The following notable deaths of British people occurred in 2026. 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
- 1 January
- Arnold Long, 85, British cricketer (Sussex, MCC, Surrey).
- Gregory de Polnay, 82, English actor (Dixon of Dock Green, Doctor Who, Howards' Way).
- 2 January
- Ian Balding, 87, British horse trainer.
- Jenny Collins, 83, broadcaster and producer (BBC Radio Merseyside). (death announced on this date)
- Sir Patrick Duffy, 105, British politician, MP (1963âÂÂ1966, 1970âÂÂ1992) and president of the NATO Assembly (1988âÂÂ1990).
- Tim Robertson, 81, English-born Australian actor (Chances, Australia You're Standing In It, Stingers). (death announced on this date)
- 3 January
- Gerry Gable, 88, British political activist and magazine editor (Searchlight).
- Terry Wharton, 83, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bolton Wanderers, Crystal Palace).
- 4 January â Alan Baker, 81, English footballer (Aston Villa). (death announced on this date)
- 5 January
- Andrew Bodnar, 71, English bass guitarist (The Rumour) and songwriter ("I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass"). (death announced on this date)
- Andrew Carter, 86, English classical choral composer and pedagogue
- Colin McDonald, 95, English footballer (Burnley, Headington United, national team). (death announced on this date)
- Molly Parkin, 93, Welsh painter, novelist and journalist.
- Ken Wilcock, 91, British sprinter. (death announced on this date)
- Mike Wilson, 66, British kart racer, six-time Karting World Champion.
- 7 January
- Martin Chivers, 80, English footballer (Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, national team).
- Tony Field, 79, English footballer (Blackburn Rovers, Southport, Memphis Rogues).
- 8 January âÂÂ
- Howard Riley, 87, English footballer (Leicester City, Walsall, Barrow).
- Terry Yorath, 75, Welsh football player (Leeds United, national team) and manager (national team).
- 9 January â Tina Packer, 87, British actress (David Copperfield, Doctor Who) and stage director, co-founder of Shakespeare & Company.
- 10 January â Derek Martin, 92, British actor (Law & Order, Eldorado, EastEnders).
- 11 January
- Andrew Clements, 75, English classical music critic
- Robert Hopkins, 64, English footballer (Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion, Shrewsbury Town).
- Trevor A. Toussaint, 65, British actor (Hollyoaks).
- John Wallace, 76, Scottish trumpeter, composer and arts educator.
- 12 January
- Sheila Bernette, 94, English singer (The Good Old Days, The Black and White Minstrel Show) and actress (The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins).
- Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, 26, British guitarist (Black Midi). (death announced on this date)
- Eddie McCreadie, 85, Scottish football player (Chelsea, national team) and manager (Chelsea).
- 13 January
- David Collier, 70, English sports administrator, chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (2004âÂÂ2014).
- David Webb, 60, British-born Hong Kong activist investor, prostate cancer.
- 15 January â Kenny Morris, 68, English drummer (Siouxsie and the Banshees). (death announced on this date)
- 16 January â Mickey Brady, 75, Northern Irish politician, MLA (2007âÂÂ2015) and MP (2015âÂÂ2024).
- 18 January
- David Young, 80, English footballer (Charlton Athletic, Southend United, Newcastle United).
- David Thomas, 83, British crown jeweller, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
- 20 January â Tommy Wright, 81, English footballer (Everton, national team). (death announced on this date)
- 21 January
- Stephen Baxter, 56âÂÂ57, British medieval historian. (death announced on this date)
- Ian Macowat, 60, English footballer (Crewe Alexandra, Northwich Victoria, Gillingham). (death announced on this date)
- Peter Squires, 74, English cricketer (Yorkshire) and rugby union player (British & Irish Lions).
- 24 January â David Abulafia, 76, British historian (').
- 25 January â Sir Mark Tully, 90, British journalist and writer.
- 26 January â Danny Coughlan, British singer and guitarist.
- 27 January
- David Andrews, 90, British actor and director. (death announced on this date)
- Joan Hall, 90, British politician, MP (1970âÂÂ1974).
- Nigel Ogden, 71, British theatre organist and radio presenter (The Organist Entertains).
- 29 January
- Peter Lee, 80, English cricketer (Northamptonshire, Lancashire). (death announced on this date)
- Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, 71, Scottish politician, acting first minister (2000, 2001) and deputy first minister (1999âÂÂ2005), complications from surgery.
- 30 January â David Triesman, Baron Triesman, 82, British politician and trade union leader, member of the House of Lords (since 2004).
February
- 1 February
- Tony Pigott, 67, English cricketer (Sussex, Surrey, national team), heart attack.
- Sir Nicholas White, 74, British medical doctor and researcher.
- 3 February â Allan Massie, 87, British journalist and author (Augustus, Tiberius, Caesar).
- 4 February â John Virgo, 79, English snooker player, ruptured aorta.
- 5 February â Ken Weetch, 92, British politician, MP (1974âÂÂ1987).
- 6 February â Mondula, 54, Scotland's only African elephant. (death announced on this date)
- 10 February
- Des de Moor, 64, English writer and musician. (death announced on this date)
- Andrew Ranken, 72, English drummer (The Pogues).
- 11 February â Mike Cruise, 78, British astronomer. (death announced on this date)
- 12 February
- Gordon Brown, 95, English rugby league footballer (Leeds, Great Britain).
- Palmerston, 11âÂÂ12, British cat, chief mouser to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (2016âÂÂ2020).
- 13 February â Brian Westlake, 82, English footballer (Halifax Town, Colchester United, Tranmere Rovers). (death announced on this date)
- 15 February â Michael Page, 84, English cricketer (Derbyshire). (death announced on this date)
- 16 February â Harry Barnes, 89, English politician, MP (1987âÂÂ2005), cancer.
- 17 February â Anna dePeyster, 81, British-Australian journalist and author.
- 18 February â Roy Ellam, 83, English footballer (Bradford City, Huddersfield Town, Leeds United). (death announced on this date)
- 19 February â Reliable Man, 17, British Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised.
- 21 February
- John Bertalot, 94, English organist.
- Bill Glen, 93, Scottish rugby union player (national team). (death announced on this date)
- 22 February â Jim Parsons, 82, English rugby union player (Oxford, Northampton, national team).
- 24 February â Jim Donnelly, 79, Scottish snooker player.
- 25 February â Rob Grant, 70, English comedy writer and television producer (Red Dwarf).
- 26 February â Drusilla Beyfus, 98, English writer and journalist (Reading Mercury).
- 27 February â Margaret Farquhar, 95, Scottish politician, lord provost of Aberdeen (1996âÂÂ1999). (death announced on this date)
- 28 February
- Paul Conroy, 61, British photojournalist, heart attack.
- Bernard Lewis, 100, English clothing chain executive, founder and president of River Island.
- Jack Scarisbrick, 97, British historian and anti-abortion activist.
- Annabel Schofield, 62, Welsh-born American model and actress (Dallas), brain cancer.
March
- 1 March â Kenith Trodd, 90, British television producer (Pennies from Heaven).
- 2 March
- Kevin Ashcroft, 81, English rugby player (Leigh, Warrington) and coach (Salford).
- Len Garry, 84, English musician (The Quarrymen), pneumonia.
- Douglas Hambidge, 98, British-born Canadian Anglican clergyman, bishop of Caledonia (1969âÂÂ1980) and New Westminster (1980âÂÂ1993).
- Mike Vernon, 81, English record producer ("Albatross", "Hocus Pocus"), music executive and recording studio owner (Chipping Norton Recording Studios).
- 3 March â Andrew Watson, 64, British Anglican clergyman, bishop of Aston (2008âÂÂ2014) and Guildford (since 2014), member of the House of Lords (since 2022), pancreatic cancer.
- 4 March
- Ray Glastonbury, 87, Welsh rugby union (Cardiff) and league (Workington Town, national team) player. (death announced on this date)
- Bernard Rands, 92, British-American composer.
- Chris Wheeler, 52, English chef.
- 5 March âÂÂ
- Bobby Cummines, 74, English gangster.
- David Wilde, 75, English cricketer (Derbyshire). (death announced on this date)
- 6 March â Eigra Lewis Roberts, 86, Welsh writer, playwright and poet. (death announced on this date)
- 7 March
- Ian Huntley, 52, British murderer (Soham Murders), head trauma from an attack.
- Matt Salter, 49, English rugby union (Bristol) and rugby league (London Broncos) player.
- 8 March
- Matt Gallagher, English rugby union player (Coventry R.F.C.), motor neurone disease.
- Sir Anthony James Leggett, 87, British-American theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (2003).
- 9 March â Zeph Ellis, 37, British rapper. (death announced on this date)
- 10 March
- Susan Haack, 80, British philosopher.
- Lloyd Jones, 74, Welsh novelist.
- 12 March
- John Fisher Burns, 81, British journalist (The New York Times), pneumonia.
- Dame Jenni Murray, 75, English journalist and broadcaster (Woman's Hour).
- 13 March
- John Alford, 54, British actor (Grange Hill, London's Burning) and convicted sex offender.
- Billy Campbell, 81, footballer (Dundee, Motherwell, national team). (death reported on this date)
- Phil Campbell, 64, Welsh guitarist (Motörhead, Persian Risk, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons).
- Amy Carr, 34, English footballer (Reading, Northern Illinois Huskies, IL Sandviken), brain tumour.
- Billy McCullough, 90, footballer (Arsenal, Millwall, national team). (death reported on this date)
- 14 March
- Gordon Wallace, 82, Scottish football player (Dundee, Montrose) and manager (Raith Rovers). (death announced on this date)
- Phil Woolas, 66, British politician, MP (1997âÂÂ2010), brain cancer.
- 15 March
- Len Deighton, 97, British spy novelist and illustrator (The IPCRESS File, An Expensive Place to Die, XPD).
- Jim Fleeting, 70, Scottish football player (Ayr United, Clyde) and manager (Kilmarnock).
- James M. Houston, 103, British-born Canadian theologian.
- 17 March â Tony Bracegirdle, 83, British rose breeder and horticulturist. (death announced on this date)
- 18 March â Tom Georgeson, 88, British actor (A Fish Called Wanda, Boys from the Blackstuff, G.B.H.).
- 20 March
- Ted Booth, 87, British poet. (death announced on this date)
- Robert Fox, 73, English film and television producer (The Hours, The Crown, Iris). (death announced on this date)
- Christine McCartney, 79, British microbiologist. (death announced on this date)
- Richard Phillips, 85, British music promoter. (death announced on this date)
- Tessa Richards, 75, British physician. (death announced on this date)
- 21 March â Jeff Smith, 91, English Hall of Fame motorcycle racer (Motocross World Championship).
- 23 March â Peter Stead, 83, writer and broadcaster
- 25 March
- Harold Ellis, 100, English surgeon.
- Mick Roberts, 57, English singer (The Bridewell Taxis).
- David Winnick, 92, British politician, MP (1966âÂÂ1970, 1979âÂÂ2017).
- 26 March â Desmond Barrit, 81, Welsh actor. (death announced on this date)
- 27 March
- Alex Cropley, 75, English-Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Aston Villa, Scotland national team). (death announced on this date)
- Richard Meier, 55, British poet. (death announced on this date)
- Mary Rand, 86, British track and field athlete, Olympic champion (1964).
- Geoff Vowden, 84, English footballer (Birmingham City, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest). (death announced on this date)
- 29 March
- Glen Baxter, 82, English artist, carcinomatosis.
- Ben Stevenson, 89, British ballet dancer and teacher.
- 30 March
- Tony Godden, 70, English footballer (Chelsea, Peterborough United, West Bromwich Albion). (death announced on this date)
- Christopher Haskins, 88, Irish-born businessman and life peer, member of the House of Lords (1998âÂÂ2020). (death announced on this date)
- James Stannage, 76, British radio talk show host, cancer.
- 31 March â Tony Rivers, 85, English singer (Harmony Grass).
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