People from United Kingdom

266 people remembered here.

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  Adam Lenson

  1985 – 2026 · Theatre director

  Director and champion of new musical theatre; founder of SIGNAL.

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  George Fenton

  1949 – 2026 · Composer

  The composer behind Gandhi, the BBC news and The Blue Planet, who scored a nation's life.

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  Hugh Wooldridge

  1952 – 2026 · Theatre director

  He filled the Royal Albert Hall with a thousand voices, and raised the curtain for countless others.

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  Malcolm Edwards

  1949 – 2026 · Editor

  The editor who brought Neuromancer and a generation of science fiction to British readers.

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  Conrad "Cronos" Lant

  1963 – 2026 · Bassist

  Founder and voice of Venom, who helped invent extreme metal.

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  Terry Collins

  † 2026 · Power station engineering manager

  A true gentleman of Barry Athletic Bowls Club, loved by all who knew him.

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  Ken Taylor

  1935 – 2026 · England and Yorkshire cricketer

  Yorkshire and England all-rounder who also played football and taught art for decades.

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  Neil Henderson

  1953 – 2026 · Guitarist and songwriter (Bay City Rollers

  Early Bay City Rollers guitarist and Middle of the Road songwriter who kept playing long after the charts moved on.

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  Peter May

  1951 – 2026 · Crime novelist

  Scottish crime novelist of the Lewis Trilogy, embraced first by France.

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  Vector Lovers

  1969 – 2026 · British electronic music producer (IDM

  Reading-born IDM and electro producer behind Vector Lovers; Soma Records; Capsule For One.

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  Willie Callaghan

  1943 – 2026 · Professional footballer

  Pars and Scotland full back of the 1968 Cup-winning side.

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  Bryan Kelly

  1934 – 2026 · English composer

  Oxford-born composer of Kelly in C who brought Latin rhythms and joie de vivre to British music.

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  Colin Powers

  1956 – 2026 · Boxer

  British and European light welterweight champion who stopped Morrison at York Hall.

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  Martin Ashby

  1944 – 2026 · Motorcycle speedway rider

  Swindon Robins legend and World Team Cup winner who rode with style and stayed a gentleman.

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  Malcolm Dawes

  1944 – 2026 · Footballer (defender)

  Defender for Hartlepool and Workington who also played for the New York Cosmos.

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  Margaret Rizza

  1929 – 2026 · English composer of contemplative church music

  Contemplative church composer who turned prayer into song for choirs of every ability.

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  Tony Buss

  1939 – 2026 · cricketer (Sussex fast-medium bowler)

  Sussex fast-medium bowler who took 958 first-class wickets and helped win the first Gillette Cups.

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  Walter Kershaw

  1940 – 2026 · Muralist

  Rochdale muralist who painted Britain's walls decades before street art had a name.

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  Patricia Easterling

  1934 – 2026 · Classical scholar

  First woman Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge, and a quietly transformative teacher of tragedy.

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  Joanna Pettet

  1942 – 2026 · Actress (stage

  Casino Royale's Mata Bond and a radiant star of Broadway, film and Night Gallery.

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  Dame Penelope Keith

  1940 – 2026 · Actress and television presenter

  From Margo Leadbetter to Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, a dame who made Britain laugh at itself.

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  Roy Hattersley

  1932 – 2026 · Politician

  Labour deputy leader, author and Yorkshire voice of democratic socialism.

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  Desmond Morris

  1928 – 2026 · Zoologist

  The zoologist who held up a mirror to the human animal, and a surrealist who painted the creatures of his imagination.

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  Michaela Boor

  1989 – 2018

  A loving young mother from East London, Kieran's mum, remembered by her family with blue butterflies.

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  Phil McDonald

  † 2026 · Recording engineer and record producer

  Abbey Road engineer who helped record the Beatles and shared a Grammy for Abbey Road.

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  Robin Stubbs

  1941 – 2026 · Footballer

  The Prince of Plainmoor, whose goals thrilled a generation of Torquay United fans.

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  Barbara Jay

  1932 – 2026 · Jazz singer (Ronnie Scott band vocalist

  The girl singer who outlasted them all with Ronnie Scott, toured with Benny Goodman and kept Ella's songbook alive.

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  Annette Witheridge

  1960 – 2026 · Freelance journalist

  Fleet Street's New York freelancer who chased the story from 9/11 dust to that Central Park photo.

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  Sir John Hannam

  1929 – 2026 · Politician

  Exeter's MP for 27 years, who fought quietly and tirelessly for the rights of disabled people.

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  Les Latcham

  1942 – 2026 · Association football player

  Burnley full-back who played on, bandaged and bloodied, in the Battle of Naples.

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  Tony Steenson

  † 2026 · Non-league footballer and charity football organiser

  The Gaffer who brought Greater Manchester together through football and charity.

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  Peter Dobing

  1938 – 2026 · Footballer (inside forward)

  Stoke City's 1972 League Cup winning captain, the pipe-smoking gentleman of English football.

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  Courtney Meppen-Walter

  1994 – 2026 · Footballer (defender

  Bury-born defender; City academy and England youth; rebuilt a life in non-league football.

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  John Grover

  1938 – 2026 · Film editor

  British film editor who shaped six James Bond films, Labyrinth, and 2001.

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  Paul Butler

  1956 – 2026 · Sinn Fein MLA for Lagan Valley

  Sinn Fein MLA who opened Lagan Valley for his party, then spent fifteen years supporting conflict-bereaved families.

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  Cyril Hilsum

  1925 – 2026 · Physicist

  East End physicist who made liquid crystals and gallium arsenide work for the screens in our pockets.

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  Pete Byrne

  1952 – 2026 · Singer

  English synth-pop voice of Naked Eyes and Always Something There to Remind Me.

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  Megan Povey

  1947 – 2026 · Food physicist

  Food physicist who taught the world to listen to its food, and a lifelong fighter for fairness.

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  Jill Gomez

  1942 – 2026 · Operatic soprano

  Trinidad-born soprano whose creamy voice lit Glyndebourne, Auvergne songs, and Powder Her Face

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  Jean Lodge

  1927 – 2026 · Stage

  Hull-born actress, Guinevere of The Black Knight, who left the screen for the family she loved.

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  Henry Herford

  1947 – 2026 · Scottish operatic and concert baritone

  Scottish baritone of warm tone who explored seventy-plus opera roles and rare song.

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  Christopher Bradbury

  † 2026

  A loved son, a dear brother and friend, sadly missed but fondly remembered by all who knew him.

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  Tom Chadbon

  1946 – 2026 · Actor

  Doughty Duggan of City of Death and a warm, witty character actor who graced British screens for 50 years.

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  Tony Rayns

  1948 – 2026 · Film critic

  Critic, programmer and translator who opened Western eyes to the cinema of East Asia.

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  Dee Palmer

  1937 – 2026 · Composer

  The arranger whose strings gave Jethro Tull its orchestral heart, and who lived her later years openly as herself.

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  Georgina Cates

  1975 – 2026 · English actress (2point4 Children

  The Colchester girl who reinvented herself to win a role, then lit up British TV and independent film.

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  Doug Allan

  1951 – 2026 · Wildlife cameraman

  Polar pioneer who brought Blue Planet worlds into our homes.

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  Lena Martell

  1940 – 2026 · Singer and television entertainer

  Glasgow's own star, who took One Day at a Time to number one and sang with a smile.

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