page_title: 2015 in the United Kingdom
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 in the United Kingdom / Deaths / February
caption_attribution_description: English: This is Steve Strange, lead singer of Visage who died 12 February 2015.
context_page_description: Events from the year 2015 in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: 1 February
  Sir Douglas Hague, 88, economist.
  Gordon Murray, 87, politician.
  Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle, 91, engineer and politician.
  Michael Saward, 82, Anglican priest and hymnist.
  Marie-José Villiers, 98, WWII spy and countess.
  2 February
  Roy Little, 83, footballer (Manchester City).
  Johnny Campbell, 86, footballer (Gateshead).
  Sandra Chalmers, 74, broadcaster (Woman's Hour).
  Ken Hawkes, 81, footballer (Luton Town).
  3 February – Sir Martin Gilbert, 78, historian and biographer, member of the Iraq Inquiry panel.
  4 February
  Richard Bonehill, 67, actor and stuntman (Doctor Who, Return of the Jedi).
  Martin Green, 82, writer and publisher.
  5 February
  Sir Gordon Linacre, 94, newspaper executive and bomber pilot.
  Jeffrey Segal, 94, actor (Fawlty Towers, Z-Cars).
  6 February – Carl Cunningham-Cole, ceramic artist.
  7 February
  Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, 84, businessman and philanthropist, Labour life peer.
  Brian Reynolds, 82, cricketer (Northamptonshire).
  8 February
  Stan Cowan, 83, rugby league player (Hull).
  John Hart, 93, ballet dancer and artistic director (Ballet West).
  Geoff Morris, 66, footballer (Walsall).
  Andrew Rosenfeld, 52, businessman.
  Sir David Watson, 65, academic and educationalist (University of Oxford).
  9 February
  Roy Harris, 83, linguist.
  Drew McDonald, 59, professional wrestler.
  Nicholas Mackintosh, 79, experimental psychologist.
  Nick Sharkey, 71, footballer (Sunderland).
  10 February
  Sir Noel Davies, 81, chief executive (Vickers).
  John Fox, 90, composer and conductor.
  Sir William Lawrence, 5th Baronet, 60, peer.
  Tom McQueen, 85, footballer (Accrington Stanley, Hibernian).
  Anne Naysmith, 77, concert pianist.
  11 February
  Christopher Greener, 71, basketball player and actor.
  Gus Moffat, 66, football player and coach.
  12 February
  Anthony Low, 87, historian.
  Oliver Rackham, 75, landscape ecologist.
  Steve Strange, 55, musician (Visage).
  Mike Thresh, 84, plant pathologist.
  13 February
  John McCabe, 75, composer and pianist.
  Dan Tunstall Pedoe, 75, cardiologist.
  Hugh Walters, 75, actor.
  14 February
  Pamela Cundell, 95, actress (Dad's Army, EastEnders, A Fantastic Fear of Everything).
  Sheila Girling, 90, British artist.
  John D. Hargreaves, 91, historian.
  Alan Howard, 77, actor.
  Richard Perham, 77, molecular biologist.
  15 February
  Eileen Essell, 92, actress.
  John Treadgold, 83, Anglican priest, Dean of Chichester (1989–2001).
  16 February
  Gavin Clark, 46, singer (UNKLE, Clayhill).
  John Davies, 76, historian.
  Brett Ewins, 59, comic book artist (Judge Dredd, 2000 AD).
  Geoff Morris, 66, footballer (Walsall).
  Sir Robert Wade-Gery, 85, diplomat, High Commissioner to India (1982–1987).
  17 February – George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie, 95, politician, Liberal Democrat life peer.
  18 February – Allan Beard, 95, civil servant. (death announced on this date)
  19 February – Dennis Davis, 88, mountaineer.
  20 February – Sandy Whitelaw, 84, film producer and executive.
  21 February
  Meredydd Evans, 95, professor, musician and television producer.
  Sir Anthony Grabham, 84, surgeon and army officer.
  John Knapp-Fisher, 83, painter.
  Christopher Price, 83, politician, MP for Birmingham Perry Barr (1966–1970) and Lewisham West (1974–1983).
  Daniel Topolski, 69, rowing coach and commentator.
  22 February – Roger Cecil, 72, painter.
  23 February
  James Aldridge, 96, writer (The Sea Eagle).
  David Freeman, 86, solicitor.
  Gerald Lockwood, 87, English rugby league player.
  John Rowlands, 76, author and novelist.
  Dave Williams, 72, football player and coach (Newport County).
  Andy King, 72, footballer (Kilmarnock F.C.).
  24 February
  Joseph Beltrami, 83, lawyer.
  Geoffrey Owen Whittaker, 83, civil servant, Governor of Anguilla (1987–1989).
  25 February
  Marie Cathcart, Countess Cathcart, 91, peeress
  Terry Gill, 75, actor ("Crocodile" Dundee, Prisoner (TV series), The Flying Doctors).
  Barry Newbery, 88, production designer (Doctor Who).
  Chris Rainbow, 68, rock musician (The Alan Parsons Project).
  Raymond Smallman, 85, metallurgist.
  Victor Watson, 86, businessman and philanthropist
  26 February
  Bob Braithwaite, 89, Olympian trap shooter.
  Brian Cumby, 
caption: Steve Strange (1959–2015), the lead singer of Visage in 2014
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