Accidental deaths in England

Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

British novelist and spy (1931–2020)

English scientist (1919–2022)

English drummer (1948–1980)

British multi-instrumentalist, founder of The Rolling Stones (1942–1969)

pioneering English aviator (1903–1941)

English economist and logician

British military officer and explorer (1827–1864)

British activist who fought for women's suffrage

English sculptor (1903–1975)

American rock and roll pioneer (1938–1960)

King of Wessex (r. 786-802)

English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company (1785–1866)

Pre-Raphaelite model, artist, and poet (1829-1862)

British catholic cardinal (1938–2018)

Welsh designer of textiles, clothing, and home furnishings (1925-1985)

British guitarist and singer (1947–1991)

English television and film actor (1912-1979)

English actress (1921-2013)

English snooker player (1923–1998)

English footballer (1961–2024)

English geologist (1800-1874)

Dame Jilly Cooper was an English author and journalist, best known for her long-running Rutshire Chronicles series. She began her career in journalism and published several works of non-fiction, including books on class, animals and marriage, before turning to fiction. Her first book was How to Stay Married, which was published in 1969. She published several collections of journalism, alongside other non-fiction volumes throughout much of her career. Cooper's first novel to be published was the romance Emily, which appeared in 1975 and was followed by five more, as well as a volume of short stories. Cooper was also an anthologist and wrote the Little Mabel series of children's books.

British biologist (1954-2012) Professor of Animal Development at the University of Nottingham

English singer, violinist and composer (1756-1788)

British actor (1932–2023)

Disaster in Bradford, England, UK, on 11 May 1985

Canadian mathematician and biologist (1931–2009)

British literary critic

Northern Irish footballer (1933-1967)

British businessman (1948-2010)

Welsh prince (c. 1196 – 1244)

British jazz saxophonist (1927–1996)

England Test cricketer, cricket writer and broadcaster (1923-2011)

British singer (1944-2020)

British musician (1941–2018)

British journalist, publisher (1866–1921)

English musician (1962-2004)

maharaja of Jaipur (1911–1970)

British inventor (1776-1837)

Estonian poet (1860–1895)

English footballer (1906-1938)

racecar driver (1887–1981)

British photographer (1857–1939)

German diarist, writer and friend of Queen Victoria (1839-1929)

British aerodynamicist (1892–1934)

British artist (1846-1896)

British actress (1904-1946)

Cricket player of South Africa. (1876-1964)

English association footballer (1944-1980)

English noble

English Test and County cricketer (born 1931)

Scottish philosopher (1844–1897)

English footballer (1874-1908)

Royal Navy rear admiral (1718-1782)

British antiquarian (1786-1821)

first known instance of a pedestrian killed in an automobile collision in Great Britain

English footballer (1865-1923)

British ornithologist (1888-1953)