Most Attended Funeral In American History

Public: 5,000 to 10,000 in person and millions on TV.

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7. Whitney Houston (2012)

Public: 7,000 to 10,000 in person and millions on TV.

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6. Aretha Franklin (2018)

Public: 15,000 to 25,000 in person and millions on TV.

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5. John F. Kennedy (1963)

Public: 75,000+

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4. Elvis Presley (1977)

Public: 100,000+

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3. Martin Luther King Jr.  (1968)

Public: 100,000+

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2. Muhammad Ali (2016)

Public: Hundreds of Thousands (13 day funeral train journey)

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1. Abraham Lincoln (1865)

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