2025 deaths in the United Kingdom
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The following notable deaths of British people occurred in 2025. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, citizenship at birth, nationality (in addition to British), or/and home nation, what subject was noted for, birth year, cause of death (if known), and reference.
January
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- 1 January
- David Lodge, 89, British author (Changing Places, Small World: An Academic Romance, The Picturegoers).[1]
- Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes, 96, British politician, minister of state for consumer affairs (1979–1982), MP (1970–1987), and member of the House of Lords (1989–2019).[2]
- 2 January – Russ North, 59, English heavy metal singer (Cloven Hoof).[3]
- 4 January – Jenny Randerson, Baroness Randerson, 76, Welsh politician and peer, acting Deputy First Minister of Wales (2001–2002) and member of the House of Lords (since 2011).[4]
- 5 January
- Geoffrey Tattersall, 77, British jurist and Anglican priest.[5]
- The Vivienne, 32, drag performer (RuPaul's Drag Race UK, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Dancing on Ice).[6]
- 6 January
- John Douglas, 90, Scottish rugby union player (Barbarian, British & Irish Lions, national team).[7] (death announced on this date)
- Meirion Roberts, 90, Welsh rugby union player (Cardiff, national team).[8]
- 7 January
- Barbara Clegg, 98, British actress (Emergency Ward 10) and scriptwriter (Doctor Who, Coronation Street).[9]
- Brian Dunsby, 84, British entrepreneur.[10] (death announced on this date)
- 8 January
- Geraint H. Jenkins, 78, historian.[11] (death reported on this date)
- Charles Kay, 94, English actor (Amadeus, Henry V, The Importance of Being Earnest).[12]
- Brian Usher, 80, English footballer (Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, Doncaster Rovers).
- 9 January – Laurie Holloway, 86, English pianist, musical director and composer.[13]
- 10 January
- Christopher Benjamin, 90, English actor (Doctor Who, Judge John Deed, The Plague Dogs).[14]
- Colin Carter, 76, British musician (Flash).[15]
- Thelma Hopkins, 88, Northern Irish high jumper, Olympic silver medallist (1956).[16]
- 11 January – Bobby Kennedy, 87, Scottish football player (Manchester City, Kilmarnock) and manager (Grimsby Town).[17]
- 12 January – Peter Brown, 83, Scottish rugby union player (Glasgow, national team).[18]
- 13 January
- Tony Book, 90, English football player (Bath City, Manchester City) and manager (Manchester City).[19]
- Elgar Howarth, 89, English conductor, composer and trumpeter.[20]
- 14 January
- John Blakemore, 88, English photographer.[21]
- Tony Slattery, 65, British actor (The Crying Game, Peter's Friends), comedian and television personality (Whose Line Is It Anyway?), heart attack.[22]
- 15 January
- Paul Danan, 46, English actor (Hollyoaks, Celebrity Love Island).[23]
- Diane Langton, 80, English actress (Hollyoaks, Only Fools and Horses, EastEnders).[24]
- Linda Nolan, 65, Irish singer (The Nolan Sisters), actress and television personality (Loose Women).[25]
- 16 January – Dame Joan Plowright, 95, English actress (Enchanted April, A Taste of Honey, 101 Dalmatians), Tony winner (1961).[26]
- 17 January – Denis Law, 84, Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Huddersfield Town, national team), Alzheimer's disease.[27]
- 18 January
- Garry Brooke, 64, English professional footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City, Wimbledon, Brentford, Reading).
- Claire van Kampen, 71, English composer (Royal Shakespeare Company), playwright and theatre director, cancer.[28]
- 19 January – Jimmy Calderwood, 69, Scottish football player (Birmingham City) and manager (Dunfermline Athletic, Aberdeen), complications from dementia.[29]
- 20 January – John Sykes, 65, English guitarist (Tygers of Pan Tang, Whitesnake) and songwriter ("Is This Love"), cancer.[30] (death announced on this date)
- 21 January – Dennis Crompton, 90, English architect.[31]
- 22 January – Charlotte Raven, 55, British author and journalist (Modern Review), Huntington's disease.[32] (death announced on this date)
- 24 January
- David Gaskell, 84, English footballer (Manchester United, Wrexham, Wigan Athletic).[33]
- Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham, 85, British politician, member of the House of Lords (1999–2020) and leader of the Kensington and Chelsea Council (1989–2000).[34]
- 25 January – Edweena Banger, British musician (The Nosebleeds, Slaughter & The Dogs).[35] (death announced on this date)
- 26 January – Michael Baggott, 51, British antiques dealer and television personality (Flog It!), heart attack.[36]
- 27 January
- Sir Patrick Rowe, 85, British rear admiral.[37]
- Andrew N. Schofield, 94, British engineer (University of Cambridge).[38]
- 29 January
- Julian Bennett, 75, British archaeologist.[39]
- Richard Williamson, 84, English traditionalist Catholic prelate, bishop of the Society of Saint Pius X (1988–2012), brain haemorrhage.[40]
- 30 January – Marianne Faithfull, 78, English singer ("As Tears Go By"), songwriter ("Broken English") and actress (The Girl on a Motorcycle).[41]
February
[edit]- 1 February
- Peter Bassano, 79–80, English trombonist ("Hey Jude") and conductor.[42]
- John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, 81, British aristocrat, businessman and politician, member of the House of Lords (1995–2024).[43]
- 2 February
- Tony Martin, 80, English farmer and convicted criminal, stroke.[44]
- Brian Murphy, 92, English actor (Man About the House, George and Mildred, Last of the Summer Wine), cancer.[45]
- Alan Shoulder, 71, English football player (Newcastle United, Carlisle United, Hartlepool United) and manager.[46]
- 3 February
- Michael Burawoy, 77, sociologist, traffic collision.[47]
- Mark Dyczkowski, 73, English Indologist.[48] (death announced on this date)
- 4 February
- Aga Khan IV, 88, Swiss-born British-Portuguese religious leader, imam of Nizari Ismaili (since 1957).[49]
- Stewart Reuben, 85, British chess and professional poker player.[50]
- Brian Scrivens, 87, English dual-code rugby player (Newport RFC, Wigan).[51] (death announced on this date)
- Solly Wolf, 75, British businessman.[52]
- 5 February – Mike Ratledge, 81, British musician (Soft Machine).[53]
- 6 February
- Kenneth Kitchen, 92–93, British biblical scholar and historian.[54] (death announced on this date)
- Gordon Marshall, 85, English-Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian, Newcastle United, Arbroath).[55] (death announced on this date)
- Ernie Walley, 91, Welsh football player (Middlesbrough, Tottenham Hotspur) and manager (Barking).[56] (death announced on this date)
- 7 February
- Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Baron Elis-Thomas, 78, Welsh politician, llywydd of the Senedd (1999–2011), MP (1974–1992) and member of the House of Lords (since 1992).[57]
- Mick Walker, 84, English football player and manager (Notts County).[58]
- 10 February – John Tudor, 78, English footballer (Newcastle United, Sheffield United, Coventry City), complications from dementia.[59] (death announced on this date)
- 11 February
- Graham Richards, 85, English chemist.[60]
- Joseph Saumarez Smith, 53, British horseracing administrator, chairman of the British Horseracing Authority (2022–2025), lung cancer.[61] (death announced on this date)
- 12 February
- Tony Bedeau, 45, British-born Grenadian footballer (Torquay United).[62] (death announced on this date)
- Denis Wick, 93, British trombonist.[63]
- 13 February – Ronnie Boyce, 82, English footballer (West Ham United).[64]
- 14 February
- Patrick Barclay, 77, British sportswriter (The Times, The Sunday Telegraph) and television personality (Sunday Supplement).[65] (death announced on this date)
- Fulke Johnson Houghton, 84, British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.[66] (death announced on this date)
- 16 February
- Barry Panter, politician (Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme), car crash.[67] (death reported on this date)
- Julian Holloway, 80, British actor (Carry On, James Bond Jr., Regular Show).[68]
- 17 February – Jamie Muir, 82, Scottish painter and musician (King Crimson).[69]
- 18 February
- Rick Buckler, 69, English drummer (the Jam).[70]
- Peter Line, 94, English lawn bowler.[71]
- James Martin, 93, Scottish actor (Still Game).[72]
- 19 February
- Snowy Fleet, 79, English-born Australian drummer (The Easybeats).[73]
- Joe Haines, 97, British journalist and public servant, Downing Street press secretary (1969–1970, 1974–1976).[74]
- Cammy Murray, 80, Scottish footballer (St. Mirren, Motherwell, Arbroath).[75]
- 20 February – Evan Williams, 81, Scottish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Celtic, Clyde).[76]
- 21 February – D. G. Hessayon, 96, British author and botanist.[77] (death announced on this date)
- 24 February – Howard Burns, 86, British architectural historian.[78] (death announced on this date)
- 25 February
- Henry Kelly, 78, Irish television presenter (Going for Gold, Game for a Laugh) and broadcaster (Classic FM).[79]
- Simon Lindley, 76, English organist, choirmaster and composer.[80]
- 27 February – Christopher Hughes, 77, English professional quizzer (Eggheads).[81] (death announced on this date)
- 28 February – Tuppy Owens, 80, English human rights and sexual health activist, therapist, consultant, campaigner, writer and adult model.[82]
March
[edit]- 1 March
- Joey Molland, 77, English songwriter, guitarist (Badfinger).[83]
- Jack Vettriano, 73, Scottish painter.[84]
- 3 March
- Kathryn Apanowicz, 64, British actress (Angels, EastEnders) and television presenter (Calendar).[85] (death announced on this date)
- Dennis Bond, 77, English footballer (Watford, Charlton Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur).[86] (death announced on this date)
- Geraint Jarman, 74, Welsh musician, poet and television producer.[87]
- 4 March
- Bill Dare, 64, English television producer and writer (Dead Ringers, The Now Show, Spitting Image).[88] (death announced on this date)
- Peter Eyre, 85, English cricketer (Derbyshire).[89] (death announced on this date)
- 6 March – Brian James, 70, English punk rock guitarist (The Damned, The Lords of the New Church) and songwriter ("New Rose").[90]
- 8 March – Ray Snowball, 92, English footballer (Darlington).[91] (death announced on this date)
- 9 March
- Simon Fisher-Becker, 63, English actor (Puppy Love, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Doctor Who).[92]
- Dick McTaggart, 89, Scottish boxer, Olympic champion (1956).[93]
- 10 March – Stedman Pearson, 60, British singer (Five Star), complications from diabetes.[94]
- 11 March – Brian Waites, 85, English golfer.[95] (death announced on this date)
- 12 March
- Steve Fleet, 87, English football player (Wrexham, Stockport County) and manager (ÍBV).[96] (death announced on this date)
- Maisie Trollette, 91, British drag queen.[97]
- 15 March
- 16 March
- Jonathan Durham, 59, English footballer (Torquay United, Rotherham United).[99] (death announced on this date)
- Doug Laughton, 80, English rugby league player (Widnes, Lancashire, Great Britain national team) and coach.[100] (death announced on this date)
- 17 March
- Peter Farrelly, 76, Northern Irish musician (Fruupp).[101] (death announced on this date)
- John Fraser, 88, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Stenhousemuir).[102] (death announced on this date)
- Colin McFadyean, 82, English rugby union player (Moseley, national team, British Lions).[103] (death announced on this date)
- 19 March – William Taylor, 80, British barrister, judge, and university chairman.[104]
- 20 March – Sir Torquil Norman, 91, British businessman and arts philanthropist.[105]
- 22 March
- Andy Peebles, 76, radio DJ (BBC Radio 1), television presenter (Top of the Pops) and cricket commentator.[106]
- Paul Wagstaff, 60, British guitarist (Paris Angels, Black Grape).[107] (death announced on this date)
- 27 March
- Peter Lever, 84, English cricketer (Lancashire, Tasmania, national team).[108] (death announced on this date)
- Christina McKelvie, 57, Scottish politician, MSP (since 2007), minister for culture (2023–2024) and drugs and alcohol policy (since 2024), breast cancer.[109]
- 30 March – Stanley Kalms, Baron Kalms, 93, British businessman, chairman of Currys, and life peer, member of the House of Lords (2004–2024).[110]
- 31 March
- Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon, 80, British hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords (since 1974)[111]
- Betty Webb, 101, English code breaker.[112]
April
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- 1 April – Trevor Lock, 85, British policeman (Iranian Embassy siege), George Medal recipient.[113] (death reported on this date)
- 2 April – Johnny King, 92, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra, Stoke City, Cardiff City).[114]
- 3 April
- Gordon Faith, 94, British actor (Doctor Who, Adam Adamant Lives!, War & Peace).[115] (death announced on this date)
- Andy Wharton, 63, English footballer (Burnley, Torquay United, Chester City).[116] (death announced on this date)
- 4 April
- Paul Karo, 89, Scottish-born Australian actor (Quiet Night, The Box, Prisoner).[117]
- Kate Orchard, 102, RAF veteran (Women's Auxiliary Corps, World War II).[118]
- 5 April
- Dave Allen, 69, English bassist (Gang of Four, Shriekback, King Swamp).[119]
- Corrin Brooks-Meade, 37, English-born Montserratian footballer (Alki Larnaca, Nea Salamis, Montserrat national team).[120]
- Roy Daines, 102, RAF veteran (No. 192 Squadron RAF, World War II).[121] (death announced on this date)
- 7 April
- Brian Jones, 89, Welsh rugby union player (Newport RFC, national team).[122] (death announced on this date)
- Peter McEvoy, 72, British golfer.[123] (death announced on this date)
- Derek Whitehead, 81, English rugby league footballer (Warrington, Lancashire, national team).[124] (death announced on this date)
- 10 April
- Anne Harper, 83, British activist, co-founder of Women Against Pit Closures.[125]
- Peter Lovesey, 88, British writer (Wobble to Death, The Last Detective, The False Inspector Dew).[126]
- David Sassoon, 92, British fashion designer.[127] (death announced on this date)
- 11 April – Mike Berry, 82, English singer ("The Sunshine of Your Smile") and actor (Are You Being Served?, Worzel Gummidge).[128]
- 13 April – Jean Marsh, 90, English actress (Upstairs, Downstairs, The House of Eliott, Willow) and television writer, Emmy winner (1975), complications from dementia.[129]
- 14 April
- Carlton Fairweather, 63, English football player (Wimbledon, Bromley) and manager (Sunderland Women), pancreatic cancer.[130]
- Paddy Higson, 83, Scottish film producer (The Magdalene Sisters) and production supervisor (Gregory's Girl).[131] (death reported on this date)
- 17 April
- Colin Berry, 79, British radio disc jockey, presenter and newsreader (BBC Radio 2).[132]
- Joe Thompson, 36, English footballer (Rochdale, Tranmere Rovers, Southport), lymphoma.[133]
- 18 April – Clodagh Rodgers, 78, Northern Irish singer ("Come Back and Shake Me", "Goodnight Midnight", "Jack in the Box").[134]
- 19 April – Barry Hoban, 85, English Olympic racing cyclist (1960).[135]
- 20 April – Jeff Evans, 70, Welsh cricket umpire.[136] (death announced on this date)
- 23 April
- David Clunie, 77, Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian, Berwick Rangers, St Johnstone).[137] (death announced on this date)
- Jim Herriot, 85, Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Birmingham City, national team).[138]
- Peter Taaffe, 83, British Marxist militant.[139]
- 24 April – Roy Phillips, 83, British musician (The Peddlers).[140]
- 25 April – Philip Lowrie, 88, English actor (Coronation Street, Victoria Wood, Home Fires).[141]
- 26 April – Charles Beare, 87–88, British violin expert and craftsman.[142]
- 27 April – Wizz Jones, 86, English acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter.[143]
- 28 April – Mike Peters, 66, Welsh rock singer (The Alarm) and songwriter ("Sixty Eight Guns"), chronic lymphocytic leukemia.[144]
- 29 April – Jane Gardam, 96, English author (The Queen of the Tambourine, Old Filth, God on the Rocks).[145] (death announced on this date)
- 30 April – Peter Burridge, 91, English footballer (Millwall, Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic).[146]
May
[edit]- 1 May – David Woodfield, 81, English football player (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Watford) and manager (Sabah).[147] (death announced on this date)
- 3 May –
- Elsbeth Hamilton, 104, Czechoslovak-born British Women's Auxiliary Air Force radio operator, last surviving Czechoslovak World War II veteran in the United Kingdom,[148]
- Ken Hancock, 87, English football player (Port Vale, Ipswich Town) and manager (Leek Town).[149] (death announced on this date)
- 4 May
- Peter McParland, 91, Northern Irish football player (Aston Villa, national team) and manager (Glentoran).[150]
- Tom Youngs, 45, English footballer (Cambridge United, Northampton Town, Bury), complications from multiple sclerosis.[151]
- 5 May
- Jake Findlay, 70, Scottish footballer (Aston Villa, Luton Town, Swindon Town).[152] (death announced on this date)
- Owen Jenner, 21, British motorcycle racer, race crash.[153]
- 6 May – Terence Etherton, Baron Etherton, 73, British judge and politician, Master of the Rolls (2016–2021), chancellor of the High Court (2013–2016), and member of the House of Lords (since 2021).[154]
- 9 May
- Sir Tom Farmer, 84, British car servicing executive, founder and CEO (1971–2002) of Kwik-Fit.[155]
- Mark Jabalé, 91, Welsh Roman Catholic prelate, bishop coadjutor (2000–2001) and bishop (2001–2008) of Minevia.[156]
- 10 May
- Matthew Best, 68, English conductor and singer.[157]
- Gerry Francis, 91, English footballer (Tonbridge Angels, Leeds United, York City).[158]
- John Gale, 95, British theatrical producer and artistic director.[159]
- 11 May
- Colin Booth, 90, English footballer (Doncaster Rovers, Nottingham Forest, Wolverhampton Wanderers).[160]
- Aidan Chambers, 90, English author (Postcards from No Man's Land).[161]
- Anne Dunham, 76, British equestrian, six-time Paralympic champion.[162]
- 13 May
- Derek Hallas, 90–91, English dual-code rugby player (Keighley, Parramatta Eels, Great Britain national team).[163]
- Charles Phythian-Adams, 87, English historian.[164]
- 14 May
- Chic Bates, 75, English football player (Shrewsbury Town, Swindon Town) and manager (Stoke City).[165] (death announced on this date)
- Alan Grieve, 97, British lawyer and charity founder (Jerwood Foundation).[166]
- 15 May – Robert Brooke, 85, English cricket writer.[167]
- 16 May
- Duncan Campbell, 80, British investigative journalist.[168]
- Andy Tyrie, 85, Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary leader, chairman of the Ulster Defence Association (1973–1988).[169]
- 17 May
- Jackie Edwards, 85, English rugby league player (Warrington, Lancashire).[170]
- Gawn Grainger, 87, Scottish actor and writer.[171]
- Stuart Farrimond, 43, British Science communicator and writer.[172]
- 18 May – John Simpson, 100, Scottish-born New Zealand silversmith and fine arts academic.[173]
- 20 May –
- Barry Fantoni, 85, British author and cartoonist (Private Eye), heart attack.[174]
- Alec Farrall, 89, English footballer (Everton, Gillingham, Watford).[175]
- Patrick O'Flynn, 59, British journalist (Daily Express) and politician, MEP (2014–2019), cancer.[176] (death announced on this date)
- 21 May – Billy Williams, 95, English cinematographer (Women in Love, On Golden Pond, Gandhi), Oscar winner (1983).[177]
- 22 May
- Amanda Feilding, 82, English drug policy reformer, lobbyist, research coordinator and founder of the Beckley Foundation.[178][179]
- Mark Jones, 59, Welsh rugby league and rugby union player (Hull, Warrington), heart attack.[180]
- Alasdair MacIntyre, 96, Scottish-American philosopher (After Virtue).[181] (death announced on this date)
- Georgia O'Connor, 25, English boxer, cancer.[182] (death announced on this date)
- 24 May
- John Peters, 75, British radio presenter (Radio Trent, Boom Radio).[183]
- Gary Pierce, 74, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Barnsley, Blackpool).[184]
- Sir Derek Reffell, 96, British naval officer, governor of Gibraltar (1989–1993).[185] (death announced on this date)
- Alan Yentob, 78, British television executive and presenter.[186]
- 25 May – Simon House, 76, English multi-instrumentalist (Hawkwind, David Bowie, Third Ear Band).[187]
- 27 May
- Brian Kellock, 63, Scottish jazz pianist.[188]
- Barry McIlheney, 64–65, British journalist and editor (Empire).[189] (death announced on this date)
- Willie Stevenson, 85, Scottish footballer (Rangers, Liverpool, Stoke City).[190] (death announced on this date)
- 28 May
- Graeme Crawford, 77, Scottish footballer (York City, Scunthorpe United, Scarborough).[191] (death announced on this date)
- Sir Bob Reid, 91, British railway executive, chairman of the British Railways Board (1990–1995).[192]
- 29 May – Sam Gardiner, 24, Race Across the World contestant, car crash.[193]
- 31 May – Sir Kenneth Bloomfield, 94, civil servant.[194]
June
[edit]- 1 June – Lachie Stewart, 81, Scottish Olympic runner (1972).[195]
- 2 June –
- Margaret A. Dix, 86, British-born Guatemalan botanist.[196]
- Colin Jerwood, 63, English punk singer (Conflict).[197]
- 4 June – Harry Kelleher, 96, English cricketer (Surrey, Northamptonshire).[198] (death announced on this date)
- 8 June – Uriah Rennie, 65, English football referee.[199]
- 9 June
- Peter Easterby, 95, British racehorse trainer.[200]
- Frederick Forsyth, 86, English novelist (The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol).[201]
- Pik-Sen Lim, 80, Malaysian-born British actress (Plenty, Johnny English Reborn, Dark Souls).[202]
- 11 June – Douglas McCarthy, 58, English musician (Nitzer Ebb).[203]
- 12 June – John Noone, 89, British writer.[204] (death announced on this date)
- 13 June
- Seán Neeson, 79, Northern Irish politician, MLA (1982–1986, 1998–2011).[205]
- Honest John Plain, 73, English guitarist and singer (The Boys).[206]
- 16 June
- Dick Edwards, 82, English footballer (Aston Villa, Mansfield Town, Torquay United).[207] (death announced on this date)
- John Reid, 61, Scottish record producer, singer (Nightcrawlers) and songwriter.[208] (death announced on this date)
- Kim Woodburn, 83, English television personality (How Clean Is Your House?, Celebrity Big Brother).[209]
- 19 June – James Prime, 64, Scottish musician (Deacon Blue), cancer.[210]
- 20 June
- David Boyle, 67, British author (The Sum of Our Discontent, Broke: Who Killed the Middle Classes?) and journalist.[211]
- Sir Francis Graham-Smith, 102, British astronomer, astronomer royal (1982–1990).[212]
- Ian McLauchlan, 83, Scottish rugby union player (national team, British & Irish Lions).[213]
- Patrick Walden, 46, English guitarist (Babyshambles).[214]
- 21 June
- David Lawrence, 61, English cricketer (Gloucestershire, national team), complications from motor neurone disease.[215]
- Dudley Lewis, 62, Welsh footballer (Swansea City, Huddersfield Town, national team).[216] (death announced on this date)
- 23 June
- Liam Byrne, 24, Scottish skydiving instructor and wingsuit flyer.[217] (death reported on this date)
- John Clark, 84, Scottish football player (Celtic, national team) and manager (Clyde).[218] (death announced on this date)
- Mick Ralphs, 81, English Hall of Fame guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company) and songwriter ("Feel Like Makin' Love"), complications from a stroke.[219] (death announced on this date)
- 27 June
- Barry Hills, 88, British thoroughbred horse trainer.[220]
- Alan K. Huggins, 89, British philatelist.[221]
- Simon Marlow, broadcaster and station manager, (BFBS).[222]
- Terry Miles, 88, English footballer (Port Vale).[223]
- 28 June
- Wayne Larkins, 71, English cricketer (Northamptonshire, national team).[224]
- Tim Pollard, 61, English actor and entertainer (Robin Hood), cancer.[225] (death announced on this date)
- 29 June
- Stuart Burrows, 92, Welsh operatic tenor.[226]
- Sandy Gall, 97, Scottish journalist and television presenter.[227]
- John Mew, 96–97, British orthodontist.[228]
- Alan Peacock, 87, English footballer (Middlesbrough, Leeds United, national team), complications from dementia.[229]
- 30 June – Kenneth Colley, 87, English actor (Star Wars, Monty Python's Life of Brian).[230]
July
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- 1 July – David Lipsey, Baron Lipsey, 77, British journalist and life peer (since 1999).[231]
- 2 July
- Sheila Cameron, 91, British lawyer, Dean of the Arches (2001–2009).[232]
- Charles Chadwick, 92, English novelist.[233] (death announced on this date)
- Gerald Harper, 96, English actor (Hadleigh, Adam Adamant Lives!, A Night to Remember).[234]
- 3 July – Stephen Vaughan Sr., 62–63, English football club owner (Barrow, Chester City) and convicted criminal.[235] (death announced on this date)
- 4 July
- Gordon Jago, 92, English football player (Charlton Athletic) and manager (Queens Park Rangers, Dallas Sidekicks).[236]
- Kevin Riddles, 68, British bassist and keyboardist (Angel Witch, Tytan).[237]
- David Killick, 87, English actor (The Crown, A Touch of Frost, Doctor Who).[238]
- 7 July
- Wayne Dobson, 68, English magician.[239]
- Norman Tebbit, 94, British politician, Chairman of the Conservative Party (1985–1987).[240]
- 9 July
- Ian Blair, Baron Blair of Boughton, 72, British police officer and life peer, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (2005–2008), member of the House of Lords (since 2010).[241]
- Glen Michael, 99, British children's television presenter and entertainer.[242]
- Steven Rose, 87, English neuroscientist (Not in Our Genes).[243]
- 10 July – Phil Mulloy, 76, British animator.[244]
- 11 July
- Donald Rose, 110, English supercentenarian and World War II veteran.[245]
- Iris Williams, 79, Welsh singer.[246] (death announced on this date)
- Billy Wilson, 88, Northern Irish footballer (Linfield).[247] (death announced on this date)
- 13 July
- Muhammadu Buhari, 82, Nigerian politician, President of Nigeria (1983–1985, 2015–2023).[248]
- Dave Cousins, 85, English musician (Strawbs) and songwriter ("Lay Down", "Shine on Silver Sun").[249]
- Mark Schreiber, Baron Marlesford, 93, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1991).[250]
- 14 July
- Charlie Miller, 80, Scottish celebrity hairdresser.[251]
- Paddy Summerfield, 96, English artist and poet.[252] (death announced on this date)
- 15 July
- Billy April, 61, British musician (Driza Bone), record producer and songwriter.[253] (death announced on this date)
- Judy Loe, 78, English actress (Singles, Space Island One, Casualty), cancer.[254]
- 17 July
- Wyn Davies, 83, Welsh footballer (Newcastle United, Bolton Wanderers, national team).[255] (death announced on this date)
- Tommy Gallagher, 82, Northern Irish politician, MLA (1998–2011).[256] (death announced on this date)
- 18 July –
- David Alliance, Baron Alliance, 93, Iranian-born British businessman, member of the House of Lords (2004–2025).[257]
- Pasty Harris, 81, English cricketer (Middlesex, Nottinghamshire, Wellington).[258] (death announced on this date)
- Sir Roger Norrington, 91, British conductor.[259]
- 21 July – Kenneth Calman, Scottish doctor and academic, Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, 1989–91.[260]
- 22 July
- Joey Jones, 70, Welsh footballer (Wrexham, Liverpool, national team).[261]
- Sir Jamie McGrigor, 6th Baronet, 75, Scottish politician, MSP (1999–2016).[262] (death announced on this date)
- Ozzy Osbourne, 76, English musician (Black Sabbath), songwriter ("Paranoid") and television personality (The Osbournes).[263]
- John Palmer, 82, English musician (Family, Blossom Toes, Bakerloo).[264] (death announced on this date)
- 23 July
- Brian Owen, 80, English footballer (Watford, Colchester United, Wolverhampton Wanderers).[265]
- Tony Peers, 78, British actor (Emmerdale, Coronation Street, L.A. Without a Map).[266]
- Jeffery Rowthorn, 91, Welsh Anglican bishop and hymnographer.[267]
- 24 July – Dame Cleo Laine, 97, English jazz singer.[268]
- 25 July – Gerry Kersey, 86, broadcaster (BBC Radio Sheffield, Hallam FM).[269]
- 26 July
- Ray French, 85, English rugby league (St. Helens, Widnes) and union (national team) player, dementia.[270] (death announced on this date)
- Willie Irvine, 82, Northern Irish footballer (Burnley, Preston North End, national team).[271] (death announced on this date)
- David Nabarro, 75, British medical academic and international civil servant.[272]
- 28 July
- P. J. Marshall, 91–92, British historian.[273]
- Amelia Freedman, 84, British arts administrator (Nash Ensemble).[274]
- 29 July
- Allan Ahlberg, 87, British children's author (Burglar Bill, The Jolly Postman).[275]
- Paul Mario Day, 69, English singer (Iron Maiden, More, The Sweet), cancer.[276]
- Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, 85, Indian-born British economist and politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1991).[277]
- Mark Lazarus, 86, English footballer (QPR, Leyton Orient).[278]
- 30 July
- Alan Finney, 91, English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Doncaster Rovers, Alfreton Town).[279]
- Sylvia Young, 86, British theatre teacher, founder of the Sylvia Young Theatre School.[280]
August
[edit]- 2 August – Norman Eshley, 80, English actor (George and Mildred, See No Evil, Brookside), cancer.[281]
- 3 August – Stella Rimington, 90, British author and Director General of MI5 (1992–1996).[282]
- 4 August
- Tom Sawyer, Baron Sawyer, 82, British trade unionist and politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1998).[283] (death announced on this date)
- James Whale, 74, English radio and television presenter.[284]
- 5 August – Terry Reid, 75, English rock singer (Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers).[285] (death announced on this date)
- 9 August – Terry Hennessey, 82, Welsh footballer (Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, national team).[286]
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