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This list of cemeteries compiles notable cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, worldwide. Reasons for notability include their design, their history and their interments.
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- See also :Category:Cemeteries in Hungary
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Mexico
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Both these cemeteries are outstanding religiously historical burial grounds.

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This list of cemeteries compiles notable cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, worldwide. Reasons for notability include their design, their history and their interments.
Argentina
Australia
- Rookwood Cemetery, (Sydney) - Proper name 'The Necropolis, Rookwood" at over 2.8 km2, reputedly the largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere if not the world, first used in 1867. More than 1,000,000 interments.
- Cairns Pioneer Cemetery, (Cairns)(Queensland)
- Waverley Cemetery, (Sydney) - opened in 1877. Dramatic location on picturesque coastal site, many local historical figures such as writer Henry Lawson. 50,000 allotments.
- Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, (Sydney) - incorporates Botany Cemetery, Eastern Suburbs Crematorium and Pioneer Park (where headstones from early Sydney burial grounds have been relocated).
- Gore Hill cemetery, Sydney. Operated from 1864 to 1974.
- Karrakatta Cemetery, (Perth) - opened in 1899 north of the Swan River and closest to the Perth city centre.
- Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane - Proper name "The Brisbane General Cemetery" the oldest and largest Brisbane cemetery opened in 1875, was originally utilised by the earliest colonists. Resting place of author Steele Rudd.
- Island of the dead - Port Arthur, Tasmania - early convict graves, part of the old goal and convict reform settlement.
- Fremantle Cemetery, (Perth) - opened 1898 south of the Swan River and city of Perth -
- Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide - opened in 1936 during South Australia's centenary year.
- Melbourne General Cemetery
- Fawkner Cemetery
- The Necropolis, Springvale
Austria
Azerbaijan
- Old Jugha, Julfa - Historically considered to have the largest number of Khachkars, carved memorial stones. It is the center of a controversy about Khachkar destruction.
Belgium
Brazil
- Cemitério da Consolação, São Paulo - writer Mário de Andrade, Monteiro Lobato, painter Tarsila do Amaral, former Brazil's president Campos Sales
- Cemitério do Morumbi, São Paulo - singer Elis Regina, F1 racer Ayrton Senna, actor and comedian Ronald Golias
- Cemitério de Vila Formosa, São Paulo - the biggest cemetery in Latin America
- Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro. Santos Dumont, early pioneer of aviation; Singer/Actress Carmen Miranda, composer Tom Jobim.
Brunei
- Makam Diraja
- Tomb of Sharif Ali
- Tomb of Sultan Bolkiah
Bulgaria
Canada
Manitoba
- St. Boniface Cathedral Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Burial site of Louis Riel. Oldest graveyard in Western Canada.
- Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Burial site of musician Jane Vasey, Maj. Harry Colebourn of Winnie the Pooh fame, war hero Tommy Prince, several Winnipeg mayors, and many early football and hockey players.
Newfoundland
- Church of England Cemetery, St. John's.
Nova Scotia
- Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Burial site for Joseph Howe, Robert Stanfield, Abraham Gesner, amongst others.
- Fairview Cemetery, Halifax. Many victims of the RMS Titanic sinking.
- Mount Herman Cemetery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
- Mount Olivet Cemetery, Halifax. Nineteen victims of the sinking of RMS Titanic are buried here.
- Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Burial site for Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, Prime Minister of Canada
New Brunswick
Quebec
- Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont, (Formerly Sainte-Foy) Quebec City. Interred here are politicians Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Jean Lesage and others.
- Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, Montreal. Some of the notables buried here include Maurice Richard, George-Étienne Cartier, Doug Harvey, Pierre Laporte.
- Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal. Final resting place for Sui Sin Far, Anna Leonowens, John Abbott, Mordecai Richler, Sir Arthur Currie, Molson family members, and others.
- Mount Hermon Cemetery, (Formerly Sillery), Quebec City, Ireland Memorial. G.R. Renfrew, Peter Simons, Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière,
- Irish Cemetery at Grosse-Île, Grosse Île, Quebec. Over 6000 immigrants (mostly Irish) who died while quarantined during the Great Famine of 1847. Largest Irish cemetery outside of Ireland.
- National Field of Honour, Pointe-Claire, an official veteran's cemetery.
Ontario
- Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa. The burial site includes Sir Robert Borden, Tommy Douglas, Gen. Andrew McNaughton
- Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa. Interments here include Yousuf Karsh, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Aurel Joliat.
- Hope Cemetery, Ottawa.
- Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston. Final resting place of Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir Alexander Campbell
- Chatham-Kent, nearby, the Hutberg, God's Acre burial ground of the Christian Munsee New Fairfield/Moraviantown
- Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. Those interred here include Timothy Eaton, Frederick Banting, Glenn Gould, William Lyon Mackenzie King, and others.
- Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery in Toronto. The burial site for Margaret Anglin, Morley Callaghan, and King Clancy, amongst others.
- Necropolis Cemetery, in Toronto. (Toronto Necropolis). The burial site of William Lyon Mackenzie, Ned Hanlon, and others. Monument to Samuel Lount and Peter Matthews.
- Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Toronto. Includes the interment of Sir Henry Pellatt.
- Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto. The final resting place of Harold Ballard, Conn Smythe, John Swietlinski, amongst others.
- York Cemetery, in Toronto. The burial site of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, and her husband Captain Kolikovsky, Tim Horton and others.
British Columbia
Alberta
- Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary. Final resting place of Owen Hart, a Professional wrestler and member of the prestigious Hart wrestling family, Dorothy Joudrie, Archibald Wilder, and Everett Johnson.
Chile
People's Republic of China
- Ancient Tombs at Longtou Mountain
- Cemetery of Zhaojun, Inner Mongolia
- Mawangdui at Changsha, Hunan
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Xi'an
- Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, Inner Mongolia
- Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, Beijing
- Thirteen Imperial Mausoleums of Ming Dynasty Emperors, Beijing
- Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, Nanjing
- Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanjing
- Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng near Wuhan in Hubei province - probably best preserved funeral architecture of the Warring States Period
- Tomb at Yinque at Linyi County, Shandong province
- Zhao Mausoleum, Jiuzong mountain, Shaanxi province
Hong Kong
Macau
Croatia
- Mirogoj Cemetery in Zagreb - the biggest cemetery in Croatia, one of the most beautiful and oldest in Europe
- Municipal Cemetery in Varazdin
Czech Republic
Cuba
Denmark
Ecuador
- Cementerio General de Guayaquil
El Salvador
Egypt
Estonia Tallinn
Tartu
Pärnu
- Pärnu Alevi cemetery
- Metsakalmistu
- Vana-Pärnu cemetery
Paide
- Reopalu cemetery
- Sillaotsa cemetery
Finland
France
- Cimetière de Bagneux, Paris - burial place for Jean Vigo, Gribouille, Alfred Jarry and others.
- Catacombs of Paris, millions of remains in caves and tunnels under the city of Paris.
- Cimetière des Gonards, Versailles, burial place for Edith Wharton, Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte and others.
- Grand Jas Cemetery, Cannes - buried here are Lily Pons, Peter Carl Fabergé, Martine Carol and other celebrities
- Les Invalides, Paris - war heroes including Napoleon
- Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris - resting place of Edgar Degas, Heinrich Heine, Georges Feydeau, other artists and writers. Émile Zola was initially buried here, but his remains were later moved to the Panthéon. His gravestone can still be seen here, however.
- Cimetière du Montparnasse, Paris - serves the great artistic quarter of Montparnasse, including the graves of Charles Baudelaire, Eugène Ionesco, Samuel Beckett, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Seberg, Serge Gainsbourg and Man Ray. Pierre Laval and Porfirio Diaz are also buried here.
- Neuilly-sur-Seine community cemetery
- Panthéon, Paris - France's most honored, including Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Émile Zola.
- Cimetière de Pantin in Paris is the burial site of the singer Damia, and the Cancan dancer, known as La Goulue, and other notables.
- Cimetière de Passy, Paris - Claude Debussy, Edouard Manet.
- Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris - resting place of famous persons such as Colette, Baron Georges Haussmann, Eugène Delacroix, Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, Molière, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Gertrude Stein, Édith Piaf, Marcel Proust, Pierre Desproges and Frédéric Chopin. Many French Holocaust victims are commemorated there.
- Saint Denis Basilica, Paris - burial site for French Royalty.
- Cimetière de Saint-Ouen, Paris - where, on 24 May 1430, was told to recant or face summary execution. Some of those buried here are the painters Suzanne Valadon, Jules Pascin, and tennis star Suzanne Lenglen.
- Saint Remi Basilica, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France
- Cimetière Saint-Vincent, a small cemetery in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris contains the graves of such notables as Arthur Honegger, Marcel Carné, Maurice Utrillo and others.
Foreign cemeteries
Germany
Bavaria (Bayern)
- Bayreuth, Bayreuth Friedhof Burial site of Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt and Jean Paul amongst others
- Munich, Nordfriedhof Burial site of Peter Igelhoff and Paul Troost
- Munich, Ostfriedhof. Burial site of Friedrich Hollaender, Rudolf Moshammer, Leni Riefenstahl and Barbara Valentin.
- Munich, Südlichen Friedhof zu München. Burial site of Leo von Klenze and Karl Spitzweg.
- Munich, Westfriedhof. Burial site of Alexandra, Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari and Ernst Röhm.
- Nuremberg, Johanniskirchhof
- Andechs, Kloster Andechs und Wittelsbacher Friedhof. Burial site of the Wittelsbachs
Berlin
- Berlin - Charlottenburg, Friedhof Heerstraße, Burial site of Leo Blech, Karl Bonhoeffer, Horst Buchholz, Tilla Durieux, George Grosz, Maximilian Harden, Hilde Hildebrand, Joachim Ringelnatz and Grethe Weiser.(See :de:Friedhof Heerstraße)
- Berlin - Charlottenburg, British War Cemetery, Heerstraße.(See :de:Britischer Friedhof an der Heerstraße)
- Berlin - Kreuzberg, Holy Trinity Cemetery I Burial site of Fanny Hensel Felix Mendelssohn and Rahel Varnhagen (See: (:de:Friedhöfe vor dem Halleschen Tor) also Holy Trinity Cemetery II Burial site of Martin Gropius, Adolph von Menzel and Theodor Mommsen. (See :de:Friedhöfe an der Bergmannstraße)
- Berlin - Kreuzberg, Jersusalem und Neue Kirche III Burial site of Adelbert von Chamisso and E.T.A. Hoffmann (See: :de:Friedhöfe vor dem Halleschen Tor), also Friedhof IV der Gemeinde Jerusalems- und Neue Kirche Burial site of Rikard Nordraak. (See: :de:Friedhof IV der Gemeinde Jerusalems- und Neue Kirche)
- Berlin - Kreuzberg, Luisenstädtischer Friedhof Burial site of Gustav Stresemann. (See :de:Luisenstädtischer Friedhof)
- Berlin - Lichtenberg, Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde. Burial site of Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht.
- Berlin - Mitte, Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof. Burial site of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Bertolt Brecht, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, John Heartfield and Johannes Rau. (See :de:Friedhof der Dorotheenstädtischen und Friedrichswerderschen Gemeinden)
- Berlin - Mitte, Invalidenfriedhof. Burial site of Reinhard Heydrich, Fritz Todt, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Manfred von Richthofen temporary, Hans von Seeckt, Werner von Fritsch, Karl von Bulow, Ernst Udet, Werner Moelders, Helmuth von Moltke, Alfred von Schlieffen
- Berlin - Schöneberg, Städtischer Friedhof III. Burial site of Marlene Dietrich and Helmut Newton.
- Berlin - Schöneberg, Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin. Burial site of the Brothers Grimm. (See :de:Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin)
- Berlin - Weißensee, Weißensee Cemetery. The largest old Jewish cemetery in Europe.
- Berlin - Wilmersdorf, Friedhof Schmargendorf. Burial site of Max Pechstein.
- Berlin - Zehlendorf, Städtischer Friedhof Berlin-Zehlendorf. Burial site of Heinrich George.
- Berlin - Zehlendorf, St Annen Friedhof, Dahlem Dorf. Burial site of Rudi Dutschke.
- Berlin - Zehlendorf, Waldfriedhof Dahlem, Hüttenweg. Burial site of Gottfried Benn, Karl Hofer, Bernd Rosemeyer and Werner Sombart.
- Berlin - Zehlendorf, Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf, Potsdamer Chaussee. Burial site of Willy Brandt, La Jana, Helmut Käutner, Julius Leber, Hildegard Knef, Erich Mühsam, Ernst Reuter and Renée Sintenis.
- Note: Some of these redlinks have different names. See first: :de:Kategorie:Friedhof in Berlin and :de:Berliner Bestattungswesen
Brandenburg
Hamburg
- Hamburg, Hauptfriedhof Ohlsdorf (Ohlsdorf Main Cemetery), with 4.05 km2 largest cemetery on Earth.
- Hamburg, Hauptfriedhof Öjendorf (Öjendorf Main Cemetery)
- Hamburg, Jüdischer Friedhof Altona (Altona Jewish Cemetery)
- Hamburg, Jüdischer Friedhof Ohlsdorf (Ohlsdorf Jewish Cemetery)
- Hamburg, Jüdischer Friedhof Ottensen (Ottensen Jewish Cemetery)
Lower Saxony
North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Rhineland-Palatinate
Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt
- Dessau, Neuer Begräbnisplatz
- Halle, Stadtgottesacker
- Magdeburg, Dom St. Mauritius & St. Katharina, Kathedrale St. Sebastian
Schleswig-Holstein
Georgia
Tbilisi
- Didube - cemetery in the old part of the City Tbilisi
- Mtatsminda - ancient cemetery on the mountain Mtatsminda
- Saburtalo - 20 century cemetery
Greece
- Kerameikon - ancient cemetery in Athens
- First Cemetery of Athens - Cemetery in Central Athens, including the graves of many famous Greek politicians and celebrities like Melina Mercouri, Andreas Papandreou, George Papandreou, George Seferis, Manos Hadjidakis.
- Anastaseos tou Kyriou (Resurrection of Lord) - The biggest public cemetery of Greece. Located east of Thessaloniki.
- Akrotiri, Chania, Crete - Venizelos' tombs. Burial site of the politician Eleftherios Venizelos.
- Vergina, Pella - (Macedonian Tombs). Tomb of the ancient Macedonian King, Phillip II of Macedon.
- Tatoi Royal Cemetery - Athens.
- Mikra British Honorary Cemetery - Located in the municipality of Kalamaria, in Thessaloniki. The Memorial commemorates 478 nurses, officers and men of the Commonwealth forces who died when troop transports and hospital ships were lost in the Mediterranean, and who have no grave but the sea.
- Skorpios Island, Ionian Sea - Burial site of 20th century's shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis and his daughter Christina Onassis.
Hungary
- See also :Category:Cemeteries in Hungary
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
- Wadi-us-Salaam, Najaf - one of the largest cemeteries in the world, containing approximately five million graves
- Shuneziya, Baghdad - Burial place of saints and many pious personalities.
Ireland
- Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin - this cemetery has over 1500000 people buried in it - many victims of the great famine of 1845, there are also many prominent Irish figures buried here such as Michael Collins and Eamon DeValera
- Carrowmore, County Sligo
- Deansgrange, County Dublin
- Huguenot Cemetery, Dublin
- Mount Jerome cemetery, Dublin
- Newgrange, County Meath
- St. Fintan's Cemetery, Sutton, Dublin
- St. Kevin's Church and Cemetery, Dublin
Israel
Italy
- Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, Florence - resting place of Donatello and many members of the Medici family;
- Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze, Florence - resting place of Galileo, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Gioacchino Rossini and many other notables;
- 'English' Cemetery, Florence - burial site for Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Frances Trollope, Theodore Parker and others;
- Porte Sante, Florence - resting place of Carlo Collodi and many others;
- Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice - resting place of Titian, Claudio Monteverdi and the heart of Antonio Canova;
- Campo di Verano cemetery, Rome
- Cimitero Monumentale in Milan is a very large cemetery that includes the Famedio (Temple of Fame) where Giuseppe Verdi, Vladimir Horowitz, Alessandro Manzoni, Arturo Toscanini, Eva Peron and others are interred;
- Camposanto, Pisa
- Catacombs of Rome
- Mausoleum of Theodoric
- Protestant Cemetery, Rome - resting place of Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats;
- San Michele, Venice - Venice's main cemetery and resting place of Ezra Pound, Igor Stravinsky and Sergei Diaghilev;
- Cimitero Monumentale di Staglieno, Genoa—famous for its sepulchral sculpture and architecture.
Japan
Kenya
Latvia Riga
- Bralu kapi
- Lielie kapi
- Pokrova kapi
- Meža kapi
- Raina kapi
- Sarkandaugavas kapi
Liberia
Lithuania
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
- Panteón de Dolores, Mexico City
- Panteón Español, Mexico City
- Panteón Francés, Mexico City
- Panteón de Belén, Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Panteón del Carmen, Monterrey, Nuevo León
- Panteón de Dolores, Monterrey, Nuevo León
- Parque funeral Guadalupe, Monterrey, Nuevo León
- , Monterrey, Nuevo León
- Panteón del Roble, Monterrey, Nuevo León
- Panteón Valle de Paz, Monterrey, Nuevo León
- Panteón Tepeyac, Monterrey, Nuevo León
Netherlands
- Westgaarde, Amsterdam
- Zorgvlied, Amsterdam
- Westerkerk, Amsterdam - Resting place of Rembrandt van Rijn
- Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam - Resting place of Joost van den Vondel, Michiel de Ruyter
- Nieuwe Kerk, Delft - Resting place of William I of Orange, most members of House of Orange
- Oude Kerk, Delft - Resting place of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Maarten Tromp, Johannes Vermeer
- Holten Canadian War Cemetery
- Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery
- Margraten - Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
- Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery
- Beth Haim of Ouderkerk aan de Amstel
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
- Tomb of Muhammad Iqbal located in front of the Badshahi Masjid, Lahore
- Chaukhandi Tombs, Karachi
- Mazar-e-Quaid, Karachi - Final resting place of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Founder of Pakistan
- Miani Sahib Qabaristan, Lahore - Hundreds of years old, it is the largest cemetery in Lahore, contains graves of saints and pious people.
- Makli Hill, Thatta - One of the largest necropolis in the world, contains hundreds of graves of saints, pious people, local rulers and kings.
- Wadi-a-Hussain Cemetery, Karachi
Philippines
Peru
Poland
- Kraków - Rakowicki Cemetery,
- Kraków - Skalka, the "National Pantheon",
- Kraków - Wawel Cathedral, burial place for Polish kings, bishops of Kraków,poets and national heroes,
- Szczecin - Central Cemetery - one of the largest cemeteries in Europe,
- Warsaw - Powazki Cemetery, among those interred here are film director Krzysztof Kieslowski and Nobel Prize winning author Wladyslaw Reymont,
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russia
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- Novodevichy Cemetery at the New Maidens' Convent, Moscow - many famous Russians and citizens of the former Soviet Union buried here including Nikita Khrushchev, Boris Yeltsin, the writers Nikolai Gogol and Anton Chekhov, and composers Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich.
- Vagankovskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russia is the burial site for Inga Artamonova, Vladimir Vysotsky, Sergei Grinkov, Sergei Yesenin and others.
- Donskoe Cemetery in Moscow is an old necropolis next to the Donskoy Monastery.
- Rogozhskoye cemetery in Moscow is the center of Old Believer community in Russia and the world.
- Lenin's Mausoleum - the final resting place of Vladimir Lenin, with his embalmed body on public display.
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis - part of the Kremlin Wall where Soviet governments buried many prominent Communist figures.
- Pantheon, Moscow - a project in the 1950s to construct a monumental memorial tomb in Moscow, Soviet Union
- Troyekurovskoye Cemetery - burial site for Anna Politkovskaya, Alexander Yakovlev, and Boris Fyodorov
- Vvedenskoye Cemetery - cemetery of the former German community in Moscow
Slovakia
Slovenia
Serbia
- Novo Groblje in Belgrade - burial ground of many famous Serbs
South Korea
Spain
Saudi Arabia
Both these cemeteries are outstanding religiously historical burial grounds. Eminent early Islamic figures are buried at both these sites as well as other places. However, these two cemeteries are held in esteem. Many people even today desire these sites to be their final journey.
Sweden
Switzerland
- Basel
- Berne
- Bremgartenfriedhof: Michail Alexandrowitsch Bakunin.
- Schosshaldenfriedhof: Paul Klee.
- Friedhof Bümpliz (with sculptures by Schang Hutter)
- Jüdischer Friedhof Bern: Max Horkheimer.
- Geneva
- Kilchberg, Zürich: Thomas Mann, Katia Mann, Erika Mann, Golo Mann, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
- Lausanne
- Morcote
- Cemetery Morcote: Alexander Moissi (1879-1935), Georges Baklanoff (1882-1938), Georg Kaiser (1878-1945), Eugen d'Albert (1864-1932).
- Zürich
- Friedhof Fluntern: burial site for Elias Canetti, Kurt Früh, Therese Giehse, Fritz Hug, James Joyce, Karl Moser, Lavoslav Ružicka, Paul Scherrer, Emil Oprecht
- Privatfriedhof Hohe Promenade: Grabstädte Arnold Escher von der Linth.
- Friedhof Manegg: Walter Matthias Diggelmann, Alfred Escher, Friedrich Glauser, Kurt Gloor, Othmar Schoeck.
- Friedhof Nordheim: Albin Zollinger.
- Friedhof Rehalp: Heinrich Federer.
- Friedhof Sihlfeld: Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli, Karl Culmann, Gustav Gull, Rudolf Koller, Johanna Spyri, August Bebel, Henri Dunant, Gottfried Keller.
Syria
Taiwan (Republic of China)
Thailand
Turkey
Ankara
Gallipoli
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries containing the remains of allied troops, who died during the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915:
Istanbul
Ukraine
United Kingdom
- Abney Park, Stoke Newington, London - Opened in 1840, it is one of London's Magnificent Seven cemeteries and was the first wholly non-denominational cemetery in Europe; architecture by William Hosking, arboretum by Loddiges, design concept by George Collison based partly on the 'New World' principles and designs of Mount Auburn Cemetery. Although open to all, it became particularly noted as the main C19th burial place of English nonconformist ministers, scholars and missionaries as Bunhill Fields became full
- Aberfan Cemetery, Most of the victims of the Aberfan Coal Tip Disaster which killed 144 People which 116 of those were Children on 21 October 1966 are buried here.
- Aldershot Military Cemetery, first enclosed in 1856, it is the final resting place of military personnel of all ranks, or ex military personnel and for interment of wives and families, and for some civilians who have spent their life with the British Army.
- Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol - established 1837, first burial 1839
- Ballyoan Cemetery, County Londonderry
- Belfast City Cemetery, Belfast
- Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, London, opened in 1858, they are characteristic examples of the first wave of Victorian public cemeteries
- Brompton Cemetery- Opened in 1840, it is one of London's Magnificent Seven cemeteries and is the final resting place for a number of prominent persons including Samuel Cunard, Emmeline Pankhurst, Sir Charles Fremantle amongst others.
- Brookwood Cemetery - Brookwood, Woking, Surrey - resting place for over 240,000 people.
- Bunhill Fields, London, England - note as the main late C17th, C18th and early C19th burial place of nonconformist ministers, scholars, and literary figures including John Bunyan, William Blake, Isaac Watts and Daniel Defoe
- Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh, Scotland - Resting place of Adam Smith, regarded as the founder of modern economics
- Chelsea, Milman Street, God's Acre,the graveyard of the Fetter Lane Moravian Congregation
- Croydon Cemetery, London
- Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth
- Glasgow Necropolis, Glasgow, Scotland - elaborate mausolea
- Golders Green Crematorium, Golders Green, London, England
- Hampstead Cemetery, London
- Highgate Cemetery, London, is notable for its Egyptian Avenue and Lebanon Circle. Highgate contains the tomb of Karl Marx, topped with a huge bronze bust, Douglas Adams, Jacob Bronowski, Charles Cruft, George Eliot, Michael Faraday, William Friese-Greene, Stella Gibbons, Sheila Gish, Radclyffe Hall, Leslie Hutchinson, Sidney Nolan, prolific actor Sir Ralph Richardson, Christina Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, Elizabeth Siddal, Herbert Spencer, Feliks Topolski and Max Wall.
- Iona Abbey, last resting place of many kings of Scotland, and Labour leader John Smith
- Kensal Green Cemetery, London, oldest English cemetery of its type still in operation, many elaborate Victorian mausoleums, including those of William Makepeace Thackeray and Anthony Trollope. W. H. Smith is buried there.
- Milltown Cemetery, Falls Road, Belfast
- Putney Vale Cemetery in London
- Southern Cemetery, Manchester. John Rylands is buried there.
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery at Kensal Green in London is the final resting place for a number of notables including Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte, Sax Rohmer and Krystyna Skarbek.
- St Botolph Aldersgate, London
- St Margarets, London
- St Paul's Cathedral, London has a substantial crypt and has over 200 memorials. Both Lord Nelson and The Duke of Wellington among others are buried here.
- Westminster Abbey, London, many English monarchs, Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Laurence Olivier
- West Norwood Cemetery, one of London's Magnificent Seven, containing a record 65 listed monuments, and many notables including Sir Henry Bessemer, Dr William Marsden, Sir Hiram Maxim, Paul Julius Baron von Reuter
United States of America
Alabama
- Ahavas Chesed Cemetery, Mobile
- Church Street Graveyard, Mobile
- Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham - Bear Bryant, Eddie Kendricks, Sun Ra.
- Forest Hill Cemetery, Birmingham - Rufus Willis Cobb
- Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile
- Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville
- Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham - Louise Wooster
- Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery - Hank Williams
- Catholic Cemetery, Mobile
- Sha'arai Shomayim Cemetery, Mobile
- Pine Hill Cemetery, Auburn
Arizona
- Boothill Graveyard (Tombstone, Arizona) - Billy Clanton, Frank McLaury, and Tom McLaury.
- Greenwood Memory Lawn (Phoenix, Arizona) - Walter Winchell.
- Mesa Cemetery (Mesa, Arizona) - Waylon Jennings, and Ernesto Miranda.
- National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona (Phoenix, Arizona)
- Paradise Memorial Gardens (Scottsdale, Arizona) - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
- Pioneer & Military Memorial Park (Phoenix, Arizona) - Darrell Duppa, and King Woolsey.
- Railroad Park (Willcox, Arizona) - Rex Allen and his horse, KoKo.
- Wittmann Cemetery (Wittmann, Arizona)
Arkansas
California
- Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles; George Alexander, Phineas Banning, Jessie Benton Frémont, Louise Glaum, Hattie McDaniel, Anna May Wong, Frederic T. Woodman
- Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles; King Baggot, Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Lou Costello, Dolores Costello, Irene Dunne, John Hodiak, Mabel Normand
- Centerville Pioneer Cemetery, Fremont;
- Chapel of the Pines Crematory, Los Angeles;
- Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma (known as San Francisco's "City of the Dead"); Gertrude Atherton, Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Randolph Hearst, Hiram W. Johnson, Frederick Low
- Eden Memorial Park Cemetery, Mission Hills, Los Angeles; Lenny Bruce, Harvey Lembeck, Groucho Marx, Catya Sassoon, Roy Stuart
- El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego; Jonas Salk, Ray Kroc, Joan Kroc, Pete Rozelle, Billy Daniels, Joseph Coors, Milburn Stone, Todd Loren, Cedric Durst, Violet La Plante, Preston Foster
- Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles
- Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland; Huey P. Newton
- Forest Lawn - Cathedral City Cemetery, Cathedral City; Alice Faye, Buddy Rogers, Dinah Shore, Jane Wyman
- Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery, Los Angeles; Bette Davis, Sandra Dee, Andy Gibb, Buster Keaton, Dorothy Lamour, Charles Laughton, Stan Laurel, Liberace, Ricky Nelson, George Raft, John Ritter, Telly Savalas; (Lucille Ball was originally interred here, but was removed to Jamestown, New York, in 2002)
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale; Joan Blondell, Humphrey Bogart, Clara Bow, George Burns, Walt Disney, Errol Flynn
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