January
- 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]
- Brian Usher, 80, English footballer (Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, Doncaster Rovers).
- 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, 80, 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
- Garry Brooke, 64, English professional footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City, Wimbledon, Brentford, Reading).
- 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]
- Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham, 85, British politician, member of the House of Lords (1999–2020) and leader of the Kensington and Chelsea Council (1989–2000). [34]
- 25 January – Edweena Banger, British musician (The Nosebleeds, Slaughter & The Dogs). [35] (death announced on this date)
- 26 January – Michael Baggott, 51, British antiques dealer and television personality ( Flog It! ), heart attack. [36]
- 27 January
- Sir Patrick Rowe, 85, British rear admiral. [37]
- Andrew N. Schofield, 94, British engineer (University of Cambridge). [38]
- 29 January
- Julian Bennett, 75, British archaeologist. [39]
- Richard Williamson, 84, English traditionalist Catholic prelate, bishop of the Society of Saint Pius X (1988–2012), brain haemorrhage. [40]
- 30 January – Marianne Faithfull, 78, English singer ("As Tears Go By"), songwriter ("Broken English") and actress ( The Girl on a Motorcycle ). [41]