New subjects
| Abse, Leopold [Leo] (1917–2008), politician |
| Allen, Percival (1917–2008), geologist and sedimentologist |
| Appleby, (Florence) Lucy (1920–2008), cheese-maker |
| Ashton, Eric (1935–2008), rugby league player |
| Askham, Janet Mary (1941–2008), sociologist |
| Aspinall, Neil Stanley (1941–2008), music executive |
| Baddiley, Sir James (1918–2008), biochemist |
| Banbury, (Frederick Harold) Frith (1912–2008), actor, theatre director, and producer |
| Barnes, Clive Alexander (1927–2008), dance and drama critic |
| Barraclough, Sir John (1918–2008), air force officer |
| Barron, John Penrose (1934–2008), classical scholar and college head |
| Baskett, Peter John Firth (1934–2008), anaesthetist |
| Baxandall, Michael David Kighley (1933–2008), art historian |
| Baynes, Pauline Diana (1922–2008), illustrator |
| Beadle, Jeremy James Anthony Gibson (1948–2008), broadcaster and author |
| Benney, (Adrian) Gerald Sallis (1930–2008), goldsmith and silversmith |
| Beyer, Ralph Alexander (1921–2008), letter carver and sculptor |
| Bide, Sir Austin Ernest (1915–2008), chemist and industrialist |
| Blackmore, Frank Cuendet (1916–2008), road traffic engineer |
| Bradshaw, Anthony David (1926–2008), evolutionary biologist and restoration ecologist |
| Brewer, Derek Stanley (1923–2008), literary scholar and college head |
| Brien, Alan (1925–2008), journalist and novelist |
| Burns, Thomas [Tommy] (1956–2008), footballer and football manager |
| Burtt, Brian Laurence (1913–2008), botanist and plant taxonomist |
| Buzás, Stefan (1915–2008), architect |
| Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (1942–2008), historian and literary critic |
| Caminer, David Tresman (1915–2008), computing systems engineer |
| Cary, Tristram Ogilvie (1925–2008), composer |
| Chadwick, Henry (1920–2008), theologian and church historian |
| Challenor, Harold Gordon (1922–2008), soldier and police officer |
| Chipp, David Allan (1927–2008), journalist and news agency executive |
| Chrysostomides, Iouliane (1928–2008), Byzantine scholar and teacher |
| Clarke, Sir Arthur Charles (1917–2008), science and science fiction writer |
| Coldstream, (John) Nicolas (1927–2008), archaeologist and historian |
| Cole, Henry Alfred (1930–2008), police constable and author |
| Cole, Michael (1928–2008), scientist and inventor |
| Colledge, (Magdalena) Cecilia (1920–2008), figure skater |
| Cook, Beryl Frances (1926–2008), painter |
| Corbet, Philip Steven (1929–2008), entomologist |
| Cosgrove, Denis Edmund (1948–2008), geographer |
| Cotton, Sir William Frederick [Bill] (1928–2008), television executive |
| Court, Hazel Marjorie (1926–2008), actress |
| Cowgill, (George) Bryan (1927–2008), television producer and executive |
| Cox, (Charles) Brian (1928–2008), poet, literary critic, and educationist |
| Cox, Sir Geoffrey Sandford (1910–2008), journalist and broadcasting executive |
| Crampsey, Robert Anthony (1930–2008), head teacher, writer, and broadcaster |
| Crick, Sir Bernard Rowland (1929–2008), political scientist and biographer |
| Cuckney, John Graham, Baron Cuckney (1925–2008), intelligence officer and industrialist |
| Cushing, David Henry (1920–2008), marine ecologist |
| Dalton, Sir Howard (1944–2008), microbiologist |
| Daly, John (1937–2008), film and music producer and promoter |
| Datta, Naomi (1922–2008), microbiologist |
| Delfont, Helen Violet Carolyn, Lady Delfont (1918–2008), actress and singer [see under Delfont, Bernard, Baron Delfont (1909–1994)] |
| Dobrée, Georgina (1930–2008), clarinettist |
| Douglas, Margaret Elizabeth (1934–2008), television producer and executive |
| Dundy, Elaine (1921–2008), novelist and biographer [see under Tynan, Kenneth Peacock (1927–1980)] |
| Dunlop, Samuel Clarke (1922–2008), master mariner |
| Dunlop, (Stephen) Robert (1960–2008), racing motorcyclist [see under Dunlop, William Joseph (1952–2000)] |
| Dunwoody, Gwyneth Patricia (1930–2008), politician |
| Eames, Elizabeth Sara (1918–2008), archaeologist and expert on medieval tiles |
| Elliott, Walter Archibald, Lord Elliott (1922–2008), advocate and judge |
| Feilden, Sir Bernard Melchior (1919–2008), conservation architect |
| Fort, Dame Maeve Geraldine (1940–2008), diplomatist |
| Fournier, Robert Charles Privett (1915–2008), potter |
| Fowden, Sir Leslie (1925–2008), plant biochemist |
| Frankel, William (1917–2008), barrister and newspaper editor |
| Franks, Sir Arthur Temple [Dick] (1920–2008), special operations and intelligence officer |
| Fraser, George Macdonald (1925–2008), journalist, novelist, and screen-writer |
| Fraser, Ian Edward (1920–2008), submariner |
| Glossop, (Cyril) Peter (1928–2008), singer |
| Gomm, Richard Culling Carr- (1922–2008), army officer and charity founder |
| Goobey, Alastair Ross (1945–2008), pension fund manager |
| Goodwin, Leonard George (1915–2008), pharmacologist and medical protozoologist |
| Graham, David Michael Gordon [Davey] (1940–2008), guitarist and singer |
| Gray, (Thomas) Cecil (1913–2008), anaesthetist |
| Gray, Simon James Holliday (1936–2008), playwright and diarist |
| Grayson, Edward (1925–2008), barrister |
| Griffiths, Philip Jones (1936–2008), photojournalist |
| Gutteridge, William Frank [Bill] (1919–2008), international relations scholar |
| Hall, Clifford Samuel (1925–2008), singer and guitarist |
| Hall, Mary (1928–2008), nun and educationist |
| Handley, Vernon George [Tod] (1930–2008), conductor |
| Hardman, Leslie Henry (1913–2008), Jewish minister and army chaplain |
| Harling, (Henry) Robert (1910–2008), typographic designer, novelist, and magazine editor |
| Hart, Frederick Leslie (1914–2008), automotive engineer |
| Hayward, Douglas Frederick Cornelius (1934–2008), tailor |
| Heath, Roy Aubrey Kelvin (1926–2008), novelist |
| Herlie, Eileen (1918–2008), actress |
| Hermon, Sir John Charles (1928–2008), police officer |
| Hibbert, Arthur Raymond [Christopher] (1924–2008), historian |
| Hickox, Richard Sidney (1948–2008), conductor |
| Higgs, Sir Derek Alan (1944–2008), banker |
| Higman, Graham (1917–2008), mathematician |
| Hill, Sir John McGregor (1921–2008), nuclear physicist and public servant |
| Hobbs, John Raymond (1929–2008), pathologist and clinical immunologist |
| Hoddinott, Alun (1929–2008), composer |
| Holme, Richard Gordon, Baron Holme of Cheltenham (1936–2008), politician and businessman |
| Hunt, John Joseph Benedict, Baron Hunt of Tanworth (1919–2008), civil servant |
| Hunter, George Kirkpatrick (1920–2008), literary scholar |
| Hunter, Muir Vane Skerrett (1913–2008), barrister |
| Jack, Ian Robert James (1923–2008), literary scholar |
| Jay, Margaret Christian [Peggy] (1913–2008), local government politician [see under Jay, Douglas Patrick Thomas, Baron Jay (1907–1996)] |
| Jennett, (William) Bryan (1926–2008), neurosurgeon |
| Johnson, Henry James [Jim] (1924–2008), army officer and businessman |
| Johnston, (David) Russell Russell-, Baron Russell-Johnston (1932–2008), politician |
| Jones, David Hugh (1934–2008), theatre, film, and television director |
| Jones, Sir (John) Derek Alun- (1933–2008), industrialist |
| Jones, Sir John Henry Harvey- (1924–2008), industrialist |
| Kavanagh, Patricia Olive [Pat] (1940–2008), literary agent |
| Keatinge, William Richard (1931–2008), physiologist |
| Keeble, Sir (Herbert Ben) Curtis (1922–2008), diplomatist |
| Keen, Douglas Henry George (1913–2008), publisher |
| Keenan, Brian Paschal (1941–2008), Irish republican activist |
| Kelly, Sir (John William) Basil (1920–2008), judge |
| Kemp, Sir (Edward) Peter (1934–2008), civil servant |
| Kerr, David Allan (1945–2008), theologian and scholar of Islam |
| Kington, Miles Beresford (1941–2008), humorist, jazz critic, and broadcaster |
| Knowles, Jeremy Randall (1935–2008), chemist |
| Koerner, Roy Martindale (1932–2008), glaciologist and polar explorer |
| Laddie, Sir Hugh Ian Lang (1946–2008), barrister, judge, and legal scholar |
| Laing, Sir (John) Maurice (1918–2008), industrialist [see under Laing, Sir John William (1879–1978)] |
| Lambton, Ann Katharine Swynford (1912–2008), orientalist and Persianist |
| Lancaster, Terence Roger (1920–2007), journalist [see under Douglas, Margaret Elizabeth (1934–2008)] |
| Lawther, Patrick Joseph (1921–2008), physician and medical researcher |
| Levey, Sir Michael Vincent (1927–2008), art historian and gallery director |
| Lewis, Geoffrey Lewis (1920–2008), Turkish scholar |
| Lloyd, (Hugh) Russell (1916–2008), film editor |
| Lockhart, Alexander John [Sandy] Bruce-, Baron Bruce-Lockhart (1942–2008), politician |
| Lyons, (Isidore) Jack (1916–2008), businessman, philanthropist, and convicted fraudster |
| Lyons, Bernard (1913–2008), businessman and philanthropist [see under Lyons, (Isidore) Jack (1916–2008)] |
| Lyth, Isabel Edgar Punton (1917–2008), psychoanalyst and social scientist |
| Lyttelton, Humphrey Richard Adeane (1921–2008), jazz musician and broadcaster |
| Macarthur, Arthur Leitch (1913–2008), Presbyterian and United Reformed Church minister |
| MacEwen, Ann Maitland (1918–2008), architect and town planner |
| MacEwen, Malcolm (1911–1996) [see under MacEwen, Ann Maitland (1918–2008)] |
| Macfadyen, Donald James Dobbie, Lord Macfadyen (1945–2008), judge |
| Markham, Edward Archibald (1939–2008), poet and novelist |
| Marland, (Peter) Michael (1934–2008), headteacher and educationist |
| McEwen, Alexander Dundas (1935–2008), folk singer |
| McEwen, Roderick (1932–1982), botanical artist and folk singer [see under McEwen, Alexander Dundas (1935–2008)] |
| Mellers, Wilfrid Howard (1914–2008), composer and musicologist |
| Meyer, Laverne Ignatius Henry (1935–2008), dancer and choreographer |
| Michie, (Janet) Ray, Baroness Michie of Gallanach (1934–2008), politician |
| Minghella, Anthony (1954–2008), playwright, screenwriter, and film director |
| Mitchell, Adrian Christopher (1932–2008), poet |
| Mitchell, John [Mitch] (1947–2008), drummer |
| Morrice, Norman Alexander (1931–2008), choreographer and ballet director |
| Morris, Max (1913–2008), headteacher and trade unionist |
| Morris, Sir (James) Richard Samuel (1925–2008), engineer and industrialist |
| Moss, Patricia Ann (1934–2008), showjumper and rally driver |
| Munro, Dame Alison (1914–2008), civil servant and headmistress |
| Neal, Sir Leonard Francis (1913–2008), trade unionist and industrial relations adviser |
| Nerina, Nadia (1927–2008), ballerina |
| Nixon, Sir Edwin Ronald (1925–2008), computer industry executive |
| Noakes, George (1924–2008), bishop of St David's and archbishop of Wales |
| North, John David (1934–2008), historian |
| O'Brien, Conor Cruise (1917–2008), diplomatist, politician, and author |
| O'Neill, (Katharine) Jean, Lady O'Neill of the Maine (1915–2008), horticulturist [see under O'Neill, Terence Marne, Baron |
| O'Neill of the Maine (1914–1990)] |
| Orr, Sir David Alexander (1922–2008), businessman |
| Papadakis, Andreas Constantine (1938–2008), publisher |
| Partridge, Monica Agnes (1915–2008), Russian and Slavonic scholar |
| Perkins, Geoffrey Howard (1953–2008), comedy writer and radio and television producer |
| Pinter, Harold (1930–2008), actor, playwright, and director |
| Pippard, Sir (Alfred) Brian (1920–2008), physicist |
| Podro, Michael Isaac (1931–2008), art historian |
| Postgate, (Richard) Oliver (1925–2008), children's television writer and producer |
| Puxon, (Christine) Margaret (1915–2008), gynaecologist, obstetrician, and barrister |
| Pym, Francis Leslie, Baron Pym (1922–2008), politician |
| Raymond, Paul (1925–2008), theatrical impresario, publisher, and property owner |
| Rees, Peter Wynford Innes, Baron Rees (1926–2008), politician |
| Richardson, Joanna Leah (1925–2008), biographer |
| Rigby, Terence Christopher Gerald (1937–2008), actor |
| Ritchie, (Joseph) Murdoch (1925–2008), neuroscientist, biophysicist, and pharmacologist |
| Roberts, Eirlys Rhiwen Cadwaladr (1911–2008), advocate of consumer rights |
| Robertson, Sir Lewis Findlay (1922–2008), industrialist and public servant |
| Rolt, Anthony Peter Roylance (1918–2008), soldier, racing driver, and engineer |
| Rooke, Sir Denis Eric (1924–2008), engineer and industrialist |
| Rosen, Harold (1919–2008), educationist |
| Rothwell, Rosalind Alice, Lady Barbirolli (1911–2008), oboist |
| Routh, John Reginald Surdeval [Jonathan] (1927–2008), television presenter, author, and painter |
| Roza, Lilian Patricia (1926–2008), singer |
| Russell, John (1919–2008), art critic |
| Saffman, Philip Geoffrey (1931–2008), applied mathematician |
| Sandberg, Alexander Christer Edward (1923–2008), civil and structural engineer |
| Scofield, (David) Paul (1922–2008), actor |
| Serpell, Sir David Radford (1911–2008), civil servant |
| Shields, Sir Robert (1930–2008), surgeon |
| Shivas, Mark (1938–2008), film and television producer |
| Smalls, Derek Creighton [Bertie] (1937–2008), bank robber and police informant |
| Smith, Antony John (1934–2008), medical journalist |
| Smith, Michael George (1943–2008), songwriter and musician |
| Spriggs, Elizabeth Jean (1929–2008), actress |
| Stokes, Donald Gresham, Baron Stokes (1914–2008), industrialist |
| Stonefrost, Maurice Frank (1927–2008), local government officer |
| Telford, Sir Robert (1915–2008), engineer and industrialist |
| Templeton, Sir John Marks (1912–2008), investment adviser and philanthropist |
| Tennant, Pauline Laetitia, Lady Rumbold (1927–2008), actress and poet [see under Baddeley, Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton (1906–1986)] |
| Thoday, John Marion (1916–2008), radiobiologist and geneticist |
| Thomas, Marjorie Gwendolen (1923–2008), singer |
| Thomas, Peter Kynaston (1926–2008), neurologist |
| Thomson, George Morgan, Baron Thomson of Monifieth (1921–2008), politician and public servant |
| Thornes, John Barrie (1940–2008), geographer and geomorphologist |
| Tremlett, Christopher William (1936–2008), boat designer and manufacturer |
| Tuohy, Thomas (1917–2008), chemical engineer and nuclear industry executive |
| Vallat, Sir Francis Aimé (1912–2008), international lawyer, professor, and civil servant |
| Varley, Eric Graham, Baron Varley (1932–2008), politician |
| Vickers, James Oswald Noel [Jon] (1916–2008), educationist and trade unionist |
| Walbank, Frank William (1909–2008), ancient historian |
| Walker, Diana Barnato (1918–2008), aviator |
| Watkin, (Francis) David (1925–2008), cinematographer |
| Whale, John Hilary (1931–2008), journalist and newspaper editor |
| Wheeler, Sir Selwyn Charles Cornelius- (1923–2008), journalist and broadcaster |
| Whiteside, Derek Thomas (1932–2008), historian of mathematics |
| Wilson, Eric Charles Twelves (1912–2008), army officer and colonial administrator |
| Witherington, (Cecile) Pearl (1914–2008), special operations officer |
| Wright, Richard William [Rick] (1943–2008), keyboard player |
| Wyre, Raymond Keith (1951–2008), probation officer and sexual crime consultant |
| Yahya Ali Omar (1924–2008), Swahili scholar |
| Yates, John (1925–2008), bishop of Gloucester |
| Zarnecki, Jerzy (1915–2008), art historian |
