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HIGHGATE CEMETRY

FAMOUS PEOPLE


The stories of Highgate Cemetery are as diverse as the people buried here. Some of them are well-known, some are being rediscovered, and others will remain untold.


They can give us fascinating insights into the lives and habits of our predecessors, and food for thought about how we live our own live


  • George Eliot

Birth year: 1819


  • Karl Marx

Birth year: 1818


  • Michael Faraday

Birth year: 1791


George Michael (1963-2016) is buried in the West side of Highgate Cemetery, on one side of his mother's grave. His sister Melanie is on the other.  His monument bears his birth name, Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou.


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