People from United Kingdom

265 people remembered here.

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  Nick Glennie-Smith

  1951 – 2026 · Composer

  He will always be the leader of our band.

  71 candles · 4 tributes
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  Sir Anthony Kenny

  1931 – 2026 · Philosopher

  Devout agnostic who made the great philosophers lucid.

  71 candles · 6 tributes
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  Bonnie Greer

  1948 – 2026 · Playwright

  American-British playwright and critic whose voice shaped UK cultural debate.

  69 candles · 7 tributes
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  Sir Billy Boston

  1934 – 2026 · Professional rugby league footballer (wing

  Rugby league's first knight: Tiger Bay powerhouse who became Everybody's Hero in Wigan.

  68 candles · 9 tributes
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  Jeremy Thomas

  1949 – 2026 · Film producer

  Independent producer of The Last Emperor, Sexy Beast and Crash, who backed daring directors across more than 80 films.

  67 candles · 7 tributes
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  Craig Douglas

  1941 – 2026 · Singer (pop / rock and roll)

  Isle of Wight Singing Milkman whose Only Sixteen topped Britain in 1959.

  59 candles · 5 tributes
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  Sir Roger Jones

  1943 – 2026 · Pharmacist

  Welsh pharmacist-entrepreneur who built Penn Pharma, led the WDA, and never stopped fishing for Wales.

  58 candles · 5 tributes
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  Brian Johnson

  1939 – 2026 · Special effects designer and supervisor

  Oscar-winning effects wizard of Alien, Empire and Thunderbirds.

  53 candles · 7 tributes
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  Felicity Green

  1926 – 2026 · Fashion journalist

  Fleet Street's first lady who put Twiggy, Quant and Biba on the Mirror for millions.

  51 candles · 9 tributes
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  John Irvin

  1940 – 2026 · Film and television director

  A director with balls behind the camera.

  50 candles · 8 tributes
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  Peter Gill

  1939 – 2026 · Playwright

  Cardiff-born writer and director who made ordinary lives the centre of British theatre.

  49 candles · 8 tributes
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  Ketaki Kushari Dyson

  1940 – 2026 · Poet

  Bilingual Bengali-English poet and Tagore translator who kept faith with two literary worlds.

  48 candles · 6 tributes
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  Jimmy Batten

  1955 – 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
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  Frances Stonor Saunders

  1966 – 2026 · Historian

  Historian who exposed how the CIA paid the piper of Cold War culture.

  44 candles · 7 tributes
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  Sway DaSafo

  1982 – 2026 · Rapper

  Unsigned MOBO pioneer who proved UK rap could win on its own terms.

  40 candles · 4 tributes
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  Noah Woods

  † 2026

  The sweetest and most innocent little boy, with nothing but love to give. Loved forever by mummy, daddy and little brother.

  40 candles · 4 tributes
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  Harry Burrows

  1941 – 2026 · Professional footballer (winger/forward)

  Cannonball left foot. Villa League Cup pioneer. Stoke terrace legend.

  40 candles · 5 tributes
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  Sir Richard Alston

  1948 – 2026 · Choreographer

  Musical contemporary classicist; Strider to Rambert to The Place; knighted for Services to Dance.

  40 candles · 7 tributes
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  Jimmy Cricket

  1945 – 2026 · Comedian

  And there's more. Clean comedy, wrong-foot wellies, and a force for joy.

  38 candles · 7 tributes
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  Cheryl Hall

  1950 – 2026 · Actress

  Citizen Smith's Shirley, Doctor Who's Shirna, and a fierce Labour voice for Kent.

  34 candles · 9 tributes
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  Lesley Urbach

  † 2026 · Holocaust educator

  G2G co-founder who turned a Kindertransport family story into classrooms of remembrance.

  32 candles · 3 tributes
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  Kevin Miller

  1969 – 2026 · Footballer

  Cornish goalkeeper of 700-plus games who later shaped keepers at Exeter and Wigan.

  30 candles · 7 tributes
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  Loyd Price

  1962 – 2026 · Stop-motion animator

  He moved Gromit and a generation of animators, one frame at a time.

  11 candles · 1 tributes
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  Peter D. Thomas

  1973 – 2026 · Historian of political thought and Marxist theorist

  Gramsci scholar whose Gramscian Moment remade Marxist political theory.

  10 candles · 1 tributes
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  Kenneth Hay

  † 2026 · British Army soldier

  Normandy veteran and Grandad Ken who taught generations courage, resilience and love.

  10 candles · 1 tributes
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  Jimmy Revie

  1947 – 2026 · Boxer

  Stockwell southpaw who held the British featherweight title on half-point nights.

  10 candles · 1 tributes
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  Barry Murphy

  1940 – 2026 · Footballer and coach

  Barnsley's record appearance maker, 569 games for the Reds. Once a Red, always a Red.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Ken Friar

  1934 – 2026 · Football club administrator

  Mr Friar, who served Arsenal for more than seventy years and built the Emirates era.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Nick Wilsdon

  † 2026 · SEO consultant and entrepreneur

  A legend of SEO who spent his gifts lifting everyone around him.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Keith Christmas

  1946 – 2026 · Singer

  Bristol folk guitarist who played on Bowie's Space Oddity, sang at the first Glastonbury and wrote on to the end.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Charmaine Lyn George

  † 2026 · Grief campaigner

  Turned the loss of her son into comfort for grieving families across Cornwall.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  George Waft

  † 2026 · Politician

  Former Onchan MHK and MLC, remembered for decades of Manx public service.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Mark Doyle

  † 2026 · British journalist

  BBC Africa correspondent who stayed in Kigali through the genocide and whose voice African listeners trusted.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Terry Harryman

  † 2026 · World Rally Championship co-driver

  Bangor navigator who called six WRC wins beside Ari Vatanen.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Keith Wakefield

  1948 – 2026 · Labour politician

  Labour leader of Leeds who steered the city through austerity with humour and care.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Sway DaSafo

  1982 – 2026 · Rapper

  Unsigned MOBO pioneer who opened doors for UK hip hop and mentored a generation.

  9 candles · 2 tributes
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  Joe Harkness

  1986 – 2026 · Author

  Norfolk teacher and naturalist who showed how birds and wild nature can steady a troubled mind.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Derry Brownson

  1970 – 2026 · Musician

  Cinderford EMF co-founder whose keyboards and samples powered Unbelievable.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Tim Jeal

  1945 – 2026 · Biographer and novelist

  The biographer who found the men behind the Victorian legends of Livingstone and Stanley.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Sir Tony Hoare

  1934 – 2026 · Computer scientist

  Inventor of Quicksort, Hoare logic and CSP, who taught the world that reliable software begins with simplicity.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Terry Yorath

  1950 – 2026 · Footballer and football manager

  Captain and manager of Wales, Leeds United champion, and a gentle father who carried his grief with quiet dignity.

  9 candles · 1 tributes
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  Brian Jones

  1940 – 2026 · Saxophonist and singer

  Merseybeat saxophonist who carried The Undertakers' sound for more than sixty years.

  8 candles · 1 tributes
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  Chris Wickham

  1950 – 2026 · Historian of medieval Europe

  Historian of the early Middle Ages who studied history from the bottom upwards.

  8 candles · 1 tributes
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  Penny Moor

  1951 – 2026 · Professional tennis player and coach

  Exeter tennis player who helped found the WTA and spent her life opening the game to others.

  8 candles · 1 tributes
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  Ray Close

  1969 – 2026 · Professional boxer

  Belfast boxing great who took Chris Eubank the distance twice and became Irish and European champion.

  8 candles · 1 tributes
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  Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham

  1939 – 2026 · Politician

  Labour MP, Lords whip and lifelong educator who served Enfield and Oldham.

  8 candles · 1 tributes
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  Chelsea Tantum

  † 2026 · Melanoma awareness campaigner

  She turned her own illness into a fight to protect others from melanoma.

  8 candles · 1 tributes
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  Frank Carr

  † 2026 · Hill farmer

  Fourth-generation Dales hill farmer who showed the country what hill farming really asks of people.

  8 candles · 1 tributes