Lists of cemeteries

Last updated July 30, 2025

These lists of cemeteries compile notable cemeteries, mausolea, and other places people are buried worldwide. Reasons for notability include their design, their history, and their interments.

Lists of cemeteries by country

Africa

Algeria

Egypt

Kenya

Morocco

Bab Aghmat cemetery
Bab Ftouh cemetery
Bab Mahrouk cemetery
Ben M'Sik European Cemetery
Chellah – archeological site and necropolis
Jewish Cemetery of Marrakech
Jewish Cemetery in Fez
Marinid Tombs
Saadian Tombs

Nigeria

South Africa

Westpark Cemetery

Americas

Argentina

La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires – burial site of Eva Perón, Federico Leloir, and many other Argentine figures
La Chacarita Cemetery (or "National Cemetery"), Buenos Aires – burial site of Juan Peron (until 2006), Carlos Gardel and many other notables.
Cementerio del Oeste, Tucumán ^[1]
Cementerio San José de Flores, Buenos Aires

Bolivia

Brazil

Cemitério da Consolação, São Paulo – burial site of writer Mário de Andrade, Monteiro Lobato, painter Tarsila do Amaral, former Brazil's president Campos Sales
Cemitério do Morumbi, São Paulo – burial site of singer Elis Regina, F1 racer Ayrton Senna, actor and comedian Ronald Golias
Cemitério dos Protestantes, São Paulo
Cemitério de Vila Formosa, São Paulo – the biggest cemetery in Latin America^[2]
Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro. Burial site of Alberto Santos-Dumont, early pioneer of aviation; singer/actress Carmen Miranda, and composer Tom Jobim.

Canada

Colombia

Central Cemetery of Bogotá – Burial site of several national heroes, poets and former Colombian presidents
Central Cemetery of Tunja
Central Cemetery of Valledupar
Jardines de Paz
San Pedro Cemetery Museum

Ecuador

Falkland Islands

Argentine Military Cemetery – military cemetery on East Falkland that holds the remains of 237 Argentine combatants killed during the 1982 Falklands War.
Blue Beach Military Cemetery at San Carlos – British war cemetery holding the remains of 14 of the 255 British casualties killed during the Falklands War.

Mexico

Paraguay

Peru

Chauchilla Cemetery – over 1,000 years old
Nueva Esperanza Cemetery – popular cemetery in southern Lima
Presbítero Maestro – cemetery in Lima with significant political and military figures
Sillustani-Incan Burial Ground

United States

Uruguay

Puerto Rico

Asia

Bangladesh

Christian cemetery, over 200 years old.
Chittagong Commonwealth War Cemetery
Maynamati War Cemetery

China

Iran

Iraq

Wadi-us-Salaam

Israel

Japan

Malaysia

Pakistan

Palestine

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

South Korea

Taiwan

Chin Pao San
Wuchih Mountain Military Cemetery

Thailand

Uzbekistan

Shah-i-Zinda(شاه زنده in Persian meaning "The Living King") is one of the world-known necropolises of Central Asia, which is situated in the northeastern part of Samarkand. The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of 9–14th and 19th centuries.
Gur-e-Amir, Samarkand

Vietnam

Mai Dich Cemetery – cemetery established after French occupation ended in 1954 in Hanoi as a place of worship for heroes of the people. Those buried here include statesmen, writers, poets, and others who have close ties to Vietnam's current government.
Trường Sơn Cemetery – cemetery established in 1977, after the unification of Vietnam in 1975 as a place of worship for heroes of people. Those buried are soldiers, commanders who sacrificed to build Ho Chi Minh trail during the war against America. It is located in Quảng Trị and has about 72 thousand martyrs.
Hàng Dương Cemetery – cemetery established 1992 as a place of worship for revolutionary soldiers and heroes who were imprisoned and killed by Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) and America.
Mạc Đĩnh Chi Cemetery – Located in the heart of former Saigon, Mac Dinh Chi was South Vietnam's most prestigious French colonial cemetery reserved for celebrities, politicians and the upper class. Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu were interred here. In the early 1980s, Vietnam's government declared the place a corrupt reminder of the past and dissolved the cemetery by 1983. In accordance to new laws, bodies in Mac Dinh Chi were exhumed, cremated and given to remaining family members whenever possible. A park was built on top of the cemetery.^[3]
Bien Hoa Cemetery – a cemetery for soldiers of Army of Republic of South Vietnam who died during Vietnam War. It is located in Bình Dương Province.

Europe

Azerbaijan

Czech Republic

Sedlec Ossuary – Kutná Hora
Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague
Ďáblice cemetery, Prague
Olšany Cemetery, Prague – the biggest graveyard in the Czech Republic
New Jewish Cemetery, Prague – built next to the Olšany Cemetery to alleviate the space problems faced by the Old Jewish Cemetery, it is the burial place of Franz Kafka
Vyšehrad cemetery, Prague – the Czech Republic's most important cemetery, it is the burial site for Antonín Dvořák, Alphonse Mucha and Bedřich Smetana, amongst others.

Denmark

Assistens Cemetery – here rests f.i. Hans Christian Andersen, Niels Bohr, Hans Christian Ørsted, Søren Kierkegaard, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Christen Købke, Ben Webster and Kenny Drew.
Holmen Cemetery, Copenhagen
Garrison Cemetery, Copenhagen
Roskilde Domkirke
Vestre Cemetery, Copenhagen
Bispebjerg Cemetery, Copenhagen

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia (country)

Germany

Greece

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, Philip II of Macedon.
Tatoi Royal Cemetery – Athens.
Mikra British 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

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Norway

Cemetery of Our Saviour - cemetery in Oslo

Poland

Portugal

Cemitério da Ajuda, Lisbon
Cemitério do Alto de São João, Lisbon
Prazeres Cemetery, Lisbon
Cemitério de Agramonte, Porto
Cemitério do Prado do Repouso, Porto

Russia

Slovakia

National Cemetery, Martin
Slavín, Bratislava
Slávičie údolie, Bratislava
Chatam Sofer Memorial, Bratislava, a burial place of orthodox rabbi Moses Schreiber (1762–1839)

Slovenia

Spain

Montjuïc Cemetery, Barcelona
Poblenou Cemetery, Barcelona
Cementerio de la Almudena, Madrid
Cementerio de San Isidro, Madrid, the oldest and most monumental cemetery in Madrid (1811): http://cementeriodesanisidro.com
Cementerio de San Justo, Madrid, built in 1847
English Cemetery, Málaga
Polloe Cemetery, San Sebastian, built 1878
Cementerio de Lloret de Mar, Gerona, built 1901, example of modernisme.

Sweden

Riddarholmen Church, Stockholm
Uppsala Cathedral is the burial site for several Swedish kings and queens from the 16th and 17th century, as well as Carl Linnaeus and Emanuel Swedenborg. The nearby Old Graveyard houses the grave of Dag Hammarskjöld.
Östra kyrkogården, Gothenburg lies in east Gothenburg and is the burial site for several famous Swedes, including Karin Boye, Otto Nordenskiöld and Ivar Arosenius.
Malmö gamla begravningsplats, Malmö
Norra Begravningsplatsen, established in 1827 in northern Stockholm, is the burial site for a number of Swedish notables including Alfred Nobel, Ingrid Bergman and Ulrich Salchow.
Skogskyrkogården, a relatively new cemetery opened in 1920 in southern Stockholm, exists as UNESCO World Heritage Site by decision by Swedish authorities. Amongst others, the cemetery contains the graves of actress Greta Garbo.
Norra kyrkogården [ sv ] in Lund

Switzerland

Bremgartenfriedhof, Bern is the burial place of revolutionary anarchist Michail Alexandrowitsch Bakunin
Cimetière des Rois, Geneva, burial place of Protestant reformer John Calvin
Cemetery of Celigny, Geneva, burial place of Richard Burton, Vilfredo Pareto and Alistair MacLean
Friedhof am Hörnli, Riehen BS, burial place of Heinrich Altherr, Karl Barth, Ernst Beyeler, Lore Berger, Jacob Burckhardt, Dare (graffiti artist), Fritz Haber, Karin Himboldt, Emanuel Hoffmann, Clara Immerwahr, Karl Jaspers, Charlotte von Kirschbaum, Markus Mattmüller, Paul Hermann Müller, Albert Nicholas, Alfred Rasser, Jean Roux, Maja Sacher, Paul Sacher, Fritz Sarasin, Paul Sarasin, Adrienne von Speyr, Hermann Suter, Hans Martin Sutermeister, Eduard Thurneysen, Mark Tobey, Hans-Peter Tschudi, Rudolf Tschudi, Jacob Wackernagel, Irène Zurkinden
Gottesacker in Riehen BS, burial place of Karl August Auberlen

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh, Scotland – Resting place of Adam Smith, regarded as the founder of modern economics
Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh – Greyfriars Bobby the Skye terrier
Glasgow Necropolis, Glasgow, Scotland – elaborate mausolea
Iona Abbey, resting place of many kings of Scotland, and Labour leader John Smith

Wales

Aberfan Cemetery – Most of the victims of the Aberfan coal tip disaster of 21 October 1966 are buried here
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff – One of the largest cemeteries in the United Kingdom; opened in 1859; covering over 100 acres (0.40 km²) of land
Cefn Golau Cholera Cemetery - The only surviving cholera cemetery in South Wales and one of the few remaining in Britain
Cwmgelli Cemetery, Swansea – First public cemetery in Wales to have no consecrated ground
St Woolos Cemetery, Newport – Opened in 1854, the first municipally owned cemetery in Wales

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

References

↑ "Cementerio del Oeste (archived copy)". Archived from the original on 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
↑ France-Presse, Paula Ramon, Agence (2020-04-02). "Latin America's biggest cemetery braces for impact". Buenos Aires Times. Retrieved 2024-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ "Mac Dinh Chi Cemetery (Defunct)". www.findagrave.com/. Retrieved 2019-10-11.