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The following notable deaths of British people occurred in 2023. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, citizenship at birth, nationality (in addition to British), or/and home nation, what subject was noted for, birth year, cause of death (if known), and reference.
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- 1 January – Frank McGarvey, 66, Scottish footballer (St Mirren, Celtic, national team) (b. 1956), pancreatic cancer.[1]
- 2 January – Andrew Downes, 72, English classical composer.[2]
- 3 January
- Roger Kean, British magazine publisher (Crash, Zzap!64), co-founder of Newsfield.[3]
- Alan Rankine, 64, Scottish musician (The Associates) (b. 1958)[4] (death announced on this date)
- 4 January – Wyllie Longmore, 82, Jamanican-born British actor (Coronation Street, Love Actually), cancer.[5]
- 5 January
- Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys, 82, British banker and peer, lord chamberlain (1998–2000).[6]
- David Gold, 86, British retailer, publisher (Gold Star Publications), and football executive, chairman of West Ham United (since 2010).[7]
- Fay Weldon, 91, British author (The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, Puffball, The Cloning of Joanna May), essayist and playwright.[8]
- 7 January – Ken Scotland, 86, Scottish rugby union player (Leicester Tigers, national team) and cricketer (national team), cancer.[9]
- 8 January – Ray Middleton, 86, British Olympic racewalker (1964), respiratory failure.[10]
- 9 January – David Duckham, 76, English rugby union player (Coventry, national team).[11]
- 10 January
- Jeff Beck, 78, English rock guitarist (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, Beck, Bogert & Appice), bacterial meningitis.[12][13][14][15]
- Shirley Dynevor, 89, Welsh actress (Charlesworth, Rogue Male, The Wednesday Play).[16]
- 11 January
- Piers Haggard, 83, British film and television director (Pennies from Heaven, Quatermass, The Blood on Satan's Claw, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu).[17]
- Eli Ostreicher, 39, British-born American serial entrepreneur, motorcycle accident in Thailand.[18]
- 12 January
- Paul Johnson, 94, British journalist, historian and author (Modern Times: A History of the World from the 1920s to the 1980s, A History of the American People, A History of Christianity).[19]
- Roy Pierpoint, 93, British racing driver, saloon car champion (1965).[20]
- 13 January – Marc Worth, 61, British fashion executive, co-founder of WGSN, heart attack.[21]
- 14 January
- Alireza Akbari, 61, Iranian-British politician and convicted spy, execution by hanging.[22] (death announced on this date)
- Ronald Blythe, 100, English writer and columnist (Church Times).[23]
- John Wickham, 73, British motor racing team owner (Spirit Racing).[24]
- 15 January – Bruce Gowers, 82, British television director (American Idol) and music video director ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), complications from acute respiratory infection.[25]
- 16 January
- John Bicourt, 77, British Olympic middle-distance runner (1972, 1976).[26] (death announced on this date)
- Brian Tufano, 83, English cinematographer (Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary, Billy Elliot).[27]
- 17 January – Jonathan Raban, 80, British travel writer, critic, and novelist (Soft City, Waxwings, For Love & Money).[28]
- 19 January
- David Sutherland, 89, Scottish illustrator and comics artist (The Beano, Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, The Bash Street Kids).[29][30]
- Peter Thomas, 78, English-Irish footballer (Waterford, Ireland national team).[31]
- Anton Walkes, 25, English footballer (Portsmouth, Atlanta United, Charlotte FC), boat crash.[32]
- 22 January – Ian Black, 69, British journalist (The Guardian), and author (Israel's Secret Wars), complications from frontotemporal lobar degeneration.[33]
- 23 January – Fred Lindop, 84, British rugby league referee.[34]
- 27 January – Sylvia Syms, 89, English actress (Peak Practice, EastEnders).[35]
- 31 January – Alan Hurst, 77, British politician, MP for Braintree (1997–2005).[36]
- 2 February – Tim Quy, 61, British musician (Cardiacs).[37]
- 3 February – Robert Key, 77, English politician, Minister for Sport (1992–1993).[38]
- 5 February
- Hilary Alexander, 77, New Zealand-born British fashion journalist (The Daily Telegraph).[39]
- Robin Cocks, 84, British geologist.[40]
- Phil Spalding, 65, English bassist, session musician.[41]
- 6 February
- Peter Allen, 76, English footballer (Leyton Orient, Millwall).
- Janet Anderson, 73, British politician, Minister for Film, Tourism and Broadcasting (1998–2001).[42]
- Billy Thomson, 64, Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle, St Mirren, Dundee United, Clydebank, Motherwell, Rangers, Dundee, Scotland).
- 7 February – Royden Wood, 92, English footballer (Leeds United).
- 9 February – Dennis Lotis, 97, South African-born British singer and actor (It's a Wonderful World, The City of the Dead, What Every Woman Wants).[43]
- 10 February – Hugh Hudson, 86, English film director (Chariots of Fire, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Revolution).[44]
- 12 February – Tony Lee, 75, English footballer (Bradford City, Darlington).
- 13 February
- Zia Mohyeddin, 91, British-Pakistani actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Immaculate Conception).[45]
- Oliver Wood, 80, British cinematographer (Die Hard 2, Face/Off, The Bourne Identity).[46]
- 14 February – Christine Pritchard, 79, Welsh actress (Pobol y Cwm, Cara Fi).[47]
- 16 February
- Kevin Bird, 70, English professional footballer (Mansfield Town, Huddersfield Town).
- Colin Dobson, 82, English professional footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town, Bristol Rovers).
- 17 February – Lee Whitlock, 54, British actor (Shine On Harvey Moon, Cassandra's Dream, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street).[48]
- 19 February
- Dickie Davies, 94, British television sports presenter (World of Sport).[49]
- Henry McDonald, 57, Northern Irish writer and journalist (The Guardian, The Observer).[50]
- 22 February – Philip Ziegler, 93, British biographer and historian.[51]
- 23 February
- John Motson, 77, English football commentator (BBC Sport).[52]
- Irving Wardle, 93, English theatre critic and writer.[53]
- 24 February – Sir Bernard Ingham, 90, British journalist and civil servant, Downing Street press secretary (1979–1990).[54]
- 25 February – Sir David Lumsden, 94, British musician and choirmaster.[55]
- 26 February
- Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, 93, British politician, first woman Speaker of the House of Commons (1992–2000).[56]
- Jim Lewis, 88, racehorse owner (Best Mate).[57]
- 27 February
- Tom McLeish, 60, British theoretical physicist.[58]
- Sammy Winston, 44, English footballer (Leyton Orient).
- 1 March – Allan McGraw, 83, Scottish football player (Morton, Hibernian) and manager.
- 2 March – Steve Mackey, 56, English bassist, producer (Pulp).[59]
- 3 March
- Edwin A. Dawes, 97, British biochemist and magician.[60]
- Christopher Fowler, 69, English novelist.[61]
- Rita O'Hare, 80, Northern Irish political activist.[62]
- 5 March – Bob Goody, 71, British actor and writer (Smith and Goody, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Blue Heaven, The Borrowers).[63]
- 6 March – Bob Evered, 84, key player in the National Trust's purchase of Tyntesfield
- 9 March – Mystic Meg, 80, British astrologer.[64]
- 11 March – Bill Tidy, 89, British cartoonist (The Cloggies, The Fosdyke Saga).[65]
- 12 March
- Dame Phyllida Barlow, 78, British visual artist.[66]
- Isabel Colegate, 91, British author (The Shooting Party) and literary agent.[67]
- Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton, 87, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1970) and Paralympic champion (1960, 1964).[68]
- 13 March
- Simon Emmerson, 67, English record producer, guitarist, DJ, musical director, founder of (Afro Celt Sound System).
- Alan Jones, 77, Welsh footballer (Swansea City, Hereford United, Southport).
- 14 March – Chris Shevlane, 80, Scottish footballer (Hearts, Celtic, Hibernian, Morton).
- 16 March
- Tony Coe, 88, English jazz musician.[69]
- Patrick French, 57, British writer and historian (Tibet, Tibet, The World Is What It Is).[70]
- Jacqueline Gold, 62, British businesswoman (Ann Summers).[71]
- Melanie McFadyean, 72, British journalist.[72]
- Don Megson, 86, English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Bristol Rovers) and manager (Bristol Rovers, Bournemouth).
- 17 March – Sir Paul Girolami, 97, Italian-born British pharmaceutical executive, chairman of Glaxo (1985–1994).[73]
- 18 March
- Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, 96, Scottish peer, MP (1955–1974), member of the House of Lords (1974–2019) and Minister of State for Defence (1970–1972).[74]
- Sir James Dunbar-Nasmith, 96, British conservation architect (Sunninghill Park, Balmoral Estate).[75]
- 20 March – Paul Grant, 56, British actor (Return of the Jedi, Labyrinth, The Dead) and stuntman.[76]
- 21 March
- Willie Bell, 85, Scottish footballer (Leeds United, Scotland) and manager (Birmingham City).[77]
- Eric Brown, 62, British science fiction writer.[78]
- Alexander Cameron, 59, British barrister, brother of David Cameron.[79]
- John Smith, Baron Kirkhill, 92, Scottish peer, Lord Provost of Aberdeen (1971–1975), Minister of State for Scotland (1975–1978) and member of the House of Lords (1975–2018).[80]
- 24 March – Christopher Gunning, 78, English composer (La Vie en rose, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Middlemarch).[81]
- 25 March – Nick Lloyd Webber, 43, English composer (Love, Lies and Records, Fat Friends The Musical, The Last Bus) and record producer, son of Andrew Lloyd Webber.[82]
- 26 March – D. M. Thomas, 88, British poet, translator and novelist (The Flute-Player, The White Hotel).[83]
- 28 March – Paul O'Grady, 67, English comedian and television presenter (The Paul O'Grady Show, Paul O'Grady Live, Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs).[84]
- 30 March – Peter Usborne, 85, British publisher, co-founder of Private Eye and founder of Usborne Publishing.[85]
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- 1 April – Ken Buchanan, 77, Scottish boxer, undisputed world lightweight champion (1971).[86]
- 2 April – Max Crabtree, 90, English professional wrestler and promoter (Joint Promotions).[87]
- 3 April
- Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, 91, British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1983–1989).[88]
- Michael Roberts, 75, British fashion journalist.[89]
- 4 April – John Sainty, 76, English professional footballer (Reading, Bournemouth, Aldershot) and manager (Chester City).
- 6 April
- Paul Cattermole, 46, English singer and actor (S Club 7).[90][91]
- Nicola Heywood-Thomas, 67, Welsh broadcaster and newsreader.[92][93]
- Norman Reynolds, 89, British production designer (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Empire of the Sun), Oscar winner (1978, 1982).[94]
- 7 April
- Ian Bairnson, 69, Scottish musician, multi-instrumentalist (Alan Parsons Project, Pilot, guitarist for Kate Bush).
- Gareth Richards, 43, British comedian and radio presenter.
- 8 April
- Deborah Brown, 95, Northern Irish sculptor.[95]
- Bob Heatlie, 76, Scottish songwriter ("Japanese Boy", "Cry Just a Little Bit", "Merry Christmas Everyone") and record producer.[96]
- Kenneth McAlpine, 102, English racing driver.[97]
- Judith Miller, 71, British antiques expert and broadcaster (Antiques Roadshow).[98]
- 9 April – Andrew Phillips, Baron Phillips of Sudbury, 84, British solicitor and politician.[99]
- 10 April – Anne Perry, 84, British crime writer (The Cater Street Hangman).[100]
- 12 April – Bryn Parry, 66, British cartoonist and charity worker, co-founder of Help for Heroes.[101]
- 13 April
- Willie Callaghan, 56, Scottish professional footballer.
- Mary Quant, 93, British fashion designer.[102]
- 14 April
- Murray Melvin, 90, English actor (Alfie, Lisztomania, Barry Lyndon).[103]
- Mark Sheehan, 46, Irish guitarist, singer-songwriter (The Script, Mytown).
- 16 April – Eddie Colquhoun, 78, Scottish footballer (Scotland, Bury, West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United).
- 19 April – Peter Martin, 81, English actor (The Royle Family, Emmerdale).
- 21 April
- Kate Saunders, 62, English actress and journalist (Angels, Only Fools and Horses, Have I Got News For You).
- Mark Stewart, 62, musician (The Pop Group).[104]
- 22 April
- Len Goodman, 78, English ballroom dancer and coach (Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing with the Stars).[105]
- Barry Humphries, 89, Australian comedian, actor and author (Dame Edna Everage, Bedazzled, Finding Nemo).
- 27 April
- Wee Willie Harris, 90, English singer, musician.
- Jerry Springer, 79, British-born American talk show presenter (The Springer Show, Jerry Springer).
- Barbara Young, 92, English actress (Coronation Street, I, Claudius, Last of the Summer Wine).[106]
- 30 April – Elizabeth Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch, 68, Scottish peeress and philanthropist.
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- 2 May – Alice Coleman, 99, British geographer.[107]
- 3 May – Linda Lewis, 72, English singer-songwriter ("Rock-a-Doodle-Doo").[108]
- 4 May
- Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell, 88, Northern Irish jurist, Lord Chief Justice (1997–2004).[109]
- Iain Johnstone, 80, English author, broadcaster and television producer.[110]
- 5 May – Gerald Rose, 87, British illustrator.[111]
- 8 May
- Terrence Hardiman, 86, English actor (Crown Court, Secret Army, The Demon Headmaster).[112]
- Neil Matthews, 66, English professional football player (Grimsby Town, Halifax Town, Stockpot County, Lincoln City) and coach.
- 10 May
- Hugo Burge, 51, British internet entrepreneur and owner of Marchmont House.[113]
- Rolf Harris, 93, Australian television presenter (Rolf Harris Cartoon Time, Rolf's Cartoon Club, Animal Hospital) and singer ("Jake the Peg", "Two Little Boys").
- 11 May
- Francis Monkman, 73, English musician (Curved Air, Sky, Matching Mole), songwriter and composer.[114]
- Andy Provan, 79, Scottish footballer (Barnsley, York City, Chester City, Wrexham, Southport, Torquay United).
- 12 May – David Pollock, 82, British humanist.[115]
- 13 May
- Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, 89, British politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1989–1992).[116]
- John Flood, 90, English professional footballer (Southampton, AFC Bournemouth).
- 15 May – Stanley Appel, 89, British television producer and director (Top of the Pops).[117]
- 16 May
- Uwe Kitzinger, 95, German-born English economist and political adviser.[118]
- Andy Smart, 63, English comedian (The Comedy Store Players), actor and writer.[119]
- 17 May
- S. P. Hinduja, 87, Indian-born British businessman (Hinduja Group) and philanthropist.[120]
- Algy Ward, 63, English heavy metal bassist (Tank, The Damned, The Saints).[121]
- 19 May
- Martin Amis, 73, British novelist (The Rachel Papers, Money, London Fields, The Information).[122]
- Andy Rourke, 59, English bassist (The Smiths).
- 21 May
- Donald Macleod, 82, Scottish theologian.[123]
- Ray Stevenson, 58, Northern Irish actor (King Arthur, Rome, Punisher: War Zone, RRR).[124]
- 22 May
- Chas Newby, 81, British bassist (The Beatles).[125]
- Hugh Strachan, 84, Scottish professional footballer (Motherwell, Greenock Morton, Kilmarnock, Partick Thistle).
- 25 May – Karen Lumley, 59, British Conservative Party politician.[126]
- 26 May – Emily Morgan, 45, British journalist (ITV News).[127]
- 28 May – Sir David Brewer, 83, British businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of London (2005–2006) and Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (2008–2015).[128]
- 31 May – Patricia Dainton, 93, British actress (Dancing with Crime, The Passionate Stranger, Sixpenny Corner).[129]
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- 1 June
- David Jones, 83, British sprinter, Olympic bronze medallist (1960).[130]
- Roger Squires, 91, British crossword compiler.[131]
- 3 June – Josser Watling, 98, English professional footballer (Bristol Rovers).
- 5 June
- Elspeth Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Pittenweem, 83, British baroness and wife of Sir Menzies Campbell.[132]
- John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, 91, Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales (1974–1979) and Attorney General (1997–1999).[133]
- 6 June
- Mike McFarlane, 63, English sprinter, Olympic silver medallist (1988), heart attack.[134]
- Tony McPhee, 79, English guitarist (The Groundhogs), complications from a fall.[135]
- Tony Murray, 103, French-born British businessman (Andrews Sykes Group).[136]
- 10 June – Adrian Sprott, 61, Scottish footballer (Meadowbank Thistle, Hamilton Academical, Stenhousemuir).
- 11 June
- Charles Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan, 86, British peer and football administrator, chairman of Chelsea (1981–1982).[137]
- Stanley Clinton-Davis, Baron Clinton-Davis, 94, British politician, Minister of State for Trade Policy (1997–1998), MP (1970–1983) and member of the House of Lords (1990–2018).[138]
- 12 June – William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby, 95, British peer.[139]
- 13 June
- Nick Kaiser, 68, British cosmologist.[140]
- Paul Rendall, 69, English rugby union player (Wasps, national team).[141]
- 15 June
- Glenda Jackson, 87, English actress (Elizabeth R, Women in Love, A Touch of Class) and politician.[142]
- Gordon McQueen, 70, Scottish footballer (Leeds United, Manchester United, national team) and manager.[143]
- 16 June
- Peter Dickinson, 88, English composer, musicologist, author, and pianist.[144]
- Sir Ben Helfgott, 93, Polish-born British Holocaust survivor and Olympic weightlifter (1956, 1960).[145]
- Angela Thorne, 84, British actress (Lady Oscar, To the Manor Born, Silent Hours).[146]
- Paxton Whitehead, 85, English actor (Camelot, Back to School, Friends).[147]
- 18 June
- Shahzada Dawood, 48, Pakistani-British-Maltese businessman, victim of the Titan submersible implosion.[148]
- Hamish Harding, 58, British billionaire, pilot and explorer, victim of the Titan submersible implosion.[149]
- Sir Robert Malpas, 95, British engineer and businessman.[150]
- 19 June
- Billy Bales, 94, English motorcycle speedway rider (Yarmouth Bloaters, Norwich Stars, Sheffield Tigers).[151]
- Diane Rowe, 90, English table tennis player.[152]
- 20 June – John Waddington, 63, English guitarist (The Pop Group, Maximum Joy, Perfume).[153]
- 21 June – Winnie Ewing, 93, Scottish politician (MP (1967–1970, 1974–1979), MEP (1979–1999), MSP (1999–2003), President of the Scottish National Party (1987–2005)).[154]
- 24 June – Margaret McDonagh, Baroness McDonagh, 61, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 2004).[155]
- 25 June – Dame Ann Leslie, 82, British journalist (Daily Mail).[156]
- 26 June
- Craig Brown, 82, Scottish professional footballer and football manager.[157]
- David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, 97, Scottish peer, Lord Chamberlain (1984–1997) and last surviving participant at the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.[158]
- 29 June
- Clarence Barlow, 77, British composer.[159]
- Peter Horbury, 73, British automotive designer.[160]
- 30 June – Robert Fernley, 70, British motorsport manager and entrepreneur.[161]
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- 1 July
- Meg Johnson, 86, English actress (Coronation Street, Brookside, Emmerdale).[162]
- Bob Kerslake, Baron Kerslake, 68, British civil servant, head of the Home Civil Service (2012–2014) and member of the House of Lords (since 2015).[163]
- 2 July – Wayne Evans, 51, Welsh professional footballer (Walsall, Rochdale).
- 3 July
- 5 July
- Keith Ball, 82, English footballer (Walsall, Port Vale).
- Anthony Gilbert, 88, British composer and academic.[166]
- 6 July
- Graham Clark, 81, English opera singer.[167]
- Colin Spencer, 89, English journalist (The Guardian) and artist.[168]
- 7 July
- Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, 86, British judge and life peer, Justice of the Supreme Court (2009–2012) and member of the House of Lords (2004–2023).[169]
- Yvonne Littlewood, 95, British television producer and director (Eurovision Song Contest 1963).[170]
- 9 July – Alfred Thomas Grove, 99, British geographer and climatologist.[171]
- 10 July
- Derek Beales, 92, British historian.[172]
- Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer, 71, British peer.[173]
- 11 July – George Armstrong, 60, British actor (Grange Hill, Tucker's Luck).[174]
- 12 July – John Nettleton, 94, English actor (Yes Minister, The New Statesman).[175]
- 13 July
- Chris Garland, 74, English footballer (Bristol City, Chelsea, Leicester City).
- John Graham Nicholls, 93, British physiologist.[176]
- 14 July – Tony Butler, 88, British sports broadcaster.[177]
- 15 July – Derek Malcolm, 91, English film critic (The Guardian).[178]
- 16 July
- George Alston-Roberts-West, 85, British Army officer and courtier.[179]
- Jane Birkin, 76, British-French actress (Death on the Nile, Evil Under the Sun) and singer ("Je t'aime... moi non plus").[180]
- 17 July – Barry Martyn, 82, English jazz drummer.[181]
- 18 July – Walter Gilbey, British-Manx politician and entrepreneur, member of the House of Keys (1982–2011).[182]
- 19 July
- Anita Carey, 75, English actress (Coronation Street, Doctors), breast cancer.[183]
- Mike Hammond, 33, British ice hockey player (Nottingham Panthers), traffic collision.[184]
- Mark Thomas, 67, British film composer (Twin Town, The Final Curtain, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London).[185]
- 21 July
- Ann Clwyd, 86, Welsh politician, MP (1984–2019) and MEP (1979–1984).[186]
- Vince Hill, 89, English traditional pop singer ("Edelweiss", "Roses of Picardy", "Merci, Chérie").[187]
- 23 July – Raymond Froggatt, 81, English songwriter ("Callow-la-vita", "Big Ship", "Rachel") and singer.[188]
- 24 July
- George Alagiah, 67, journalist and presenter (BBC News), bowel cancer.[189]
- Trevor Francis, 67, footballer, heart attack.[190]
- 27 July – Bobby Arthur, 78, British boxer, national welterweight champion (1972).[191]
- 28 July – Jim Parker, 88, British composer.[192]
- 29 July – Malcolm Deas, 82, English historian.[193]
- 30 July – David W. Potter, 74, Scottish sportswriter.[194]
- 1 August – Tony Brien, 54, Irish footballer (Leicester City, Chesterfield, Rotherham United, West Bromwich Albion, Hull City).
- 2 August – Tom Kempinski, 85, British actor (Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars) and playwright.[195]
- 3 August – Carl Davis, 86, American-born British conductor and composer (Pride and Prejudice).[196]
- 4 August – Michael Boyd, 68, British theatre director (Royal Shakespeare Company).[197]
- 8 August – Jamie Reid, 76, English visual artist (Sex Pistols) and anarchist.[198]
- 9 August
- John Coddington, 85, English professional footballer (Huddersfield Town, Blackburn Rovers, Stockport County).
- Doreen Mantle, 97, South African-born actress (One Foot in the Grave, Jam & Jerusalem, Yentl).[199]
- 10 August – Alec Jackson, 86, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham City, Walsall).
- 13 August
- Patricia Bredin, 88, UK's first Eurovision Song Contest participant in 1957.[200]
- Joe Caven, 86, Scottish footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion).
- 14 August
- Harris Mann, 85, British car designer (Morris Marina, Austin Allegro, Princess, Triumph TR7).
- Brian Snowdon, 88, English professional footballer (Blackpool, Portsmouth, Millwall, Crystal Palace).
- 16 August
- John Elsom, 84, English football chairman (Leicester City).[201]
- Michael Parkinson, 88, English television and radio presenter (Parkinson, Give Us a Clue, Desert Island Discs, Going for a Song).[202]
- 19 August – Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton, 88, British peer and politician.
- 21 August – Andy Rankin, 79, English professional footballer (Everton, Watford, Huddersfield Town).
- 22 August – Bobby Noble, 77, English footballer (Manchester United).
- 24 August – Bernie Marsden, 72, English hard rock guitarist (UFO, Whitesnake).[203]
- 27 August – Michael Brougham, 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux, 85, British peer and politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1968).[204]
- 28 August – Alan Haworth, Baron Haworth, 75, British life peer and politician, heart attack.[205]
- 29 August – Jamie Crick, 57, British radio broadcaster (Classic FM, Jazz FM, Scala Radio).[206]
- 30 August – Mohamed Al-Fayed, 94, British-based Egyptian businessman, former owner of Harrods.[207]
- 2 September – Mark Pearson, 83, English footballer (Manchester United, Sheffield Wednesday, Fulham, Halifax Town).
- 3 September – John F. C. Turner, 96, British architect and theorist.[208]
- 5 September
- Joe Fagin, 83, English singer-songwriter.
- Bruce Guthro, 62, Canadian-born vocalist (Runrig).
- John Stevenson, 86, British screenwriter (Brass, Coronation Street).[209]
- 6 September
- John Cairney, 93, Scottish actor (A Night to Remember, Cleopatra, Jason and the Argonauts), author and painter.[210]
- Ian Hamilton, 55, English professional footballer (Cambridge United, Scunthorpe United, West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United, Notts County, Lincoln City).
- 8 September
- Karowei Dorgu, 65, Nigerian-born British doctor and Anglican prelate, suffragan Bishop of Woolwich (since 2017).[211]
- Mike Yarwood, 82, English comedian and impersonator.[212]
- 9 September – John Harris, 84, English professional footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Walsall).
- 10 September
- Brendan Croker, 70, English musician (The Notting Hillbillies).[213]
- Nico Ladenis, 89, British cook and restaurateur.[214]
- Sir Ian Wilmut, 79, British embryologist, creator of Dolly the sheep.[215]
- 12 September
- Jean Boht, 91, English actress (Bread).[216]
- Elizabeth Jeffreys, 82, British Byzantinologist.[217]
- 13 September
- Sir William Gage, 85, British judge, Lord Justice of Appeal (2004–2008).
- Jose Harris, 82, British historian and academic.[218]
- Roger Whittaker, 87, British singer-songwriter ("Durham Town (The Leavin')", "I Don't Believe in If Anymore", "The Last Farewell").[219]
- 16 September
- Colin Murphy, 79, English football player (Derby County, Lincoln City, Stockport County, Southend United) and manager (Notts County).
- Horace Ové, 86, Trinidad and Tobago-born filmmaker (Pressure).[220]
- 17 September
- Arthur Longbottom, 90, English footballer (Queens Park Rangers, Port Vale, Millwall, Oxford United, Colchester United).
- Ronnie McKinnon, 83, Scottish professional footballer (Rangers, Scotland).
- 21 September – Robin Gladwin, 83, English footballer (Norwich City, Oxford United).
- 23 September – Cheryl Murray, 71, English Actress (Coronation Street, Hi-de-Hi!, Sorry!).[221]
- 25 September – David McCallum, 90, Scottish actor (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NCIS, The Great Escape) and musician.[222]
- 28 September – Sir Michael Gambon, 82, Irish-born English actor (Harry Potter, Gosford Park, The King's Speech), pneumonia.[223]
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- 1 October
- Wilf Billington, 93, English footballer (Workington, Blackburn Rovers).[224]
- Eve Bunting, 94, Northern Irish-born American author (Smoky Night, The Presence: A Ghost Story), pneumonia.[225]
- Sir Christopher Lewinton, 91, British-American businessman.[226]
- Frank McDougall, 65, Scottish professional footballer (Clydebank, St Mirren, Aberdeen).
- Peter Penfold, 79, British diplomat, governor of the Virgin Islands (1991–1996) and high commissioner to Sierra Leone (1997–2000), cancer.[227]
- John Waring, 81, English cricketer (Yorkshire, Warwickshire).[228]
- 2 October
- Francis Lee, 79, English footballer (Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, national team) and chairman, cancer.[229]
- Gary Simpson, 64, English footballer (Chesterfield, Chester City).[230]
- 3 October – Arthur Burns, 87, British historian.[231]
- 4 October
- David Benedictus, 85, English novelist (The Fourth of June, This Animal Is Mischievous, Return to the Hundred Acre Wood).[232]
- Tommy Hoyland, 91, English professional footballer (Sheffield United, Bradford City).[233]
- Robin Rumboll, 84, radio executive and Jersey politician who founded Channel 103.[234]
- 5 October
- Peter Mack, 68, British scholar, traffic collision.[235]
- Edmund Marshall, 83, British politician, MP (1971–1983).[236]
- Bill Munro, 89, Scottish football player (Barrow) and manager (Clydebank, Airdrieonians).[237]
- Sir Nicholas Stadlen, 73, British judge, mesothelioma.[238]
- 6 October
- Nicholas Crafts, 74, British economist, sepsis.[239]
- Roger Greenhalgh, 82, British academic and writer.[240]
- Susan Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Walliswood, 87, British businesswoman and politician, member of the House of Lords (1994–2016).[241]
- 7 October
- Terence Davies, 77, English film director and screenwriter (Distant Voices, Still Lives, The Long Day Closes, The Deep Blue Sea).[242]
- Anthony Holden, 76, English journalist and author.[243]
- 8 October – Sir Thomas Legg, 88, British civil servant, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery (1989–1998).[244]
- 9 October
- Anthony Hickox, 64, English film director (Waxwork, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, Prince Valiant).[245]
- Jan Needle, 80, English author.[246]
- 12 October – Neil Le Bihan, 47, English footballer (Peterborough United).
- 13 October
- Linda Arkley, 71, British politician, mayor of North Tyneside (2003–2005, 2009–2013).[247]
- Benedict Birnberg, 93, British solicitor and human rights activist, pneumonia.[248]
- Hugh Russell, 63, boxer, Olympic bronze medallist (1980)[249]
- Sir Antony Walker, 89, British army general, commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies (1990–1992), heart failure.[250]
- 14 October – Gwyn Richards, 71, Welsh cricketer.[251]
- 15 October
- Edward Cairney, 82, convicted murderer.[252]
- Gerry Ryan, 68, Irish professional footballer (Republic of Ireland, Derby County, Brighton & Hove Albion).
- 16 October
- Paul Bryer, 65, English Anglican clergyman, archdeacon of Cornwall (since 2019).[253]
- Gordon Low, 83, Scottish footballer (Huddersfield Town, Bristol City, Stockport County).[254]
- 17 October – Trevor Beeson, 97, English Anglican clergyman, dean of Winchester (1987–1996).[255]
- 18 October
- Tony Husband, 73, British cartoonist (Private Eye, Round the Bend, Hangar 17), heart attack.[256]
- Paul Reynolds, 50, English cricket umpire (Cricket Ireland).[257]
- David P. Webster, 95, Scottish author, historian, and sports promoter (World Highland Games Championships), complications from dementia.[258]
- 19 October
- Alan J. W. Bell, 85, British television producer and director (Last of the Summer Wine, Ripping Yarns, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).[259]
- David Turner, 77, British computer scientist.[260]
- Anthony Vidler, 82, English architectural historian.[261]
- 20 October
- Donald Angus Cameron of Lochiel, 77, Scottish clan chief and public servant, Lord Lieutenant of Inverness (2002–2021).[262]
- Gerry Cranham, 94, English sports photographer.[263]
- Haydn Gwynne, 66, English actress (Drop the Dead Donkey, The Windsors, Billy Elliot the Musical), cancer.[264]
- Donald Mackay, 86, Scottish-born Canadian chemical engineer.[265]
- John Thorn, 98, English schoolmaster, writer and educational consultant.[266]
- 21 October
- Sir Bobby Charlton CBE, 86, English footballer (Manchester United, national team) and manager (Preston North End), world champion (1966).[267]
- Carroll Coates, 94, British-American songwriter, composer and lyricist.[268]
- Bill Gates, 79, English footballer (Middlesbrough).[269]
- 22 October – Dave Courtney, 64, English self-proclaimed gangster.
- 23 October
- Angelo Bruschini, 62, English guitarist (The Blue Aeroplanes, Massive Attack), lung cancer.[270]
- Desert Crown, 4, British racehorse, Epsom Derby winner (2022), euthanised.[271]
- Bill Kenwright, 78, English theater producer (Blood Brothers) and football administrator, chairman of Everton (since 2004), liver cancer.[272]
- 24 October
- Murray Elder, Baron Elder, 73, Scottish politician and member of the House of Lords (1999–2003).[273]
- Bob Pomphrey, 79, English cricketer (Hertfordshire).[274]
- Robin Turner, 81, British Anglican priest, Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force (1995–1998).[275]
- 26 October – John Wilkie, 76, Scottish footballer (Halifax Town, Wigan Athletic).
- 28 October
- Domenico Genovese, 62, English professional football player (Peterborough United) and manager.
- Saleemul Huq, 71, British-Bangladeshi climatologist, director of ICCCAD (since 2009), heart attack.[276]
- 29 October
- Charlie Aitken, 81, Scottish footballer (Aston Villa).[277]
- Dick Fontaine, 83–84, English documentary filmmaker.[278]
- Trevor Hill, 98, British producer (Children's Hour, Round Britain Quiz, Sooty), director and writer.[279]
- 31 October
- Donald Longmore, 95, British heart surgeon.[280]
- Ronnie Rees, 79, Welsh footballer (Coventry City).[281]
- Hugh Wyllie, 89, Scottish Presbyterian minister, moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (1992–1993).[282]
- 1 November – Brian Hebditch, 75, British Olympic sports shooter (1976), traffic collision.[283]
- 2 November
- Jack Bamford, 86, English George Cross recipient.[284]
- John Havers, 92, English badminton player (national team).[285]
- Bobby Welch, 94, British criminal (Great Train Robbery), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[286] (death announced on this date)
- 3 November
- Patrick Brownsey, 75, British-born New Zealand botanist and philatelist.[287]
- Pete Garner, 61, British bassist (The Stone Roses), cancer.[288] (death announced on this date)
- 4 November
- Robert Knecht, 97, British historian.[289]
- John Whitney, 92, British writer and producer.[290]
- 5 November
- Michael J. Alexander, 82, British translator (Beowulf), poet and broadcaster.[291]
- Ryland Davies, 88, operatic tenor.[292]
- Anne Hart, 90, British actress and singer.[293]
- David Hilditch, 60, DUP politician and Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–2003)[294]
- 6 November
- John Fahy, 80, Scottish footballer (Germiston Callies, Oxford United).[295]
- Sean Martin, 26, English musician (The Night Café).[296] (death announced on this date)
- Norman Munnoch, 94, Scottish rugby union player (Watsonian, Edinburgh District, national team).[297]
- 7 November
- Stuart Jardine, 90, British Olympic sailor (1968, 1972).[298]
- Igor Judge, Baron Judge, 82, English judge, lord chief justice (2008–2013).[299]
- 8 November
- Dale Reid, 64, Scottish golfer.[300]
- Tony Thirlwall, 82, British economist.[301]
- Adrian Webster, 72, English football player (Seattle Sounders, Colchester United) and manager (Phoenix Inferno).[302]
- Bob White, 87, English cricketer (Middlesex, Nottinghamshire).[303]
- 9 November
- John Nuttall, 56, British long-distance runner who competed in track and cross country running.[304]
- James Robertson, 95, British political activist, economist, and writer.[291]
- Joe Tilson, 95, British visual artist.[305]
- Tim Woodward, 70, English actor (Wings, Piece of Cake, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Murder City).[306]
- 10 November – Colin MacKay, 79, Scottish journalist.[307]
- 11 November – Helen Place, radio presenter, newsreader and journalist (BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio York)[308][309]
- 12 November
- Joan Jara, 96, British-Chilean dancer and human rights activist.[310]
- Anna Scher, 78, British-Irish drama school founder.[311]
- 13 November – Gordon Wallace, 74, Scottish footballer (Raith Rovers, Dundee United, Berwick Rangers).[312]
- 14 November
- Sir Tom Arnold, 76, British politician, MP (1974–1997).[313]
- Brian Cotter, Baron Cotter, 87, British politician, MP (1997–2005) and member of the House of Lords (since 2006).[314]
- 15 November – David Rowe-Beddoe, 85, businessman and first chair of the Wales Millennium Centre.[315]
- 16 November
- Dame A. S. Byatt, 87, English novelist (The Virgin in the Garden, Possession, Still Life) and critic.[316]
- Peter Solley, 75, English musician (Fox) and record producer.[317]
- Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe, 85, British jurist, justice of the supreme court (2009–2013), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (2002–2009) and Lord Justice of Appeal (1997–2002).[318]
- 17 November – John C. G. Röhl, 85, British historian.[319]
- 18 November – Paul Watson, 81, British documentary filmmaker, complications from dementia.[320]
- 19 November
- Joss Ackland, 95, British actor (White Mischief, Lethal Weapon 2, The Mighty Ducks).[321]
- Eddie Linden, 88, Scottish publisher and poet.[322]
- 20 November – Annabel Giles, 64, British actress (Firelight) and psychotherapist.[323]
- 22 November – Mike Bickle, 79, English footballer (Plymouth Argyle, Gillingham).[324] (death announced on this date)
- 23 November – Russell Norman, 57, English restaurateur and chef (Saturday Kitchen).[325]
- 24 November
- Henry Tilly, 91, English cricketer.[326]
- Derek Wilford, 90, British military officer, complications from Parkinson's disease.[327]
- 25 November
- Martin Lockley, 73, Welsh palaeontologist.[328]
- Les Maguire, 81, English musician (Gerry and the Pacemakers).[329]
- Terry Venables, 80, English football player (Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur) and manager (national team).[330]
- 26 November
- Brian Godding, 78, Welsh jazz rock guitarist (Blossom Toes, Centipede).[331]
- Norman Irons, 82, Scottish councillor and honorary consul, lord provost of Edinburgh (1992–1996).[332]
- Geordie Walker, 64, English guitarist (Killing Joke).[333]
- 28 November
- James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, 81, Scottish politician, MP (1974–1997), MSP (1999–2007) and member of the House of Lords (1997–2023).[334]
- Rod Fletcher, 78, English footballer (Scunthorpe United, Lincoln City, Grimsby Town).[335] (death announced on this date)
- Allan Rogers, 91, Labour Party politician, MP (1983–2001) and MEP (1979–1984).[336]
- Cecil Sandford, 95, British motorcycle road racer, Grand Prix World Riders' Champion (1952, 1957).[337] (death announced on this date)
- 29 November
- James Couchman, 81, British politician, MP (1983–1997).[338]
- Dean Sullivan, 68, English actor (Brookside).[339]
- 30 November
- John Byrne, 83, Scottish playwright (The Slab Boys Trilogy, Tutti Frutti, Your Cheatin' Heart) and designer.[340]
- Alistair Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, 70, British politician, chancellor of the Exchequer (2007–2010), MP (1987–2015) and member of the House of Lords (2015–2020), cancer.[341][342]
- Shane MacGowan, 65, English-born Irish singer (The Pogues, Shane MacGowan and the Popes) and songwriter ("Fairytale of New York").[343]
- 1 December
- Tony Allen, 78, English comedian and writer.[344]
- Shaun Davis, 57, British bodybuilder, Mr. Universe winner (1996).[345] (death announced on this date)
- Brigit Forsyth, 83, Scottish actress (Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Boon, Still Open All Hours).[346]
- Winston Churchill Rea, 70s, Northern Irish loyalist.[347] (death announced on this date)
- 3 December – Glenys Kinnock, 79, British politician, MEP (1994–2009), member of the House of Lords (2009–2021), and minister of state for Europe (2009).[348]
- 4 December – Sophie Anderson, 36, British pornographic actress, recording artist, and Internet personality.[349] (death announced on this date)
- 5 December
- Denny Laine, 79, English Hall of Fame musician (Wings, The Moody Blues) and songwriter ("Mull of Kintyre").[350]
- Martin Patching, 65, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Watford, Northampton Town).[351] (death announced on this date)
- 7 December – Benjamin Zephaniah, 65, British actor (Peaky Blinders) and poet.[352]
- 10 December
- Jonathan Irwin, 82, British-Irish auctioneer and philanthropist.[353]
- Willie McCulloch, 75, Scottish football player (Alloa Athletic, Airdrieonians) and manager (Cowdenbeath).[354] (death announced on this date)
- Syd Millar, 89, Northern Irish rugby union player (Ballymena, Ireland national team), coach (British & Irish Lions), and executive, chairman of the IRB (2003–2007).[355] (death announced on this date)
- 11 December
- Shirley Anne Field, 87, English actress (The Entertainer, The Damned, Alfie).[356]
- Ian Gibson, 77, British comic book artist (2000 AD, Judge Dredd, The Ballad of Halo Jones), cancer.[357]
- Richard Kerr, 78, English singer, songwriter ("Mandy", "I'll Never Love This Way Again", "Looks Like We Made It") and composer.[358] (death announced on this date)
- John "Rambo" Stevens, English music producer and manager.[359]
- 12 December
- Shirley Barber, 88, English author.[360]
- Richard Gaddes, 81, English arts administrator (Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis).[361]
- 14 December – Hanzala Malik, 67, Scottish politician, MSP (2011–2016).[362] (death announced on this date)
- 15 December
- Sir Timothy Brighouse, 83, British educator.[363]
- Steve Halliwell, 77, English actor (Heartbeat, Coronation Street, Emmerdale).[364]
- 17 December
- Mike Maxfield, 79, English songwriter and guitarist (The Dakotas).[365] (death announced on this date)
- Roy Roebuck, 94, British journalist (News Chronicle, Daily Express) and politician, MP (1966–1970).[366]
- 18 December
- Ronnie Caryl, 70, English guitarist (Flaming Youth, Phil Collins).[367]
- Brian Price, 86, Welsh rugby union player (Newport, British Lions, national team).[368]
- 19 December – Sir Norman Arthur, 92, British military officer and Olympic equestrian (1960), GOC Scotland (1985–1988) and Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright (1996–2006).[369] (death announced on this date)
- 20 December – Pat Quartermain, 86, English footballer (Oxford United, Cambridge United).[370] (death announced on this date)
- 21 December – Oliver Emanuel, 43, English playwright and radio dramatist.[371] (death announced on this date)
- 22 December
- Oliver Everett, 80, British diplomat and public servant, Royal Librarian (1985–2002).[372]
- Ian Pepperell, 53, British actor (The Archers, EastEnders).[373]
- 23 December – Richard Rampton, 82, British libel lawyer.[374]
- 24 December – David Leland, 82, British film and television director (Wish You Were Here, The Big Man, Band of Brothers, The Borgias).[375]
- 25 December
- Jim Breaks, 83, British professional wrestler.[376]
- Richard Franklin, 87, actor (Doctor Who, Emmerdale).[377]
- Tom Priestley, 91, British film editor (Whistle Down the Wind, Unearthly Stranger, This Sporting Life).[378]
- Henry Sandon, 95, English antiques expert (Antiques Roadshow).[379]
- 26 December
- David Kernan, 85, British actor (Mix Me a Person, Zulu, Carry On Abroad).[380]
- Tony Oxley, 85, English free improvising drummer, co-founder of Incus Records.[381]
- 27 December
- Jack McLean, 78, Scottish journalist and art teacher.[382]
- Leonard Singer, 80, British-born Manx politician, Member of the House of Keys (2001–2006, 2011–2016).[383] (death announced on this date)
- 28 December – Patrick Walsh, 92, Northern Irish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Down and Connor (1991–2008).[384]
- 29 December – Kurtis Chapman, 26, English professional wrestler.[385] (death announced on this date)
- 30 December
- Bryan Ansell, 68, British role-playing game designer (Warhammer 40,000).[386]
- John Pilger, 84, British-based Australian documentary filmmaker (Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia, Death of a Nation, The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back) and journalist.[387]
- Tom Wilkinson, 75, English actor (The Full Monty, In the Bedroom, Michael Clayton).[388]
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