List of tombs and mausoleums
This is a list of tombs and mausoleums that are either notable in themselves, or contain the remains of a notable person/people. Tombs are organized by the person buried in them, sorted according to origin of the person.
- See also Category:Memorials, cenotaph, monument, catacombs, cemetery, pyramid, list of Cemeteries, list of mausoleums, list of Memorials, list of pyramid mausoleums in North America.
Major figures in African history
Egyptian figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| Khufu | Fourth dynasty pharaoh, reigned 2589–2566 BCE | Great Pyramid in Giza, the only surviving wonder of the world | Great Pyramid |
| Tutankhamun | Eighteenth dynasty "boy king" of Egypt, reigned 1334–1325 BCE | Valley of the Kings; tomb famously excavated by Howard Carter | KV62 |
Songhai figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article | |
| Askia Mohammad I | Songhai Empire king and dyanastic founder, reigned 1493–1528 CE | Gao, Mali | Tomb of Askia | |
Ugandan figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article | |
| Members of the Baganda royal family | Muteesa I (1835–1884), Mwanga II (1867–1903), Daudi Chwa II (1896–1939), and Sir Edward Muteesa II]] (1924–1969), Kabakas of Buganda | Kampala, Uganda | Kasubi Tombs | |
Major figures in Asian history
Chinese figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| Qin Shi Huang | Qin Dynasty emperor from 221–210 BCE | Xi'an, Shaanxi, China | Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, including the Terracotta Army |
| Cao Cao | Eastern Han Dynasty warlord and politician, lived 155–220 CE | Xigaoxue Village, Anfeng Township, Anyang County, Anyang, Henan, China | Cao Cao Mausoleum |
| Emperor Taizong of Tang | Tang Dynasty emperor from 626–649 | Mount Jiuzong, Shaanxi, China | Zhao Mausoleum |
| Emperor Gaozong of Tang; Empress Wu Zetian; 17 others | Tang Dynasty emperor from 649–683; Chinese sovereign ruler from 690–705 | Mount Liang, Qian County, Shaanxi, China | Qianling Mausoleum |
| Yongle Emperor and 12 succeeding emperors | Ming Dynasty emperors from 1402–1644 | 13 km due north of Beijing, China | Ming Dynasty Tombs |
| Sun Yat-sen | Chinese revolutionary, founder of the Kuomintang, and 1st President of the Republic of China | At the foot of the second peak of the Purple Mountain, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China | Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum |
| Mao Zedong | Communist leader of China from 1943–1976 | Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China | Mausoleum of Mao Zedong |
Indian figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| Emperor Shah Jahan and Arjumand Banu Begum (Mumtaz Mahal) | Wife of Mughal Emperor Shahbuddin Mohammed Shah Jahan | Agra, India | Taj Mahal |
| Nasiruddin Humayun | 2nd Mughal Emperor, ruled in India from 1530–1540 and 1555–1556 | Delhi, India | Humayun's Tomb |
| Emperor Akbar and his wife Mariam-uz-Zamani | 3rd Mughal Emperor, ruled in India from 11th Feb,1556–27th Oct,1605 | Sikandra, Agra, India | Akbar's tomb, Mariam's Tomb |
Japanese figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| Nintoku | 16th emperor of Japan; world's largest mound tomb | Sakai, Osaka, Japan | Nintoku Mausoleum |
Korean figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| Complex of Goguryeo Tombs, Anak Tomb No.3 | |||
| Mausoleum of Dangun | |||
| Dae Hungmu and 11 other family members | Royalty of the Balhae Kingdom | Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin, China | Ancient Tombs at Longtou Mountain, Mausoleum of Princess Zhenxiao |
Mongolian figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article | |
| Genghis Khan | Mongol military leader and founder of the Mongol Empire | Beside a river near Kandehuo Enclosure, Ejin Horo Banner, Inner Mongolia, China; Khan's body is not there (it has never been found) | Mausoleum of Genghis Khan | |
| Damdin Sükhbaatar | Revolutionary hero and founder of the modern Mongolian state | Sükhbaatar Square, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (removed in 2005, body cremated) | Sükhbaatar's mausoleum | |
| Wang Zhaojun | Wife of a Xiongnu Chanyu (ruler) | Beside a river in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China | Zhaojun Tomb | |
Myanmar figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| U Thant | The third Secretary-General of the United Nations | Yangon, Myanmar | Kandawmin Garden Mausolea |
| Aung San | Founder of Myanmar | Yangon, Myanmar | Martyrs' Mausoleum |
Pakistani figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Founder of Pakistan | Karachi, Pakistan | Mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
| Muhammad Iqbal | Poet, Lawyer, Politician | Badshahi Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan | Tomb of Muhammad Iqbal |
| Maharaja Ranjit Singh | Sikh ruler | Lahore, Pakistan | Samadhi of Ranjit Singh |
| Baba Shah Jamal | Sufi saint | Lahore, Pakistan | Tomb of Shah Jamal |
Vietnamese figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| Ho Chi Minh | Vietnamese Revolutionary Leader | Hanoi, Vietnam, Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum |
Other
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| (Timur) | Conqueror of much of western and central Asia, founder of the Timurid Empire and Timurid dynasty | Samarkand | Gur-e Amir |
| Sayyed Bahram Mausoleum | |||
Major figures in European history
Albanian figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| Enver Hoxha | First Secretary-General of the Party of Labour and premier of the Socialist People's Republic of Albania | Tirana, Albania | Enver Hoxha Mausoleum |
| King Zog | President, and later King, of interwar Albania | Tirana, Albania | Mausoleum of the Albanian Royal Family |
British figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | St Martin's Church, Bladon, near Woodstock, Oxfordshire | none |
| Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson | Admiral | St Paul's Cathedral, London | none |
| Queen Victoria and Prince Albert | Long-reigning Queen of the United Kingdom and her husband | Frogmore Mausoleum, on the private grounds of the Home Park, Windsor Castle, Berkshire | Frogmore |
| Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | Soldier and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | St Paul's Cathedral, London | none |
Bulgarian figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak | Near Kazanlak, Bulgaria | ||
French figures
Italian figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| Caesar Augustus and other emperors of his family | First Roman emperor 27 BC – 14 AD | Campus Martius (now the Piazza Augusto Imperatore) in Rome, Italy (ashes now scattered) | Mausoleum of Augustus |
| Gaius Julius Caesar | Roman general and dictator assassinated 44 BC | Forum Romanum in Rome, Italy | Roman Forum |
| Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus (Galerius) | Roman Emperor from 305–311 AD | Thessaloniki, Greece | Arch and Tomb of Galerius |
| Hadrian and family members | Roman emperor from 117–138 AD | Rome, Italy (now the Castel Sant'Angelo; ashes now scattered) | Castel Sant'Angelo |
| Theodoric the Great | 5th–6th century Ostrogothic king, ruler of Italy, and regent of the Visigoths | Just outside Ravenna, Italy | Mausoleum of Theodoric |
Russian figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| Vladimir Ilyich Lenin | Russian communist revolutionary and 1st Premier of the Soviet Union | Red Square, Moscow, Russia | Lenin's Mausoleum |
| Josef Vissarionovich Stalin | Soviet dictator from 1920s–1953 | Formerly in Lenin's Mausoleum; reburied outside the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia | Kremlin Wall Necropolis |
Major figures in Middle-Eastern history
Persian/Iranian figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| Cyrus the Great | the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty | Pasargadae near the city of Shiraz, Iran | Pasargadae |
| Darius I, Xerxes I, Artaxerxes I, Darius II and Darius III | emperors of the Achaemenid dynasty | Naqsh-e Rustam near the city of Shiraz, Iran | Naqsh-e Rustam |
| Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III | emperors of the Achaemenid dynasty | Persepolis near the city of Shiraz, Iran | Persepolis |
| Mausolus | Persian satrap of Caria | Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey); the origin of the word "mausoleum" – the tomb is now destroyed | Mausoleum of Maussollos |
| Abu Lolo or Piruz Nahavandi (d. 645) | assassin of caliph Omar | Kashan, Iran | none |
| Yaqub Leith Saffari (840–879) | ruler of the Saffarid dynasty | Shahabad (ancient Gondishapur) near Dezful, Iran | none |
| Amir Esmail Samani (d. 907) | ruler of the Samanid dynasty | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | Samanid Mausoleum |
| Qabus ebn Voshmgir (d. 1012) | ruler of the Ziyarid dynasty | Gonbad, Iran | none |
| Toghril Beg (990–1063) | ruler of the Seljuk dynasty | Rey, Iran | Tughrul Tower |
| Malekshah (d. 1092) | ruler of the Seljuk dynasty | Isfahan, Iran | none |
| Khwajeh Nezam ol-Molk (1018–1092) | vizier of Malekshah | Isfahan, Iran | none |
| Shah Shoja' (d. 1384) | ruler of the Mozaffarid dynasty and patron of Hafez | Shiraz, Iran | none |
| Gawhar Shad (d. 1457) | wife of Shah Rukh of the Timurid dynasty and founder of Gowhar Shad Mosque | Herat, Afghanistan | Gawhar Shad Mausoleum |
| Nader Shah (1688–1747) | Shah of Iran and the founder of the Afsharid dynasty | Mashhad, Iran | none |
| Karim Khan (1705–1779) | the ruler and de facto Shah of Iran of the Zand dynasty | Shiraz, Iran | Pars Museum of Shiraz |
| Naser ed-Din Shah (1831–1896) and Sattar Khan (1868–1914) | shah of Iran the Qajar dynasty that assassinated in the same shrine on May 1, 1896 and Persian freedom fighter of Constitutional Revolution | Rey, Iran | Shah-Abdol-Azim shrine |
| Reza Shah (1878–1944) | Shah of Iran of the Pahlavi dynasty | Rey, Iran demolished in 1979 after the Iranian Revolution | Reza Shah's mausoleum |
| Bayazid Bastami (804–874) | Persian mystic | Bastam, Iran | none |
| Sheikh Abulhassan Kharaqani (963–1033) | Persian mystic | Kharaqan near Bastam, Iran | none |
| Ali Hujwiri (990–1077) | Persian mystic | Lahore, Pakistan | Data Durbar Complex |
| Khwajeh Abdollah Ansari (1006–1088) | Persian mystic | Herat, Afghanistan | Khwaja 'Abd Allah Ansari shrine |
| Sheikh Ahmad Jami (1048–1141) | Persian mystic | Torbat-e Jam, Iran | none |
| Abdol-Qader Gilani (1077–1166) | Persian mystic and founder of the Qaderi Sufi Order | Baghdad, Iraq | none |
| Qotbeddin Heydar (1137–1221) | Persian mystic | Torbat-e Heydarieh, Iran | none |
| Moinoddin Chishti (1141–1230) | Persian mystic and founder of Chishti Order | Ajmer, India | none |
| Sheikh Abdolsamad Esfahani (13th century) | Persian mystic | Natanz, Iran | none |
| Sheikh Mohammad Bakran (d. 1303) | Persian mystic | near Isfahan, Iran | Pir-i Bakran |
| Amu Abdollah (d. 1316) | Persian mystic | near Isfahan, Iran | Manar Jonban |
| Sheikh Zahed Gilani (1216–1301) | Persian mystic and Murshid of Sheikh Safieddin Ardabili | Lahijan, Iran | none |
| Sheikh Safieddin Ardabili (1252–1334) | Persian mystic and eponym of the Safavid dynasty | Ardabil, Iran – Ismail I the founder of the Safavid dynasty is also buried there | none |
| Khwajeh Zeinoddin Shirazi (1302–1370) | Persian mystic | Khuldabad, India | none |
| Baha ed-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1318–1389) | Persian mystic and founder of Naqshbandi Order | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | none |
| Shah Nimatullah Vali (1330–1431) | Persian mystic and founder of the Nematollahi Sufi Order | Mahan, Iran, Iran | Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine |
| Sibaveih (760–797) | Persian linguist | Shiraz, Iran | none |
| Imam Bukhari (810–870) | Persian Sunni scholar | near Samarkand, Uzbekistan | none |
| Ebn-e Babveih (d. 941) | Persian Shi'ite scholar | Rey, Iran | Ebn-e Babveih |
| Rabe'eh Balkhi (10th century) | Persian poet | Balkh, Afghanistan | none |
| Ferdowsi (940–1020) | Persian poet | Tus, Iran | none |
| Avicenna (980–1037) | Persian philosopher and physician | Hamedan, Iran | none |
| Baba Taher (11th century) | Persian mystic and poet | Hamedan, Iran | none |
| Asadi Tusi (d. 1072), Anvari (1126–1189), Homam Tabrizi (1238–1315), Khaqani (1121–1190), Qatran Tabrizi (1009–1072) and Shahriar (1906–1988) | Persian poets | Tabriz, Iran | Maqbarat ol-Shoara |
| Abu Hamed Ghazali (1058–1111) | Persian theologian, philosopher and mystic | Tus, Iran | none |
| Ahmad Ghazali (1061–1126) | Persian writer and mystic and brother of Abu Hamed Ghazali | Qazvin, Iran | none |
| Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) | Persian poet | Nishapur, Iran | none |
| Sanai Ghaznavi (1080–1131) | Persian poet | Ghazni, Afghanistan | none |
| Sheikh Ruzbehan (1129–1209) | Persian mystic and poet | Shiraz, Iran | none |
| Nizami (1141–1209) | Persian poet | Ganja, Azerbaijan | Nezami Mausoleum |
| Attar (1145–1221) | Persian mystic and poet | Nishapur, Iran | none |
| Mowlavi (Rumi) (1207–1273) and Sultan Walad (d. 1312) | Persian mystics and poets | Konya, Turkey | Mevlana Museum |
| Saadi (1184–1291) | Persian poet | Shiraz, Iran | none |
| Hamdollah Mostowfi (1281–1349) | Persian historian and geographer | Qazvin, Iran | none |
| Khwaju Kermani (1280–1352) | Persian mystic and poet | Shiraz, Iran | none |
| Hafez (1315–1390) | Persian poet | Shiraz, Iran | Tomb of Hafez |
| Jami (1414–1492) | Persian mystic and poet | Herat, Afghanistan | none |
| Saib Tabrizi (1601–1677) | Persian poet | Isfahan, Iran | none |
| Mir Emad Qazvini (1553–1614) | Persian calligrapher | Isfahan, Iran | none |
| Sheikh Bahaii (1547–1621) | Persian architect and poet | Mashhad, Iran | none |
| Bidel Dehlavi (1640–1721) | Persian mystic and poet | Delhi, India | none |
| Kamal ol-Molk (1847–1940) | Iranian painter | Nishapur, Iran | none |
| Iraj Mirza (1874–1926), Bahar (1884–1951), Forugh Farrokhzad (1935–1967), Rahi Moayyeri (1909–1968), Darvish Khan (1872–1926), Ruhollah Khaleqi (1906–1965), Abolhasan Saba (1902–1957) and Qamar ol-Moluk Vaziri (1905–1959) | Persian poets, musicians and singers | Tehran, Iran | Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery |
| Sadeq Hedayat (1903–1951) and Gholam-Hossein Saedi (1936–1985) | Persian writers | Paris, France | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
| Salman the Persian | Persian companion of Muhammad | Salman Pak (ancient Ctesiphon), Iraq | none |
Turkish figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | Founder and President of the Republic of Turkey | Anittepe quarter of Ankara, Turkey | Anitkabir |
Major figures in North American history
American figures
Major religious figures
Judeo-Christian figures
Baháʼí figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| Bahá'u'lláh | Founder of the Baháʼí Faith; considered by Baháʼís to be the most recent messenger of God. | Buried in the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh outside of Akka, Israel. | Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'u'lláh, Qiblih |
| The Báb | Founder of Bábism, and predecessor of Bahá'u'lláh. | Buried in the Shrine of the Báb on Mt. Carmel in Haifa, Israel. | Báb, Shrine of the Báb |
| `Abdu'l-Bahá | Son of Bahá'u'lláh and leader of the Baháʼí Faith | Buried in a chamber within the Shrine of the Báb on Mt. Carmel in Haifa, Israel. | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Shrine of the Báb, Shrine of `Abdu'l-Bahá |
| Shoghi Effendi | Great-grandson of Bahá'u'lláh; Under the title of Guardian, he served as last singular head of the faith. | Buried in New Southgate Cemetery in London, U.K. | Shoghi Effendi, Directions to the burial site of the Guardian |
Muslim figures
| Person(s) | Significance | Location of Tomb | Article |
| Muhammad | Prophet of Islām | Buried in Madīnah, Saudi Arabia | Masjidun Nabawi |
| Abu Bakr | First Companion, father in law of Muhammad, and first of the 4 Rashidun-Caliphs. | Buried in Madīnah To the Right side of Muhammad, Saudi Arabia | Masjidun Nabawi |
| Umar ibn al-Khattab | Second Companion, father in law of Muhammad, and second of the 4 Rashidun-Caliphs. | Buried in Madīnah To the Right side of Abu-Bakr, Saudi Arabia | Masjidun Nabawi |
| Uthman Ibn Affan | Third Companion, son in law of Muhammad, and third of the 4 Rashidun-Caliphs. | Buried within the former Mausolea of Jannatul Baqī‘ in Madīnah, Saudi Arabia | Jannatul Baqī‘ |
| Fātimah | Sunni Muslims believe that she is the youngest of 4 daughters and the wife of ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib. The only daughter of Muhammad to outlive her father. The head of the only remaining seed of Muhammad till this day. Believed by Shia'a to be Muhammad's only daughter; while others are step-daughters. | Either buried within the former Mausolea of Jannatul Baqī‘, or within Masjidun Nabawi in Madīnah, Saudi Arabia | none |
| ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib | Cousin of Muhammad, First Shī‘ah Imām and the only successor of Muhammad as accepted by Shī‘ah's | Exact location under dispute. Shia'a Records report Buried in Najaf, Iraq.
Sunni Records claim exact location unknown somewhere in Kufa, Iraq. |
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| Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib | Uncle of Muhammad. One of the first converts and important figures in Early Islam. | Buried outside Madina Munawwara, Saudi Arabia. Unmarked grave, however, location is known in folk-tradition, and surrounded by security. | Near Archer's Hill, field of Battle of Uhud |
| Hasan ibn ‘Alī | Grandson of Muhammad, son of ‘Alī and Fātimah, and Second Twelver Shī‘ah Imām | Buried within the former Mausolea of Jannatul Baqī‘ in Madīnah, Saudi Arabia. Graves are unmarked, however, locations are known in folk tradition. | Jannatul Baqī‘ |
| Husayn ibn ‘Alī | Grandson of Muhammad, son of ‘Alī and Fātimah, and Third Twelver Shī‘ah Imām | Buried in Karbalā, Iraq | Imām Husayn Mosque |
| Khalid ibn al-Walid | Brilliant Military General, leader of Muslims Conquest of Syria. | Buried in Hims, Syria | Khaled Bin Al-Walid Mosque |
| Abu Ayyub al-Ansari | Companion of Muhammad. | Buried in Istanbul, Turkey | Eyüp Sultan Mosque |
| ‘Alī Zaynul ‘Ābidīn | Son of Husayn ibn ‘Alī and the Fourth Twelver Shī‘ah Imām | Buried within the former Mausolea of Jannatul Baqī‘ in Madīnah, Saudi Arabia. Graves are unmarked, however, locations are known in folk tradition. | |
| Muhammad al-Bāqir | Son of ‘Alī Zaynul ‘Ābidīn and the Fifth Twelver Shī‘ah Imām | Buried within the former Mausolea of Jannatul Baqī‘ in Madīnah, Saudi Arabia. Graves are unmarked, however, locations are known in folk tradition. | |
| Ja‘far as-Sādiq | Son of Muhammad al-Bāqir and the Sixth Twelver Shī‘ah Imām | Buried within the former Mausolea of Jannatul Baqī‘ in Madīnah, Saudi Arabia. Graves are unmarked, however, locations are known in folk tradition. | |
| Mūsā al-Kādhim | Son of Ja‘far as-Sādiq and the Seventh Twelver Shī‘ah Imām | Buried in Kadhimayn, Iraq | Al-Kadhimiya Mosque |
| ‘Alī ar-Ridhā | Son of Mūsā al-Kādhim and Eighth Twelver Shī‘ah Imām | Buried in Mashhad, Iran | Imām Ridhā Mosque |
| Muhammad at-Taqī | Son of ‘Alī ar-Ridhā and the Ninth Twelver Shī‘ah Imām | Buried in Kadhimayn, Iraq | Al-Kadhimiya Mosque |
| ‘Alī an-Naqī | Son of Muhammad at-Taqī and the Tenth Twelver Shī‘ah Imām | Buried in Sāmarrā', Iraq | Al-Askari Mosque |
| Hasan al-‘Askarī | Son of ‘Alī an-Naqī and the Eleventh Twelver Shī‘ah Imām | Buried in Sāmarrā', Iraq | Al-Askari Mosque |
| Saladdin | Army General and Leader of Ayyubids State. | Buried in Damascus, Syria | Near Umayyad Mosque |
See also
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier – about the concept, lists specific tombs by country
- List of papal tombs
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