List of former Special Air Service personnel

This list includes notable individuals who served in the Special Air Service (SAS) – regular and reserve.

• John Edward Almonds, known as "Jim Almonds"
• Michael Asher – author, historian and desert explorer
• 'Big' Phil Campion – author
• Melvyn Downes - Sergeant Major, author of 'Unbreakable: The trailblazing SAS soldier who never backed down', directing staff in season 6 of
• Sir Peter de la Billière – Commander-in-Chief British Forces in the Gulf War
• Julian Brazier – MP for Canterbury
• Charles "Nish" Bruce – freefall expert
• Charles R. Burton – explorer
• Sir Mark Carleton-Smith – Chief of the General Staff (2018–2022)
• Frank Collins – first soldier to enter the building in the Iranian Embassy Siege
• Tim Collins – author
• James Condon – Indo-Malayan campaign casualty
• Jeffrey Cook – Director for Security Liaison in the Royal Household
• Johnny Cooper – the youngest founding member
• Cedric Delves – Lieutenant General
• Arthur Denaro – Major General
• Nick Downie – TV war correspondent
• Tim Evans – Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (2013–2016)
• David Eyton-Jones
• Sir Ranulph Fiennes – adventurer
• John Paul Foley – former director of intelligence
• Terry Forrestal – stuntman
• Anthony Greville-Bell – scriptwriter and sculptor
• Taff Groves – key rescuer in the Westgate shopping mall attack
• Bear Grylls – television host, and the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest
• Gavin Hamilton
• Jon Hollingsworth
• Talaiasi "Laba" Labalaba – Battle of Mirbat participant
• Michael Patrick 'Bronco' Lane – author and mountaineer
• Lofty Large – author
• Jock Lewes – co-founder of the regiment
• Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton – Private Secretary to Prince William and Prince Harry
• Fitzroy Maclean – author and MP for Bute and Northern Ayrshire and Lancaster
• Simon Mann – mercenary
• Sir Carol Mather – MP for Esher
• Paddy Mayne – British and Irish Lions rugby union player
• John McAleese – first man on the balcony during the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980 caught on live news. Team member for the BBC Television series SAS Survival Secrets
• Peter McAleese – former mercenary and author
• Eoin McGonigal – founding member
• Andy McNab – author
• Danny Nightingale
• Peter Oldfield – cricketer
• Bob Parr – Emmy Award-winning TV producer, academic and author
• Lewis Pugh – environmental campaigner and swimmer
• Peter Ratcliffe – author
• Ronald Reid-Daly – Selous Scouts founder
• John Ridgway – record-breaking sailor
• Charles George Gibson ("Pat") Riley- original member
• Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond – former MP
• Chris Ryan MM – author
• Mike Sadler – longest surviving original member and former member of the LRDG
• Reginald Seekings – founding member
• Bill Kennedy Shaw – intelligence officer during World War II
• Oliver Shepard – explorer
• Al Slater
• John Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim
• Phil Stant – professional footballer
• David Stirling – founder of the Regiment
• Wilfred Thesiger – explorer and writer
• Tip Tipping – stuntman
• Richard Tomlinson – Secret Intelligence Service officer
• John Tonkin
• Steve Truglia – stuntman
• Sir Roland Walker – Chief of the General Staff (2024–present)
• John "Lofty" Wiseman (Regimental Sergeant Major)
• Johnny Wiseman – World War II participant
• John Woodhouse, commander and founder of the SAS's modern selection system