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:

• Name, age, citizenship at birth, nationality (in addition to British), or/and home nation, what subject was noted for, birth year, cause of death (if known), and reference.

• 1 January
  • David Lodge, 89, British author (Changing Places, Small World: An Academic Romance, The Picturegoers).^[1]
  • 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]
• 2 January – Russ North, 59, English heavy metal singer (Cloven Hoof).^[3]
• 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).^[4]
• 5 January
  • Geoffrey Tattersall, 77, British jurist and Anglican priest.^[5]
  • The Vivienne, 32, drag performer (RuPaul's Drag Race UK, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Dancing on Ice).^[6]
• 6 January
  • John Douglas, 90, Scottish rugby union player (Barbarian, British & Irish Lions, national team).^[7] (death announced on this date)
  • Meirion Roberts, 90, Welsh rugby union player (Cardiff, national team).^[8]
• 7 January
  • Barbara Clegg, 98, British actress (Emergency Ward 10) and scriptwriter (Doctor Who, Coronation Street).^[9]
  • Brian Dunsby, 84, British entrepreneur.^[10] (death announced on this date)
• 8 January
  • Geraint H. Jenkins, 78, historian.^[11] (death reported on this date)
  • Charles Kay, 94, English actor (Amadeus, Henry V, The Importance of Being Earnest).^[12]
• 9 January – Laurie Holloway, 86, English pianist, musical director and composer.^[13]
• 10 January
  • Christopher Benjamin, 90, English actor (Doctor Who, Judge John Deed, The Plague Dogs).^[14]
  • Colin Carter, 76, British musician (Flash).^[15]
  • Thelma Hopkins, 88, Northern Irish high jumper, Olympic silver medallist (1956).^[16]
• 11 January – Bobby Kennedy, 87, Scottish football player (Manchester City, Kilmarnock) and manager (Grimsby Town).^[17]
• 12 January – Peter Brown, 83, Scottish rugby union player (Glasgow, national team).^[18]
• 13 January
  • Tony Book, 90, English football player (Bath City, Manchester City) and manager (Manchester City).^[19]
  • Elgar Howarth, 89, English conductor, composer and trumpeter.^[20]
• 14 January
  • John Blakemore, 88, English photographer.^[21]
  • Tony Slattery, 65, British actor (The Crying Game, Peter's Friends), comedian and television personality (Whose Line Is It Anyway?), heart attack.^[22]
• 15 January
  • Paul Danan, 46, English actor (Hollyoaks, Celebrity Love Island).^[23]
  • Diane Langton, 77, English actress (Hollyoaks, Only Fools and Horses, EastEnders).^[24]
  • Linda Nolan, 65, Irish singer (The Nolan Sisters), actress and television personality (Loose Women).^[25]
• 16 January – Dame Joan Plowright, 95, English actress (Enchanted April, A Taste of Honey, 101 Dalmatians), Tony winner (1961).^[26]
• 17 January – Denis Law, 84, Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Huddersfield Town, national team), Alzheimer's disease.^[27]
• 18 January – Claire van Kampen, 71, English composer (Royal Shakespeare Company), playwright and theatre director, cancer.^[28]
• 19 January – Jimmy Calderwood, 69, Scottish football player (Birmingham City) and manager (Dunfermline Athletic, Aberdeen), complications from dementia.^[29]
• 20 January – John Sykes, 65, English guitarist (Tygers of Pan Tang, Whitesnake) and songwriter ("Is This Love"), cancer.^[30] (death announced on this date)
• 21 January – Dennis Crompton, 90, English architect.^[31]
• 22 January – Charlotte Raven, 55, British author and journalist (Modern Review), Huntington's disease.^[32] (death announced on this date)
• 24 January – David Gaskell, 84, English footballer (Manchester United, Wrexham, Wigan Athletic).^[33]