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Adams, Douglas Noël (1952-2001), writer
Adler, Lawrence Cecil [Larry] (1914-2001), harmonica player and composer
Airey, Sir Lawrence (1926-2001), civil servant
Albery, Nicholas Bronson (1948-2001), social activist and charity founder
Alexander, Sir Kenneth John Wilson [Ken] (1922-2001), economist, university administrator, and public servant
Allen, John Frank [Jack] (1908-2001), physicist
Anscombe, (Gertrude) Elizabeth Margaret (1919-2001), philosopher
Ansell, Barbara Mary (1923-2001), rheumatologist
Aquilecchia, Giovanni [Gianni] (1923-2001), Italian scholar
Astor, (Francis) David Langhorne (1912-2001), newspaper editor and philanthropist
Balfour, Honor Catherine Mary (1912-2001), politician and journalist
Bamford, Joseph Cyril (1916-2001), engineer and businessman
Baxter, James Curran [Jim] (1939-2001), footballer
Beamont, Roland Prosper (1920-2001), air force officer and test pilot
Beddington, Rosa Susan Penelope (1956-2001), developmental biologist
Beeley, Sir Harold (1909-2001), diplomatist
Berry, (William) Michael, Baron Hartwell (1911-2001), newspaper proprietor
Bevins, Anthony John [Tony] (1942-2001), journalist
Boulting, Roy Alfred Clarence (1913-2001), film producer and director [see under Boulting, John Edward (1913-1985)]
Braden, (Dorothy Kathleen) Norah [Lise] (1901-2001), potter
Braybrooke, Neville Patrick Bellairs (1923-2001), writer and editor
Brosan, George Stephen (1921-2001), engineer and educational administrator
Buchanan, Sir Colin Douglas (1907-2001), town planner
Buckle, (Christopher) Richard Sandford [Dicky] (1916-2001), ballet critic and exhibition organizer
Burns [née Pellew], Anne (1915-2001), aeronautical engineer and glider pilot
Cable, Sir James Eric Sydney Skelton (1920-2001), diplomatist and writer on naval strategy
Cann, Rita Evelyn [performing name Rita Lawrence] (1911-2001), pianist and singer
Carman, George Alfred (1929-2001), barrister
Carver, (Richard) Michael Power [Mike], Baron Carver (1915-2001), army officer
Catto, Stephen Gordon, second Baron Catto (1923-2001), merchant banker
Cherry, Helen Mary (1915-2001), actress [see under Howard, Trevor [real name Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith]]
Chidson, Donald Montagu Gerard (1920-2001), promoter of caravanning
Chona, (Mathias) Mainza (1930-2001), vice-president and prime minister of Zambia
Clark, Sir John Allen (1926-2001), industrialist
Cocks, Michael Francis Lovell, Baron Cocks of Hartcliffe (1929-2001), politician
Cooper, Joseph Elliott Needham (1912-2001), musician and broadcaster
Counihan, Daniel John Patrick (1917-2001), journalist
Cullis, Stanley [Stan] (1916-2001), footballer and football manager
Curry, Dennis (1912-2001), businessman and geologist
Davies, William David (1911-2001), New Testament scholar
Davis, Harold [performing names Harold Alzana, the Great Alzana] (1916-2001), high-wire walker
Dean, Beryl (1911-2001), embroiderer
Denton, Anthony Albert [Tony] (1937-2001), marine engineer
Denton [née Moss], Jean, Baroness Denton of Wakefield (1935-2001), rally driver, businesswoman, and politician
Derbyshire, Delia Ann (1937-2001), composer
Dick, Kathleen Elsie [Kay] (1915-2001), editor and author
Dunham, Sir Kingsley Charles (1910-2001), geologist and scientific administrator
Dunnett [née Halliday], Dorothy, Lady Dunnett (1923-2001), novelist and artist
Durie, Sir Alexander Charles [Alec] (1915-2001), businessman and public servant
Eadie [née Hearn], Ellice Aylmer (1912-2001), barrister and civil servant
Ffitch, George Norman (1929-2001), journalist and broadcaster
Foster, Sir Richard Anthony (1941-2001), museum director
Gascoyne, David Emery (1916-2001), poet
Gaskell, (John) Philip Wellesley [Pip] (1926-2001), bibliographer and librarian
Gell, Philip George Houthem (1914-2001), immunologist
Gershevitch, Ilya (1914-2001), scholar of Iranian languages
Gilbert, Sir Arthur (1913-2001), businessman and art collector
Gilroy [née Answick], Beryl Agatha (1924-2001), teacher and author
Gombrich, Sir Ernst Hans Josef (1909-2001), art historian
Grant, Sir (Matthew) Alistair (1937-2001), businessman
Grebenik, Eugene (1919-2001), demographer
Grigg, John Edward Poynder, second Baron Altrincham (1924-2001), journalist and historian
Grove [née Clark], Jean Mary (1927-2001), geographer
Gurney, Oliver Robert (1911-2001), scholar of ancient Near Eastern languages
Hall, Edward Thomas [Teddy] (1924-2001), archaeological scientist
Hamilton, (Robert) Ian (1938-2001), poet and literary critic
Hamlyn [formerly Hamburger], Paul Bertrand Wolfgang, Baron Hamlyn (1926-2001), publisher, businessman, and philanthropist
Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1907-2001), Greek scholar
Hanley, Sir Michael Bowen (1918-2001), intelligence officer
Harris, John Henry, Baron Harris of Greenwich (1930-2001), political adviser and politician
Harrison, George (1943-2001), musician and composer
Hastings, Adrian Christopher (1929-2001), theologian and church historian
Hawthorne, Sir Nigel Barnard (1929-2001), actor
Hersee, George (1924-2001), television engineer
Hogarth, (Arthur) Paul (1917-2001), artist and illustrator
Hogg, Quintin McGarel, second Viscount Hailsham and Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1907-2001), lawyer and politician
Holland, Peter Charles Crossley- (1916-2001), musicologist and composer
Horne, Willie (1922-2001), rugby league player
Hoyle, Sir Fred (1915-2001), astronomer
Hughes, Cledwyn, Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos (1916-2001), politician
Hughes, Kenneth Graham [Ken] (1922-2001), film director and screenwriter
Hunter, Rita Nellie (1933-2001), singer
Huntley, Robert [Bob] (1919-2001), police officer
Ivens, Michael William (1924-2001), free-enterprise propagandist and poet
Jahoda [married names Lazarsfeld, Albu], Marie [Mitzi] (1907-2001), social psychologist
Jennings, Elizabeth Joan (1926-2001), poet
Johnson, James Edgar [Johnnie] (1915-2001), air force officer and businessman
Johnson, Robert Alan [Bob] (1940-2001), businessman and philanthropist
Joll, (Dowrish) Evelyn Louis (1925-2001), fine art dealer and art historian
Kenward [née Kemp- Welch], Elizabeth [Betty; pseud. Jennifer] (1906-2001), society columnist
Kiff, Kenneth George [Ken] (1935-2001), painter and printmaker
Kilburn, Tom (1921-2001), computer scientist
Knapp, James [Jimmy] (1940-2001), trade unionist
Krailsheimer, Alban John (1921-2001), French scholar
Kreitman, Hyman (1914-2001), businessman
Lasdun, Sir Denys Louis (1914-2001), architect
Laslett, (Thomas) Peter Ruffell (1915-2001), historian
Lawton, Sir Frederick Horace (1911-2001), judge
Lincoln, Frances Elizabeth Rosemary (1945-2001), publisher
Logan, Jimmy [real name James Allan Short] (1928-2001), actor and comedian
Lowry, Sir (John) Patrick [Pat] (1920-2001), industrial relations officer
McCabe, John Ignatius [name in religion Herbert McCabe] (1926-2001), Roman Catholic priest and theologian
McClintock, David Charles (1913-2001), plantsman
Macdonald, Sir Roderick Douglas (1921-2001), naval officer and painter
MacKenzie, (David) Neil (1926-2001), scholar of Iranian languages
MacStiofáin, Sean [formerly John Edward Drayton Stephenson] (1928-2001), Irish republican
Madden, Sir Charles Edward, second baronet (1906-2001), naval officer
Mann, (Francis) George (1917-2001), cricketer
Marks, Leopold Samuel [Leo] (1920-2001), cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter
Martin, Dame Rosamund Mary Holland- [née Rosamund Mary Hornby], Lady Holland-Martin (1914-2001), voluntary worker
Miles, Anthony John [Tony] (1955-2001), chess player
Mills, John Faithful Fortescue Platts- (1906-2001), barrister and politician
Mogg, Sir (Herbert) John (1913-2001), army officer
Morris, Brian Robert, Baron Morris of Castle Morris (1930-2001), literary scholar and arts administrator
Mount, Margaret Rose [Peggy] (1915-2001), actress
Muspratt, Helen Margaret (1907-2001), portrait photographer
Newby, Frank (1926-2001), structural engineer
Newton [née Pearce], Stella Mary (1901-2001), designer and dress historian
Nurse, Rupert Theophilus (1910-2001), instrumentalist and musical arranger
Obolensky, Sir Dimitri (1918-2001), historian
Onslow, Cranley Gordon Douglas, Baron Onslow of Woking (1926-2001), politician
Pakenham, Francis Aungier [ Frank], first Baron Pakenham and seventh earl of Longford (1905-2001), politician, writer, and philanthropist
Palmer, Charles Stuart William (1930-2001), judoka and sports administrator
Plowden, Edwin Noel Auguste, Baron Plowden (1907-2001), industrialist and public servant
Plumb, Sir John Harold [Jack] (1911-2001), historian and college head
Porter, Nyree Dawn (1936-2001), actress
Prentice, Reginald Ernest [Reg], Baron Prentice (1923-2001), politician
Preston, Ronald Haydn (1913-2001), theologian and Church of England clergyman
Railton [married name King], Dame Ruth (1915-2001), founder of the National Youth Orchestra
Raven, Simon Arthur Noël (1927-2001), writer
Reece, Sir (James) Gordon (1929-2001), television producer and public relations consultant
Ridler, Anne Barbara [née Bradby] (1912-2001), poet and writer
Ridley, Sir (Nicholas) Harold Lloyd (1906-2001), ophthalmic surgeon and inventor of the intraocular lens implant
Riley, Edward Calverley [Ted] (1923-2001), Spanish scholar
Rivers, Julian Alfred Lane Fox Pitt- (1919-2001), social anthropologist and Hispanicist
Rochester, George Dixon (1908-2001), physicist
Ross, Alan John (1922-2001), writer and editor
Rowlands, David Heslin [Dafydd] (1931-2001), Welsh-language poet and essayist
Rubinstein, Michael Bernard (1920-2001), solicitor
Sage [née Stockton], Lorna (1943-2001), literary critic and author
Salmon, Brian Lawson (1917-2001), businessman and public servant
Sanger, Ruth Ann (1918-2001), serologist [see under Race, Robert Russell (1907-1984)]
Sebald, Winfried Georg Maximilian [Max] (1944-2001), writer and scholar of literature in German
Secombe, Sir Harry Donald (1921-2001), entertainer
Seifert, Richard [formerly Rubin] (1910-2001), architect
Shackleton, Robert Millner (1909-2001), geologist
Shaffer, Anthony Joshua (1926-2001), playwright and screenwriter
Sharp, Nancy Culliford (1909-2001), painter [see under Coldstream, Sir Wallace Menzies (1908-2001)]
Sherlock, Dame Sheila Patricia Violet (1918-2001), hepatologist
Shore, Peter David, Baron Shore of Stepney (1924-2001), politician
Sieff, Marcus Joseph, Baron Sieff of Brimpton (1913-2001), retailer
Skempton, Sir Alec Westley (1914-2001), civil engineer and historian of engineering
Smart, (Roderick) Ninian (1927-2001), religious scholar
Smith, Herchel (1925-2001), chemist and philanthropist
Snow, Sebastian Edward Farquharson (1929-2001), explorer and author
Southern, Sir Richard William (1912-2001), historian
Spens, Patrick Michael Rex, third Baron Spens (1942-2001), merchant banker
Spotswood, Sir Denis Frank (1916-2001), air force officer
Stakis, Sir Reo [formerly Argyros Anastasis] (1913-2001), hotelier and businessman
Stearn, William Thomas (1911-2001), botanist
Stewart, Sir Frederick Henry (1916-2001), geologist
Storr, (Charles) Anthony (1920-2001), psychiatrist
Storr [née Cole], Catherine [other married name Catherine Balogh, Lady Balogh] (1913-2001), children's writer and psychiatrist
Sylvester, (Anthony) David Bernard (1924-2001), art critic and exhibition curator
Taylor, John Vernon (1914-2001), missionary and bishop of Winchester
Taylor, Thomas Johnston [Tom], Baron Taylor of Gryfe (1912-2001), businessman and public servant
Tett, Sir Hugh Charles (1906-2001), industrialist
Thomas [née Ready; other married name Baldry], (Elsie Ethel) Irene (1920-2001), quiz panellist and radio personality
Thomas, Ralph Philip (1915-2001), film director
Tillotson [née Constable], Kathleen Mary (1906-2001), literary scholar
Trubshaw, (Ernest) Brian (1924-2001), aviator
Tuke, Sir Anthony Favill (1920-2001), banker and businessman
Tutin, Dame Dorothy (1930-2001), actress
Ullyett, Royden Herbert Frederick (1914-2001), cartoonist and caricaturist
Uvarov, Dame Olga Nikolaevna (1910-2001), veterinary scientist
Valois, Dame Ninette de [real name Edris Stannus; married name Edris Connell] (1898-2001), ballerina, choreographer, and founder of the Royal Ballet
Verey [née Sandilands], Rosemary Isabel Baird (1918-2001), garden designer and writer
Walker, Sir Walter Colyear (1912-2001), army officer
Wall, Patrick David [Pat] (1925-2001), neuroscientist
Waugh, Auberon Alexander [Bron] (1939-2001), journalist and author
West, Edwin George (1922-2001), economist and educationist
Whitehouse [née Hutcheson], (Constance) Mary (1910-2001), schoolteacher and campaigner
Wilkinson, (Elizabeth) Mary (1909-2001), German scholar
Williams, Thomas Eifion Hopkins (1923-2001), civil and transport engineer
Williamson, Harold (1922-2001), journalist and broadcaster
Willmer, (Edward) Nevill (1902-2001), histologist and biologist
Wilson, Thomas Brendan (1927-2001), composer
Winning, Thomas Joseph (1925-2001), Roman Catholic archbishop of Glasgow and cardinal
Withers [married names Stewart, Kennett], (Elizabeth) Audrey (1905-2001), magazine editor
Woodhouse, Christopher Montague [Monty], fifth Baron Terrington (1917-2001), army officer, historian, and politician
Woodruff, Sir Michael Francis Addison (1911-2001), surgeon
Worsley, Arthur Wilkinson (1920-2001), ventriloquist
Worswick, (George) David Norman (1916-2001), economist
Yan-kit So (1933-2001), food scholar and cookery writer
Young, Muriel (1923-2001), television presenter and producer

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