page_title: 2020 in the United Kingdom
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 2020 in the United Kingdom / Deaths / January
caption_attribution_description: Derek Fowlds taken in London
context_page_description: Events from the year 2020 in the United Kingdom. Like in most of the world the COVID-19 pandemic dominated events in the UK during this year.
context_section_description: 1 January
  Chris Barker, 39, English footballer (Barnsley, Cardiff City, Southend United).
  Alexander Frater, 82, travel writer and journalist.
  3 January
  Derek Acorah, 69, self-styled spiritual medium and television personality (Most Haunted, Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns).
  Christopher Beeny, 78, actor (Upstairs, Downstairs, In Loving Memory, Last of the Summer Wine).
  4 January
  Guy Arnold, 87, explorer and writer.
  Sir Jack Baldwin, 81, chemist.
  5 January
  James Barber, 79, biochemist.
  Colin Howson, 74–75, philosopher.
  Sir Michael Stear, 81, RAF air chief marshal.
  6 January
  Ray Byrom, 85, English footballer (Accrington Stanley, Bradford (Park Avenue)).
  Danny Masterton, 65, Scottish footballer (Ayr United, Clyde).
  James Mehaffey, 88, Northern Irish Anglican prelate, Bishop of Derry and Raphoe (1980–2002).
  7 January
  Gerald Bowden, 84, politician, MP (1983–1992).
  Stephen Clements, 47, radio personality (BBC Radio Ulster).
  Colin Seeley, 84, motorcycle engineer and racer.
  8 January
  Peter T. Kirstein, 86, German-born computer scientist.
  David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, 91, peer and businessman, member of the House of Lords (1976–1999, 2005–2015).
  9 January
  Tom Alexander, 85, musician (The Alexander Brothers).
  John Brownjohn, 90, literary translator.
  Jimmy Shields, 88, Northern Irish footballer (Southampton, Headington United, national team).
  10 January
  Eric Brookes, 75, English footballer (Barnsley, Northampton Town, Peterborough United)
  Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, 100, politician, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (1964–1970) and member of the House of Lords (1964–2015).
  Roddy Lumsden, 53, poet.
  12 January
  Jackie Brown, 84, Scottish boxer, Commonwealth Games gold medallist (1958), British and Commonwealth flyweight champion (1962–1963).
  Brian Clifton, 85, English footballer (Southampton, Grimsby Town)
  Tony Garnett, 83, television and film producer (Kes, Earth Girls Are Easy).
  Sir Roger Scruton, 75, philosopher and writer (The Meaning of Conservatism, Sexual Desire, The Aesthetics of Music, Why Beauty Matters, How to Be a Conservative).
  13 January
  Edmund Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside, 95, peer, naval officer and businessman.
  Hylda Sims, 87, English folk musician and poet.
  Gerald Weisfeld, 79, retailer, founder of What Every Woman Wants.
  15 January
  Bobby Brown, 96, Scottish Hall of Fame football player (Rangers, Queen's Park) and manager (national team).
  Michael Wheeler, 84, sprinter, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
  16 January
  Alan Pattillo, 90, television director (Supercar, Thunderbirds), writer and editor (All Quiet on the Western Front).
  Christopher Tolkien, 95, academic and editor (The Silmarillion, The History of Middle-earth).
  Barry Tuckwell, 86, Australia-born French horn player, conductor, and past principal French horn of the London Symphony Orchestra
  17 January
  Derek Fowlds, 82, actor (Yes Minister, Yes Prime Minister, Heartbeat).
  John Klyberg, 88, priest, Bishop of Fulham (1985–1996).
  Steve Rayner, 66, social scientist.
  18 January
  Peter Hobday, 82, journalist and news presenter (Today, The Money Programme, Newsnight, World at One).
  Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, 83, politician, MP (1966–2001), Leader of the Social Democratic Party (1987–1988) and President of the Liberal Democrats (1995–1998).
  20 January – Mick Vinter, 65, English footballer (Notts County, Wrexham, Oxford United).
  21 January – Terry Jones, 77, actor (Monty Python).
  23 January
  Robert Archibald, 39, basketball player (Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors, Club Joventut Badalona).
  Tom Daley, 86, footballer (Grimsby Town, Huddersfield Town, Peterborough United)
  24 January
  David Adam, 83, priest and author.
  Seamus Mallon, 83, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Middletown) and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (1998–2001).
  25 January
  Meredith Etherington-Smith, 73, fashion journalist.
  Jordan Sinnott, 25, English footballer (Altrincham, Halifax Town), victim of assault.
  27 January – Derek Edwards, British rugby league player (Castleford, national team).
  28 January
  Paul Farnes, 101, RAF pilot and World 
caption: Derek Fowlds in 1974
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