Audrey Hepburn and Marc Bolan are both set to be honoured with a blue plaque in London this year.
It was confirmed on Monday that the plaque will adorn residences in the capital associated with the late actress and former T Rex frontman.
Novelist Barbara Pym, artist Graham Sutherland, ballerina Alicia Markova and Jamaican writer and campaigner Una Marson will also be given a blue plaque.
The scheme is run by the English Heritage, whose curatorial director Matt Thompson said: “2025 marks an exciting year for the Blue Plaques Scheme as we honour these outstanding individuals who transformed the cultural fabric of London.
“From literature and art to dance and music, these figures helped shape the London we know today. Their contributions not only had a profound impact on their fields but also continue to inspire generations.”
Here is all we know so far.
Where will Audrey Hepburn & Marc Bolan’s blue plaques be?
Belgium-born Audrey Hepburn will be commemorated with a plaque in Mayfair, having been sent to a boarding school in England by her parents.
She landed her Oscar-winning role as Princess Ann in the 1953 comedy film Roman Holiday while living in Mayfair, after spending her early years in London.
Hepburn died in 1993 aged 63 in Tolochenaz, Switzerland.
Bolan will be honored with a plaque at one of his west London addresses, having been behind his band’s success before his death aged 29 in 1977.
The exact location has not yet been stated.
The blue plaques are set to be installed throughout this year on condition that the owner of the building approves them.
Why do people get blue plaques?
The scheme has run in London since 1866 and aims to celebrate the links between figures of the past “and the buildings in which they lived and worked”.
English Heritage took it over in 1986 with the scheme having previously been managed by various councils and arts boards.
“To be awarded an official English Heritage plaque, the proposed recipient must have died at least 20 years ago,” the rules state. “This is to help ensure that the decision about whether or not to shortlist a candidate is made with a sufficient degree of hindsight.
“However, plaques are as much about the buildings in which people lived and worked as about the subjects being commemorated – the intrinsic aim of English Heritage blue plaques is to celebrate the relationship between people and place. For this reason, we only erect a plaque if there is a surviving building closely associated with the person in question.”
Members of the public can put forward their ideas and suggestions for blue plaques on the English Heritage website.
Where are some of the most famous blue plaques in London?
Bob Marley: 42 Oakley Street, Chelsea
The reggae great, who would have recently turned 80, lived in Chelsea during his 1970s exile from his native Jamaica. The plaque was set up in 2019.
Tommy Cooper: Barrowgate Road, Chiswick
The comedian was awarded the honour at a ceremony in 2016 at the west London house where he lived with his wife and two children from 1955 until his death in 1984.
Jimmi Hendrix: 23 Brook Street, Mayfair
Legendary rock musician Hendrick lived in the Mayfair address from 1968 to 1969 and was awarded the plaque in 1997.
Freddie Mercury: 22 Gladstone Avenue, Feltham
Another rock legend, the Queen frontman was awarded the plaque in 2016. He lived with his family in the west London estate as he was growing up.
Sir Winston Churchill: 28 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington
Prime minister during the Second World War, Sir Winston has an official blue plaque on his post-war London home - which was awarded in 1985, 20 years after his death.
Charles Dickens: 48 Doughty Street, Holborn
The Kentish writer was living in Holborn for only two years in the 1830s and the plaque was erected in 1903.
Bobby Moore: 43 Waverley Gardens, Barking
Bobby Moore, who captained the England football team to victory in the 1966 World Cup, lived his formative years in Barking. The plaque was installed in 2016, with the West Ham great having died in 1993.
Clement Attlee, 17 Monkhams Avenue, Woodford Green
The one-time home of the former prime minister was erected in 1984 - a rare case where it was put up fewer than 20 years after the subject’s death. Mr Attlee died in 1976.
EM Forster: Arlington Park Mansions, Sutton Lane, Turnham Green
The novelist is famed for A Room with a View and Howards End. He lived in the Turnham Green flat from 1939 to his death in 1970. The blue plaque was established in 1983.
Graham Hill: 32 Parkside, Mill Hill
The racing driver was not just a Formula 1 champion but also a winner at Le Mans and the Indy 500. The house in Mill Hill was where his son Damon Hill, another F1 great, was brought up in the 1970s.
Harry Beck: 14 Wesley Road, Leyton
And finally, one of the great Londoners who designed the Tube map was born in Leyton. The blue plaque was awarded in 2013.
