List of former Special Air Service personnel

This list includes notable individuals who served in the Special Air Service (SAS) – (Regular or TA).


 * Michael Asher – Author, Historian and Desert Explorer
 * Sir Peter de la Billière – Commander-in-Chief British Forces in the Gulf War
 * Julian Brazier TD – MP for Canterbury
 * Charles "Nish" Bruce QGM – Freefall expert
 * Charles R. Burton – Explorer
 * 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
 * Cedric Delves – Lieutenant General
 * Arthur Denaro
 * Nick Downie – TV War correspondent
 * David Eyton-Jones
 * Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE – Adventurer
 * John Paul Foley – Former director of intelligence
 * Terry Forrestal – Stuntman
 * Taff Groves – Key rescuer; Westgate Shopping Mall. Kenya, Terrorist Attack
 * Gavin Hamilton MC
 * Jon Hollingsworth CGC QGM
 * Talaiasi 'Laba' Labalaba – BEM, MID, Battle of Mirbat participant
 * Michael Patrick 'Bronco' Lane MM BEM – Author and mountaineer
 * Lofty Large – Author
 * Jock Lewes – Co-founder of the regiment
 * Arthur Denaro
 * Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton MVO MBE – Private Secretary to Prince William and Prince Harry
 * Simon Mann – Mercenary, Equatorial Guinea
 * Paddy Mayne, DSO – British and Irish Lions Rugby Union player
 * Fitzroy Maclean
 * 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
 * Andy McNab DCM MM – Author
 * Danny Nightingale
 * Peter Oldfield – cricketer
 * Bob Parr MBE PhD AKC FRGS – Emmy Award-winning TV Producer, academic and author
 * Lewis Pugh OIG – environmental campaigner and swimmer
 * Peter Ratcliffe DCM MID – Author
 * Ronald Reid-Daly – Selous Scouts founder
 * John Ridgway – Record breaking sailor
 * Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond – Former MP
 * Chris Ryan MM – Author
 * Bill Kennedy Shaw – Intelligence officer with the SAS during World War II
 * Oliver Shepard – Explorer
 * Al Slater MM
 * John Slim, 2nd Viscount Slim
 * Phil Stant – Professional footballer
 * David Stirling OBE DSO – Founder of the Regiment
 * Tip Tipping – Stuntman
 * Richard Tomlinson – Secret Intelligence Service
 * Steve Truglia – Stuntman
 * John "Lofty" Wiseman (Regimental Sergeant Major)
 * Johnny Wiseman MC (WWII)
 * John Woodhouse, commander and founder of the SAS's modern selection system
 * Bear Grylls – Television host, was the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest