page_title: 2017 in the United Kingdom
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 in the United Kingdom / Deaths / January
caption_attribution_description: English: British writer John Berger Français&#160;: Conversation avec John Berger dans une librairie de Strasbourg
context_page_description: Events from the year 2017 in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: 1 January
  Sir Tony Atkinson, 72, economist.
  Peter Farmer, 75–76, set designer.
  George Miller, 87, cricketer (Scotland).
  Derek Parfit, 74, philosopher (Reasons and Persons).
  Sir Jeremy Reilly, 82, Army general.
  2 January
  John Berger, 90, painter and art critic.
  Ian Davison, 79, cricketer (Nottinghamshire).
  Brian Widlake, 85, journalist and broadcaster (The Money Programme).
  3 January
  Rodney Bennett, 81, television director (Doctor Who).
  Rolf Noskwith, 97, businessman and codebreaker during World War II.
  4 January
  John Cummings, 73, politician, MP for Easington (1987–2010).
  Sandra Landy, 78, bridge player.
  Sir Douglas Wass, 93, civil servant, Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury (1974–1983).
  Paul Went, 67, footballer (Charlton Athletic, Fulham, Leyton Orient, Portsmouth).
  5 January
  David Alexander, 90, Royal Marines general.
  Graham Atkinson, 73, footballer (Oxford United).
  Jill Saward, 51, campaigner and rape victim.
  Harry Taylor, 81, footballer (Newcastle United).
  Peter Weston, 72, science fiction fanzine editor.
  6 January
  John Hubbard, 85, artist.
  Una Kroll, 91, nun and Anglican priest.
  7 January – Mike Ovey, 58, clergyman and academic administrator (Oak Hill College).
  8 January
  Rod Mason, 76, jazz trumpeter.
  Peter Sarstedt, 75, singer ("Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?")
  Colin Shortis, 82, Army general.
  Nigel Spearing, 86, politician, MP for Acton (1970–1974) and Newham South (1974–1997).
  Laurie Topp, 93, footballer (Hendon).
  9 January
  Zygmunt Bauman, 91, sociologist.
  Terry Ramshaw, 74, rugby league footballer (Featherstone Rovers, Wakefield Trinity).
  10 January
  Ronald Buxton, 93, politician, MP for Leyton (1965–1966).
  William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart, 83, lawyer and politician.
  Clare Hollingworth, 105, journalist (The Daily Telegraph), broke news of German invasion of Poland (1939).
  11 January
  Tony Booth, 83, poster artist (The Beatles).
  James Ferguson-Lees, 88, ornithologist (British Birds).
  Brian Fletcher, 69, jockey (Grand National winner).
  Katherine Fryer, 106, artist.
  Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell, 77, peer.
  Kenyon Wright, 84, Scottish Episcopal priest and political campaigner.
  12 January
  Robin Hyman, 85, publisher.
  Anthony King, 82, professor and political scientist.
  Larry Steinbachek, 56, keyboardist (Bronski Beat).
  Graham Taylor, 72, football manager (Watford, Aston Villa, England).
  13 January
  Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, 86, photographer, filmmaker and former husband of Princess Margaret.
  Mark Fisher, 48, writer, cultural theorist and music journalist (The Wire, Fact).
  Sir John Hanson, 78, diplomat and historian.
  John Jacobs, 91, golfer, founder of the PGA European Tour.
  15 January
  Babette Cole, 66, children's author.
  Terry Cryer, 82, jazz and blues photographer.
  16 January – Brian Whitehouse, 81, footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Crystal Palace).
  17 January – Philip Bond, 82, actor (Doctor Who, The Onedin Line).
  18 January
  Hilary Bailey, 79, writer.
  Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, 77, cricketer (England women's team), businesswoman and philanthropist.
  Peter Kippax, 76, cricketer (Yorkshire, Durham, Northumberland).
  Johnny Little, 86, footballer (Rangers, Morton, Scotland).
  19 January
  Roderick Ham, 91, architect.
  Mike Kellie, 69, multi-instrumentalist (Spooky Tooth, The Only Ones) and record producer.
  20 January – Emma Tennant, 79, author.
  21 January
  Shirley Paget, Marchioness of Anglesey, 92, writer.
  Dave Shipperley, 64, footballer (Charlton Athletic, Gillingham).
  John Watkiss, 55, comic artist (Deadman) and concept artist (Tarzan, Atlantis: The Lost Empire).
  22 January
  Katharine Macmillan, Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden, 96, politician and aristocrat.
  Pete Overend Watts, 69, bass guitarist (Mott the Hoople).
  23 January
  Gorden Kaye, 75, comic actor ('Allo 'Allo!, Brazil, Coronation Street).
  Douglas Reeman, 92, author.
  Betty Tebbs, 98, women's rights activist.
  25 January
  Sir John Hurt, 77, actor (Alien, The Elephant Man, Hellboy, Harry Potter), BAFTA winner (1979, 1981).
  Mike Peyton, 96, cartoonist.
  Sir Nigel Rodley, 75, lawyer, professor and human rights pioneer.
  Margaret Wall, Ba
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