# List of members of the Order of the Companions of Honour

Below is a list of members of the Order of the Companions of Honour from the order's creation in 1917 until the present day.

## Members

| Date | Name | Birth–Death | Area of achievement |
| 4 June 1917 | Jan Smuts | 1870–1950 | Statesman |
| 4 June 1917 | Harry Gosling | 1861–1930 | Politician and trade unionist |
| 4 June 1917 | The Marchioness of Lansdowne | 1850–1932 | Courtier and humanitarian |
| 4 June 1917 | Elizabeth Haldane | 1862–1937 | Suffragist, writer |
| 4 June 1917 | K. B. Quinan | 1878–1948 | Chemical engineer |
| 4 June 1917 | Sir Henry Smith | 1863–1923 | Civil servant |
| 4 June 1917 | The Lord Burnham | 1862–1933 | Newspaper proprietor and politician |
| 4 June 1917 | Sir Frank Swettenham | 1850–1946 | Colonial administrator |
| 4 June 1917 | Edward Strutt | 1854–1930 | Agriculturalist |
| 4 June 1917 | The Lord Faringdon | 1850–1934 | Financier and politician |
| 4 June 1917 | The Viscount Chetwynd | 1863–1936 | Industrialist |
| 4 June 1917 | William Ripper | 1853–1937 | Educationalist |
| 4 June 1917 | May Tennant | 1869–1946 | Civil servant and social reformer |
| 4 June 1917 | Violet Markham | 1872–1959 | Social reformer |
| 4 June 1917 | William John Davis | 1848–1934 | Trade unionist |
| 4 June 1917 | George Wardle | 1865–1947 | Politician |
| 4 June 1917 | Alexander Wilkie | 1850–1928 | Politician |
| 1 January 1918 | Sir John Furley | 1836–1919 | Humanitarian |
| 1 January 1918 | James Andrew Seddon | 1868–1939 | Politician and trade unionist |
| 1 January 1918 | James Parker | 1863–1948 | Politician |
| 25 February 1918 | Sir Alfred Keogh | 1857–1936 | Doctor, head of Army Medical Service |
| 3 June 1918 | Sir Herbert Perrott, Bt | 1849–1922 | Humanitarian |
| 3 June 1918 | Sir Frederick Treves, Bt | 1853-1923 | Surgeon |
| 3 June 1918 | Sir Samuel Provis | 1845–1926 | Civil servant |
| 29 April 1919 | Walter Layton | 1884–1966 | Economist and newspaper proprietor |
| 29 April 1919 | Sir Thomas Royden, Bt | 1871–1950 | Businessman and politician |
| 1 January 1920 | George Nicoll Barnes | 1859–1940 | Politician |
| 1 January 1920 | Philip Kerr | 1882–1940 | Diplomat |
| 1 January 1921 | Sir John Ellerman, Bt | 1862–1933 | Entrepreneur and shipping magnate |
| 1 January 1921 | John Clifford | 1836–1923 | Nonconformist minister |
| 4 June 1921 | The Viscount Dillon | 1844–1932 | Antiquary and heraldist |
| 4 June 1921 | Arthur Headlam | 1862–1947 | Bishop of Gloucester |
| 4 June 1921 | Sir William Robertson Nicoll | 1851–1923 | Church minister and journalist |
| 2 January 1922 | Sir Henry Jones | 1852–1922 | Philosopher |
| 2 January 1922 | Sir Henry Newbolt | 1862–1938 | Poet |
| 2 January 1922 | Joseph Havelock Wilson | 1859–1929 | Trade unionist |
| 19 October 1922 | Sir Hall Caine | 1853–1931 | Novelist |
| 19 October 1922 | Winston Churchill | 1874–1965 | Statesman |
| 19 October 1922 | Sir Evan Vincent Evans | 1851–1934 | Journalist and promoter of the Welsh national revival |
| 19 October 1922 | John Henry Jowett | 1863–1923 | Congregationalist minister |
| 25 May 1923 | J. C. C. Davidson | 1889–1970 | Conservative politician |
| 1 January 1926 | Wilson Carlile | 1847–1942 | Church Army founder |
| 5 June 1926 | Herbert Armitage James | 1844–1931 | Cleric and school administrator |
| 1 January 1927 | Hugh Sheppard | 1880–1937 | Anglican priest |
| 9 May 1927 | Stanley Bruce | 1883–1967 | Prime Minister of Australia |
| 3 June 1927 | John Jones | 1865–1942 | Congregational minister |
| 4 June 1928 | John Scott Haldane | 1860–1936 | Physiologist |
| 1 March 1929 | Florence, Lady Barrett | 1867–1945 | Gynaecologist |
| 1 March 1929 | John Carlile | 1862–1941 | Baptist minister, social reformer |
| 1 March 1929 | Lilian Baylis | 1874–1937 | Theatre producer |
| 1 March 1929 | Frederick Delius | 1862–1934 | Composer |
| 30 April 1929 | Bramwell Booth | 1856–1929 | Leader of The Salvation Army |
| 3 June 1929 | Thomas Jones | 1870–1955 | Civil servant and educationalist |
| 1 January 1930 | Maude Royden | 1876–1956 | Suffragist |
| 1 January 1930 | V. S. Srinivasa Sastri | 1869–1946 | Indian politician |
| 1 January 1930 | Gertrude Tuckwell | 1861–1951 | Trade unionist and social worker |
| 3 June 1930 | Margaret McMillan | 1860–1931 | Trade unionist |
| 1 January 1931 | Helena Swanwick | 1864–1939 | Feminist and pacifist |
| 1 January 1931 | Jane Harriett Walker | 1859–1938 | Medical doctor |
| 3 June 1931 | Albert Mansbridge | 1876–1952 | Educator |
| 3 June 1931 | Seebohm Rowntree | 1871–1954 | Industrialist and philanthropist |
| 1 January 1932 | John Buchan | 1875–1940 | Scottish author and Governor General of Canada |
| 3 June 1932 | E. V. Lucas | 1868–1938 | Writer |
| 3 June 1932 | Laurence Binyon | 1869–1943 | Poet |
| 2 January 1933 | Tubby Clayton | 1885–1972 | Priest and philanthropist |
| 2 January 1933 | John Scott Lidgett | 1854–1953 | Methodist priest and educationist |
| 3 June 1933 | Annie Horniman | 1860–1937 | Theatre manager |
| 1 January 1934 | Thomas Page | 1850–1936 | Classicist |
| 3 June 1935 | William Bruce | 1858–1936 | Lawyer, politician, educationalist |
| 3 June 1935 | John White | 1867–1951 | Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland |
| 1 January 1936 | J. Dover Wilson | 1881–1969 | Shakespeare scholar |
| 23 June 1936 | Joseph Lyons | 1879–1939 | Prime Minister of Australia |
| 23 June 1936 | Janet Trevelyan | 1879–1956 | Writer |
| 23 June 1936 | Hugh MacDowell Pollock | 1852–1937 | Businessman and Ulster Unionist politician |
| 23 June 1936 | George Adams | 1874–1966 | Political scientist and academic |
| 11 May 1937 | Melbourn Aubrey | 1885–1957 | Baptist Union of Great Britain General Secretary |
| 11 May 1937 | John Alfred Spender | 1862–1942 | Journalist and editor |
| 11 May 1937 | Charles Thomson Rees Wilson | 1869–1959 | Physicist |
| 11 May 1937 | The Viscountess Astor | 1879–1964 | Pioneering woman politician |
| 11 May 1937 | Gwendoline Davies | 1882–1951 | Philanthropist and patron of the arts |
| 1 January 1938 | Howell Arthur Gwynne | 1865–1950 | Newspaper editor and author |
| 8 June 1939 | James Mallon | 1875–1961 | Social reformer |
| 8 June 1939 | George Peabody Gooch | 1873–1968 | Historian |
| 1 January 1941 | James Louis Garvin | 1868–1947 | Journalist and author |
| 1 January 1941 | Arthur Henry Mann | 1876–1972 | Journalist |
| 1 January 1941 | Billy Hughes | 1862–1952 | Prime Minister of Australia |
| 12 June 1941 | A. V. Alexander | 1885–1965 | Labour politician |
| 11 June 1942 | The Lord Woolton | 1883–1964 | Businessman turned-politician |
| 23 June 1942 | Sir Earle Page | 1880–1961 | Prime Minister of Australia |
| 1 January 1943 | Joseph Hertz | 1872–1946 | Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth |
| 1 January 1943 | The Lord Leathers | 1883–1965 | Industrialist turned-politician |
| 21 May 1943 | J. M. Andrews | 1871–1956 | Prime Minister of Northern Ireland |
| 2 June 1943 | Ernest Hives | 1886–1965 | Industrialist |
| 2 June 1943 | The Lord Snell | 1865–1944 | Labour politician |
| 9 August 1943 | The Viscount Swinton | 1884–1972 | Conservative politician |
| 24 September 1943 | Essington Lewis | 1881–1961 | Industrialist |
| 1 January 1944 | Richard Casey | 1890–1976 | Australian politician and British colonial administrator |
| 1 January 1944 | Edmund Fellowes | 1870–1951 | Theologian and musicologist |
| 1 January 1944 | Robert Hudson | 1886–1957 | Conservative politician |
| 8 June 1944 | Sir Henry Wood | 1869–1944 | Conductor, founded the Proms |
| 4 August 1944 | Sir Godfrey Huggins | 1883–1971 | Prime Minister of Rhodesia |
| 1 January 1945 | The Earl of Selborne | 1887–1971 | Conservative politician |
| 8 June 1945 | Clement Attlee | 1883–1967 | Labour politician |
| 8 June 1945 | Arthur Greenwood | 1880–1954 | Labour politician |
| 14 June 1945 | Henry Williams | 1872–1961 | Bishop of Carlisle |
| 5 July 1945 | Harry Crerar | 1888–1965 | Canadian general |
| 17 August 1945 | Leo Amery | 1873–1955 | Conservative politician |
| 17 August 1945 | Ernest Brown | 1881–1962 | Liberal politician |
| 17 August 1945 | Hastings Ismay | 1887–1965 | Soldier |
| 1 January 1946 | Archibald Hill | 1886–1977 | Physiologist |
| 4 January 1946 | Peter Fraser | 1884–1950 | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| 22 May 1946 | Vincent Massey | 1887–1967 | Governor General of Canada |
| 13 June 1946 | George Gibson | 1885–1953 | Trade unionist |
| 13 June 1946 | Andrew McNaughton | 1887–1966 | Canadian general and diplomat |
| 12 June 1947 | James Bone | 1872–1962 | Journalist |
| 12 June 1947 | J. W. Robertson Scott | 1866–1962 | Writer, campaigner on rural issues |
| 1 January 1948 | Margaret Bondfield | 1873–1953 | Pioneering woman politician |
| 1 January 1948 | Vita Sackville-West | 1892–1962 | Writer |
| 10 June 1948 | Walter de la Mare | 1873–1956 | Writer |
| 10 June 1948 | Howell Elvet Lewis | 1860–1953 | Bard, Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales |
| 10 June 1948 | William Whiteley | 1882–1955 | Labour politician |
| 1 January 1949 | Lord David Cecil | 1902–1986 | Biographer, historian and academic |
| 1 January 1949 | Arthur Deakin | 1890–1955 | Trade unionist |
| 9 June 1949 | Lionel George Curtis | 1872–1955 | Soldier and author |
| 1 January 1951 | Sir Stafford Cripps | 1889–1952 | Politician |
| 1 January 1951 | Robert Menzies | 1894–1978 | Prime Minister of Australia |
| 7 June 1951 | Sidney Holland | 1893–1961 | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| 30 November 1951 | Herbert Morrison | 1888–1965 | Politician |
| 5 June 1952 | Walter Elliot | 1888–1958 | Scottish Unionist politician |
| 1 January 1953 | E. M. Forster | 1879–1970 | Novelist |
| 1 June 1953 | Benjamin Britten | 1913–1976 | Composer |
| 1 June 1953 | James Chuter Ede | 1882–1965 | Labour politician |
| 1 June 1953 | Ian Fraser | 1897–1974 | Conservative politician |
| 1 June 1953 | Tom Johnston | 1881–1965 | Labour politician |
| 10 November 1953 | The Lord Cherwell | 1886–1957 | Physicist |
| 1 January 1954 | John Christie | 1882–1962 | Founder of Glyndebourne Festival Opera |
| 8 January 1954 | Rab Butler | 1902–1982 | Politician |
| 10 June 1954 | W. Somerset Maugham | 1874–1965 | Writer |
| 21 December 1954 | René Massigli | 1888–1988 | French diplomat |
| 1 January 1955 | Harry Crookshank | 1893–1961 | Conservative politician |
| 1 January 1955 | Hugh Martin | 1890–1964 | Christian activist |
| 9 June 1955 | Henry Moore | 1898–1986 | Sculptor |
| 2 January 1956 | The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood | 1864–1958 | Conservative politician |
| 2 January 1956 | Sir John Kotelawala | 1897–1980 | Prime Minister of Ceylon |
| 2 January 1956 | Arthur Waley | 1889–1966 | Orientalist and sinologist |
| 31 May 1956 | Edward Gordon Craig | 1872–1966 | Theatre practitioner |
| 31 May 1956 | Arnold J. Toynbee | 1889–1975 | Historian |
| 16 July 1956 | Nuri al-Said | 1888–1958 | Prime Minister of Iraq |
| 1 January 1957 | John Baillie | 1886–1960 | Theologian |
| 14 January 1957 | James Stuart | 1897–1971 | Scottish Unionist politician |
| 13 June 1957 | Sir Thomas Beecham, Bt | 1879–1961 | Conductor and musical impresario |
| 13 June 1957 | John Gregg | 1873–1961 | Clergyman, theologian |
| 1 January 1958 | The Viscount Nuffield | 1877–1963 | Industrialist |
| 12 June 1958 | Sir Osbert Sitwell, Bt | 1892–1969 | Writer |
| 1 January 1959 | Sir John Beazley | 1885–1970 | Archaeologist and art historian |
| 1 January 1959 | Sir Kenneth Clark | 1903–1983 | Art historian |
| 13 June 1959 | Walter Nash | 1882–1968 | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| 1 January 1960 | Alan Lennox-Boyd | 1904–1983 | Politician |
| 31 December 1960 | The Earl of Limerick | 1888–1967 | Soldier |
| 31 December 1960 | Tunku Abdul Rahman | 1903–1990 | Prime Minister of Malaysia |
| 10 June 1961 | C. H. Dodd | 1884–1973 | Theologian |
| 1 January 1962 | Walter Matthews | 1881–1973 | Church of England priest |
| 2 June 1962 | The Lord Hailes | 1901–1974 | Politician |
| 20 July 1962 | Selwyn Lloyd | 1904–1978 | Politician |
| 20 July 1962 | John Maclay | 1905–1992 | Politician |
| 20 July 1962 | Harold Watkinson | 1910–1995 | Politician |
| 1 January 1963 | Keith Holyoake | 1904–1983 | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| 14 May 1963 | Paul-Henri Spaak | 1899–1972 | Belgian politician and statesman |
| 1 January 1964 | I. A. Richards | 1893–1979 | Literary critic |
| 1 December 1964 | Henry Brooke | 1903–1984 | Politician |
| 1 January 1965 | The Lord Silkin | 1889–1972 | Politician |
| 12 June 1965 | Patrick Blackett | 1897–1974 | Physicist |
| 12 June 1965 | Manny Shinwell | 1884–1986 | Politician |
| 1 January 1966 | Graham Greene | 1904–1991 | Writer |
| 1 January 1966 | The Baroness Summerskill | 1901–1980 | Physician, politician, writer |
| 19 May 1966 | Jim Griffiths | 1890–1975 | Politician |
| 19 May 1966 | Lady Megan Lloyd George | 1902–1966 | Politician |
| 1 January 1967 | Sir William Lawrence Bragg | 1890–1971 | Physicist |
| 1 January 1967 | Sir Mortimer Wheeler | 1890–1976 | Archaeologist |
| 5 January 1967 | Douglas Houghton | 1898–1996 | Politician |
| 10 June 1967 | Sir Arthur Bryant | 1899–1985 | Historian and writer |
| 10 June 1967 | Sir Harold Hartley | 1878–1972 | Chemist |
| 10 June 1967 | The Lord Reid | 1890–1975 | Judge and politician |
| 14 June 1967 | Harold Holt | 1908–1967 | Prime Minister of Australia |
| 1 January 1968 | The Lord Boyd-Orr | 1880–1971 | Biologist, head of FAO |
| 1 January 1968 | Ernest Alexander Payne | 1902–1980 | Baptist administrator |
| 1 January 1968 | The Lord Robbins | 1898–1994 | Economist, academic |
| 8 June 1968 | Patrick Gordon Walker | 1907–1980 | Politician |
| 1 January 1969 | Sir Adrian Boult | 1889–1983 | Conductor |
| 1 January 1969 | Sir John McEwen | 1900–1980 | Prime Minister of Australia |
| 1 January 1969 | Michael Stewart | 1906–1990 | Politician |
| 14 June 1969 | Sir John Barbirolli | 1899–1970 | Conductor |
| 14 June 1969 | Sir Allen Lane | 1902–1970 | Publisher |
| 14 June 1969 | Eric Williams | 1911–1981 | Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1 January 1970 | Sir James Chadwick | 1891–1974 | Physicist, discovered the neutron |
| 1 January 1970 | Sir A. P. Herbert | 1890–1971 | Writer and advocate of law reform |
| 1 January 1970 | Lee Kuan Yew | 1923–2015 | Singaporean politician |
| 14 June 1970 | Sir Frederick Ashton | 1904–1988 | Dancer and choreographer |
| 14 June 1970 | Dame Sybil Thorndike | 1882–1976 | Actress |
| 1 January 1971 | Sir Maurice Bowra | 1898–1971 | Classicist |
| 12 June 1971 | Charles Best | 1899–1978 | Medical researcher |
| 12 June 1971 | Sir Arthur Bliss | 1891–1975 | Composer |
| 12 June 1971 | John Gorton | 1911–2002 | Prime Minister of Australia |
| 14 June 1971 | Joseph Luns | 1911–2002 | Dutch politician |
| 1 January 1972 | William McMahon | 1908–1988 | Prime Minister of Australia |
| 1 January 1972 | Sir Peter Medawar | 1915–1987 | Biologist |
| 22 January 1972 | Jean Monnet | 1888–1979 | French economist and diplomat |
| 3 June 1972 | The Lord Goodman | 1915–1995 | Lawyer, administrator |
| 3 June 1972 | Herbert Howells | 1892–1983 | Composer |
| 3 June 1972 | John Piper | 1903–1992 | Artist |
| 1 January 1973 | Jack Marshall | 1912–1988 | New Zealand politician |
| 1 January 1973 | Sir Robert Mayer | 1879–1985 | Businessman and philanthropist |
| 1 January 1973 | Duncan Sandys | 1908–1987 | Politician |
| 2 June 1973 | Bernard Leach | 1887–1979 | Potter |
| 2 June 1973 | Irene Ward | 1895–1980 | Politician |
| 1 January 1974 | The Lord Cohen of Birkenhead | 1900–1977 | Physician |
| 1 January 1974 | The Countess of Limerick | 1897–1981 | Humanitarian, prominent in Red Cross |
| 1 January 1974 | William Whitelaw | 1918–1999 | Politician |
| 5 April 1974 | The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone | 1907–2001 | Politician |
| 15 June 1974 | David Jones | 1895–1974 | Poet |
| 15 June 1974 | Nathaniel Micklem | 1888–1976 | Theologian |
| 1 January 1975 | Jack Ashley | 1922–2012 | Politician |
| 1 January 1975 | The Lord Gardiner | 1900–1990 | Politician |
| 1 January 1975 | Max Perutz | 1914–2002 | Molecular biologist |
| 29 April 1975 | Arnold Smith | 1915–1994 | Canadian diplomat |
| 14 June 1975 | The Lord Aylestone | 1905–1994 | Politician |
| 14 June 1975 | The Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest | 1896–1979 | Judge |
| 1 January 1976 | John Diefenbaker | 1895–1979 | Prime Minister of Canada |
| 27 May 1976 | The Lord Elwyn-Jones | 1909–1989 | Politician |
| 27 May 1976 | Edward Short | 1912–2012 | Politician |
| 31 December 1976 | Cledwyn Hughes | 1916–2001 | Politician |
| 31 December 1976 | Jack Jones | 1913–2009 | Trade unionist |
| 31 December 1976 | F. R. Leavis | 1895–1978 | Academic, literary critic |
| 26 January 1977 | Malcolm Fraser | 1930–2015 | Prime Minister of Australia |
| 11 June 1977 | Sir John Gielgud | 1904–2000 | Actor |
| 11 June 1977 | Robert Muldoon | 1921–1992 | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| 11 June 1977 | The Baroness Wootton of Abinger | 1897–1988 | Sociologist, criminologist |
| 3 June 1978 | Michael Somare | 1936-2021 | Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea |
| 12 June 1979 | Denis Healey | 1917–2015 | Politician |
| 16 June 1979 | Sir Michael Tippett | 1905–1998 | Composer |
| 31 December 1979 | The Lord Thorneycroft | 1909–1994 | Politician |
| 14 June 1980 | The Lord Soames | 1920–1987 | Politician |
| 31 December 1980 | Victor Pasmore | 1908–1998 | Artist |
| 30 April 1981 | Brian Talboys | 1921–2012 | New Zealand politician |
| 13 June 1981 | The Lord Boyle of Handsworth | 1923–1981 | Politician |
| 13 June 1981 | Frederick Sanger | 1918–2013 | Biochemist |
| 31 December 1981 | Doug Anthony | 1929–2020 | Australian politician |
| 31 December 1981 | Dame Ninette de Valois | 1898–2001 | Dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director of ballet |
| 12 June 1982 | Sir Karl Popper | 1902–1994 | Philosopher |
| 11 June 1983 | The Lord Carrington | 1919–2018 | Politician |
| 11 June 1983 | Lucian Freud | 1922–2011 | Artist |
| 31 December 1983 | Sir Steven Runciman | 1903–2000 | Historian |
| 31 December 1983 | Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Bt | 1897–1988 | Art critic and writer |
| 16 June 1984 | The Viscount Eccles | 1904–1999 | Politician |
| 16 June 1984 | Friedrich Hayek | 1899–1992 | Economist and philosopher |
| 16 June 1984 | Sir Philip Powell | 1921–2003 | Architect |
| 4 July 1984 | Pierre Trudeau | 1919–2000 | Prime Minister of Canada |
| 31 December 1984 | Sir Hugh Casson | 1910–1999 | Architect and broadcaster |
| 15 June 1985 | Philip Larkin | 1922–1985 | Poet |
| 15 June 1985 | Rodney Robert Porter | 1917–1985 | Biochemist |
| 21 May 1986 | Sir Keith Joseph, Bt | 1918–1994 | Politician |
| 31 December 1986 | Sydney Brenner | 1927–2019 | Biologist |
| 31 December 1986 | Sir John Summerson | 1904–1992 | Architectural historian |
| 13 June 1987 | Dadie Rylands | 1902–1999 | Academic and theatre director |
| 13 June 1987 | Sir Peter Scott | 1909–1989 | Naturalist and conservationist |
| 31 July 1987 | Norman Tebbit | b. 1931 | Politician |
| 31 December 1987 | Anthony Powell | 1905–2000 | Author |
| 17 June 1989 | Stephen Hawking | 1942–2018 | Physicist |
| 30 December 1989 | David Lange | 1942–2005 | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| 13 April 1992 | Kenneth Baker | b. 1934 | Politician |
| 13 April 1992 | Peter Brooke | 1934–2023 | Politician |
| 13 April 1992 | Tom King | b. 1933 | Politician |
| 13 June 1992 | Dame Elisabeth Frink | 1930–1993 | Artist |
| 13 June 1992 | Joseph Needham | 1900–1995 | Biochemist and sinologist |
| 31 December 1992 | Sir Victor Pritchett | 1900–1997 | Writer |
| 12 June 1993 | C. H. Sisson | 1914–2003 | Writer |
| 12 June 1993 | Elsie Widdowson | 1906–2000 | Nutritionist |
| 31 December 1993 | David Astor | 1912–2001 | Newspaper publisher |
| 31 December 1993 | Dame Janet Baker | b. 1933 | Opera singer |
| 31 December 1993 | Sir John Smith | 1923–2007 | Politician |
| 11 June 1994 | Sir Alec Guinness | 1914–2000 | Actor |
| 11 June 1994 | Reginald Victor Jones | 1911–1997 | Physicist, scientific military intelligence expert |
| 11 June 1994 | The Lord Owen | b. 1938 | Politician |
| 31 December 1994 | César Milstein | 1927–2002 | Biochemist |
| 31 December 1994 | Carel Weight | 1908–1997 | Artist |
| 17 June 1995 | Sir Denys Lasdun | 1914–2001 | Architect |
| 17 June 1995 | Sir Nevill Francis Mott | 1905–1996 | Physicist |
| 30 December 1995 | Sir David Attenborough | b. 1926 | Broadcaster and naturalist |
| 30 December 1995 | Sir Richard Doll | 1912–2005 | Epidemiologist |
| 30 December 1995 | Douglas Hurd | b. 1930 | Politician |
| 30 December 1995 | Derek Worlock | 1920–1996 | Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool |
| 15 June 1996 | The Lord Howe of Aberavon | 1926–2015 | Politician |
| 31 December 1996 | A. L. Rowse | 1903–1997 | Historian |
| 14 June 1997 | David Hockney | b. 1937 | Artist |
| 2 August 1997 | Michael Heseltine | b. 1933 | Politician |
| 31 December 1997 | Eric Hobsbawm | 1917–2012 | Historian |
| 31 December 1997 | Chris Patten | b. 1944 | Politician and governor of Hong Kong |
| 13 June 1998 | Peter Brook | 1925–2022 | Theatre director |
| 31 December 1998 | John Major | b. 1943 | Politician |
| 31 December 1998 | Bridget Riley | b. 1931 | Artist |
| 31 December 1998 | John de Chastelain | b. 1937 | Canadian general and diplomat |
| 31 December 1999 | Richard Hamilton | 1922–2011 | Artist |
| 31 December 1999 | Doris Lessing | 1919–2013 | Writer |
| 31 December 1999 | Chad Varah | 1911–2007 | Founder of The Samaritans |
| 11 May 2000 | Amartya Sen | b. 1933 | Indian economist |
| 30 December 2000 | Sir Harrison Birtwistle | 1934-2022 | Composer |
| 30 December 2000 | Paul Scofield | 1922–2008 | Actor |
| 16 June 2001 | Sir Colin Davis | 1927–2013 | Conductor |
| 31 December 2001 | Sir George Christie | 1934–2014 | Opera manager |
| 12 June 2002 | Bernard Haitink | 1929–2021 | Dutch conductor |
| 15 June 2002 | Harold Pinter | 1930–2008 | Playwright |
| 15 June 2002 | Sir Michael Howard | 1922–2019 | Historian |
| 31 December 2002 | Sir Howard Hodgkin | 1932–2017 | Artist |
| 31 December 2002 | James Lovelock | 1919–2022 | Scientist and environmentalist |
| 31 December 2002 | Sir Denis Mahon | 1910–2011 | Art historian |
| 14 June 2003 | Sir Charles Mackerras | 1925–2010 | Conductor |
| 14 June 2003 | Dan McKenzie | b. 1942 | Geophysicist |
| 14 June 2003 | The Lord Hannay of Chiswick | b. 1935 | Diplomat |
| 11 June 2005 | Dame Judi Dench | b. 1934 | Actress |
| 2006 | Anthony Pawson | 1952–2013 | Microbiologist |
| 31 December 2007 | Sir Ian McKellen | b. 1939 | Actor |
| 14 June 2008 | The Lord Rogers of Riverside | 1933–2021 | Architect |
| 11 June 2011 | The Lord Howard of Lympne | b. 1941 | Politician |
| 20 September 2012 | Sir George Young, Bt | b. 1941 | Politician |
| 29 December 2012 | The Lord Coe | b. 1956 | Athlete, politician, organiser of 2012 Olympics |
| 29 December 2012 | Peter Higgs | 1929–2024 | Physicist |
| 7 January 2013 | The Lord Strathclyde | b. 1960 | Politician |
| 15 June 2013 | Sir Menzies Campbell | b. 1941 | Politician |
| 15 June 2013 | Sir Nicholas Serota | b. 1946 | Museum curator |
| 31 December 2013 | Peter Maxwell Davies | 1934–2016 | Composer and conductor |
| 31 December 2013 | The Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve | b. 1941 | Philosopher |
| 14 June 2014 | Dame Maggie Smith | 1934–2024 | Actress |
| 22 July 2014 | Kenneth Clarke | b. 1940 | Politician |
| 1 January 2015 | The Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon | 1941–2018 | Politician |
| 1 January 2015 | Sir Adrian Cadbury | 1929–2015 | Businessman |
| 1 January 2015 | Dame Mary Peters | b. 1939 | Athlete |
| 1 January 2015 | The Lord Young of Graffham | 1932–2022 | Politician |
| 13 June 2015 | Sir Neville Marriner | 1924–2016 | Conductor |
| 13 June 2015 | The Lord Woolf | b. 1933 | Judge |
| 30 November 2015 | Desmond Tutu | 1931–2021 | Clergyman and activist |
| 31 December 2015 | Sir Roy Strong | b. 1935 | Art historian |
| 11 June 2016 | Dame Vera Lynn | 1917–2020 | Singer |
| 11 June 2016 | The Lord Smith of Kelvin | b. 1944 | Businessman |
| 11 June 2016 | The Baroness Amos | b. 1954 | Politician and diplomat |
| 4 August 2016 | George Osborne | b. 1971 | Politician |
| 31 December 2016 | Sir Roger Bannister | 1929–2018 | Athlete |
| 31 December 2016 | Sir Richard Eyre | b. 1943 | Director and playwright |
| 31 December 2016 | Dame Evelyn Glennie | b. 1965 | Percussionist |
| 31 December 2016 | Sir Alec Jeffreys | b. 1950 | Geneticist |
| 31 December 2016 | The Baroness Warnock | 1924–2019 | Philosopher |
| 31 December 2016 | The Baroness Williams of Crosby | 1930–2021 | Politician |
| 16 June 2017 | Sir Terence Conran | 1931–2020 | Designer |
| 16 June 2017 | Sir Mark Elder | b. 1947 | Conductor |
| 16 June 2017 | Dame Beryl Grey | 1927–2022 | Ballet dancer |
| 16 June 2017 | Sir Paul McCartney | b. 1942 | Musician |
| 16 June 2017 | J. K. Rowling | b. 1965 | Author |
| 16 June 2017 | Dame Stephanie Shirley | b. 1933 | Entrepreneur and philanthropist |
| 16 June 2017 | Delia Smith | b. 1941 | Cook and writer |
| 16 June 2017 | The Lord Stern of Brentford | b. 1946 | Economist |
| 16 June 2017 | Sir John Sulston | 1942–2018 | Biologist |
| 30 December 2017 | The Lord Bragg | b. 1939 | Broadcaster |
| 30 December 2017 | Lady Antonia Fraser | b. 1932 | Author |
| 30 December 2017 | Margaret MacMillan | b. 1943 | Historian |
| 9 June 2018 | Richard Henderson | b. 1945 | Biologist |
| 9 June 2018 | Dame Kiri Te Kanawa | b. 1944 | Opera singer |
| 29 December 2018 | Margaret Atwood | b. 1939 | Author |
| 10 September 2019 | Sir Patrick McLoughlin | b. 1957 | Politician |
| 28 December 2019 | Sir Elton John | b. 1947 | Musician |
| 28 December 2019 | Sir Keith Thomas | b. 1933 | Historian |
| 10 October 2020 | Sir Paul Smith | b. 1946 | Fashion designer |
| 31 December 2020 | Sir David Chipperfield | b. 1953 | Architect |
| 1 January 2022 | Sir Paul Nurse | b. 1949 | Geneticist |
| 1 January 2022 | The Lord Field of Birkenhead | 1942–2024 | Politician |
| 1 June 2022 | Sir Quentin Blake | b. 1932 | Illustrator |
| 1 June 2022 | Sir Salman Rushdie | b. 1947 | Writer |
| 1 June 2022 | Dame Marina Warner | b. 1946 | Academic |
| 30 December 2022 | Sir Michael Marmot | b. 1945 | Academic |
| 30 December 2022 | Dame Mary Quant | 1930–2023 | Fashion designer |
| 9 June 2023 | Sir Bill Cash | b. 1940 | Politician |
| 16 June 2023 | Sir John Bell | b. 1952 | Physician |
| 16 June 2023 | Ian McEwan | b. 1948 | Writer |
| 16 June 2023 | Dame Anna Wintour | b. 1949 | Media executive |
| 29 December 2023 | Dame Shirley Bassey | b. 1937 | Singer |
| 23 April 2024 | The Princess of Wales | b. 1982 | Royal family |
| 14 June 2024 | Gordon Brown | b. 1951 | Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| 30 December 2024 | Sir Kazuo Ishiguro | b. 1954 | Novelist and screenwriter |