Deaths From Britain
Harry Olmer
Polish-born British Holocaust survivor and educator · 22 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 22 · Other
Peter Squires
English cricketer (Yorkshire) and rugby union player (British & Irish Lions) · 22 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 22
Deborah Cameron (linguist) British linguist and feminist, pancreatic cancer dead at age 67
Deborah Jane Cameron, a British linguist and feminist, died on January 20, 2026, at the age of 67. She held the Rupert Murdoch Professorship in Language and Communication at Worcester College, Oxford University. Cameron’s work focused on sociolinguistics and linguistic… · 20 January 2026 · January 2026
Sir Christopher White
British art historian and curator · 19 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 19 · White
Jervis Percy
British Olympic modern pentathlete · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Athletes
David Thomas (jeweller) British crown jeweller, complications from Alzheimer’s disease dead a…
David Thomas, British crown jeweller, died on January 18, 2026, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. David Vyvyan Thomas MVO was Crown Jeweller for the British monarchy and worked for the Royal Family from 1991 until his retirement in 2007 as… · Alzheimer's Disease · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · Other
Fabian Malbon British Royal Navy officer, lieutenant governor of Guernsey dead at age 79
Vice Admiral Sir Fabian Malbon, a British Royal Navy officer and former Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, died on January 17, 2026, aged 79. Born on October 1, 1946, he joined the Royal Navy in 1965 after attending Brighton Hove and… · 17 January 2026 · January 2026
John Kershaw, 4th Baron Kershaw
British hereditary peer · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · Kershaw · Other
Blanche Marvin
American-born British theatre critic · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14 · Other
Clay Iles English tennis player and coach dead at age 83
Clay Iles, an English tennis player and coach, died on January 15, 2026, aged 83. A British player and LTA-licensed tennis coach, he also worked as a sports writer and tennis umpire. Iles competed at the Wimbledon Championships 12 times… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026
Marcus Gilbert
British actor (The Masks of Death · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12
Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin
British guitarist (Black Midi) · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Trevor A. Toussaint
British actor (Hollyoaks) · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Toussaint
Diane Munday
British political activist · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Other
Terry Sullivan
British drummer (Renaissance) · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Tina Packer
British actress (David Copperfield · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Francis Grant,
British marine · 06 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 6 · Other
Arthur Stockwin British political scientist dead at age 90
Arthur Stockwin, a British political scientist who specialised in the politics and foreign policy of Japan, died on January 7, 2026. Born in Birmingham on November 28, 1935, he studied philosophy, politics and economics at the University of Oxford and… · Australia · 07 January 2026 · January 2026
Frank Dunlop
British theatre director · 04 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 4 · Other
Mike Wilson
British kart racer · 04 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 4 · Other
Mike Wilson (kart racer) British kart racer, six-time world champion dead at age 66
Mike Wilson, the British kart racer and six-time world champion, died on January 5, 2026. Michael Wilson was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, on April 27, 1959. His international career began in 1977 with the Zip kart team in Europe.… · 05 January 2026 · January 2026 · Other
Jenny Collins
British radio presenter (BBC Radio Merseyside) · 04 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 4
Gerry Gable
British political activist and magazine editor (Searchlight) · 03 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 3
John Gaisford British Anglican bishop, Bishop of Beverley dead at age 91
John Gaisford, British Anglican bishop and Bishop of Beverley from 1994 to 2000, died on January 4, 2026, aged 91. Born on 7 October 1934, he was the second Bishop of Beverley and the first appointed as a provincial episcopal… · 04 January 2026 · January 2026 · Other
Larry M. Cherry Hairstylist dead at age 69
Larry M. Cherry, an American hairstylist known for his work on Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Malcolm X and Do the Right Thing, died on January 4, 2026, at the age of 69. Cherry won a British Academy Film Award for… · 04 January 2026 · January 2026 · Other
Gregory de Polnay
British actor (Dixon of Dock Green · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2 · Polnay
Arnold Long
British cricketer (Sussex · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2
Francis Grant (marine) British marine and World War II veteran dead at age 101
Francis Grant, a British Royal Marine and World War II veteran, died on January 2, 2026. Born on December 20, 1924, in Stowmarket, Suffolk, he signed up for the Royal Marines at the age of 18. He fought in 1944… · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · Grant, · Other
Patrick Duffy (British politician) British politician, MP and president of the NATO Assembly dead a…
Patrick Duffy, the British politician who served as a Member of Parliament and president of the NATO Assembly, died on January 2, 2026, aged 105. A Labour Party politician and economist, he represented Colne Valley from a 1963 by-election until… · 02 January 2026 · January 2026
Ian Balding
British horse trainer · 01 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 1 · Other
Gillian Wagner Writer and philanthropist dead at age 98
Dame Gillian Wagner, British writer and philanthropist and chair of Barnardo's, died on December 31, 2025, aged 98. Born Gillian Mary Millicent Graham in London on October 25, 1927, she was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College and the University of… · 31 December 2025 · December 2025
Andy Billups
British bass guitarist (The Hamsters) · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29
Alexandra Wedgwood
British architectural historian · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29
Ian Neale
British Olympic gymnast (1976) · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 29 · Athletes
John Palin (sport shooter) British Olympic sport shooter dead at age 91
John Charlton Palin, a British sports shooter who competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, died on December 29, 2025, at the age of 91. Born in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, on 16 July 1934, Palin represented Britain in… · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · Other
Tony Bracegirdle British rose breeder and horticulturist dead at age 83
Tony Bracegirdle, a British rose breeder and horticulturist, died on December 29, 2025, aged 83. Born Anthony James Bracegirdle in Bury, Greater Manchester, in April 1942, he began breeding roses in 1974. His floribunda rose won the Torridge Award for… · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · Other
Eddy Shah Messenger Group Today, The Post dead at age 81
Eddy Shah, the British businessman and publisher who founded the newspaper Today and the short-lived tabloid The Post, died on December 29, 2025. Born Selim Jehan Shah in Cambridge in 1944, he was based in Manchester and also owned the… · 29 December 2025 · December 2025 · Other
Colin Ford
British photographic curator · 28 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 28 · Other
John Roberts (Royal Navy officer) British naval rear-admiral dead at age 101
Rear-Admiral John Oliver Roberts CB, a British Royal Navy officer who served as Flag Officer, Naval Air Command, died on December 27, 2025, at the age of 101. Born in Wales on 4 April 1924, he was educated at the… · 27 December 2025 · December 2025 · Other
Jonathan Powell (musician) British pianist and musicologist dead at age 56
Jonathan Powell, the British pianist, musicologist and music editor, died on December 27, 2025, aged 56. Born in Lancashire in 1969, he was also a self-taught composer who wrote piano sonatas, string quartets and other chamber music. As a performer… · 27 December 2025 · December 2025
Colin Pickthall Teacher dead at age 81
Colin Pickthall, British Labour Party politician and former Member of Parliament for West Lancashire, died on December 27, 2025, aged 81. Born in Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, in 1944, he was first elected to the House of Commons in 1992 and retired… · 27 December 2025 · December 2025
Stephen Boyden British-Australian scientist and writer dead at age 100
Stephen Boyden, a British-Australian scientist and writer, died on December 26, 2025. He was a professor emeritus at the Australian National University and was widely recognised for pioneering work in immunology and human ecology. Born in Croydon, England, on February… · 26 December 2025 · December 2025
Warwick Gould Australian-born British literary scholar dead at age 78
Warwick Gould, an Australian-born British literary scholar, died on December 25, 2025. Born in Sydney in 1947, he specialized in the Irish Literary Revival, particularly the writings of W. B. Yeats, as well as textual transmission studies and the history… · England · 25 December 2025 · December 2025
David Young (Watergate) American-British lawyer and academic, heart failure dead at age 89
David Reginald Young, an American-British lawyer and academic, died on December 24, 2025, in Oxford, England, at the age of 89. He served as a Special Assistant at the National Security Council in the Nixon administration and as an Administrative… · 24 December 2025 · December 2025 · Heart Failure
Alf Meakin
British Olympic sprinter and rugby league footballer · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Ken Downie
British musician (The Black Dog) · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
David Pinner British actor and novelist dead at age 85
David Pinner, the British actor and novelist best known for Ritual, died on December 22, 2025, aged 85. Born in Peterborough, England, on October 6, 1940, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and appeared on stage and… · 22 December 2025 · December 2025
Aggrey Burke Psychiatrist dead at age 82
Aggrey Burke, Jamaican-born British psychiatrist and academic, died on December 21, 2025, at the age of 82. Burke spent much of his medical career at St George's Hospital in London, where he specialised in transcultural psychiatry and wrote on changing… · 21 December 2025 · December 2025
Richard Barnes (musician) British singer and actor dead at age 81
Richard Barnes, the British singer and actor known for his work in pop music and television roles, died on December 19, 2025, aged 81. Born in Surrey in 1944, he began his professional music career with The Quiet Five, playing… · 19 December 2025 · December 2025
Ruth Bourne
British codebreaker and World War II veteran · 17 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 17 · Other
William Rush
British actor (Waterloo Road · 17 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 17
Robert Goodman (psychiatrist) Psychiatrist dead at age 72
Robert Nicholas Goodman, a British child psychiatrist, died on December 18, 2025, aged 72. He was Professor of Brain and Behavioural Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at King’s College London. Goodman… · 18 December 2025 · December 2025
John Antrobus
British playwright and screenwriter (The Goon Show) · 16 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 16
Max Eider
British guitarist (The Jazz Butcher) and songwriter · 16 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 16
Sir Humphrey Burton
British television and radio presenter · 16 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 16 · Burton
John Boulter
British tenor (The Black and White Minstrel Show) · 16 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 16 · Other
Susie Figgis
British casting director · 15 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 15 · Other
Peter Ryan (police officer) British-born Australian police officer, commissioner of New South Wales…
Peter Ryan, the British-born Australian police officer who served as commissioner of New South Wales police from 1996 to 2002, died on December 15, 2025. Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, on 18 May 1944, Ryan joined Lancashire Constabulary as a police… · 15 December 2025 · December 2025
Henry Howes
British Olympic speed skater (1948) · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13 · Athletes
Barry Martin British artist dead at age 82
Barry Martin, a British artist associated with the kinetic art movement, died on December 12, 2025, at the age of 82. Born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, in 1943, he explored ideas of movement in art and in games. Among artists… · 12 December 2025 · December 2025
Lesley Walker
British film editor (Mona Lisa · 08 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 8
Iain Douglas-Hamilton
British zoologist and wildlife conservationist (Save the Elephants) · 08 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 8 · Other
Martin Parr
British photographer and photojournalist · 06 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 6
Gillian Hopwood
British architect · 04 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 4 · Other
Nigel de Gruchy
British trade union official · 03 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 3 · Gruchy · Other
Michael Boulter British paleontologist dead at age 83
Michael Boulter, a British paleontologist and professor of paleobiology at the Natural History Museum and the University of East London, died on December 4, 2025. Born Michael Charles Boulter on November 22, 1942, he studied botany, geology, and chemistry at… · 04 December 2025 · December 2025
Brian Havelock
British motorcycle speedway rider · 03 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 3 · Other
Andria Lawrence
British actress (On the Buses · 02 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 2
Alec Reed
British recruitment executive and philanthropist · 02 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 2 · Other
Michael Brain, 3rd Baron Brain
British hereditary peer · 01 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 1 · Brain · Other
Uthopia
British dressage horse · 30 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 30 · Other
Valegro
British dressage horse · 30 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 30 · Other
Michael Turner (illustrator) Painting dead at age 91
Michael Turner, a British illustrator who specialised in motoring and aviation paintings, died on December 1, 2025, aged 91. Born Geoffrey Michael Turner on March 14, 1934, in Harrow, Middlesex, he was regarded as one of the early examples of… · 01 December 2025 · December 2025
Andreas Whittam Smith
British financial journalist · 29 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 29 · Andreas, · Smith
Sir Tom Stoppard
Czech-born British playwright (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) and screenwriter (Shakespeare in Love · 28 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 28 · Stoppard · Czech
Andrew Lauder
British record company executive · 28 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 28 · Other
William Coleridge, 5th Baron Coleridge
British hereditary peer · 28 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 28 · Coleridge · Other