This is a partial, alphabetical list of actual victims whose confidential information was reportedly targeted or actually acquired, in conjunction with the news media phone hacking scandal. Dates in parentheses, when included, indicate the approximate time frame during which information was acquired. The reference citations, in many cases, indicate who accessed the individual's information.
The precise number of victims is unknown, but a Commons Home Affairs Select Committee report noted in July 2011 that "as many as 12,800 people may have been victims or affected by phone hacking."
In 2003, a raid by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) was made as part of Operation Motorman on the home of private investigator Steve Whittamore. This resulted in seizure of records, including more than 13,000 requests for confidential information from newspapers and magazines. In 2006, Information Commissioner Richard Thomas "revealed that hundreds of journalists may have illegally bought private information.
In 2006, the Metropolitan Police Service (Scotland Yard) seized records from another private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, and found a target list with over 4,000 names on it. Release of "the totality of the Mulcaire information" has not yet been achieved, but has been requested through the courts. Accordingly, "the seized material included 4,332 names or partial names; 2,987 mobile phone numbers; 30 audiotapes of varying length; and 91 pin codes of a kind needed to access voicemail with the minority of targets who change the factory settings on their mobile phones."
In contrast, John Yates told the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee in September 2009 that the police had only found evidence indicating that "it is very few, it is a handful" of persons that had been subject to message interception.
In January 2011, claims made in the suit filed by Kelly Hoppen suggest illegally accessing voicemail occurred as recently as March 2010. Jade Goody believed she and her mother were being hacked as recently as August 2008.
As of June 2011, according to The Guardian, "Scotland Yard is believed to have collected hundreds of thousands of documents during a series of investigations into private investigator Jonathan Rees. Rick Davies, reporter for The Guardian, believes these "boxloads" of paperwork "could include explosive new evidence of illegal news-gathering by the News of the World and other papers." According to his sources, confidential information sold to newspapers may have been obtained through blagging, burglaries, bribery, and blackmail, sometimes involving corrupt customs officers, VAT inspectors, bank employees and police officers.
In July 2011, it was estimated that only 170 people had so far been informed out of the up to 12,800 people that may have been affected by the illegal acquisition of confidential information . In October 2011, it was estimated that only 5%, or about 200, of people whose confidential information had been acquired by Glenn Mulcaire had been notified.
At News Corporation's annual meeting on 21 October 2011, a shareholder asked how the board was conducting its inquiry into the "thousands" of people whose phones were hacked by News of the World journalists. Chairman Rupert Murdoch responded, "It’s not thousands. I’ve not heard that figure before."
On 3 November 2011, Metropolitan Police, referring to the complete list of full names whose phones were possibly hacked by Glenn Mulcaire for News of the World, said "the current number of identifiable persons who appear in the material, and are thus victims, where names are noted, is 5,795. This figure is very likely to be revised in the future as a result of further analysis." As of 23 July 2012, the Met had identified 4,775 potential victims of phone hacking, of which 2,615 have been notified and 702 people are likely to have been victims.
As of 31 August 2012, the Met had identified 4,744 victims of phone hacking by News of the World whose names and phone numbers had been found in evidence. Of the victims, 658 had been contacted, but 388 were not contactable and police chose not to contact another 23 "for operational reasons". Of the victims, 1,894 had been contacted but 1,781 were not contactable.
Adams, Tony; former England footballer Alam, Faria; football association secretary Anderson, John; father of Sally King Andrew, Sky; football agent Archer, Jeffrey; author, politician, convicted perjuror exposed by News of the World. Armstrong, Jo; legal adviser to Professional Footballers' Association Ash, Leslie and son; actress Asprey, Helen; (1 November 2005 to 9 August 2006) aide to Prince Charles Badger, Ruth; businesswoman and contestant on The Apprentice. Barker, Linda; interior designer and television presenter. Beckham, David and Beckham, Victoria; celebrity couple Bell, Stuart; publicist to Sir Paul McCartney Best, Calum fashion model, TV personality, son of George Best. Betts, Clive; Labour Member of Parliament Blackmore, Tony IIes; uncle of Nadine Milroy Sloan, the woman who falsely accused former Tory MP Neil Hamilton and his wife of sexual assault. Blackmore, Gillian; wife of Tony Lles Blackmore. Blair, Cherie; British barrister married to former Prime Minister Tony Blair Blair, Ian; Metropolitan Police Commissioner Blair, Tony; former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Blake, John; publisher and former journalist, many of whose books were serialised by News International titles Blunkett, David; politician, Home Secretary Boffey, Daniel; journalist for The Observer. Brash, Lisa; former girlfriend of Robbie Williams. Brimelow, Kirsty; prominent criminal barrister who has acted in rape and murder trials. Bourret, Caprice; model Brooks, Charlie; (late 1990s) EastEnders actor Brown, Gordon; Prime Minister Bryant, Chris; Labour Member of Parliament Burke, James; model. Burrell, Paul; former footman for the Queen and later butler to Diana, Princess of Wales Campbell, Alastair; former press secretary to Tony Blair Campbell, Sol; footballer Caplin, Carole; (2002) style adviser to Cherie Blair and a fitness adviser to Tony Blair Chapman, Lee; footballer Christie, Linford; Olympic athlete Church, Charlotte; singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter. Clapton, Eric; singer Clarke, Charles; Labor MP, home secretary and education secretary to Tony Blair Clifford, Max; publicist Cole Ashley; footballer Colvin, Anne; witness at Tommy Sheridan's libel trial Connery, Sir Sean; actor Coogan, Steven; comedian, actor, writer and producer Cook, David; Metropolitan Police detective chief superintendent Cox, Peter; author, literary agent Crisan, Cornelia; singer Crow, Bob; (late 1990s) General Secretary, Rail Maritime & Transport Union Dadge, Paul; (2005) man whose photograph helping 7/7 victims was widely circulated Davis, David; politician, shadow Home Secretary Davis, Steve; snooker player Dearlove, Sir Richard; forensic psychologist working with criminals, and the then head of MI6. Dell'Olio, Nancy; property lawyer and girlfriend of England football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson; Dowler, Milly; (March 2002) murdered teenager Edwards, Alan; founder of the Outside Organization that represented Sir Paul McCartney Elliot, Jennifer; daughter of the actor Denholm Elliott Eriksson, Sven-Göran; England football manager Fallon, Kieren; jockey; Families of 9/11 victims; (2001) Families of 7/7 victims; (2005) Families of UK Soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan Family and Friends of Charlotte Coleman; actress Family of Madeleine McCann; (May 2007) missing child Family of Jean Charles de Menezes; innocent Brazilian man mistakenly killed by police as a terror suspect Family of Robert Kilroy-Silk; Family of Soham Children; two 10-year-old Soham girls, Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells, who were abducted and murdered by Ian Huntley on 4 August 2002. Family of Peter Sutcliffe, the serial killer Feltz, Vanessa; TV and radio presenter Ferguson, Sir Alex; Manchester United football manager Ferraina, Elisa; died in the attack on New York's World Trade Center on 11 September 2001. Field, Mary Ellen; former business manager to Elle Macpherson. Dismissed by Macpherson, who thought Field was providing confidential information to the press and publicly criticized her. Field was reportedly making $250,000 annually before being dismissed and was unable to reestablish her earnings. Glenn Mulcaire later admitted hacking Macpherson's phone. Finnigan, Judy; TV presenter Frost, Sadie; actress and designer, ex-wife of Jude Law Galloway, George; Respect politician Gascoigne, Paul; footballer; George, Eddie; Governor of the Bank of England; Gilchrist, Andy; (2003-2003) union leader; voicemail allegedly accessed by agents of The Sun Goody, Jade and her mother, Jackiey Budden; (August 2008) celebrity who may have been hacked in August 2008, while she was dying of cancer. Grant, Hugh; actor and film producer Gray, Andy; footballer and broadcaster Giggs, Ryan footballer Hames, Jacqui; TV presenter Hammell, Joan; aide to the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott Harrison, George' Beatle for whom the Mirror Group tried but apparently failed to obtain ex-directory numbers. Haverson, Paddy; (1 November 2005 to 9 August 2006) communication secretary to Prince Charles Henry, Lenny; actor, writer, comedian Henry, Sheila; mother of 7/7 victim Christian Small Henson, Gavin; rugby player Hicks, Lady Pamela; daughter of Lord Mountbatten Hislop, Ian; journalist, editor of Private Eye magazine whose phone records were reportedly purchased from hackers by newspaper photographer Jason Fraser. Hoddle, Glenn; former England football manager Hoppen, Kelly; (between June 2009 and March 2010) interior designer and Sienna Miller's stepmother Horton, Richard; (May 2009) police constable and the anonymous author of the "Nightjack" blog that described a constable's life. He was publicly identified by The Times, reportedly as a result of computer hacking, leading to termination of the blog and to his receiving a reprimand by his police superiors. Hughes, Simon; politician Hurley, Elizabeth; model and actress Huthart, Eunice; winning contestant on "Gladiators", stunt double for Angelina Jolie Hurst, Ian; (2006) British intelligence officer, handler for agent "Stakeknife"; personal computer allegedly hacked with Trojan programme which copied emails and relayed them to the hacker, putting at risk two agents who informed on the Provisional IRA and who may have been high-risk targets for assassination. Hurst was one of the few people who knew where they were. Imbert, Lord; former commissioner of the Metropolitan police and a former special branch detective who investigated terrorist groups, making him a potential terrorist target. His home address and ex-directory phone number were acquired by deception from British Telecom. Jackson, Ben; personal assistant for Jude Law Jagger, Mick; singer Jackson, Ben; personal assistant to Jude Law Jefferies, Christopher; the former landlord of Joanna Yates at one time suspected in her murder and who successfully sued eight newspapers for defamation in connection with articles relating to his arrest Johansson, Scarlett; actress, singer; pictures of herself taken by herself may have removed from her mobile phone without her consent and posted online. The FBI is investigating. Johnson, Boris; London mayor Jones, Dave; football manager, a Fleet Street reporter bought his home address and ex-directory number. Jolie, Angelina; actress, wife of Brad Pitt Jonsson, Ulrika; TV presenter Jowell, Tessa; Member of Parliament and Culture Secretary, estranged wife to David Mills; Katona, Kerry TV personality and former Atomic Kitten singer Kaufman, Gerald; senior Labour politician Kensit, Patsy; actress, singer, model Keswick, Archie; friend of Sienna Miller King, Mervyn; Governor of the Bank of England;