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
• 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
• Cedric Delves – Lieutenant General
• Arthur Denaro
• Nick Downie – TV War correspondent
• Tim Evans - Former Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (2013-16)
• 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
• Des Peter Middleton, A Squadron,1st SAS,Teacher has a website
• 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
• Sir Roland Walker - Current Chief of the General Staff (2024-)
• 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