# 2025 deaths in the United Kingdom

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:

## January

* 1 January
** David Lodge, 89, British author (Changing Places, Small World: An Academic Romance, The Picturegoers).
** 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 January – Russ North, 59, English heavy metal singer (Cloven Hoof).
* 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).
* 5 January
** Geoffrey Tattersall, 77, British jurist and Anglican priest.
** The Vivienne, 32, drag performer (RuPaul's Drag Race UK, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Dancing on Ice).
* 6 January
** John Douglas, 90, Scottish rugby union player (Barbarian, British & Irish Lions, national team). (death announced on this date)
** Meirion Roberts, 90, Welsh rugby union player (Cardiff, national team).
* 7 January
** Barbara Clegg, 98, British actress (Emergency Ward 10) and scriptwriter (Doctor Who, Coronation Street).
** Brian Dunsby, 84, British entrepreneur. (death announced on this date)
* 8 January
** Geraint H. Jenkins, 78, historian. (death reported on this date)
** Charles Kay, 94, English actor (Amadeus, Henry V, The Importance of Being Earnest).
** Brian Usher, 80, English footballer (Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, Doncaster Rovers).
* 9 January – Laurie Holloway, 86, English pianist, musical director and composer.
* 10 January
** Christopher Benjamin, 90, English actor (Doctor Who, Judge John Deed, The Plague Dogs).
** Colin Carter, 76, British musician (Flash).
** Thelma Hopkins, 88, Northern Irish high jumper, Olympic silver medallist (1956).
* 11 January – Bobby Kennedy, 87, Scottish football player (Manchester City, Kilmarnock) and manager (Grimsby Town).
* 12 January – Peter Brown, 83, Scottish rugby union player (Glasgow, national team).
* 13 January
** Tony Book, 90, English football player (Bath City, Manchester City) and manager (Manchester City).
** Elgar Howarth, 89, English conductor, composer and trumpeter.
* 14 January
** John Blakemore, 88, English photographer.
** Tony Slattery, 65, British actor (The Crying Game, Peter's Friends), comedian and television personality (Whose Line Is It Anyway?), heart attack.
* 15 January
** Paul Danan, 46, English actor (Hollyoaks, Celebrity Love Island).
** Diane Langton, 80, English actress (Hollyoaks, Only Fools and Horses, EastEnders).
** Linda Nolan, 65, Irish singer (The Nolan Sisters), actress and television personality (Loose Women).
* 16 January – Dame Joan Plowright, 95, English actress (Enchanted April, A Taste of Honey, 101 Dalmatians), Tony winner (1961).
* 17 January – Denis Law, 84, Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Huddersfield Town, national team), Alzheimer's disease.
* 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.
* 19 January – Jimmy Calderwood, 69, Scottish football player (Birmingham City) and manager (Dunfermline Athletic, Aberdeen), complications from dementia.
* 20 January – John Sykes, 65, English guitarist (Tygers of Pan Tang, Whitesnake) and songwriter ("Is This Love"), cancer. (death announced on this date)
* 21 January – Dennis Crompton, 90, English architect.
* 22 January – Charlotte Raven, 55, British author and journalist (Modern Review), Huntington's disease. (death announced on this date)
* 24 January
** David Gaskell, 84, English footballer (Manchester United, Wrexham, Wigan Athletic).
** 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).
* 25 January – Edweena Banger, British musician (The Nosebleeds, Slaughter & The Dogs). (death announced on this date)
* 26 January – Michael Baggott, 51, British antiques dealer and television personality (Flog It!), heart attack.
* 27 January
** Sir Patrick Rowe, 85, British rear admiral.
** Andrew N. Schofield, 94, British engineer (University of Cambridge).
* 29 January
** Julian Bennett, 75, British archaeologist.
** Richard Williamson, 84, English traditionalist Catholic prelate, bishop of the Society of Saint Pius X (1988–2012), brain haemorrhage.
* 30 January – Marianne Faithfull, 78, English singer ("As Tears Go By"), songwriter ("Broken English") and actress (The Girl on a Motorcycle).

## February

* 1 February
** Peter Bassano, 79–80, English trombonist ("Hey Jude") and conductor.
** John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, 81, British aristocrat, businessman and politician, member of the House of Lords (1995–2024).
* 2 February
** Tony Martin, 80, English farmer and convicted criminal, stroke.
** Brian Murphy, 92, English actor (Man About the House, George and Mildred, Last of the Summer Wine), cancer.
** Alan Shoulder, 71, English football player (Newcastle United, Carlisle United, Hartlepool United) and manager.
* 3 February
** Michael Burawoy, 77, sociologist, traffic collision.
** Mark Dyczkowski, 73, English Indologist. (death announced on this date)
* 4 February
** Aga Khan IV, 88, Swiss-born British-Portuguese religious leader, imam of Nizari Ismaili (since 1957).
** Stewart Reuben, 85, British chess and professional poker player.
** Brian Scrivens, 87, English dual-code rugby player (Newport RFC, Wigan). (death announced on this date)
** Solly Wolf, 75, British businessman.
* 5 February – Mike Ratledge, 81, British musician (Soft Machine).
* 6 February
** Kenneth Kitchen, 92–93, British biblical scholar and historian. (death announced on this date)
** Gordon Marshall, 85, English-Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian, Newcastle United, Arbroath). (death announced on this date)
** Ernie Walley, 91, Welsh football player (Middlesbrough, Tottenham Hotspur) and manager (Barking). (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).
** Mick Walker, 84, English football player and manager (Notts County).
* 10 February – John Tudor, 78, English footballer (Newcastle United, Sheffield United, Coventry City), complications from dementia. (death announced on this date)
* 11 February
** Graham Richards, 85, English chemist.
** Joseph Saumarez Smith, 53, British horseracing administrator, chairman of the British Horseracing Authority (2022–2025), lung cancer. (death announced on this date)
* 12 February
** Tony Bedeau, 45, British-born Grenadian footballer (Torquay United). (death announced on this date)
** Denis Wick, 93, British trombonist.
* 13 February – Ronnie Boyce, 82, English footballer (West Ham United).
* 14 February
** Patrick Barclay, 77, British sportswriter (The Times, The Sunday Telegraph) and television personality (Sunday Supplement). (death announced on this date)
** Fulke Johnson Houghton, 84, British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. (death announced on this date)
* 16 February
** Barry Panter, politician (Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme), car crash. (death reported on this date)
** Julian Holloway, 80, British actor (Carry On, James Bond Jr., Regular Show).
* 17 February – Jamie Muir, 82, Scottish painter and musician (King Crimson).
* 18 February
** Rick Buckler, 69, English drummer (the Jam).
** Peter Line, 94, English lawn bowler.
** James Martin, 93, Scottish actor (Still Game).
* 19 February
** Snowy Fleet, 79, English-born Australian drummer (The Easybeats).
** Joe Haines, 97, British journalist and public servant, Downing Street press secretary (1969–1970, 1974–1976).
** Cammy Murray, 80, Scottish footballer (St. Mirren, Motherwell, Arbroath).
* 20 February – Evan Williams, 81, Scottish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Celtic, Clyde).
* 21 February – D. G. Hessayon, 96, British author and botanist. (death announced on this date)
* 24 February – Howard Burns, 86, British architectural historian. (death announced on this date)
* 25 February
** Henry Kelly, 78, Irish television presenter (Going for Gold, Game for a Laugh) and broadcaster (Classic FM).
** Simon Lindley, 76, English organist, choirmaster and composer.
* 27 February – Christopher Hughes, 77, English professional quizzer (Eggheads). (death announced on this date)

## March

* 1 March –
** Joey Molland, 77, English songwriter, guitarist (Badfinger).
** Jack Vettriano, 73, Scottish painter.
* 3 March
** Kathryn Apanowicz, 64, British actress (Angels, EastEnders) and television presenter (Calendar). (death announced on this date)
** Dennis Bond, 77, English footballer (Watford, Charlton Athletic, Tottenham Hotspur). (death announced on this date)
** Geraint Jarman, 74, Welsh musician, poet and television producer.
* 4 March
** Bill Dare, 64, English television producer and writer (Dead Ringers, The Now Show, Spitting Image). (death announced on this date)
** Peter Eyre, 85, English cricketer (Derbyshire). (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").
* 8 March – Ray Snowball, 92, English footballer (Darlington). (death announced on this date)
* 9 March
** Simon Fisher-Becker, 63, English actor (Puppy Love, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Doctor Who).
** Dick McTaggart, 89, Scottish boxer, Olympic champion (1956).
* 10 March – Stedman Pearson, 60, British singer (Five Star), complications from diabetes.
* 11 March – Brian Waites, 85, English golfer. (death announced on this date)
* 12 March
** Steve Fleet, 87, English football player (Wrexham, Stockport County) and manager (ÍBV). (death announced on this date)
** Maisie Trollette, 91, British drag queen.
* 16 March
** Jonathan Durham, 59, English footballer (Torquay United, Rotherham United). (death announced on this date)
** Doug Laughton, 80, English rugby league player (Widnes, Lancashire, Great Britain national team) and coach. (death announced on this date)
* 17 March
** Peter Farrelly, 76, Northern Irish musician (Fruupp). (death announced on this date)
** John Fraser, 88, Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Stenhousemuir). (death announced on this date)
** Colin McFadyean, 82, English rugby union player (Moseley, national team, British Lions). (death announced on this date)