The School appoints as Distinguished Senior Fellows a number of senior academics recently retired but still active in their scholarly disciplines and/or in the wider promotion of the Humanities and Social Sciences, and with a demonstrable connection with the School. Distinguished Senior Fellows are appointed by the Directorate, and hold office indefinitely.
- Dr David Pearson
- Professor Rick Rylance
- Professor Roger Kain
- Professor Geoff Crossick
- Professor Sir David Cannadine
- Professor Sir Colin Blakemore
- Professor Sir Roy Goode, CBE, QC, FBA (appointed in 2011)
- Professor Margaret Bent, CBE, FBA (appointed in 2010)
- Professor Terence Daintith (appointed in 2009)
- Professor Sir Roderick Floud, FBA (appointed in 2009)
- Professor Nicholas Mann, CBE, FBA (appointed in 2009)
- Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, CBE, HonFRS (appointed in 2009)
- Professor David Cannadine (appointed in 2008)
- Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas (appointed in 2007)
- Professor William Twining (appointed in 2006)
- Professor Richard Sorabji (appointed in 2005)
- Mrs Sarah Tyacke (appointed in 2005)
- Professor Sir Brian Vickers, FBA (appointed in 2003)
- Professor Sir Anthony Kenny (appointed in 2002)
- Professor Shula Marks (appointed in 2002)
- Professor Lord Sutherland (appointed in 2002)
- Lord Woolf (appointed in 2002)