Deaths from brain cancer in England

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft.

British psychologist (1916–1997)

English actor (1905–1958)

Madeleine Sophie Wickham, known by her pen name Sophie Kinsella, was an English author. She is especially known for her best-selling Shopaholic series of novels. By the time of her death, her books had sold over 50 million copies in more than 60 countries and had been translated into over 40 languages. The first two novels in her Shopaholic series, The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (2000) and Shopaholic Abroad (2001), were adapted into the film Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009). Her 2003 standalone novel Can You Keep a Secret? was adapted into a film of the same name in 2019.

Russian operatic baritone (1962-2017)

Duchess of Kent from 1934 to 1968

English association football player (1947–2004)

British rally driver (1971–2005)

English actor (1966–2021)

British poet (1958–2023)

British poet, novelist, illustrator, performer (1902–1971)

British politician (1949-2005)

British politician (1947–2018)

politician (1904-1978)

English association football player and manager (1955–2021)

English drummer and sound engineer (1944-2018)

British countess (1897-1972); paternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales

Footballer and manager (1944-1991)

British coxswain (1977–2013)

British crime writer (1936–2012)

English actress (1945–2021)

British singer (1988–2022)

Magician and TV Personality (1938–2016)

British character actor, writer and professional wrestler (1934-1997)

British politician (1928-1999)

Irish actress, singer and television personality, formerly lead vocalist of The Nolans (1960-2013)

Irish singer and actress (1959–2025)

British television actor (1941-2002)

English actress (1914-1982)

British tennis player (1947-1992)

British actress (1928–2008)

British writer (1930–2007)

British politician (1959–2026)

English actor (1918-1996)

English Test and County cricketer, administrator (1929-1994)

Belgian soldier (1897–1951)

English actress (1939-1984)

Scottish architect

English singer, songwriter and pianist (1947–2017)

British computer scientist (1933–2020)

journalist and author (1930-2014)

British illustrator and children's writer (1924-1988)

English boxer (1949-1998)

wife of George Orwell (1918–1980)

British politician (1961–2023)

English Test and County cricketer (1964-2021)

cricketer (born 1963)

Polish fighter pilot and officer

British politician (1912-1967)

English actor (1920-1999)

English actor (1928–1993)

British literary agent (1940-2008)

English blues singer and guitarist (1944-1990)

British businessman, born 1916

British ballet dancer (1917–1994)

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British judge (1938–2004)

British mathematician (1926-1964)

British actress (1925–2009)

English cricketer (1966-2003)