David Hewitt passes away at age 87
David Hewitt, the Irish rugby union centre who represented Ireland and the British & Irish Lions, died on November 5, 2026, aged 87. Born in Belfast on September 9, 1939,…
Famous Dead People from Britain
Over 6,000 obituaries for famous people from Britain who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Obituary: Alan Jones, dead at age 80
Alan Jones, the Australian racing driver and Formula One world champion, died November 5, 2026, aged 80. Born Alan Stanley Jones in Melbourne on November 2, 1946, he attended Xavier…
Obituary: Stuart Holland, dead at age 86
Stuart Holland, the British economist and politician who represented Vauxhall as a Labour MP, died on November 5, 2026, aged 86. Born on March 25, 1940, and also known as…
Bernard Cafferty dead at age 92
Bernard Cafferty, the English chess master, writer and editor, died in Hastings, Sussex, on November 4, 2026, aged 92. Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, he became one of England’s leading players…
John Nicks passed away at age 97
John Nicks, the British-American pair skater and figure skating coach, died November 3, 2026, aged 97. Born John Allen Wisden Nicks in Brighton on April 22, 1929, he grew up…
John Frieda died at age 75
John Frieda, the British businessman and celebrity hairstylist who founded hair salon and hair-product businesses, died on November 3, 2026, aged 75. Born Alan Howard Frieda in London on July…
Simon Winchester passed away at age 82
Simon Winchester, the British-American author and journalist associated with The Surgeon of Crowthorne, died of a heart attack on November 3, 2026, aged 82. Born in London, he attended several…
John Evans passes away at age 79
John Evans, an English professional footballer and international bowls player, died on November 2, 2026, aged 79. Born in Torquay on March 24, 1947, John Charles Evans began his football…
QABM Rahman passed away at age 91
QABM Rahman, a Bangladeshi civil servant, died on November 1, 2026, aged 91. Born in Faridpur, then part of British India, on February 1, 1935, he entered maritime service as…
Death of Jack Preger at age 96
Jack Preger, a British physician known for providing medical care to poor communities in India, died on October 31, 2026, aged 96. Born on July 25, 1930, he studied at…
Isaac Tédambé dies at age 72
Isaac Tédambé, a Chadian economist and novelist best known for the novel *Republic for Sale*, died in N’Djamena on October 30, 2026, aged 72. Born on March 3, 1954, in…
Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne died at age 96
Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne, a British peer, merchant banker and writer who served in the House of Lords from 1992 to 1999, died October 30, 2026, aged 96. Born…
Michael P. Drazin died at age 97
Michael P. Drazin, an English-American mathematician known for the Drazin inverse, died October 29, 2026, aged 97. Born Michael Peter Drazin in London on June 5, 1929, he was a…
Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading dies at 84
Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading, a British peer, banker and philanthropist who was a member of the House of Lords from 1981 to 1999, died on October 28, 2026,…
Elke Sommer passes away at age 85
Elke Sommer, a German actress whose screen career included comedies, mysteries and international productions, died October 28, 2026, aged 85. Born Elke Schletz in Berlin on November 5, 1940, she…
Peter Medak has died at age 88
Peter Medak, Hungarian-born British film and television director, died in Los Angeles on October 27, 2026, aged 88. Born Péter Medák in Budapest on December 23, 1937, he was the…
Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham dies at 86
Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, a British Labour politician who served in the House of Commons and House of Lords, died on October 27, 2026, aged 86. He represented…
Jonathan Finlay dead at age 78
Jonathan Finlay, a British pediatric neuro-oncologist who specialized in brain tumors in children, adolescents and young adults, died October 26, 2026, aged 78. Born in Manchester in 1948, he was…
Akio Usami, died aged 83
Akio Usami, a Japanese Olympic long-distance runner, died of cancer on October 26, 2026, aged 83. Born May 31, 1943, in Tsubame, Niigata, Japan, he represented his country in the…
Sir David Gascoigne died at age 86
Sir David Rendel Kingston Gascoigne, a New Zealand lawyer and former judicial conduct commissioner who served as viceregal consort from 2016 to 2021, died October 26, 2026, aged 86. Born…
Arch Jelley passes away at age 104
Arch Jelley, a New Zealand Hall of Fame athletics coach, died October 24, 2026, aged 104. Born Albert Archibald Jelley in Dunedin on August 13, 1922, he trained at Dunedin…
Wm. Roger Louis dies at 90
Wm. Roger Louis, an American historian and professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin, died October 23, 2026, aged 90. Born in Detroit on May 8, 1936, he…
Romano Hummel died at age 27
Romano Hummel, a Dutch speedway rider, died by suicide on October 21, 2026, aged 27. Born in the Netherlands on January 4, 1999, he competed internationally in both long track…
Death of Timothy Smiley at age 95
Timothy Smiley, the British philosopher, died October 21, 2026, aged 95. Born in London on November 13, 1930, he was educated at Ardwyn Grammar School in Aberystwyth and Ampleforth College,…
Sir Philip Otton, died aged 93
Sir Philip Otton, the British judge who served as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1995 to 2001, died October 20, 2026, aged 93. Born on 28 May 1933, he…
Death of Andy King at age 78
Andy King, the British Labour politician who represented Rugby and Kenilworth in Parliament from 1997 to 2005, died on October 19, 2026, aged 78. Born on September 14, 1948, he…
Sir Michael Hobbs has died at age 89
Sir Michael Frederick Hobbs, a British Army officer who rose to major-general and later became a charity director and Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor, died on October 19,…
Michael Brambell dies at 94
Michael Brambell, a British zoologist who directed Chester Zoo, died October 18, 2026, aged 94. Born Michael Rogers Brambell in London on August 2, 1932, he grew up in Bangor,…
Ronald Lancaster dies at age 95
Ronald Lancaster, the British Anglican clergyman, chemist and businessman who founded Kimbolton Fireworks, died October 18, 2026, aged 95. Born in Huddersfield, he became interested in fireworks after the 1937…
Douglas Dunn passed away at age 83
Douglas Eaglesham Dunn, the Scottish poet, academic and critic, died on October 16, 2026, aged 83. Born in Inchinnan on October 23, 1942, he trained at the Scottish School of…
Basil Ince dead at age 93
Basil Ince, a Trinidadian sprinter and politician who served as minister of foreign affairs from 1981 to 1985, died October 15, 2026, aged 93. Born May 1, 1933, Ince was…
Barbara Jay obituary: died at age 94
Barbara Jay, a British jazz singer aged 94, died October 15, 2026, from complications of dementia. Tags Musicians, 15 October 2026, Barbara, Britain, Dementia, Jay, Leo, October 15, October 2026
Death of Stefan Lord at age 71
Stefan Lord, a Swedish darts player, died on October 15, 2026, aged 71. Born in Stockholm on December 4, 1954, he competed in British Darts Organisation events during the 1970s,…
Death of Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh at age 80
Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh, an Iranian political scientist and historian, died October 15, 2026, aged 80. Born in Nur, Iran, on February 9, 1946, he became known for work on Iran and…
Tom Yandle death at age 90
Tom Yandle, the British farmer and huntsman who served as High Sheriff of Somerset, died October 15, 2026, aged 90. Born in 1935, he was known formally as Thomas Andrew…
Vin Denson, died aged 90
Vin Denson, an English professional racing cyclist, died on October 14, 2026, aged 90. Born in Chester on November 24, 1935, he got his first bicycle at 12: a black…
Ken Friar has died at age 92
Ken Friar, the English football executive and life president of Arsenal F.C., died on October 13, 2026, aged 92. Born Kenneth John Friar in Islington on August 13, 1934, he…
Pat Karney dead at age 78
Pat Karney, an Irish-born British Labour politician and Manchester councillor, died on October 13, 2026, aged 78. Born in Dublin and raised in Harpurhey, he represented the Manchester ward on…
Jeffrey Goldstone dies at 93
Jeffrey Goldstone, a British theoretical physicist and academic, died October 12, 2026, aged 93. Born in Manchester on September 3, 1933, he attended Manchester Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge,…
Jiří Štěpnička passed away at age 79
Jiří Štěpnička, a Czech actor and dubbing actor, died October 11, 2026, aged 79. Born Jiří Samec in London on April 16, 1947, he studied at the Faculty of Theatre…
Death of Nasima Khan at age 82
Nasima Khan, a Bangladeshi film actress, died October 11, 2026, aged 82. Born on August 6, 1944, in Lalbagh, Old Dhaka, she entered Bengali cinema in 1959 with Jago Hua…
Sir Donald Insall passes away at age 100
Sir Donald Insall, the British architect, conservationist and author, died October 10, 2026, aged 100. Born in Bristol, he attended Bristol Grammar School and served in the Coldstream Guards during…
Obituary: Robert Williamson, dead at age 88
Robert Williamson, the British-Australian geneticist and molecular biologist, died on October 10, 2026, aged 88. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Scottish parents, he moved to Britain at 16 when his…
Eusi Kwayana dies at 101
Eusi Kwayana, the Guyanese politician and former member of Parliament, died October 10, 2026, aged 101. Born Sydney Evanson King in Lusignan, he moved with his family to Buxton at…
Abdul Muntaquim Chaudhury died at age 97
Abdul Muntaquim Chaudhury, a Bangladeshi politician, barrister and diplomat, died on October 9, 2026, aged 97. Born on September 2, 1929, in Hailakandi, in the Barak Valley of British India,…
Alan Thornett death at age 89
Alan Thornett, a British activist, car worker and Trotskyist, died October 9, 2026, aged 89. Born on June 15, 1937, he began working in the car industry in 1959 at…
Chris Wickham, died aged 76
Chris Wickham, a British historian and academic, died on October 9, 2026, aged 76. Born Christopher John Wickham in Rossett, Wales, on May 18, 1950, he attended Millfield before studying…
Penny Moor, died aged 75
Penny Moor, a British tennis player, died on October 8, 2026, aged 75. Born Penelope Moor on July 7, 1951, she was a left-handed player from Exeter who competed on…
Mark Pryor obituary: died at age 59
Novelist and attorney Mark Pryor, a British-born American writer, died October 8, 2026, aged 59. He grew up in Hertfordshire, England, and worked as a crime reporter for the Daily…
Sir John Hannam death at age 97
Sir John Hannam, the British Conservative politician who represented Exeter in Parliament from 1970 until his retirement in 1997, died October 8, 2026, aged 97. Born Sir John Gordon Hannam…
Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare died at age 86
Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, the British politician and author, died October 5, 2026, aged 86. Born in London on April 15, 1940, he was educated at Wellington School…
Death of George Fenton at age 76
George Richard Ian Howe Fenton, known professionally as George Fenton, the English composer, died October 5, 2026, aged 76. Born in Bromley, Kent, he became best known for writing film…
Marlene Fuchs obituary: died at age 84
Marlene Fuchs, the German Olympic shot putter, died October 5, 2026, aged 84. Born Marlene Klein on March 31, 1942, in Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, she competed in athletics under the…
Dean Hawkes, died aged 87
Dean Hawkes, a British designer, architect and award-winning academic, died on October 4, 2026, aged 87. Born in Rochdale, Lancashire, in 1938, he studied at the Regional College of Art…
Timothy Herbert dead at age 85
Timothy James Herbert, the British orthopedic surgeon specializing in hand surgery, died October 3, 2026, aged 85. Born in Sheffield, he studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School in…
Malcolm Edwards died at age 76
Malcolm Edwards, the British publisher, editor and critic in the science-fiction field, died on October 3, 2026, aged 76, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Born Malcolm John Edwards in London,…
Ray Close dead at age 57
Ray Close, a Northern Irish boxer, died on October 2, 2026, aged 57. Born in Belfast, he spent much of his career in the super-middleweight division before finishing in the…
George Waft passes away at age 26
George Waft, British politician, died on October 1, 2026, aged 26. A Manx politician, he served as a Member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man. Waft was…
Conrad Lant passed away at age 63
Conrad Lant, the British metal singer and bassist known as Cronos and founder, vocalist and bassist of Venom, died on October 1, 2026, aged 63. Born Conrad Thomas Lant in…
Death of Simon Bingham, 8th Baron Clanmorris at age 88
Simon Bingham, 8th Baron Clanmorris, a British aristocrat and chartered accountant, died October 1, 2026, aged 88. He was the son of John Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris, and Madeline Bingham.…
Dame Esther Rantzen passed away at age 86
Dame Esther Rantzen, the British journalist and television presenter best known for hosting the BBC’s That's Life!, died on September 30, 2026, aged 86, after a period with lung cancer.…
Bob Davenport dead at age 94
Bob Davenport, the English traditional folk singer who helped shape the British folk revival from the early 1960s, died on September 28, 2026, aged 94. Born Robert H. Davenport in…
Ronnie Golden dead, Ronnie Golden, British singer and comedian
Ronnie Golden, the British singer and comedian who founded the band The Fabulous Poodles, died on September 27, 2026. Born Tony De Meur, he later moved into comedy with The…
Pac has died at age 40
Pac, the English professional wrestler better known outside the ring as Benjamin Satterley, died on September 27, 2026, aged 40. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne on August 22, 1986, he…
Tony Currie passed away at age 74
Tony Currie, the Scottish broadcaster best known for his work as a television continuity announcer and radio presenter, died on September 26, 2026, aged 74, after tonsil cancer. A British…
Peter May dies at 74
Peter May, the Scottish television screenwriter, novelist and crime writer, died on September 25, 2026, aged 74. Born in Glasgow and educated at Eastwood High School, he built a career…
Mayer Hillman dead at age 94
Mayer Hillman, a British architect, environmentalist and town planner, died on September 25, 2026, aged 94. Born in West Hampstead, northwest London, on October 30, 1931, he was the third…
Death of John J. McCusker at age 87
John J. McCusker, an American economist and economic historian, died on September 24, 2026, aged 87. A native of upstate New York, he did graduate work at the University of…
Obituary: Allister Bain, dead at age 94
Allister Bain, a British actor, playwright and screenwriter known for Doctor Who, The Bill and Made in Britain, died September 24, 2026, aged 94, in London. Born in Grenada on…
Cyril Hilsum has died at age 101
Cyril Hilsum, a British physicist and academic known for his work in liquid-crystal science and technology, died on September 23, 2026, aged 101. He was elected to the National Academy…
Mark Doyle has died at age 67
Mark Doyle, the British journalist and former BBC News world affairs correspondent, died on September 22, 2026, aged 67. He was known especially for his reporting on Africa, beginning with…
Sir John Mace dies at 94
Sir John Mace, the New Zealand army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff from 1984 to 1987 and as Chief of Defence Staff from 1987 until his…
Louise Botting obituary: died at age 87
Louise Botting, the British broadcaster and businesswoman best known for presenting BBC Radio 4's Money Box, died on September 22, 2026, aged 87. Born Elizabeth Louise Young on September 19,…
Peter Prince obituary: died at age 84
Peter Alan Prince, a British novelist and film screenwriter, died September 22, 2026, aged 84. Born in Bromley, Kent, on May 10, 1942, he studied in America. His first novel,…
Vector Lovers death at age 70
Vector Lovers, the British electronic music producer better known as Martin Wheeler, died on September 21, 2026, aged 70. Born in London in 1956, he built a career in electronic…
Death of Terry Harryman at age 87
Terry Harryman, the British rally co-driver, died on September 21, 2026, aged 87. Born in Bangor, Northern Ireland, on September 26, 1938, he built a career as a rally navigator…
Andrew Strathern died at age 87
Andrew Strathern, the British anthropologist known for his work on "Ongka's Big Moka," died on September 21, 2026, aged 87. Also known as Andrew Jamieson Strathern, Andrew J. Strathern and…
Obituary: Bob Masse, dead at age 81
Bob Masse, a Canadian artist and poster artist, died September 21, 2026, aged 81. From British Columbia, he began designing concert posters in the 1960s while attending art school in…
Alan Vaughan Williams dead at age 96
Alan Vaughan Williams, a British playwright and theatre director, died September 21, 2026, aged 96. Tags Writers, 21 September 2026, Alan, Britain, Capricorn, Williams, September 2026, September 21
Colin Powers died at age 70
Colin Powers, a British boxer, died on September 18, 2026, aged 70. Born in London in 1956, he turned professional in June 1975 with a win over Kevin Quinn and…
Death of Jimmy Revie at age 79
Jimmy Revie, the British boxer who held the British featherweight title from 1969 to 1971, died on September 18, 2026, aged 79. Born in Stockwell, London, in 1947, he made…
Stephanie Cole died at age 84
Stephanie Cole, the English actress known for roles in Tenko, Doc Martin and Coronation Street, died on September 18, 2026, aged 84. Born Patricia Stephanie Cole in Solihull on October…
Obituary: Chanmyay Sayadaw, dead at age 98
Chanmyay Sayadaw, a Burmese monk and teacher, died on September 18, 2026, aged 98. Known in Buddhism as U Janakābhivaṃsa, he was born on July 24, 1928, in Taungdwingyi Township,…
Sway obituary: died at age 44
Sway, the British rapper and record producer known off stage as Derek Andrew Safo, died on September 17, 2026, aged 44. Born in Hornsey on September 5, 1982, he began…
Martin Ashby died at age 82
Martin Ashby, the English motorcycle racer known internationally as Henry Martin Ashby, died on September 16, 2026, aged 82. Born in Marlborough in 1944, he built a distinguished speedway career…
Obituary: Bonnie Greer, dead at age 77
Bonnie Greer, the American-British playwright, critic and novelist, died on September 16, 2026, aged 77. Born in Chicago in 1948, she lived in the UK from 1986 and built a…
Kevin Miller obituary: died at age 57
Kevin Miller, the British footballer and coach, died on September 15, 2026, aged 57. Born in Falmouth, Cornwall, he made more than 600 appearances in the Premier League and Football…
Kenneth Roy Burnham dead, Kenneth Roy Burnham, British telephone engineer and father of incumbent P…
Kenneth Roy Burnham, a British telephone engineer and the father of incumbent Prime Minister Andy Burnham, died on September 15, 2026, from complications of Alzheimer's. He was identified in the…
Obituary: Sheila Kennelly, dead at age 88
Sheila Kennelly, the British-born Australian actress known for roles in Number 96, Kingswood Country and Home and Away, died on September 15, 2026, aged 88. Born in Brighton, England, on…
Pete Byrne passes away at age 74
Pete Byrne, the English singer best known as a member of the pop and new wave band Naked Eyes, died on September 14, 2026, aged 74. Born Peter James Byrne…
Obituary: K. D. Miller, dead at age 75
Kathleen Daisy Miller, the Canadian writer known as K. D. Miller, died of cancer on September 14, 2026, aged 75. Born on March 6, 1951, Miller studied at the University…
Tara Singh Varma dead at age 78
Tara Singh Varma, a Dutch politician and former member of the House of Representatives for GroenLinks, died on September 14, 2026, aged 78. Born Tarapatie Oedayraj Singh Varma on August…
Timothy Lawson passes away at age 82
Timothy Lawson, the British Olympic field hockey player who competed at the 1968 Summer Games, died on September 13, 2026, aged 82. Born in London on November 29, 1943, he…
Ian Berry dies at 91
Ian Berry, the English photojournalist who documented some of the defining moments of apartheid-era South Africa, died on September 13, 2026, aged 91. Born in Preston in 1934, he built…
Ketaki Kushari Dyson, died aged 86
Ketaki Kushari Dyson, the Indian-born British writer and scholar who worked as a poet, novelist, playwright, translator and critic, died on September 12, 2026, aged 86. Born Ketaki Kushari in…
Jeremy Thomas dies at 77
Jeremy Thomas, the British film producer behind The Last Emperor, Sexy Beast and Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, died on September 12, 2026, aged 77. Born in London on July 26,…