People from United Kingdom

266 people remembered here.

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  Michael Canavan

  † 2026 · Politician and businessman

  Derry businessman and civil rights campaigner who helped John Hume found the credit union and the SDLP.

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  Andrew Goudie

  1945 – 2026 · Physical geographer and college head

  Oxford's desert geomorphologist who led St Cross and shaped a discipline.

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  Jeffrey Archer

  1940 – 2026 · Novelist

  Master storyteller whose life read like one of his novels. Kane and Abel author, MP and peer, married to Mary for 60 years.

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  Doug Loft

  1986 – 2026 · Professional footballer (midfielder)

  Port Vale's promotion-winning captain and Gillingham skipper: a versatile, hard-working midfielder who always put the team first.

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  David Hardy

  † 2026 · Methodist minister and Railway Mission chaplain

  Railway Mission chaplain who noticed, remembered and prayed for railway people.

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  Eddie Lyle

  1953 – 2026 · Charity chief executive

  Former Open Doors UK leader who stood with persecuted Christians worldwide.

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  Stephanie Cole

  1941 – 2026 · Actress

  Powerful voice of Tenko, Waiting for God and Doc Martin who made older women sharp, funny and human.

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  Margaret Alexiou

  1939 – 2026 · Byzantinist and Modern Greek scholar

  Harvard Seferis Professor who taught three generations to hear Greek lament across time.

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  Peter Leaver

  1944 – 2026 · Barrister

  KC, Spurs man and Premier League chief who spent 53 years at One Essex Court.

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  Phil Tindall

  1947 – 2026 · Banker

  Otley rugby captain and devoted father, remembered after a long fight with Parkinson's disease.

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  Andrew Strathern

  1939 – 2026 · Social anthropologist

  Cambridge Melanesianist who mapped moka, kinship and ritual across Oceania and beyond.

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  Neville Fay

  † 2026 · Arboriculturist

  He founded Tree Aid and taught a generation to care for ancient trees.

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  John Whenham

  † 2026 · Musicologist

  Monteverdi scholar and patient teacher who gave Birmingham a home for music.

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  Giles Chichester

  1946 – 2026 · Politician and publisher

  Sir Francis Chichester's son, who spent 20 years speaking for the South West in Europe.

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  Pat Coughtrey

  † 2026 · Journalist

  A tenacious Newham journalist who chased the truth for 35 years and cared about the borough he covered.

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  Edward Stourton

  1957 – 2026 · Broadcaster

  The calm, courteous voice of Radio 4, a man of integrity and infectious decency.

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  David Willey

  1932 – 2026 · BBC foreign correspondent

  BBC Vatican voice across five papacies, still filing from Italy into his nineties.

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  Edward Lucie-Smith

  1933 – 2026 · Poet

  Poet and art critic whose hundred-plus books taught generations how to look at modern art.

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  Shanika Mahendran

  † 2026 · Labour councillor

  Young Milton Keynes Cabinet member who brought planning, sustainability and placemaking into the centre of city life.

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  Sir Alex Younger

  1963 – 2026 · Intelligence officer

  The spy chief who believed one person could make a difference, and chose Smiley's quiet courage over Bond's bravado.

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  Lauren Bennett

  1989 – 2026 · Singer

  From Meopham stages to Party Rock Anthem and G.R.L., a voice that lit up dance floors worldwide.

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  Anthony Leggett

  1938 – 2026 · Theoretical physicist

  Classicist turned physicist who explained superfluid helium-3 and tested quantum mechanics at everyday scales.

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  Joan Plowright

  1929 – 2025 · Actress (stage and screen)

  Dame of stage and screen who helped shape Britain's National Theatre and won a Tony and Golden Globes.

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  Samuel “Sam” Okafor

  1971 – 2026 · Bus driver and youth football coach

  Never missed a match. Never missed a shift. Never missed a chance to make you laugh.

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  Richard O'Sullivan

  1944 – 2026 · Actor

  Master of effortless charm who brought warmth and wit into millions of British living rooms.

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  Alan Knight

  1961 – 2026 · Professional footballer (goalkeeper)

  Pompey's Legend: 801 games, one club, and a life spent helping others after the gloves came off.

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