Walker, Sir John; biochemist, Cambridge, October 1997
Wallinger, Mark; sculptor, Oxford, May 2008
Wallis, Sheila; painter, Guildford (Surrey), July 2010
Walters, Sam; theatre director, London (Richmond), September 2012
Warren, Rebecca; sculptor, St Ives (Cornwall), October 2017
Wassenberg, Cara; sculptor, Petersfield, Hampshire, November 2014
Watson, Alan; Lord Watson of Richmond, broadcaster, politician, January 2001
Weidenfeld, George; Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea, publisher, London, December 1991
Weir, Dame Gillian; organist, London, November 2013
Weller, Rudy; sculptor, London, July 1991
Wentworth, Richard; sculptor, London, December 2015
Westwood, Vivienne; fashion designer, London, February 1992
Wheeler, Michael; historian, Andover (Hampshire), August 2013
Whishaw, Anthony; painter, London, June 2012
Whiteread, Rachel; sculptor, London, June 2001
Wild, Julian; sculptor, Danehill, East Sussex, July 2015
Wilding, Alison; sculptor, London, October 2012
Williams, Rowan; Lord Williams, theologist, Cambridge, June 2013.
Williamson, Gavin; politician, Birmingham, October 2018
Willis, Norman; trade unionist, London, August 1985
Wilson, Richard; sculptor, London, July 2014
Wilson, Richard; sculptor, London, September 2018
Wilson, Sir Colin St.John; architect, Chichester (West Sussex), July 2006
Wilson, Sir Colin St.John; architect, London, March 1994
Wilson, Sir Colin St.John; architect, London, November 2005
Wilson, Sir Colin St.John; Long, M.J. (Mary Jane), architects, Chichester (West Sussex), June 2006
Wilson, Sir David; archaeologist and museum director, London, October 1989
Windlesham, Lord; David Hennessy, politician, September 1995
Wiseman, Debbie; composer, London, May 2014
Wolfendale, Arnold; astronomer, London, January 1991
Wondrausch, Mary; studio potter, Compton (Surrey), October 2013
Woodrow, Bill; sculptor, London, November 2006
Woods, Andrew; volcanologist, Cambridge, February 2018
Woods, Clare; painter, Hereford, September 2023
Wragg, John; sculptor and painter, Devizes (Wiltshire), September 2015
Wylie, Rose; painter, Newnham, Kent, September 2014.
Wyndham, Max; Lord Egremont, Petworth (West Sussex), August 2005