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 (1963–1966, 1970–1992) and president of the NATO Assembly (1988–1990). 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 – 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 – 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 – Tina Packer, 87, British actress (David Copperfield, Doctor Who) and stage director, co-founder of Shakespeare & Company. 10 January – 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 (2004–2014). David Webb, 60, British-born Hong Kong activist investor, prostate cancer. 15 January – Kenny Morris, 68, English drummer (Siouxsie and the Banshees). (death announced on this date) 16 January – Mickey Brady, 75, Northern Irish politician, MLA (2007–2015) and MP (2015–2024). 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 – Tommy Wright, 81, English footballer (Everton, national team). (death announced on this date) 21 January Stephen Baxter, 56–57, 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 – David Abulafia, 76, British historian (The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean). 25 January – Sir Mark Tully, 90, British journalist and writer. 26 January – 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 (1970–1974). 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 (1999–2005), complications from surgery. 30 January – 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 – Allan Massie, 87, British journalist and author (Augustus, Tiberius, Caesar). 4 February – John Virgo, 79, English snooker player, ruptured aorta. 5 February – Ken Weetch, 92, British politician, MP (1974–1987). 6 February – 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 – Mike Cruise, 78, British astronomer. (death announced on this date) 12 February Gordon Brown, 95, English rugby league footballer (Leeds, Great Britain). Palmerston, 11–12, British cat, chief mouser to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (2016–2020). 13 February – Brian Westlake, 82, English footballer (Halifax Town, Colchester United, Tranmere Rovers). (death announced on this date) 15 February – Michael Page, 84, English cricketer (Derbyshire). (death announced on this date) 16 February – Harry Barnes, 89, English politician, MP (1987–2005), cancer. 17 February – Anna dePeyster, 81, British-Australian journalist and author. 18 February – Roy Ellam, 83, English footballer (Bradford City, Huddersfield Town, Leeds United). (death announced on this date) 19 February – 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 – Jim Parsons, 82, English rugby union player (Oxford, Northampton, national team). 24 February – Jim Donnelly, 79, Scottish snooker player. 25 February – Rob Grant, 70, English comedy writer and television producer (Red Dwarf). 26 February – Drusilla Beyfus, 98, English writer and journalist (Reading Mercury). 27 February – Margaret Farquhar, 95, Scottish politician, lord provost of Aberdeen (1996–1999). (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 – 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 (1969–1980) and New Westminster (1980–1993). Mike Vernon, 81, English record producer ("Albatross", "Hocus Pocus"), music executive and recording studio owner (Chipping Norton Recording Studios). 3 March – Andrew Watson, 64, British Anglican clergyman, bishop of Aston (2008–2014) 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 – Bobby Cummines, 74, English gangster. David Wilde, 75, English cricketer (Derbyshire). (death announced on this date) 6 March – 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 – 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 (1997–2010), 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 – Tony Bracegirdle, 83, British rose breeder and horticulturist. (death announced on this date) 18 March – Tom Georgeson, 89, 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 – Jeff Smith, 91, English Hall of Fame motorcycle racer (Motocross World Championship). 23 March – 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 (1966–1970, 1979–2017). Sheila Tomlinson, 100, British film editor (Juliet Bravo, Blake's 7, Doctor Who). Burnell Tucker, 91, Canadian actor (Doctor Who, Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey). 26 March – 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. Laurie Webb, 101, Welsh actor (Doomwatch, Paul Temple, Doctor Who). 30 March Tony Godden, 70, English footballer (Chelsea, Peterborough United, West Bromwich Albion). (death announced on this date)