| SIR | English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820) |
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| SIR | English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940) |
| SIR | English architect (1801-1865) |
| SIR | English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792) |
| SIR | (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table |
| SIR | English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989) |
| SIR | English cricketer (1916-1990) |
| SIR | English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960) |
| SIR | English writer (1832-1904) |
| SIR | English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient |
| SIR | British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814) |
| SIR | Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976) |