The following notable deaths of British people occurred in 2024. 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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Glynis Johns in 1952
J. P. R. Williams in 2014
1 January – Graham Tripp , 91, English cricketer (Somerset ).[1]
2 January
3 January
4 January
Georgina Hale , 80, English actress (Mahler , The Devils , Castaway ).[7]
Glynis Johns , 100, South African-born British actress (The Sundowners , Mary Poppins , A Little Night Music ).[8]
Keith Lamb , 77, English football executive, chief executive of Middlesbrough (1987–2011).[9]
Mike Sadler , 103, British Army officer, last original member of the Special Air Service .[10]
David Soul , 80, American-born actor (Starsky & Hutch , Here Come the Brides ) and singer ("Don't Give Up on Us ").[11]
5 January
Philip Hedley , 85, British theatre director.[12] (death announced on this date)
Del Palmer , 71, English singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and sound engineer.[13]
6 January – Sir Roy Calne , 93, British surgeon.[14]
7 January – Tony Clarkin , 77, English guitarist and songwriter (Magnum ).[15]
8 January – J. P. R. Williams , 74, Welsh rugby union player (Barbarians , British & Irish Lions , national team ).[16] (death announced on this date)
10 January – Peter Johnson , 84, English food industry and football executive, chairman of Tranmere Rovers (1987–1998, 2000–2014) and Everton (1994–1999).[17]
11 January – Annie Nightingale , 83, broadcaster (BBC Radio 1 ) and television presenter (The Old Grey Whistle Test ).[18]
13 January – Mel Blyth , 79, English footballer (Crystal Palace , Southampton , Millwall ).[19] (death announced on this date)
14 January – Malcolm Alker , 45, English rugby league player (Salford Red Devils , national team ).[20] (death announced on this date)
15 January
16 January – Laurie Johnson , 96, English composer and bandleader.[23]
17 January – Sir Tony Lloyd , 73, British politician, MP (1983–2012, since 2017) and mayor of Greater Manchester (2015–2017), leukemia.[24]
18 January
Ray Henderson , 86, English footballer (Hull City , Reading ).[25] (death announced on this date)
John Hurst , 76, English footballer (Everton , Oldham Athletic ).[26]
Mick Ives , 84, English racing cyclist.[27]
Alan Mills , 88, English tennis player and official, referee for Wimbledon Championships (1983–2005).[28]
Ivan Moody , 59, British composer and musicologist.[29]
Simon Peel , 54, British broadcaster (Gaydio )[30]
19 January – Graham Bright , 81, British politician, MP (1979–1997) and Cambridgeshire police and crime commissioner (2012–2016).[31]
20 January – Doug Padgett , 89, English cricketer (Yorkshire , national team ).[32]
22 January
23 January – Martin Middlebrook , 91, English military historian and writer.[35] (death announced on this date)
24 January – Wayne Brown , British chief fire officer (West Midlands Fire Service )[36] (death announced on this date)
26 January
27 January
Peter Glynn , 71, English rugby league player (St. Helens , Salford , national team ).[40] (death announced on this date)
Stuart Gray , 50, Scottish footballer (Celtic , Reading , Rushden & Diamonds ), cancer.[41] (death announced on this date)
Malcolm Gregson , 80, English golfer.[42] (death announced on this date)
28 January – Lenny Piper , 46, English footballer (Gillingham , St Albans City , Farnborough ).[43]
29 January – David Smith , 88, English Anglican clergyman, bishop of Bradford (1992–2002).[44] (death announced on this date)
30 January
Christopher Priest in 2019
Barry John in 2011
Patrick Cormack in 2019
1 February – Patrick Hanks , 83, English lexicographer and linguist.[49]
2 February
Steve Brown , 66, British composer, lyricist and record producer, pulmonary fibrosis.[50]
Jonnie Irwin , 50, English television presenter (A Place in the Sun , Escape to the Country , To Buy or Not to Buy ), lung cancer.[51] (death announced on this date)
Ian Lavender , 77, English actor (Dad's Army , EastEnders , Parsley Sidings ).[52]
Derrick McIntyre , 66, English bassist (Jamiroquai ), worked with (Emeli Sande ), (Will Young ), (Beverley Knight ).[53]
Christopher Priest , 80, English novelist (Fugue for a Darkening Island , The Affirmation , The Prestige ).[54]
4 February
Barry John , 79, Welsh rugby player (Cardiff , Barbarian , national team ).[55]
Keagan Kirkby , 25, English jockey.[56]
Mallorca Lee , 51, Scottish DJ, producer, (Ultra-Sonic ), (Public Domain ).[57]
Papineau , 23, British Thoroughbred racehorse.[58]
5 February – Michael Jayston , 88, English actor (Jane Eyre , Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy , Only Fools and Horses ).[59]
6 February
9 February – Peter Handyside , 49, Scottish footballer (Grimsby Town , Stoke City , Barnsley ).[62]
10 February – Ian Lawson , 84, English footballer (Leeds United , Burnley , Crystal Palace ).[63] (death announced on this date)
12 February
15 February
Ian Amey , 79, English musician and singer (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich ).[67]
Peter Armitage , 99, English medical statistician .[68]
Stuart Organ , 72, British actor (Grange Hill , Doctor Who , Brookside ).[69]
16 February
17 February
19 February – Ewen MacIntosh , 50, British actor and comedian (The Office , Little Britain , Miranda ).[75]
20 February – Robin Windsor , 44, British professional dancer (Strictly Come Dancing ).[76] (death announced on this date)
21 February
Pamela Salem , 80, British actress (Into the Labyrinth , EastEnders , Never Say Never Again ).[77]
John Savident , 86, British actor (Coronation Street , A Clockwork Orange , The Remains of the Day ).[78]
Charlie Strutton , 34, English footballer (Chalfont St Peter , AFC Wimbledon , Slough Town ).[79]
22 February
23 February
Ronnie Campbell , 80, British politician, MP (1987–2019).[82]
Chris Gauthier , 48, English-born Canadian actor (Once Upon a Time , Eureka , Freddy vs. Jason ).[83]
Harry Melrose , 88, Scottish football player (Dunfermline Athletic , Aberdeen , Berwick Rangers ) and manager.[84] (death announced on this date)
24 February
25 February
Patrick Cormack , 84, British politician, MP (1970–2010) and member of the House of Lords (since 2010).[89] [90]
Thomas Kingston , 45, member of British Royal Family, son in law to Prince Michael of Kent .[91] (death announced on 27 February)
Bernard Kops , 97, British poet and dramatist.[92]
Chris Nicholl , 77, English-born Northern Irish football player (Aston Villa , Southampton , Northern Ireland national team ) and manager.[93]
26 February – Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild , 87, British investment banker and peer, member of the House of Lords (1991–1999).[94]
27 February
28 February – Dave Myers , 66, English television presenter (The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook ).[97]
29 February
John Etty , 97, English rugby league player (Batley Bulldogs , Oldham , Wakefield Trinity ).[98]
Ruth Henig, Baroness Henig , 80, historian and politician, member of the House of Lords (since 2004), Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords (since 2018).[99]
Tiffany Scott , 32, sex offender and transgender prisoner.[100]
Maurice Bembridge in 2010
Steve Harley in 2014
3 March
4 March
5 March – Richard Stone , 86, British anti-racism activist and medical doctor.[106]
6 March – Vikki Richards , 79, British actress (Curse of the Crimson Altar , Zeta One , Black Snake ).[107]
8 March
9 March – Jimmy Husband , 76, English footballer (Everton , Luton Town , Memphis Rogues ).[111]
10 March – Karl Wallinger , 66, Welsh musician (The Waterboys , World Party ) and songwriter ("Ship of Fools ").[112]
12 March – James Whitbourn , 60, British composer and conductor.[113]
13 March
Dick Allix , 78, British drummer (Vanity Fare ) and darts official.[114]
John Blunt , British drummer (The Searchers ).[115] (death announced on this date)
Steve Smith , 77, English football player (Huddersfield Town , Halifax Town ) and manager.[116]
Gerry Summers , 90, English football player (West Bromwich Albion , Sheffield United , Hull City ), coach and manager.[117]
14 March – Angela McCluskey , 64, Scottish singer (Wild Colonials ) and songwriter ("Breathe ").[118]
15 March – Peter Kelly , 82, Scottish actor (The Tall Guy , Welcome to Sarajevo ).[119]
16 March – David Seidler , 86, British-American screenwriter (Tucker: The Man and His Dream , The King and I , The King's Speech ).[120]
17 March
18 March
Ron Baynham , 94, English footballer (Worcester City , Luton Town , national team ).[123]
Rose Dugdale , 82, English paramilitary leader (Provisional IRA ).[124]
Peter Glover , 78, English rugby union player (Bath , Harrogate , national team ).[125] (death announced on this date)
Peter McAleese , 81, Scottish soldier and mercenary.[126]
Pearse McAuley , 59, Northern Irish paramilitary (Provisional IRA ) and convicted criminal.[127] (body discovered on this date)
20 March
22 March – Peter Bennett , 77, English footballer (Leyton Orient , West Ham United ).[130]
23 March – Richard Taylor , 75, Nigerian civil servant and campaigner.[131]
24 March
David Capper , 91, Northern Irish journalist and television reporter (BBC Ireland correspondent).[132] (death reported on this date)
Samantha Davis , 53, actress and campaigner (founder of Little People UK ).[133]
26 March – Kay Benbow , 63, British television executive (CBeebies ).[134] (death announced on this date)
27 March
28 March
29 March
30 March – Chance Perdomo , 27, British actor (Midsomer Murders , Chilling Adventures of Sabrina , Gen V ).[141]
31 March
Peter Higgs in 2013
Mike Pinder in 1974
3 April – Adrian Schiller , 60, English actor (Victoria , The Last Kingdom , The Danish Girl ).[144]
4 April
5 April – John Louis , 83, English motorcycle speedway rider.[147] (death announced on this date)
6 April
7 April – Chryssie Lytton Cobbold, Baroness Cobbold , 83, British aristocrat and organiser of the Knebworth Festival .[150]
8 April
Keith Barnes , 89, Welsh-born Australian Hall of Fame rugby league player (Balmain Tigers , New South Wales , national team ), coach and commentator.[151]
Sir Paul Fox , 98, British television producer (BBC Television ).[152]
Peter Higgs , 94, British theoretical physicist, discoverer of the Higgs boson , Nobel Prize laureate (2013).[153]
9 April
10 April
14 April – Angela Redgrave , 106, dance teacher and recipient of the British Empire Medal .[159] (death announced on this date)
14 April
15 April – Derek Underwood , 78, English cricketer (Kent , national team ), complications from dementia.[162]
16 April – Michael Donovan , 54, orchestrated the 2008 kidnapping of Shannon Matthews.[163]
18 April
Sir Chips Keswick , 84, British merchant banker, chairman of Arsenal F.C. (2013–2020).[164]
Dave Moyes , 68, Scottish footballer (Berwick Rangers , Meadowbank Thistle , Dunfermline Athletic ).[165]
Raman Subba Row , 92, English cricketer (Surrey , Northamptonshire , national team ).[166] (death announced on this date)
19 April – Leighton James , 71, Welsh footballer (Burnley , Swansea City , national team ).[167]
20 April
21 April – MC Duke , British rapper.[170]
22 April – Miss Jason , 56, British drag queen.[171]
23 April
George Baker , 88, Welsh footballer (Plymouth Argyle , national team ).[172]
Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead , 81, British politician, MP (1979–2019) and member of the House of Lords (since 2020), prostate cancer.[173]
Fergie MacDonald , 86, Scottish accordionist.[174]
David Marquand , 89, British politician and academic administrator, MP (1966–1977) and principal of Mansfield College, Oxford (1996–2002).[175]
24 April
25 April
27 April – C. J. Sansom , 71, British novelist (Shardlake series ).[180]
28 April
29 April
Josh Baker in 2023
Bernard Hill in 2004
Kristin Hallenga in 2015
1 May
2 May
3 May – Jim Rodger , 90, Scottish footballer (St Mirren , Rangers , Queen of the South ).[189]
5 May
6 May
8 May
9 May – Dame Shirley Conran , 91, British writer.[196]
10 May – Colin Breed , 76, British politician, MP (1997–2010).[197] (death announced on this date)
12 May
14 May
15 May – John Hawken , 84, English keyboardist (The Nashville Teens , Renaissance , Strawbs ).[202]
16 May – Barry Kemp , 83–84, English archaeologist and egyptologist.[203] (death announced on this date)
17 May
19 May – Ian Hamilton , 73, English footballer (Aston Villa , Sheffield United , Minnesota Kicks ).[206] (death announced on this date)
20 May – Gerry Collins , 69, Scottish football player (Ayr United , Hamilton Academical , Partick Thistle ) and manager.[207]
22 May – David Wilkie , 70, Scottish swimmer, Olympic champion (1976 ), world champion (1973 , 1975 ), cancer.[208]
23 May – Sir John Boardman , 96, British archaeologist and art historian.[209]
24 May
26 May – Georgie Campbell , 37, British event rider.[212]
28 May – Malcolm Fairley , 72, British criminal and sex offender dubbed "The Fox".[213]
29 May
30 May
31 May – Geoff Follin [ sv ] , 58, English video game composer (Silver Surfer , Plok! , Rock n' Roll Racing ).[219] (death announced on this date)
Michael Mosley in 2016
Howard Bernstein in 2012
2 June
Rob Burrow , 41, English rugby league footballer (Leeds Rhinos , Yorkshire , national team ), complications from motor neurone disease.[220]
Jeannette Charles , 96, British actress (Saturday Night Live , Q... , Big Brother ).[221]
Harold Snoad , 88, British television producer, writer and director (Keeping Up Appearances , Ever Decreasing Circles , Don't Wait Up ).[222]
3 June – William Russell , 99, English actor (Doctor Who , Coronation Street , The Adventures of Sir Lancelot ).[223]
5 June
Charles Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip , 83, British peer and businessman, member of the House of Lords (1993–1999).[224]
Michael Mosley , 67, British television journalist, producer, presenter and writer (BBC ).[225]
Farrel O'Shea , 60, British professional windsurfer.[226] (death reported on this date)
David Scott , 83, Scottish journalist and broadcaster (Scottish Daily Express , BBC Scotland , STV ).[227] (death announced on this date)
6 June
Nicholas Ball , 78, English actor (Hazell , EastEnders , Footballers' Wives ).[228] (death announced on this date)
Glan Letheren , 68, Welsh footballer (Leeds United , Chesterfield , Swansea City ).[229]
Sir Oliver Popplewell , 96, British judge (Bradford City stadium fire ) and cricketer (Cambridge University , Free Foresters ).[230]
7 June – Rose-Marie , 68, Northern Irish singer and television personality.[231]
9 June – Simon Cowell , 72, British television presenter (Wildlife SOS ) and conservationist, founder of Wildlife Aid Foundation .[232]
10 June
11 June – Gaps Hendrickson , British musician and vocalist (The Selecter ).[235] (death reported on this date)
13 June
15 June
Kevin Campbell , 54, English footballer (Arsenal , Nottingham Forest , Everton ).[239] (death announced on this date)
Frank D'Arcy , 77, English footballer (Everton , Tranmere Rovers , Kirkby Town ).[240]
Matija Šarkić , 26, English-born Montenegrin footballer (Shrewsbury Town , Millwall , national team ).[241]
17 June
18 June – Billy Abercromby , 65, Scottish footballer (St Mirren , Partick Thistle , Dunfermline Athletic ).[244] (death announced on this date)
19 June – Claudia Williams , 90, Welsh artist.[245]
22 June – Howard Bernstein , 71, British civil servant, chief executive of Manchester City Council (1998–2017).[246]
26 June
27 June
28 June – Joss Naylor , 88, English fell runner .[251]
29 June – Johnny Cooke , 89, English boxer, pneumonia.[252]
30 June – Peter Collins , 73, English record producer (Power Windows , Operation: Mindcrime , These Days ).[253] (death announced on this date)
John Mayall in 1968
Alexander Waugh in 2019
1 July – Jack Rowell , 87, English rugby union coach (Bath , national team ) and executive.[254]
2 July – Jeff Whitefoot , 90, English footballer (Nottingham Forest , Manchester United , Grimsby Town ).[255] (death announced on this date)
4 July
5 July – Yvonne Furneaux , 98, French-British actress (La dolce vita , The Mummy , Replusion ).[258]
6 July
Joe Egan , 77, Scottish singer (Stealers Wheel ) and songwriter ("Stuck in the Middle with You ", "Star ").[259]
Dudley Roberts , 78, English footballer (Coventry City , Mansfield Town , Scunthorpe United ).[260] (death announced on this date)
Roberta Taylor , 76, English actress (EastEnders , The Bill , Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators ) and author.[261]
7 July – Rachel Wyatt , 94, English-Canadian dramatist.[262]
9 July – Ian Buckett , 56, Welsh rugby union player (Swansea RFC , London Welsh , national team ).[263]
11 July – Tony "Doc" Shiels , 85–86, British artist, magician, and writer.[264]
12 July – Ian Cameron , 74, British car designer (Rolls-Royce ).[265]
15 July – Simon Boas , 47, British humanitarian aid worker.[266]
16 July – April Cantelo , 96, English soprano.[267]
17 July – Heather Wood , 79, English folk singer (The Young Tradition ).[268] (death announced on this date)
19 July
21 July – Sir Kenneth Grange , 95, British industrial designer (InterCity 125 ).[271]
22 July
23 July – Barry Reed , 86, English cricketer (Hampshire , MCC ).[275] (death announced on this date)
24 July
26 July – John Bennett , 82, Northern Irish broadcaster.[278]
27 July – Kenneth Standring , 89, English cricketer (Lancashire ).[279] (death announced on this date)
28 July
29 July
30 July – Lisa Westcott , 76, British makeup artist (Shakespeare in Love , Les Misérables ).[284]
31 July – DJ Randall , 54, British DJ and record producer.[285]
Alexander Goehr in 2007
1 August – Craig Shakespeare , 60, English football player (Walsall , West Bromwich Albion ) and manager (Leicester City ).[286]
2 August
3 August – Sir Ernest Hall , 94, English businessman, pianist and composer.[290]
4 August
Jim Doherty , 65, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock , Clyde , Queen of the South ).[291]
Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn , 82, British dentist and peer, member of the House of Lords (1967–2022).[292]
Sir David Harcourt-Smith , 92, British air force officer, commander-in-chief Support Command (1984–1986).[293]
Jeremy Strong , 74, British writer.[294]
5 August
6 August
7 August – Neil Stanley , 56, English cricketer (Bedfordshire , Northamptonshire ).[300]
8 August – Alan Little , 69, English football player (Southend United , Barnsley ) and manager (York City ).[301] (death announced on this date)
9 August
12 August
Timothy Dudley-Smith , 97, English Anglican prelate and hymn writer.[304]
Roy Greaves , 77, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers , Seattle Sounders , Rochdale ).[305]
Alex Kinninmouth , 82, Scottish footballer (Dundee , Dunfermline Athletic , Forfar Athletic ).[306] (death announced on this date)
13 August
15 August – Jim McLaughlin , 83, Northern Irish football player (Shrewsbury Town , national team ) and manager (Derry City ).[309] (death announced on this date)
16 August
17 August – Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie , 91, American-born British aristocrat, lady of the bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II (1973–2022).[313]
19 August – Mike Lynch , 59, British technology entrepreneur, co-founder of Autonomy Corporation and Darktrace .[314]
20 August – John Clegg , 90, British actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum , Tom & Viv , Shooting Fish ).[315] (death announced on this date)
21 August
22 August
23 August – Bette Bourne , 84, British actor, drag queen and activist.[321]
24 August – Stephen E. Thorpe , 54, English-born New Zealand entomologist.[322]
26 August – Alexander Goehr , 92, German-born English composer and academic.[323]
27 August – Richard Macphail , 73, English musician (Anon ), road manager (Genesis ) and businessman.[324]
30 August
31 August – Phil Swern , 76, English radio producer (Sounds of the 60s , Pick of the Pops ).[327]
Herbie Flowers in 2013
Ron Yeats in 2007
1 September – Brian Trueman , 92, English television presenter (ITV Granada ) and writer (Danger Mouse , Count Duckula ).[328]
2 September
3 September
4 September – David Rose , 81, English club secretary (Ipswich Town F.C. ).[333] (death announced on this date)
5 September
Derek Boshier , 87, English pop artist.[334]
Herbie Flowers , 86, English bass guitarist (Blue Mink , T. Rex , Sky ).[335]
Martin France , 60, British jazz drummer.[336]
Lady Helen Wogan , 88, wife of Sir Terry Wogan .[337]
6 September
8 September