Stephen Pedley obituary: died at age 85
Stephen Pedley, the British Anglican prelate who served as Bishop of Lancaster, died on July 1, 2026, aged 85. Known as Geoffrey Stephen Pedley, he was born on September 13,…
Famous Dead People from Britain
Over 6,000 obituaries for famous people from Britain who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Death of Sir Neville Trotter at age 94
Sir Neville Trotter, a British Conservative politician and chartered accountant, died on June 30, 2026, aged 94. Born on January 27, 1932, he was also known as Sir Neville Guthrie…
Antoinette Miggiani obituary: died at age 88
Antoinette Miggiani, the Maltese operatic soprano and singing teacher, died on June 29, 2026, at age 88. Born on September 5, 1937, in Sliema, Malta, she studied piano and voice…
Obituary: Madan Mohan Lakhera, dead at age 88
Madan Mohan Lakhera, an Indian army lieutenant general and former governor of Mizoram, died on June 29, 2026, at the age of 88. Known also as M. M. Lakhera, he…
Humphrey Smith dead at age 81
Humphrey Smith, the British brewer and chairman of Samuel Smith Old Brewery, died on June 29, 2026, at the age of 81. Known as Humphrey Richard Woollcombe Smith, he led…
Obituary: Dame Penelope Keith, dead at age 86
Dame Penelope Keith, the English actress best known for The Good Life and To the Manor Born, died on June 29, 2026, at the age of 86; her death was…
Death of Michael Oatley at age 90
Michael Oatley died on June 29, 2026. He was a British intelligence officer. Tags Other, 29 June 2026, Britain, Libra, Michael, Oatley, June 2026, June 29
Mustafa Monwar dead at age 90
Mustafa Monwar, a Bangladeshi painter and sculptor, died on June 29, 2026, at the age of 90 after pneumonia complicated by prostate cancer. Born on September 1, 1935, in Jashore,…
Gregor McLennan has died at age 74
Gregor McLennan died on June 29, 2026. He was a British sociologist. Tags Scientists, 29 June 2026, Britain, Gregor, Libra, June 2026, June 29, McLennan
Death of Robert Słaboń at age 72
Robert Słaboń, a Polish motorcycle speedway rider, died on June 28, 2026, at the age of 72. Born on September 15, 1953, in Wrocław, Poland, he became an international rider…
Obituary: Justin Richards, dead at age 64
Justin Richards, a British writer best known for his Doctor Who books and The Invisible Detective series, died on June 28, 2026, at the age of 64. Born in Epping…
Tom Siddon death at age 84
Tom Siddon, a Canadian politician and former MP who served from 1978 to 1993, died on June 28, 2026, at age 84. Born Thomas Edward Siddon in Drumheller, Alberta, on…
Peter Heard death at age 87
Peter Heard died on June 27, 2026. He was a British football executive associated with Colchester United F.C. and was also described in Wikidata as a British businessman. Heard attended…
Obituary: Ian Kennedy Martin, dead at age 90
Ian Kennedy Martin died on June 27, 2026. He was a television scriptwriter and producer. Martin worked in British television and was known for his writing and producing work across…
C. Robin Ganellin has died at age 92
C. Robin Ganellin died on June 27, 2026. He was a British medicinal chemist whose work was recognized with election as a Fellow of the Royal Society and other honors.…
Leslie Woodhead, died aged 88
Leslie Woodhead died on June 26, 2026. He was a British documentary filmmaker. Tags Other, 26 June 2026, Britain, Leslie, Woodhead, June 2026, June 26
Christopher Robert Hallpike dies at age 88
Christopher Robert Hallpike, a British-born Canadian anthropologist and emeritus professor of anthropology at McMaster University in Ontario, died on June 26, 2026. Born on April 19, 1938, Hallpike was known…
David Hencke dies at 79
David Hencke, the British investigative journalist and writer who worked for The Guardian, died on June 26, 2026. A long-serving figure in political reporting, he began as a student journalist…
Obituary: Adrian Jack, dead at age 83
Adrian Jack died on June 26, 2026. He was a British composer. Tags Musicians, 26 June 2026, Adrian, Britain, Jack, Pisces, June 2026, June 26
Stephen Lowe dies at 82
Stephen Lowe, the British Anglican prelate who served as Bishop of Hulme from 1999 to 2009, died on June 25, 2026. Born on March 3, 1944, he was ordained deacon…
Obituary: David Clayton-Thomas, dead at age 84
David Clayton-Thomas, the British-Canadian singer best known as the lead vocalist of Blood, Sweat & Tears, died on June 24, 2026, at age 84. Born David Henry Thomsett on September…
Roy Goode, died aged 93
Roy Goode, the English legal scholar who founded the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, died on June 24, 2026, at the age of 93.…
Valmai Holt, died aged 90
Valmai Holt died on June 23, 2026. She was a British military historian. Tags Scientists, 23 June 2026, Britain, Holt, Valmai, June 2026, June 23
Sir Edwin Jowitt dies at 96
Sir Edwin Jowitt, the British High Court judge known for presiding over notable criminal trials, died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Ripley, Derbyshire, on…
John Dewar, 4th Baron Forteviot death at age 88
John Dewar, 4th Baron Forteviot, a British hereditary peer and former member of the House of Lords, died on June 22, 2026, aged 88. He sat in the upper chamber…
Sir Jack Stewart-Clark passes away at age 96
Sir Jack Stewart-Clark, the British businessman and former Member of the European Parliament, died on June 22, 2026, aged 96. Born in Scotland on September 17, 1929, he was educated…
Michael Byrne death at age 82
Michael Byrne, the British actor known for roles in films including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Gangs of New York and Braveheart, died on June 20, 2026, at the…
Abdus Sadeque passes away at age 78
Abdus Sadeque, a Pakistani and Bangladeshi field hockey player, died on June 20, 2026. He was born on September 18, 1946, in Dacca, then in the Bengal Presidency of British…
Emile Straker dies at age 90
Emile Straker, the Barbadian singer and former lead vocalist of the calypso group the Merrymen, died on June 19, 2026, at age 90. Born Charles Emile Straker on March 31,…
Obituary: Thomas R. Metcalf, dead at age 92
Thomas R. Metcalf, an American historian and academic whose scholarship focused on South Asia, especially colonial India, and the British Empire, died on June 18, 2026. He was 92. Metcalf…
George Rowlett has died at age 84
George Rowlett, a British painter, died on June 18, 2026. Tags Artists, 18 June 2026, Britain, Cancer, George, Rowlett, June 18, June 2026
Teddie Beverley dead at age 99
Teddie Beverley, the English singer best known as one-third of The Beverley Sisters, died on June 17, 2026, at the age of 99. Born Hazel Pamela Chinery in Bethnal Green,…
John Savile, 8th Earl of Mexborough, died aged 95
John Savile, 8th Earl of Mexborough, a British hereditary peer, died on June 16, 2026, aged 95. He held the Earl of Mexborough title in the Peerage of Ireland, one…
Bill Poon, died aged 81
Bill Poon died on June 16, 2026. Tags Other, 16 June 2026, Bill, Britain, China, Poon, June 16, June 2026
Juliet Gardiner passes away at age 83
Juliet Gardiner, a British historian and writer, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 83. She was a commentator on British social history from Victorian times through the…
Peter Littlewood death at age 71
Peter Littlewood, a British physicist and professor at the University of Chicago, died on June 15, 2026, at the age of 71. Known for his work on polariton condensation and…
Malcolm Burrows passes away at age 83
Malcolm Burrows died on June 14, 2026. He was a British zoologist. Tags Other, 14 June 2026, Britain, Burrows, Gemini, Malcolm, June 14, June 2026
Barry Dransfield dies at age 79
Barry Dransfield died on June 14, 2026. He was an English folk singer and musician. Dransfield was also known as a British folk singer, fiddler, cellist and guitarist. Tags Musicians,…
Max Wideman, died aged 99
Max Wideman, a Welsh-Canadian civil engineer and project management consultant, died on June 14, 2026, at the age of 99. Born Robert Max Wideman in Penarth on January 19, 1927,…
Dave Greenslade death at age 83
Dave Greenslade, the British composer and keyboardist known for his work with Colosseum and his own band Greenslade, died on June 14, 2026, at the age of 83. Born David…
Roy Hattersley, died aged 93
Roy Hattersley, the British politician, author and journalist who served as a Labour MP from 1964 to 1997 and sat in the House of Lords from 1997 to 2017, died…
Richard Hill dead at age 81
Richard Hill died on June 13, 2026. He was a British composer. Tags Musicians, 13 June 2026, Britain, Hill, Richard, June 13, June 2026
Richard Hill dead at age 81
Richard Hill, the British composer, died on June 13, 2026. Tags Musicians, 13 June 2026, Britain, Hill, Richard, June 13, June 2026
Obituary: Roger Cook, dead at age 83
Roger Cook, the New Zealand-born British investigative journalist and television broadcaster known for The Cook Report, died on June 13, 2026, aged 83. Born on April 6, 1943, he was…
Peter Heppelthwaite death at age 58
Peter Heppelthwaite died on June 13, 2026. He was a British actor known for his role in "The Green Green Grass." Tags Actors, 13 June 2026, Britain, Heppelthwaite, Peter, June…
Obituary: Rosamond McKitterick, dead at age 77
Rosamond McKitterick, a British medieval historian and university teacher, died on June 13, 2026, at the age of 77. Born Rosamond Deborah Pierce in Chesterfield on May 31, 1949, she…
David Gamble passed away at age 70
David Gamble, a British film editor whose work included Shakespeare in Love, Veronica Guerin and Shopgirl, died on June 12, 2026. He was 70. Born on June 24, 1955, in…
Mary Hooper dies at age 81
Mary Hooper, a British children’s author whose work focused largely on historical fiction, died on June 12, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Barnes on July 23, 1944,…
Death of Antony Jameson at age 91
Antony Jameson, a British aerospace scientist and engineer, died on June 11, 2026. Born Guy Antony Jameson in Gillingham, England, he became known for his work in computational fluid dynamics…
David Hockney dies at age 88
David Hockney, the English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer, died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, on July…
Obituary: Philip Booth, dead at age 66
Philip Booth, a British-Canadian singer known for the song “Ulterior Motives,” died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 66. Born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on…
Philip Adrian Booth passes away at age 66
Philip Adrian Booth, the British-Canadian guitarist and keyboardist known for "Ulterior Motives," died on June 11, 2026, at age 66. Born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he was…
Karin Illgen death at age 85
Karin Illgen, a German discus thrower who represented East Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics, died on June 9, 2026. She was 85. Born in Greifswald on April 7, 1941,…
Bruno Turner dies at 95
Bruno Turner, a British musicologist, died on June 9, 2026, aged 95. Born in London on February 17, 1931, he devoted much of his career to early music, with a…
Obituary: Linda Amos, dead at age 79
Linda Amos, the British swimmer and Olympic athlete, died on June 8, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Portsmouth on June 22, 1946, she competed for Great Britain…
Michael Preston death at age 93
Michael Preston, the British actor and singer known for roles in Mad Max 2, Homicide and Bellbird, died on June 8, 2026. Born Jack Davis on May 14, 1934, in…
Alan Riding dies at 82
Alan Riding, a British journalist and author who spent much of his career with The New York Times, died on June 6, 2026. He was 82. Born in Rio de…
Andrew Morgan died at age 92
Andrew Morgan, the British Olympic cross-country skier who competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter Games, died on June 6, 2026, aged 92. Born in Burton upon Trent on…
Sam Dastor dead at age 84
Sam Dastor, the Indian-born British actor known for his roles in Jinnah, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers and I, Claudius, died on June 6, 2026, at the age…
Inman Harvey dead
Inman Harvey, a British computer scientist and senior lecturer at the University of Sussex, died on June 5, 2026. Born on January 1, 2000, Harvey worked in computer science and…
Lady Pamela Hicks dead at age 97
Lady Pamela Hicks, a British aristocrat and memoirist, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 97. Born Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten on April 19, 1929, in Barcelona,…
Olufemi Majekodunmi death at age 86
Olufemi Majekodunmi, the British-Nigerian architect, died on June 5, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in London on May 1, 1940, he was also known as Olufemi Adetokunbo Majekodunmi.…
Talay Riley passes away at age 35
Talay Riley, a British singer-songwriter, died on June 5, 2026, after being stabbed in Silvertown, London. He was 35. Born Mark Olayinka Orabiyi on July 10, 1990, Riley began his…
Obituary: Norman Balon, dead at age 89
Norman Balon, the British publican who spent more than six decades as landlord of the Coach and Horses in Soho, died on June 4, 2026. Born in Ilford on January…
Wendy Law dead at age 65
Wendy Law, the British crossword compiler better known to readers as Hectence, died on June 4, 2026. She built a long career in cryptic setting, producing 217 crosswords for The…
Sheila Mitchell has died at age 100
Sheila Mitchell, a British actress and author known for her work in Lillie, Z-Cars and Grange Hill, died on June 4, 2026, aged 100. Born Sheila Mary Mitchell in Kingston-upon-Thames…
Fergus Slattery death at age 77
Fergus Slattery, the Irish Hall of Fame rugby union player who represented the British & Irish Lions, Barbarians and national team, died on June 4, 2026. He was 77. Born…
Obituary: Patrick Godfrey, dead at age 93
Patrick Godfrey, an English actor known for Maurice, The Count of Monte Cristo and Doctor Who, died on June 4, 2026, at the age of 93. Born Patrick Lindesay Archibald…
Death of Henry Malcolm Whyte at age 105
Henry Malcolm Whyte, an Australian physician, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 105. He was born in British Raj India in 1920 and later studied at the…
John Blanche dies at 77
John Blanche, the British fantasy and science fiction illustrator whose work helped define White Dwarf and Warhammer 40,000, died on June 3, 2026. He was 77. Blanche, born in 1948,…
Obituary: Sir Alex Younger, dead at age 62
Sir Alex Younger, the British intelligence officer who led the Secret Intelligence Service from 2014 to 2020, died on June 3, 2026. Born Alexander William Younger on July 4, 1963,…
Whatarangi Winiata dies at age 92
Whatarangi Winiata, a New Zealand Māori academic and founder of Te Wānanga o Raukawa, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 92. A leading Māori leader, he served…
Angela Morant passes away at age 84
Angela Morant, the British actress known for roles in I, Claudius, Brookside and Dixon of Dock Green, died on June 3, 2026. Born on January 15, 1941, in Warwickshire, England,…
Kanya King dies at age 57
Kanya King, the British entrepreneur who founded the MOBO Awards, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 57 after being diagnosed with colon cancer. Born in Kilburn, London,…
Alan Haselhurst dies at 88
Alan Haselhurst, the British Conservative politician who served as an MP and later sat in the House of Lords, died on June 2, 2026, aged 88. Born at South Elmsall…
Death of Dame Dove Hepburn at age 46
Dame Dove Hepburn died on June 1, 2026. She was an Egyptian-British musician known as the editor for Epic Rap Battles of History. No further details were immediately available. Dame…
Sir Angus Stirling death at age 92
Sir Angus Stirling, a British arts administrator and conservationist who served as director general of the National Trust, died on June 1, 2026, at the age of 92. Born Angus…
Tofail Ahmed has died at age 82
Tofail Ahmed, a Bangladeshi politician who served in parliament for more than five decades and held ministerial posts in the industries and commerce portfolios, died on June 1, 2026. He…
Margaret Commodore dead at age 93
Margaret Commodore, a Canadian politician and Yukon MLA from 1982 to 1996, died on June 1, 2026. She was born in 1932 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, and served in the…
Suman Kalyanpur passed away at age 89
Suman Kalyanpur, the Indian playback singer known for songs in Bidesiya, Laagi Nahi Chhute Ram and Vidhana Naach Nachawe, died on May 31, 2026. She was 89. Born Suman Hemmadi…
Steve Barrow has died at age 80
Steve Barrow, the British reggae producer and historiographer who co-founded the Blood and Fire record label, died on May 30, 2026, at the age of 80. Born on September 29,…
Caroline Marland dies at age 80
Caroline Marland, the British advertiser and newspaper managing director who worked for The Guardian, died on May 29, 2026, in a traffic collision. Born Caroline Ann Rushton in Dublin in…
Geoff Keating died at age 88
Geoff Keating, the British musician best known for his work with the vocal group The Master Singers, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 88. He was part…
Doug Shaw passes away at age 42
Doug Shaw died on May 29, 2026. He was a British musician known for his work with Gang Gang Dance and White Magic. His death was announced on that date.…
Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale passes away at age 89
Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale, the Scottish Labour Party member of the House of Lords, died on May 28, 2026, aged 89. Also known as Margaret Mildred Ramsay, she…
Alec Penstone obituary: died at age 101
Alec Penstone, a British naval officer and Second World War veteran, died on May 28, 2026, aged 101. Born in Tottenham, London, on April 23, 1925, he served in the…
Daniel Ingham death at age 33
Daniel Ingham died on May 28, 2026, following a racing collision. He was a British racing driver. Further details were not immediately available. Daniel Ingham, 33, British racing driver, racing…
Sir Ralph Robins passed away at age 93
Sir Ralph Robins, the British businessman who led Rolls-Royce as chief executive and later chairman, died on May 27, 2026, at the age of 93. Born on June 16, 1932,…
Marion Kozak passes away at age 91
Marion Kozak, the Polish-born British activist, died on May 27, 2026, aged 91. Born in Częstochowa in 1934 as Dobra Jenta Kozak, she left Poland for the United Kingdom in…
Sir Robin Denys Gill dies at 98
Sir Robin Denys Gill, a British business, investor and television executive, died on May 26, 2026. Born on 7 October 1927, he attended Brasenose College, Oxford, and began his career…
Arnold Whittall dies at 90
Arnold Whittall, the British musicologist who wrote widely on 20th- and 21st-century classical music, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, on November…
Robin Hurlstone has died at age 68
Robin Hurlstone, a British actor and art dealer known for roles in Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Grand Budapest Hotel, died on May 25, 2026, aged 68. Born Robin Alastair…
John Claridge, died aged 81
John Claridge died on May 24, 2026. He was a British photographer. Tags Artists, 24 May 2026, Britain, Claridge, John, May 2026, May 24
Tess Jaray passed away at age 88
Tess Jaray, the British painter and printmaker, died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Vienna on December 31, 1937, she was a painter, printmaker and…
Thérèse Liotard has died at age 80
Thérèse Liotard, a French actress known for Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine, My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle, died on May 23, 2026. Born in Lille, Nord,…
Brian Large dies at 87
Brian Large, the English opera director, died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 87. He was known as one of the leading television directors specializing in opera and…
Sir Jeremy obituary: died at age 80
Sir Jeremy Hanley, the British politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 1983 to 1997, died on May 22, 2026, aged 80. Born Jeremy James Hanley on 17…
Bob Andrews death at age 90
Bob Andrews, the English-New Zealand motorcycle speedway rider who competed for Wimbledon Dons, Cradley Heathens and the New Zealand national team, died on May 22, 2026, aged 90. Born in…
Death of Matthew Biggs at age 65
Matthew Biggs, the British radio personality best known for his work on Gardeners' Question Time, died on May 21, 2026, of cancer. He was 65. Biggs was a professional gardener…