People from United Kingdom
65 people remembered here.
Sir Anthony Kenny1931 – 2026 · PhilosopherDevout agnostic who made the great philosophers lucid.
71 candles · 6 tributes
Sir Billy Boston1934 – 2026 · Professional rugby league footballer (wingRugby league's first knight: Tiger Bay powerhouse who became Everybody's Hero in Wigan.
68 candles · 10 tributes
Jeremy Thomas1949 – 2026 · Film producerIndependent producer of The Last Emperor, Sexy Beast and Crash, who backed daring directors across more than 80 films.
67 candles · 7 tributes- CCraig Douglas1941 – 2026 · Singer (pop / rock and roll)
Isle of Wight Singing Milkman whose Only Sixteen topped Britain in 1959.
60 candles · 6 tributes 
Sir Roger Jones1943 – 2026 · PharmacistWelsh pharmacist-entrepreneur who built Penn Pharma, led the WDA, and never stopped fishing for Wales.
59 candles · 6 tributes
John Irvin1940 – 2026 · Film and television directorA director with balls behind the camera.
50 candles · 8 tributes
Peter Gill1939 – 2026 · PlaywrightCardiff-born writer and director who made ordinary lives the centre of British theatre.
50 candles · 8 tributes
Jimmy Batten1955 – 2026 · Professional boxer (British light-middleweight champion)British light-middleweight champion who went the distance with Roberto Duran and never stopped smiling.
46 candles · 6 tributes
Frances Stonor Saunders1966 – 2026 · HistorianHistorian who exposed how the CIA paid the piper of Cold War culture.
45 candles · 7 tributes
Sir Richard Alston1948 – 2026 · ChoreographerMusical contemporary classicist; Strider to Rambert to The Place; knighted for Services to Dance.
41 candles · 8 tributes
Harry Burrows1941 – 2026 · Professional footballer (winger/forward)Cannonball left foot. Villa League Cup pioneer. Stoke terrace legend.
40 candles · 5 tributes
Jimmy Cricket1945 – 2026 · ComedianAnd there's more. Clean comedy, wrong-foot wellies, and a force for joy.
38 candles · 7 tributes
Cheryl Hall1950 – 2026 · ActressCitizen Smith's Shirley, Doctor Who's Shirna, and a fierce Labour voice for Kent.
35 candles · 9 tributes- RRosa Lindqvist1934 – 2025 · Piano teacher
She taught half of Brighton to play, and the other half to listen.
4 candles · 2 tributes - SSamuel “Sam” Okafor1971 – 2026 · Bus driver and youth football coach
Never missed a match. Never missed a shift. Never missed a chance to make you laugh.
2 candles · 0 tributes 
Richard O'Sullivan1944 – 2026 · ActorMaster of effortless charm who brought warmth and wit into millions of British living rooms.
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Alan Knight1961 – 2026 · Professional footballer (goalkeeper)Pompey's Legend: 801 games, one club, and a life spent helping others after the gloves came off.
0 candles · 0 tributes