People Who Had The Biggest Funerals In History

No one would describe a funeral as a fun affair. Meant to allow mourners a public expression of their grief and to celebrate the life of the deceased, funerals are often somber occasions. But this is not always the case. Some very famous individuals have drawn millions to witness their sending off ceremony. Western viewers may be unfamiliar with many of these names, but it's not that uncommon for foreign political and religious figures (these roles often being blurred) to draw crowds in the multiple millions, often in events that last well more than a day. We'll go over the largest funeral of note, with an eye on which figure commanded the largest crowd of all. These are the people who had the biggest funerals in history.

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Benigno Aquino Jr.: 1-2 million | 0:00
Mahatma Gandhi: 1-2 million | 1:14
Arthur Wellesley: 1.5 million | 2:20
Jawaharlal Nehru: 1.5 million | 3:15
Bal Thackeray: 1.5 million | 4:21
Park Chung-Hee: 2 million | 5:10
Ziaur Rahman: 2 million | 6:01
Hugo Chavez: 2 million | 6:48
Victor Hugo: 2 million | 7:46
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani: 2.5 million | 8:45
Eva Peron: 3 million | 9:32
Ayrton Senna: 3 million | 10:38
Umm Kulthum: 4 million | 11:30
Pope John Paul II: 4 million | 12:25
Gamal Abdel Nasser: 5 million | 13:16
Ruhollah Khomeini: 6 million | 14:05
C.N. Annadurai: 15 million | 15:04

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