Deaths from breast cancer in England

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847)

Helen Elizabeth McCrory was an English actress. After studying at the Drama Centre London, she made her professional stage debut in The Importance of Being Earnest in 1990. Other theatre roles include playing Lady Macbeth in Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Rosalind in As You Like It in the West End for which she received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination, and Medea in the eponymous play at the Royal National Theatre.

British singer (1939–1999)

British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958)

English Royal

English contralto singer (1912–1953)

English writer of detective fiction, editor (1904–1966)

British artist (1846-1901)

British singer and actress (1981-2021)

British writer (1913–1980)

British fashion designer (1863-1935)

British punk musician (1957–2011)

Jamaican-English author

British actress (1943–2009)

English dramatist and screenwriter (1938–2011)

English actress (1929–1993)

English actress (1954–2015)

British footballer (1905-1978)

British physician and campaigner for women's rights (1845-1908)

British writer and activist (1960–2007)

British actress (1933–2020)

UK children's writer (1949–2021)

Actress, singer (1931-2005)

mathematician (1917–1968)

Welsh journalist and presenter

British artist (1793-1838)

English costume designer (1911-1974)

American diarist (1848–1892)

English heiress (1667-1722)

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

Irish singer and actress (1959–2025)

English pop, rock and contemporary classical singer (1940–1991)

British photographer (1934–1992)

British fashion designer

Venetian-born opera singer, hostess and entertainment manager

Austrian translator (1882–1957)

American campaigner for medical innovation, marriage reform, and women's rights (1810-1884)

British songwriter, composer, poet and author (1807–1867)

British artist (1908-1951)

German activist (1845–1903)

British actress (1947–2015)

English businesswoman (1960–2023)

British actress (1949-2008)

British radio presenter (1963-2010)

columnist and founder of breast cancer awareness charity CoppaFeel!

British artist (1806-1857)

British author

British artist and writer (1938–1993)

English poet (1906–1969)

English actress (1963–2020)

British politician (1945-2020)

English studio potter

British activist and athlete (1964–2007)

British artist (1889-1950)

British actress (1929-1977)

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British activist (1910-1981)

British Labour politician and life peer (1915-2007)

British actress