Sir Trevor Jones
British politicianDied on Thursday September 8th 2016
Named Sir
Over 700 obituaries for famous people named Sir. See who they were, when they died, and read their memorial pages.
Sir Antony Jay
English broadcasterDied on Sunday August 21st 2016
Sir Ian Turbott
New Zealand diplomatDied on Thursday August 11th 2016
Sir Robin Chichester-Clark
British politicanDied on Friday August 5th 2016
Sir Ronald Scott
New Zealand sports administratorDied on Sunday August 14th 2016
Sir Leonard Peach
83-84Died on Friday August 5th 2016
Sir Derek Oulton
British civil servantDied on Monday August 1st 2016
Sir David Goodall
British diplomatDied on Friday July 22nd 2016
Sir Frederick Smith
Barbadian barrister and politicianDied on Monday July 11th 2016
Sir John Pidgeon
Australian property developerDied on Thursday June 2nd 2016
Sir Brian McGrath
British courtierDied on Saturday June 4th 2016
Sir Peter Shaffer
British playwright and screenwriterDied on Monday June 6th 2016
Sir Gavyn Farr Arthur
British judgeDied on Monday May 16th 2016
Sir Denys Henderson
British businessmanDied on Saturday May 21st 2016
Sir Iain Glidewell
British juristDied on Sunday May 8th 2016
Sir Edward Ashmore
British officer in the Royal NavyDied on Thursday April 28th 2016
Sir Denys Wilkinson
British nuclear physicistDied on Friday April 22nd 2016
Sir Harry Kroto
British chemistDied on Saturday April 30th 2016
Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet
British-Irish aristocrat and media personalityDied on Monday April 18th 2016
Sir David J. C. MacKay
British authorDied on Thursday April 14th 2016
Sir Peter Moores
British businessman (Littlewoods)Died on Thursday March 24th 2016
Sir Andrew Derbyshire
British architectDied on Thursday March 3rd 2016
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
English composer and conductorDied on Monday March 14th 2016
Sir William O’Brien
British admiralDied on Friday February 19th 2016
Sir Christopher Zeeman
Japanese-born British mathematicianDied on Saturday February 13th 2016
Sir Timothy Bevan
British bankerDied on Thursday February 11th 2016
Sir Jeremy Morse
British bankerDied on Thursday February 4th 2016
Sir Peter Whiteley
British General in the Royal MarinesDied on Tuesday February 2nd 2016
Sir Christopher Wallace
British army generalDied on Thursday January 7th 2016
Sir John Osborn
British politicianDied on Wednesday December 2nd 2015
Sir Jeremy Black
British admiralDied on Wednesday November 25th 2015
Sir Robert Ford
British army general Adjutant-General to the Forces (1978–1981)Died on Tuesday November 24th 2015
Sir John Leahy
British diplomatDied on Tuesday November 17th 2015
Sir Gerry Neale
British politicanDied on Wednesday October 28th 2015
Sir Michael Beetham
British air marshalDied on Saturday October 24th 2015
Sir John Scott
New Zealand medical researcherDied on Tuesday October 20th 2015
Sir David Penry-Davey
British juristDied on Saturday October 10th 2015
Sir James Cruthers
Australian business executiveDied on Tuesday October 13th 2015
Sir John Severne
British Royal Air Force officerDied on Sunday October 4th 2015
Sir Peter Abbott
British admiralDied on Monday September 28th 2015
Sir Peter Heatly
Scottish diver and Chairman of the Commonwealth Games FederationDied on Thursday September 17th 2015
Sir Bob Hepple
South African-born British legal scholarDied on Friday August 21st 2015
Sir John Todd
New Zealand businessman (Todd Corporation) and philanthropistDied on Wednesday July 29th 2015
Sir Peter O’Sullevan
British horse racing commentatorDied on Wednesday July 29th 2015
Sir John Lambert
British diplomatDied on Monday July 6th 2015
Sir Sam Burston
Australian farmerDied on Tuesday July 14th 2015
Sir Jack Goody
British social anthropologistDied on Thursday July 16th 2015
Sir John Buchanan
New Zealand oil executiveDied on Tuesday July 14th 2015
Sir Philip Goodhart
British politicianDied on Sunday July 5th 2015
Sir Ronald Davison
New Zealand judgeDied on Thursday July 2nd 2015
Sir Nicholas Winton
British humanitarianDied on Wednesday July 1st 2015
Sir Graham Dorey
British judgeDied on Thursday June 25th 2015
Sir Chris Woodhead
British educationalistDied on Tuesday June 23rd 2015
Sir H. M. Knight
Australian economistDied on Friday June 19th 2015
Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore
New Zealand surgeonDied on Thursday June 18th 2015
Sir Peter Williams
New Zealand lawyerDied on Tuesday June 9th 2015
Sir Kenneth Jacobs
Australian judgeDied on Sunday May 24th 2015
Sir Brian Cubbon
British civil servantDied on Wednesday May 20th 2015
Sir Thomas Gault
New Zealand juristDied on Thursday May 21st 2015
Sir Peter Fry
British politicianDied on Tuesday May 12th 2015
Sir John Watts
Grenadian politicianDied on Monday May 11th 2015
Sir Edward Burgess
British army generalDied on Friday May 8th 2015
Sir Christopher Curwen
British Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (1985–1989)Died on Wednesday December 18th 2013
Sir John Cornforth
Australian-British chemistDied on Sunday December 8th 2013
Sir Hugh Bidwell
British businessmanDied on Saturday December 7th 2013
Sir Michael Butler
British diplomatDied on Tuesday December 24th 2013
Sir Cyril Townsend
British politicianDied on Wednesday November 20th 2013
Sir Jock Kennedy
British air marshalDied on Monday November 18th 2013
Sir Alfred Blake
British Royal Marines officer and solicitorDied on Sunday November 17th 2013
Sir John Tavener
British composer (Children of Men)Died on Tuesday November 12th 2013
Sir Humphrey Maud
British diplomatDied on Sunday November 10th 2013
Sir John Whitehead
British diplomatDied on Friday November 8th 2013
Sir Michael Wilkes
British army generalDied on Sunday October 27th 2013
Sir Nicholas Hunt
British admiralDied on Friday October 25th 2013
Sir Anthony Caro
British sculptorDied on Wednesday October 23rd 2013
Sir John Curtiss
British Royal Air Force officerDied on Saturday September 14th 2013
Sir Cameron Rusby
British admiralDied on Friday September 6th 2013
Sir Arthur George
Australian lawyer and soccer administratorDied on Wednesday September 4th 2013
Sir Paul Scoon
Grenadian politicianDied on Monday September 2nd 2013
Sir David Frost
British broadcaster (That Was the Week That WasDied on Saturday August 31st 2013
Sir Geoffrey Inkin
British soldier and public servantDied on Thursday August 22nd 2013
Sir Michael Stoker
British physicianDied on Tuesday August 13th 2013
Sir Quo-wei Lee
Hong Kong bankerDied on Saturday August 10th 2013
Sir John Forster Woodward
British military officerDied on Sunday August 4th 2013
Sir Reginald Harland
British Royal Air Force commanderDied on Tuesday July 30th 2013
Sir Ian Gourlay
British army generalDied on Wednesday July 17th 2013
Sir Keith Seaman
Australian viceroyDied on Sunday June 30th 2013
Sir Colin Stansfield Smith
English architect and cricketerDied on Tuesday June 18th 2013
Sir Henry Cecil
British racehorse trainerDied on Tuesday June 11th 2013
Sir James Bottomley
British diplomatDied on Wednesday June 5th 2013
Sir Patrick Nairne
British civil servantDied on Tuesday June 4th 2013
Sir John Bush
British Royal Navy admiralDied on Friday May 10th 2013
Sir Morgan Morgan-Giles
British Royal Navy officer and politicianDied on Saturday May 4th 2013
Sir David Innes Williams
British paediatric urologistDied on Friday May 3rd 2013
Sir Terence Beckett
British businessmanDied on Thursday May 2nd 2013
Sir Garth Morrison
British scouterDied on Friday May 24th 2013
Sir Denys Roberts
British colonial official and judgeDied on Monday May 20th 2013
Sir Rodney Sweetnam
British surgeonDied on Friday May 17th 2013
Sir Ellison Pogo
Solomon Islands Anglican primateDied on Monday May 13th 2013