People from United Kingdom

265 people remembered here.

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  Peter Prince

  1942 – 2026 · Novelist and screenwriter

  Novelist and screenwriter of Oppenheimer and The Hit, with a keen eye for misfits and an unerring ear for dialogue.

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  Patrick Dromgoole

  1930 – 2026 · Television executive

  HTV chief who shaped British regional television and greenlit cult classics from Children of the Stones to Robin of Sherwood.

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  Ken Todd

  1957 – 2026 · Footballer (midfielder)

  Wolves, Vale and Pompey midfielder who scored in the club centenary match.

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  Billy Teare

  1951 – 2026 · Storyteller

  Antrim storyteller who carried folklore, craic and calendar tricks to the world.

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  John Iliffe

  1939 – 2026 · historian

  Cambridge historian who put African voices at the centre of the continent's past.

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  Peter Howell

  1941 – 2026 · Classicist

  Classicist and tireless champion of Victorian architecture for more than sixty years.

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  Jason Arday

  1985 – 2026 · Sociologist

  Cambridge professor of sociology of education whose life and work sparked a national debate.

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  Finlay Tarling

  2006 – 2026 · Professional cyclist (track and road

  Son, brother and best mate. A Welsh time triallist with the driest humour, whose smile was known far and wide.

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  Peter Snape

  1942 – 2026 · Labour politician and former railwayman

  The railwayman who served West Bromwich East for 27 years and never lost his wit.

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  Gary Dwyer

  † 2026 · Drummer (The Teardrop Explodes

  Teardrop Explodes drummer and Liverpool's Rocky: thrilling, unorthodox skank and a gentle giant's laugh.

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  John "Beaky" Dymond

  1944 – 2026 · Musician

  Salisbury's Beaky, of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich. A real diamond with a kind heart.

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  Vladimir McTavish

  1955 – 2026 · Stand-up comedian

  Scotland's fearless, generous comic voice who made every green room brighter.

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  Calvin Hayes

  1962 – 2026 · Musician

  Keyboardist, drummer and producer who co-founded Johnny Hates Jazz and helped turn Shattered Dreams into a worldwide hit.

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  Eileen Mayers

  1932 – 2026 · Actress

  Coronation Street's Sheila Birtles, an Oldham Rep actress who became one of the Street's first new faces.

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  Gregor McLennan

  1952 – 2026 · sociologist

  Bristol sociology chair and Stuart Hall collaborator who rebuilt a department and loved the mountains.

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  Len Deighton

  1929 – 2026 · British novelist

  Working-class spy novelist who cooked, researched and rewrote Cold War fiction without Bond's glitter.

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  John Virgo

  1946 – 2026 · Snooker player

  1979 UK Champion, Big Break's trick shot man and the voice who asked where the cue ball was going. Goodnight, JV.

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  Richard Green

  1967 – 2026 · Footballer

  Gillingham's captain and twice Player of the Year, a centre half fans could always rely on.

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  Rachael Booth

  † 2026 · Headteacher

  A headteacher who changed young lives at The Willows School.

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  Andy King

  1948 – 2026 · Labour MP for Rugby and Kenilworth

  The postman turned social services manager who represented Rugby and Kenilworth in Parliament.

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  Alan Brown

  1935 – 2026 · Cricketer

  Kent's fast-bowling spearhead and 1970 champion, an England Test cricketer and a goalscorer too.

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  Vin Denson

  1935 – 2026 · Professional cyclist

  Chester cyclist who rode for Anquetil and became the first Briton to win a Giro stage.

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  Pat Karney

  † 2026 · Labour councillor and city centre lead member

  Manchester's longtime champion of the city centre, Christmas markets and Manchester Day.

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  Jeffrey Goldstone

  1933 – 2026 · Theoretical physicist

  Physicist who showed that broken symmetries bring massless particles, the Goldstone bosons.

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  Donald Insall

  1926 – 2026 · Architect

  Conservation architect who taught Britain to keep old places living.

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  Alan Thornett

  1937 – 2026 · Car worker

  Cowley militant and Trotskyist who taught himself Marxism and Earth science: nothing can be built on a dead planet.

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  Ron Miles

  † 2026 · Local historian

  He spent his life telling the story of Jackfield and the Ironbridge Gorge.

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  Esther Rantzen

  1940 – 2026 · Broadcaster

  Broadcaster who founded Childline and The Silver Line, and presented That's Life! for 21 years.

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  Mary Stevenson

  † 2026 · Para lawn bowler

  Scottish para bowls champion who won Commonwealth gold in her seventies.

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  Louise Botting

  1939 – 2026 · Financial journalist

  The first voice of Money Box, who made personal finance clear for millions and broke barriers for women in the City.

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  John Lowe

  1950 – 2026 · Jockey and work rider

  Cock O' The North jockey who rode over 2,000 winners worldwide.

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  Ben Duggan

  † 2026 · Charity manager and football club director

  Youngest Chester FC director and Wirral charity manager remembered for warmth and dedication.

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  Norman Irwin

  1918 – 2026 · Second World War veteran (Royal Artillery and REME sergeant)

  Coleraine's REME founder, Desert War veteran and Northern Ireland's oldest man. Chance governs all.

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  Bob Davenport

  1932 – 2026 · Traditional folk singer

  Gateshead voice of the British folk revival, from Camden pubs to Newport.

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  Antony Donaldson

  1939 – 2026 · painter and sculptor

  British Pop Art painter and sculptor of cars, figures and the Hitchcock Gainsborough head.

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  Deirdre McSharry

  1932 – 2026 · Magazine editor

  The editor who made British Cosmopolitan witty, frank and unmissable.

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  Phil Parkes

  1947 – 2026 · Footballer (goalkeeper)

  Wolves' Lofty. 127 league games in a row, a Soccer Bowl champion, and always the first to arrive and the last to leave.

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  Rod Liddle

  1960 – 2026 · Journalist

  Provocative British columnist and broadcaster who edited BBC Radio 4's Today and wrote for The Spectator, The Sunday Times and The Sun.

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  Dermot Murnaghan

  1957 – 2026 · Journalist

  The calm, sharp voice who told Britain its biggest news, then urged every man to get tested.

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  Patricia Greene

  1931 – 2026 · Actress

  Voice of Jill Archer for 68 years, and the world's longest-serving soap actor.

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  Val Lloyd

  1943 – 2026 · Welsh Labour politician

  Swansea nurse who won the Assembly's first by-election and served Swansea East for a decade.

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  Terence Stamp

  1938 – 2025 · Actor and author

  Billy Budd, General Zod, Bernadette. The East End boy whose stillness the camera loved for six decades.

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  Simon Isaacs, 4th Marquess of Reading

  1942 – 2026 · Hereditary peer

  A peer, banker and philanthropist who gave his later years to medical aid and persecuted Christians.

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  Lorn Cowie

  1926 – 2026 · Judge and rugby union player

  Scotland rugby cap and High Court judge who lived to see a century.

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  Pete Marquis

  † 2026 · Businessman

  Preston contractor who raised more than a million pounds for hospices, schools and the homeless.

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  James Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay

  1955 – 2026 · Politician

  Scottish peer who championed accreditation, heritage, and consumer trust

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  Freddie Foreman

  1932 – 2026 · Publican

  Battersea-born figure of 1960s London gangland who later warned the young away from the life he led.

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  Jack Hearn

  1923 – 2026 · Judo instructor

  Judo Jack: wartime veteran, 10th dan and the world's oldest judo instructor.

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