From The Associated Press, here is a list of the notable guests scheduled  to attend the funeral of  boxing great Muhammad Ali. The funeral is set for Friday in Louisville, Kty.

  • Former President Bill Clinton
  • Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President Barack Obama
  • Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan
  • King Abdullah II of Jordan
  • Rev. Jesse Jackson

  • Comedian/actor Billy Crystal
  • Actor Will Smith
  • Television journalist Bryant Gumbel
  • Boxing promoter Don King
  • Former boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard
  • Former boxing champion Lennox Lewis
  • Former boxing champion George Foreman
  • Former boxing champion Larry Holmes
  • Former boxing champion Bernard Hopkins
  • Former NBA player Hedo Turkoglu
  • International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach
  • Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin
  • Former Kentucky Gov. John Y. Brown Jr.
  • Imam Zaid Shakir, Muslim scholar
  • Sherman Jackson, Muslim scholar
  • Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam
  • Boxing promoter and CEO of Top Rank Boxing Bob Arum
  • Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer
  • Former Louisville Mayor Harvey Sloane

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Peggy Harris (foreground) stocks the shelves at Sandy's IGA, which is the only grocery store in town, Tuesday, October 7, 2025, in Sparta. Hancock County has one of the highest rates of childhood food insecurity in the country. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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