne-trwaly-kilka-dni.html | title = Pogrzeb Józefa Piłsudskiego. Czy był na nim Hitler? | date = May 18, 2022 | language = pl | publisher = Do Rzeczy}}{{cite web|url = https://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/historia/ludzie/galeria/520577,zdjecia-z-pogrzebu-pilsudskiego-jozef-pilsudski-pochowany-na-wawelu-kondolencje-przyslali-hitler-mussolini-hirohito.html| title = Ćwierć miliona ludzi żegnało marszałka. ZDJĘCIA z pogrzebu Piłsudskiego | date = May 13, 2016 | language = pl | website = Dziennik.pl}}

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|Sholem Aleichem|| May 13, 1916 || {{flag|United States|1912}}|| New York City || {{nts|250,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/05/16/104675359.pdf|title=The New York Times - Vast Crowds Honor Sholem Aleichem|work=newyorktimes.com|accessdate=September 9, 2016}}||

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|Emperor Hirohito|| February 24, 1989 || {{flag|Japan|1870}}|| Tokyo || {{nts|250,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-02-24-mn-273-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Karl | last=Schoenberger | title=World Leaders Pay Respects at Hirohito Rites : THE FUNERAL OF EMPEROR HIROHITO | date=February 24, 1989}}||

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|Ho Chi Minh|| September 9, 1969 || {{flag|North Vietnam}}|| Hanoi|| {{nts|250,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ho-chi-minh-buried-in-hanoi|title=Ho Chi Minh buried in Hanoi|work=History.com|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}||

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|Nguyễn Phú Trọng

|July 25-26, 2024

|{{flag|Vietnam}}

|Hanoi

|{{nts|250,000|prefix=~}}

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|Pelé

|January 2–3, 2023

|{{flag|Brazil}}

|Santos

|{{nts|230,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/03/brazil-president-lula-joins-mourners-paying-tribute-to-pele-before-funeral|title=Brazil president joins mourners paying tribute to Pelé before funeral|first1=Tom|last1=Philips|first2=Ana|last2=Ionova|work=The Guardian|date=3 January 2022|accessdate=3 January 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/03/football/pele-wake-tuesday-santos-lula-spt-intl/index.html|title=Funeral procession for Pelé begins after thousands, including Brazil's president Lula da Silva, visited 24-hour wake|first1=Ben|last1=Church|first2=Camilo|last2=Rocha|publisher=CNN|date=3 January 2022|accessdate=3 January 2022}}

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|Wali Rahmani ||April 4, 2021 || {{flag|India}}|| Munger || {{nts|200,000-500,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|date=April 4, 2021|title=अब 5 लाख लोगों के सामने राजकीय सम्मान मिसफायर: मुंगेर खानकाह में सुपुर्द-ए-खाक हुए वली रहमानी; सम्मान में 10 राइफलें आईं, चलीं 4|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/news/syed-wali-rahmani-cremated-in-munger-khankah-as-bihar-police-guns-misfire-during-state-honor-128384946.html|access-date=April 5, 2021|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi}}{{Cite web|title=बिहार: अमीर ए शरीयत हजरत वली रहमानी को राजकीय सम्मान के साथ दी गई अंतिम विदाई|url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/bihar/story/bihar-munger-nasheen-hazrat-maulana-wali-rahmani-last-farewell-given-with-state-honors-aimplb-1233294-2021-04-05|access-date=April 5, 2021|website=Aaj Tak|date=April 5, 2021 |language=hi}}{{Cite web|title=Maulana Wali Rahmani laid to rest with full state honours|url=https://ummid.com/news/2021/april/04.04.2021/maulana-wali-rahmani-funeral-munger-video.html|access-date=April 5, 2021|website=ummid|language=en}}

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|Pedro II of Brazil|| December 9, 1891 || {{flag|French Third Republic}} || Paris || {{nts|200,000-300,000|prefix=~}}{{cite book| last1 = Carvalho| first1 = José Murilo de| year = 2007| language = Portuguese| title = D. Pedro II: ser ou não ser| publisher = Companhia das Letras| location = São Paulo| isbn = 978-85-359-0969-2}}{{cite book| last1 = Calmon| first1 = Pedro| year = 1975| language = Portuguese| title = História de D. Pedro II| series = 5 v| publisher = J. Olympio| location = Rio de Janeiro}} ||

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|Mohammed Burhanuddin || January 17, 2014 || {{flag|India}}|| Raudat Tahera, Mumbai|| {{nts|200,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/2-lakh-mourners-attend-syedna-funeral/articleshow/29032399.cms|title=2 lakh mourners attend Syedna funeral|date=January 19, 2014|via=The Economic Times - The Times of India}}||

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|Burhan Wani || July 8, 2016 || {{flag|India}}|| Pulwama|| {{nts|200,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web | title=Burhan Wani's Killing Brings Kashmir to a Crossroads | website=thediplomat.com | date=July 14, 2016 | url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/07/burhan-wanis-killing-brings-kashmir-to-a-crossroads/ | access-date=May 30, 2020}}||

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|Hrant Dink|| January 23, 2007 || {{flag|Turkey}}|| Istanbul|| {{nts|200,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=http://theaftermathproject.org/sites/default/files/lessonplan/Memory%20Denied%20-%20Lesson%20Plan.pdf|title=Memory Denied}}||

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|Khadim Hussain Rizvi|| November 21, 2020 || {{flag|Pakistan}} || Lahore || {{nts|200,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite news|last=Bukhari|first=Mubasher|date=November 21, 2020|title=Thousands attend Pakistani cleric's funeral despite COVID-19 curbs|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pakistan-funeral-idUSKBN2810GU|access-date=November 21, 2020}}

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| Kim Jong-il|| December 28, 2011 || {{flag|North Korea}}|| Pyongyang || {{nts|200,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2011/dec/28/north-korea-funeral-leader-kim-jong-il-video|title=North Korea holds state funeral for 'dear leader' Kim Jong-il - video|date=December 28, 2011}} ||

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|Paul von Hindenburg|| August 6–7, 1934 || {{flag|Nazi Germany}}|| Tannenberg Memorial, Hohenstein in Ostpreußen || {{nts|200,000|prefix=~}}{{cite book |title=Hindenburg: Power, Myth, and the Rise of the Nazis |first=Anna |last=von der Goltz |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=2014 |page=185}}|| {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=(via radio, not television) at least }}{{cite book |title=Hindenburg: Power, Myth, and the Rise of the Nazis |first=Anna |last=von der Goltz |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=2014 |page=182}}

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|Wilhelm I|| March 12–16, 1888 || {{flag|German Empire}}|| Berlin|| {{nts|200,000|prefix=~}}{{cite book |title=Kaiser Wilhelm I.: Der letzte Preuße |first=Franz |last=Herre |publisher=Kiepenheuer & Witsch |year=2017 }}||

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|Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht|| June 13, 1919 || {{flag|Weimar Republic}} || Berlin||{{nts|200,000|prefix=~}}{{cite book|last1=Read|first1=Anthony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2B1jmnXyZ4wC&pg=PA203|title=The World on Fire|year=2008|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |isbn=9780393061246|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}

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|-

|Huey Long|| September 12, 1935 || {{flag|United States|1912}}|| Baton Rouge || {{nts|200,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hueylong.com/|title=Huey Long Official Website | Biography, Quotes, Photos, Speeches|website=www.hueylong.com}}||

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|Jānis Čakste|| March 18, 1927 || {{flag|Latvia}} || Rīga || {{nts|200,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web| url = https://www.president.lv/lv/janis-cakste | title = Jānis Čakste | date = March 12, 2021 | language = lv}}

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|Pope Benedict XVI

|January 5, 2023

|{{flag|Vatican City}}

|Rome

|{{nts|}}|{{nts|200,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite news |last=Davies |first=Alys |date=5 January 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64170755 |title=Pope Benedict XVI: Around 200,000 attend lying in state |work=BBC News |access-date=5 January 2023 |archive-date=5 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105030032/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64170755 |url-status=live }}

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| Roman Dmowski|| January 7, 1939 || {{flag|Poland|1928}}|| Warsaw|| {{nts|200,000|prefix=~}}[http://nowahistoria.interia.pl/kartka-z-kalendarza/news-7-stycznia-1939-r-pogrzeb-romana-dmowskiego,nId,1084406 7 stycznia 1939 r. Pogrzeb Romana Dmowskiego] (in Polish) http://nowahistoria.interia.pl||

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|Zoran Đinđić || March 15, 2003 || {{flag|FR Yugoslavia}}|| Belgrade || {{nts|200,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news | author = Dragan Jovanović | title = Sahrana za pamćenje | trans-title = A funeral to remember | newspaper = NIN | language = sr | date = March 20, 2003 | url = http://www.nin.co.rs/2003-03/20/27948.html}}{{cite news | title = Reka ljudi na sahrani bila je za pamćenje: Zorana Đinđića ispratilo je 200,000 Srba | trans-title = River of people at the funeral to remember: 200,000 Serbs attended Zoran Đinđić's service | newspaper = Espreso | language = sr | date = March 15, 2019 | url = https://www.espreso.co.rs/vesti/politika/362429/reka-ljudi-na-sahrani-bila-je-za-pamcenje-zorana-djindjica-ispratilo-je-200-000-srba-video}} ||

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|Imre Nagy (reburial) || June 16, 1989 || {{flag|Hungary}}|| Budapest || {{nts|150,000-250,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=https://barankovics.hu/cikk/idoszeru/25-eve-volt-nagy-imre-es-martirtarsainak-ujratemetese|title=25 éve volt Nagy Imre és mártírtársainak újratemetése|work=Barankovics Foundation|date=|accessdate=December 4, 2019|last=Kispál|first=Richárd|archive-date=December 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204055909/https://barankovics.hu/cikk/idoszeru/25-eve-volt-nagy-imre-es-martirtarsainak-ujratemetese|url-status=dead}}||

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|Abraham Lincoln|| April 19 – May 3, 1865 || {{flag|United States|1865}}|| East and Midwest || {{nts|150,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=https://www.alplm.org/NewsEvents/News/8Things.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110150131/https://www.alplm.org/NewsEvents/News/8Things.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-01-10|title=8 Things You Didn't Know About Abraham Lincoln's Funeral|accessdate=April 27, 2021}}||

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| Corazon Aquino || August 1–5, 2009 || {{flag|Philippines}}|| Metro Manila || {{nts|122,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/08/03/09/120000-show-cory|title=120,000 show up for Cory|website=ABS-CBN News|date=August 3, 2009}} ||

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|Ronald Reagan|| June 7, 2004 || {{flag|United States}}|| Simi Valley, California and Washington, D.C. || {{nts|104,684|prefix=~}}[http://www.uscapitolpolice.gov/pressreleases/2004/pr_06-11-04.php "United States Capitol Police Press Releases: Lying In State for former President Reagan"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927071913/http://www.uscapitolpolice.gov/pressreleases/2004/pr_06-11-04.php |date=September 27, 2007 }}. United States Capitol Police. Retrieved on March 9, 2008|| {{nts|35,700,000}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/michael_jackson/2009/07/08/2009-07-08_michael_jacksons_memorial_2nd_mostwatched_funeral_ever_after_princess_di_say_nie.html|title=Michael Jackson's memorial 2nd most-watched funeral ever, after Princess Di, say Nielsen ratings |work=Daily News| location=New York, N.Y. |first1=David |last1=Hinckley |first2=Richard |last2=Huff|publisher=}}

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|Otto von Habsburg|| July 16, 2011 || {{flag|Austria}}|| Vienna || {{nts|101,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web |url=http://www.heute.at/news/oesterreich/wien/Otto-Habsburgs-letzter-Weg-Tausende-nehmen-Abschied;art931,579443 |title=Otto Habsburgs letzter Weg: Tausende nehmen Abschied |publisher=Heute.at |accessdate=July 18, 2011 |archive-date=July 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718054444/http://www.heute.at/news/oesterreich/wien/Otto-Habsburgs-letzter-Weg-Tausende-nehmen-Abschied;art931,579443 |url-status=dead }}|| {{nts|557,000|prefix=413,000–}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://derstandard.at/1310511459243/Begraebnis-im-ORF-413000-nahmen-Abschied-von-Otto-Habsburg |title=413.000 nahmen 'Abschied von Otto Habsburg' |publisher=Derstandard.at |accessdate=July 19, 2011}}

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|Uğur Mumcu

|January 27, 1993

|{{flag|Turkey}}

|Istanbul

|{{nts|100,000-150,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite news |title=Uğur Mumcu karanlık yılların aydınlık yüzüydü |language=Turkish |work=Milliyet |url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/ugur-mumcu-karanlik-yillarin-aydinlik-yuzuydu-6413746}}

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|Aleksandar Ranković|| August 22, 1983 || {{flag|Yugoslavia}}|| Belgrade || {{nts|100,000|prefix=~}}{{Citation | author = Jelena Cerovina, Biljana Baković | title = Srbija razgovara: Aleksandar Leka Ranković, između stvarnosti i mita | trans-title = Serbia talks: Aleksandar Leka Ranković, between reality and myth | newspaper = Politika | page = 16 | language = sr | date = August 26, 2013 | url = http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/268131/Srbija-razgovara-Aleksandar-Leka-Rankovic-izmedu-stvarnosti-i-mita}}{{cite web | url = http://pescanik.net/paradigma-rankovic/ | author = Mijat Lakićević | title = Paradigma Ra(n)ković | trans-title = Paradigm Ra(n)ković | date = January 3, 2017 | publisher = Peščanik | language = sr}}{{cite news | author = Ognjen Karanović | title = Aleksandar Ranković - između Leke i Marka | trans-title = Aleksandar Ranković - between Leka and Marko | publisher = Cultural Center Novi Sad | language = sr | date = September 18, 2018 | url = https://www.kcns.org.rs/agora/aleksandar-rankovic-izmedju-leke-i-marka/?lng=cir&_escaped_fragment_=&script=lat}} ||

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|Alparslan Türkeş

|April 8, 1997

|{{flag|Turkey}}

|Ankara

|{{nts|100,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite news |title=Görkemli uğurlama |language=Turkish |work=Milliyet |url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/siyaset/gorkemli-ugurlama-5385933}}

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|Kostis Palamas

|February 12, 1943

|{{flag|Greece}}

|Athens

|{{nts|100,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=https://greekreporter.com/2024/02/28/greeks-nazis-kostis-palamas-funeral/|title=When Greeks Defied the Nazis to Attend Great Poet Palamas' Funeral|first=Nick|last=Kampouris|date=February 28, 2024}}

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|Édith Piaf|| October 11, 1963 || {{flag|France}} || Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris || {{nts|100,000|prefix=~}}{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.ina.fr/archivespourtous/index.php?vue=notice&id_notice=CAF88021676 Édith Piaf funeral – Video] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220051328/http://www.ina.fr/archivespourtous/index.php?vue=notice&id_notice=CAF88021676 |date=20 December 2008 }} – French TV, 14 October 1963, INA

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|Bob Marley || May 21, 1981 || {{flag|Jamaica}}|| Kingston || {{nts|100,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/apr/24/bob-marley-funeral-richard-williams|title=Bob Marley's funeral, 21 May 1981: a day of Jamaican history|first=Richard|last=Williams|date=April 23, 2011|website=The Guardian|accessdate=September 30, 2020}} ||

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|Bobby Sands|| May 7, 1981 || {{flag|United Kingdom}}|| Belfast|| {{nts|100,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web |url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/abstentionism/chron.htm |title=University of Ulster CAIN archive |publisher=Cain.ulst.ac.uk |accessdate=August 19, 2014 |archive-date=May 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531103854/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/abstentionism/chron.htm |url-status=dead }}||

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|Henry George|| October 29, 1897 || {{flag|United States|1891}}|| New York City || {{nts|100,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=https://spartacus-educational.com/Jgeorge.htm|title=Henry George|website=Spartacus Educational}}||

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|Lee Kuan Yew|| March 23–29, 2015 || {{flag|Singapore}} || Mandai || {{nts|100,000|prefix=~}} (funeral cortege){{cite web|title=Lee Kuan Yew eulogized at funeral as architect of Singapore|date=March 29, 2015 |url=https://news.yahoo.com/singapore-bids-farewell-lee-kuan-yew-elaborate-funeral-023859308.html|publisher=}}{{cite news|date=March 29, 2015|title=Singapore holds Lee Kuan Yew funeral|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32102686|publisher=}}||

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|Lorenzo Bandini|| May 10, 1967 || {{flag|Italy}}|| Reggiolo || {{nts|100,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web |title=Lorenzo Bandini |url=https://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/race_drivers_lorenzo_bandini |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au}}

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|-

|Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu

|June 24, 2022

|{{flag|Turkey}}

|Istanbul

|{{nts|100,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite news |title=Tarihin en kalabalık cenazesi: Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu Hocaefendi için gelen binlerce kişi Fatih Camii'ne akın etti |language=Turkish |work=Yeni Şafak |url=https://www.yenisafak.com/foto-galeri/gundem/tarihin-en-kalabalik-cenazesi-mahmut-ustaosmanoglu-hocaefendi-icin-gelen-binlerce-kisi-fatih-camiine-akin-etti-2066132/1}}

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|Muhammad Ali (memorial service) || June 10, 2016 || {{flag|United States}}|| Louisville, Kentucky{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Muhammad Ali funeral: Rousing farewell at Louisville memorial|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36496473|website=BBC|accessdate=June 12, 2016|date=June 10, 2016}}|| {{nts|100,000|prefix=~}} (funeral procession)
15,000 (memorial service){{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/muhammad-ali-funeral-celebrities-flock-901555|title=Celebrities Flock to Muhammad Ali's Memorial Service|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 10, 2016|accessdate=November 2, 2020}} || {{ntsh|1000000000}}1,000,000,000{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2016 |url=https://alicenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016-Annual-Report-FINAL_spreads.pdf |publisher=Muhammad Ali Center |date=January 2017 |access-date=November 2, 2020 |archive-date=December 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203175252/https://alicenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016-Annual-Report-FINAL_spreads.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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| Robert Menzies|| May 19, 1978 || {{flag|Australia}}|| Melbourne|| {{nts|100,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thesydneyinstitute.com.au/why-menzies-matters-2008-sir-robert-menzies-lecture/|title=Why Menzies Matters – 2008 Sir Robert Menzies Lecture - The Sydney Institute|work=thesydneyinstitute.com.au|accessdate=February 15, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110327012442/http://www.thesydneyinstitute.com.au/why-menzies-matters-2008-sir-robert-menzies-lecture/|archivedate=March 27, 2011}}||

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|Turgut Özal

|April 21, 1993{{Cite news|title=Thousands turn out for funeral of Turkish President Ozal |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/04/21/Thousands-turn-out-for-funeral-of-Turkish-President-Ozal/1331735364800/|date=April 21, 1993|accessdate=August 16, 2023}}

|{{flag|Turkey}}

|Ankara

|{{nts|100,000|prefix=~}}https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/9986 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

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|Yahya Ayyash|| January 6, 1996 || {{flag|Palestine}}|| Gaza||{{nts|100,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=http://www.themilitant.com/1996/603/603_19.html|title=The Militant - 1/22/96 -- Gaza: 100,000 Palestinians Protest Assassination|work=themilitant.com|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}||

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|Yisroel Avrohom Portugal|| April 2, 2019 || {{flag|United States}}|| Brooklyn, New York City || {{nts|100,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Van-carrying-Skulener-Rebbe-runs-over-police-officer-585637|title=Van carrying Skulener Rebbe runs over police officer|date=April 3, 2019|website=The Jerusalem Post|access-date=May 22, 2019}}||

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|Zubayer Ahmad Ansari|| April 18, 2020 || {{flag|Bangladesh}}|| Brahmanbaria || {{nts|100,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/19/world/bangladesh-funeral-cornavirus/index.html|title=100,000 gather for funeral in Bangladesh, defying lockdown and sparking outbreak fears|date=April 19, 2020|website=CNN|access-date=April 19, 2020}}||

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|Elvis Presley|| August 16–18, 1977 || {{flag|United States}}|| Memphis|| {{nts|75,000|prefix=~}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/elvis-presley-funeral-in-memphis-61938/|title=Elvis Presley: Funeral in Memphis|first=Chet|last=Flippo|date=September 22, 1977|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=September 30, 2020}}||

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|Selena Quintanilla-Pérez

|April 3, 1995

|{{flag|United States}}

|Corpus Christi, Texas

|{{nts|70,000|prefix=~}}

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|-

|Richard Nixon|| April 26–27, 1994 || {{flag|United States}}|| Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, California || {{nts|54,000|prefix=~}}|| {{nts|28,300,000}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-bush-funeral-ratings-20181207-story.html|title=President George H.W. Bush's state funeral was watched by more than 17 million TV viewers|first=Stephen|last=Battaglio|date=December 7, 2018|website=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=November 11, 2020}}

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|Gershon Agron||November 2, 1959 || {{flag|Israel}} || Jerusalem || {{nts|40,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|title='It is always better to explain than to fight'|url=https://www.jpost.com/diplomatic-conference/it-is-always-better-to-explain-than-to-fight-384018|access-date=2021-09-27|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|archive-date=2021-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927221502/https://www.jpost.com/diplomatic-conference/it-is-always-better-to-explain-than-to-fight-384018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title='Like Moses': Hundreds of thousands attend funeral for Rabbi Gershon Edelstein

|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/like-moses-hundreds-of-thousands-attend-funeral-for-rabbi-gershon-edelstein/|work=The Times of Israel}} ||

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|Ludwig van Beethoven|| March 29, 1827 || {{flag|Austrian Empire}}|| Vienna|| {{nts|20,000|prefix=~}}{{cite book|title=Beethoven |url=https://archive.org/details/beethovenmasterm00coop_605 |url-access=limited |first=Barry |last=Cooper |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2008 |page=[https://archive.org/details/beethovenmasterm00coop_605/page/n367 349] |isbn=978-0-19-531331-4}}||

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|Rico Yan

|April 4, 2002

|{{flag|Philippines}}

|Paranaque

|{{nts|20,000|prefix=~}}PhilStar News, 'Bangungot' kills Rico Yan; Claudine still shocked, April 6,2002||

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|Michael Jackson (memorial service)||July 7, 2009 || {{flag|United States}}|| Staples Center, Los Angeles ||{{nts|17,500|prefix=~}}{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Nick|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/michael-jackson/5744787/Thirteen-applications-per-second-for-Michael-Jackson-memorial-tickets.html|title=Thirteen applications per second for Michael|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=July 6, 2009| location=London}}|| {{nts|3,000,000,000}}{{cite news |date=July 8, 2009 |title=Hazarika'{{'}}s funeral creates world record |work=MSN |url=http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5592621 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807110046/http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5592621 |archive-date=August 7, 2014}}{{cite book |last=Hanley |first=Paul |title=Eleven |publisher=Friesen Press |date=2014 |page=73 |isbn=9781460250464 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P9GZBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA73}}

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|Dursun Karataş

|August 11, 2008

|{{flag|Turkey}}

|Istanbul

|{{nts|15,000-20,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news |date=15 August 2008 |title=Dursun Karataş'ın yüzünü açtılar |language=Turkish |work=Radikal |url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/Default.aspx?aType=Detay&ArticleID=893801&Date=16.08.2008&CategoryID=77 |accessdate=15 August 2008}}

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|John Garfield|| May 23, 1952 || {{flag|United States}}|| New York|| {{nts|10,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=http://themave.com/Garfield/artc/nytimes.htm|title=Recalling John Garfield, Rugged Star KO'd by Fate|date=January 29, 2003|first=Bernard|last=Weinraub|website=New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701215819/http://themave.com/Garfield/artc/nytimes.htm |accessdate=August 19, 2023|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 1, 2016 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/05/24/archives/10000-line-streets-for-garfield-rites.html|title=10,000 line streets for Garfield rites|date=May 24, 1952|website=New York Times|accessdate=August 19, 2023}} ||

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|Kahlil Gibran

|August 21, 1931

|{{flag|Lebanon}}

|Beirut & Bsharri

|{{nts|10,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news |title=Gibran Is Honored in Native Lebanon |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/12/13/specials/gibran-native.html |access-date=24 February 2025 |publisher=The New York Times |date=20 September 1931}}{{cite web |title=The Secret of Death |url=http://gibrankgibran.org/eng/libano-la-patria-de-gibran/el-secreto-de-la-muerte/ |website=Gibran K. Gibran |publisher=Museo Soumaya |access-date=24 January 2025}}

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|Sibel Yalçın

|June 16, 1995

|{{flag|Turkey}}

|Istanbul

|{{nts|10,000|prefix=~}}

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|Rudolph Valentino|| August 30, 1926 || {{flag|United States|1912}}|| New York City || {{nts|10,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/valentino-dies|title=Valentino dies|work=History.com|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}||

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|Ömer Halisdemir

|July 17, 2016

|{{flag|Turkey}}

|Çukurkuyu, Niğde

|{{nts|5,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news |date=2017-02-21 |title=Trial begins into shooting of July 15 hero Sgt. Ömer Halisdemir |newspaper=Daily Sabah |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/investigations/2017/02/21/trial-begins-into-shooting-of-july-15-hero-sgt-omer-halisdemir |access-date=2017-09-08}}{{cite news |author1=Mart Uğur |author2=Ali Kadı |date=2016-07-17 |title=Darbeci generali öldüren Astsubay Halisdemir toprağa verildi |language=tr |newspaper=Hürriyet |url=http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/darbeci-generali-olduren-astsubay-halisdemir-topraga-verildi-40151278 |access-date=2017-09-10}}

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|Gerald Ford|| December 30, 2006 – January 3, 2007 || {{flag|United States}}|| Washington, D.C., and Grand Rapids, Michigan || {{nts|3,700|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/03/us/03ford.html|title=Ford Is Remembered at Funeral in Washington|first=Scott|last=Shane|date=January 3, 2007|website=The New York Times|accessdate=November 11, 2020}} || {{nts|15,000,000}}

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|Bhumibol Adulyadej || October 26, 2017 || {{flag|Thailand}}|| Bangkok || {{nts|1,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/10/thailand-bids-farewell-to-its-king-in-an-elaborate-funeral-ceremony/544071/|title=Thailand Bids Farewell to Its King in an Elaborate Funeral Ceremony|first=Alan|last=Taylor|date=October 26, 2017|website=The Atlantic|accessdate=November 18, 2020}} || {{nts|1,000,000|prefix=(state funeral) at least }}

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|George H. W. Bush || December 3–6, 2018 || {{flag|United States}}|| Washington, D.C. and Houston, Spring, & College Station, Texas || {{nts|1,000|prefix=~}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/06/george-hw-bush-be-honored-buried-texas/|title=Mourners in Texas pay their final respects to George H.W. Bush|first1=Stephanie|last1=Kuzydym|first2=Mark|last2=Berman|first3=Lindsey|last3=Bever|date=December 7, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=November 11, 2020}} ||{{nts|17,500,000}}

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|Lata Mangeshkar|| February 6, 2022 || {{flag|India}}|| Mumbai || {{nts|1,000|prefix=~}}{{Cite web|date=February 6, 2022|title=Nation bids farewell: Lata Mangeshkar's last rites held at Shivaji Park|url=https://thefederal.com/news/melody-queen-of-india-lata-mangeshkar-passes-away/|access-date=March 6, 2022|website=The Federal}}||

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|Margaret Thatcher|| April 17, 2013 || {{flag|United Kingdom}}|| London|| {{nts|1,000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/17/margaret-thatcher-funeral-streets-procession|accessdate= October 29, 2015|newspaper=Guardian|title=Margaret Thatcher funeral: thousands line streets to witness final journey|date=April 17, 2013}}|| {{nts|4,000,000|prefix=at least }}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/more-than-4m-watch-bbc-television-coverage-of-margaret-thatchers-funeral-8578410.html|accessdate=October 29, 2015|newspaper=Independent|title=More than 4m watch BBC television coverage of Margaret Thatcher's funeral|date=April 18, 2013}}

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|Pierre Trudeau || October 3, 2000 || {{flag|Canada}}|| Montreal || {{nts|1000|prefix=~}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/justin-trudeau-delivers-eulogy-for-his-father-pierre-1.4680687|title=Justin Trudeau delivers eulogy for his father Pierre|date=June 21, 2018|website=CBC|accessdate=November 11, 2020}}||

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