page_title: 2016 in the United Kingdom
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 2016 in the United Kingdom / Deaths / August
caption_attribution_description: English: Kenneth George "Kenny" Baker, best known as the man inside the R2-D2 costume in the original Star Wars films, at a science fiction convention in February 2005.
context_page_description: Events from the year 2016 in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: 1 August
  Dai Dower, 83, flyweight boxer.
  Sir Derek Oulton, 89, civil servant, Permanent Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Department and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery (1982–1989).
  2 August
  Jonathan Borwein, 65, mathematician.
  Tony Chater, 86, communist activist and newspaper editor (Morning Star).
  John Fox, 87, cricketer (Durham, Warwickshire, Devon).
  Neil Wilkinson, 61, footballer (Blackburn Rovers, Port Vale, Crewe Alexandra).
  3 August – Russell Coughlin, 56, footballer (Carlisle United, Plymouth Argyle, Swansea City).
  5 August
  David Attwooll, 67, poet and publisher.
  Sir Robin Chichester-Clark, 88, politician, MP for Londonderry (1955–1974).
  Joe Davis, 75, footballer (Hibernian, Carlisle United).
  Harold Hillman, 85, scientist.
  Sir Leonard Peach, 83–84, civil servant, Chief Executive of the NHS (1986–1989).
  John Alan Robinson, 86, philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist.
  6 August
  Alan Dossor, 74, theatre director.
  Kenneth Durham, 62, educationalist, headmaster of University College School.
  Mel Slack, 72, footballer (Southend United, Cambridge United).
  Samuel Robin Spark, 78, artist.
  7 August
  Jack Sears, 86, race and rally driver.
  Peter Stein, 90, legal scholar.
  Roy Summersby, 81, footballer (Crystal Palace, Millwall, Portsmouth).
  8 August – Edward Daly, 82, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Derry (1974–1993).
  9 August
  Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, 64, peer, Army major-general and billionaire property developer.
  Bob Kiley, 80, public transport planner, Commissioner of Transport for London (2001–2006).
  11 August
  Roly Bain, 62, priest and clown.
  Charles Bawden, 92, Mongolist.
  David Enthoven, 72, music manager (Robbie Williams, T. Rex, Roxy Music) and record label founder (E.G. Records).
  12 August
  Keith Blunt, 77, football coach (Sutton United, Malmö, Viking).
  Sir Swinton Thomas, 85, judge.
  13 August
  Kenny Baker, 81, actor (Star Wars, Time Bandits, Flash Gordon).
  Patricia English, 84, actress.
  14 August
  Neil Black, 84, oboist.
  Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, 89, judge and law lord.
  15 August
  Dalian Atkinson, 48, footballer (Ipswich Town, Aston Villa).
  Ieuan Roberts, 66, political activist.
  17 August
  John Ellenby, 75, computer scientist.
  Barry Myers, 79, advertising filmmaker.
  18 August – Michael Napier Brown, 79, actor, theatre director and playwright.
  19 August
  Trevor Baker, 94, meteorologist.
  Peter Blundell Jones, 66–67, architect and architectural historian.
  Colin O'Brien, 76, photographer.
  Danus Skene, 72, politician.
  20 August
  Brian Rix, 92, actor (And the Same to You) and activist (Mencap).
  Tom Searle, 28, metalcore guitarist (Architects).
  21 August
  Sir Antony Jay, 86, broadcaster, director and writer (Yes Minister).
  Derek Smith, 85, jazz pianist.
  Rab Stewart, 54, footballer (Dunfermline Athletic, Motherwell, Falkirk).
  22 August
  Michael Leader, 78, actor (EastEnders, Star Wars).
  Gilli Smyth, 83, singer (Gong).
  23 August – Dennis Hackett, 87, journalist and editor (Queen, Nova, Today).
  25 August
  Dame Margaret Anstee, 90, diplomat, Director-General of the UN Office in Vienna (1987–1992).
  G. Spencer-Brown, 93, polymath.
  26 August
  Graham Cairns-Smith, 74–75, scientist.
  J. Alec Motyer, 91, biblical scholar.
  Michael Phillips, ice dancer.
  Martyn Quayle, 57, politician, member of the House of Keys (2001–2011).
  27 August
  Alan Cuthbert, 84, pharmacologist.
  Alan Smith, 77, footballer (Torquay United).
  28 August – Ken Purchase, 77, politician, MP for Wolverhampton North East (1992–2010).
  29 August
  Harry Jepson, 96, rugby league administrator.
  Reg Matthewson, 77, footballer (Sheffield United, Fulham).
  30 August – Dave Durie, 85, footballer (Blackpool, Chester City).
  31 August
  David H. Trump, 85, archaeologist.
  Brian Wildsmith, 86, artist and illustrator of children's books.
  Miles Vaughan Williams, 98, pharmacologist.
caption: Kenny Baker (1934–2016) in 2005
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