Shop-keeper. Born Egypt. Arrived in London in the 70s and added the aristocratic "al" prefix to his name. He owned Harrods, the Paris Ritz and Fulham Football Club. The drunk chauffeur of the car in which Dodi and Diana died was employed by Fayed.
Londonist lists 11 Secrets of Harrods - we particularly like the one about Harrodsville in New Zealand.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Mohamed Al-Fayed
Both the Egyptian escalator and associated decorations and the bronze statue ...
This memorial is no longer here. Michael Jackson was a friend of Mohamed Al-F...
A family owned company with a tradition in professional horticulture. The largest grower of trees (both field and container grown), in the UK and one of the largest in Europe.
Publican. Born in the Middlesex Hospital. Took over The French House from his Belgian father and ran it until he retired on 1989. The French House is a pub and dining room at 49 Dean Street which d...
Fromed at the Chilean Embassy at 3 Hamilton Place. In 2008 The British Chilean Chamber of Commerce based in London merged with The Anglo Chilean Society.
Established to promote close and friendly relations between Brazil and Britain, and to increase British people's knowledge of Brazil and its culture.
Sold flowers at "Maggie's Corner" for 60 years. This lovely evocative photo (found for us by Denis Hoare) comes from Jonnie3 at Flickr where it is captioned 'Oxfam shop, Hampstead High Street, Lon...
Supporters of the Rochester Square Spiritualist Temple.
Greek physician, known as the father of medicine. Born in 460 BC on the island of Cos, Greece. Died in 377 BC
Born in St Pancras as Reginald Yarnitz Freeson. Served in the army in WW2. Labour politician, MP 1964-87, for Willesden East and later Brent East, with 14 years on the front bench. Died Salisbury. ...
Lead vocalist with the Southern Syncopated Orchestra. Born in Barbados, he joined the orchestra initially as a banjo player. He died with seven other members of the band in the sinking of the SS Ro...
