Sabin, Andrew; sculptor, London, April 2016
Sachs, Albie; lawyer, human rights activist, Cambridge, June 2014
Sainsbury, David; Lord Sainsbury, businessman, Cambridge, June 2013.
Sainsbury, Lady Anya; ballerina, London (Richmond Park), June 2001
Salter, Rebecca; painter, London, April 2015
Sandle, Michael; sculptor, London, February 2006
Sandle, Michael; sculptor, London, February 2016
Sands, Joanna; installation artist, London, October 2014.
Sassoon, Vidal; hair stylist, businessman, London, May 1985
Saumarez Smith, Charles; cultural historian, London, May 2018
Saunders, Dame Cicely; physician, writer, London, February 1990
Scargill, Arthur; trade unionist, Brighton, September 1986
Scott, Ian; sculptor, painter, North Ronaldsay, Scotland, August 2023
Scott, Rachel; painter, weaver, London, October 2014.
Scott, Sir Peter; conservationist, London, July 1985
Selborne, 4th Earl, John Palmer; Selborne (Hampshire), February 2014
Serota, Nicholas; gallery director, London, January1997
Serota, Sir Nicholas; gallery director, London, June 2016
Sharman, Helen; cosmonaut, chemist, London, June 1991.
Sharman, Helen; cosmonaut, chemist, London, October 2015.
Shaw, Tim; sculptor, Penryn, Cornwall, July 2016.
Shawcross, Conrad; sculptor, London, April 2017
Shawcross, Conrad; sculptor, London, May 2015.
Shawcross, Neil; painter, Belfast, July 2018
Sheldon, Ben; ornithologist, Oxford, August 2024
Shonibare, Yinka; sculptor, Chichester (West Sussex), October 2015.
Shonibare, Yinka; sculptor, London, February 2016
Shore, Peter; Lord Shore, politician, London February 2000
Shuttleworth, Ken; architect, Nottingham, June 2008
Simpson, Pat; biologist, Cambridge, September 2009
Sissay, Lemn; author, poet, London, October 2009
Skehel, Sir John; virologist, London, June 2007
Smith, Bob and Roberta; artist, Ramsgate, Kent, June 2023
Smith, Paul ‘Don’; street artist, London, August 2014
Smith, Sir Adrian; statistician, London, June 2021
Smithies, Oliver; geneticist, Oxford, June 2011
Sockett, Elizabeth; microbiologist, Nottingham, July 2022
Solti, Sir George; conductor, London, March 1987
Soyinka, Wole (Akinwande Oluwole); writer, London, May 1987
Sparks, Sir Stephen; volcanologist, Burrington Combe (Somerset), March 2018
Spender, Sir Stephen; poet, London, November 1985
St Aubyn, Edward; writer, London, October 2006
Steel, David; politician, London, March 1987
Stewart, Sir William; biologist, London,1995
Stibbon, Emma; painter and printmaker, Bristol, March 2018
Stiglitz, Joseph; economist, Cambridge, June 2013.
Stobart, Eddie; businessman, Daventry, July 1998
Stockdale, Eric; judge, London, March 1989
Stockhausen, Karlheinz; composer, London, November 1988
Stoppard, Tom; playwright, London, January 1986
Stringer, Chris; anthropologist, London, February 2008
Strong, Sir Roy; art historian, London, August 2005
Sudbin, Yevgenij; pianist, London, December 2007
Sulston, Sir John; biologist, Cambridge, March 2010
Sutton, Philip; painter, Bridport (Dorset), January 2022
Swale, Suzan; painter, London, May 2021
Sweeting, Sir Martin; communications engineer, Guildford (Surrey), January 2002