25 Mar 2023

Highgate Cemetery East & West - Grave Spotting

Highgate Cemetery holds 170,000 people buried in 53,000 graves across its two sections. Whilst walking you will spot some famous, infamous and some who probably should be more famous. 


Singer George Michael (1963-2016), his mother and his sister. 


Actor Ian Holm (1931-2020)


Marco Goldschmied, British Architect (1944-2022)


Author Douglas Adams (1952-2001)


Actor Roger Lloyd-Pack (1944-2014)


John Atcheler (1792-1867), “Horse slaughterer to Queen Victoria”


Philosopher Karl Marx (1818-1883)


Painter Lucian Freud (1922-2011)


Elinor Goldschmied (1910-2009), English Educationalist


Bruce Reynolds (1931-2013), Career criminal


Alexander Litvinenko (1962-2006) Russian and British agent


Malcolm McLaren (1946-2010) Musician and impresario. 


Jeremy Beadle (1948-2008) Broadcaster


Tom Sayers (1826-1865) Bare knuckle prize fighter 


Harry Thornton (1883-1918), Classical pianist and entertainer


Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005), Artist



 

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