| SIR | Scottish philologist and first lexicographer of the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915) |
|---|---|
| SIR | British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic |
| SIR | Scottish chemist and physicist noted for his work in cryogenics and his invention of the Dewar flask (1842-1923) |
| SIR | English social anthropologist noted for studies of primitive religion and magic (1854-1941) |
| SIR | Scottish dramatist and novelist |
| SIR | Scottish philologist and first lexicographer of the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915) |
| SIR | English pathologist who discovered the cause of trichinosis (1814-1899) |
| SIR | English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942) |
| SIR | Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870) |
| SIR | Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997) |
| SIR | British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967) |
| SIR | English biologist noted for studies of the molecular structure of blood components (born in 1917) |