1. Sir William Henry Bragg,OM,KBE,PRS - For their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays.

　　2. Archer John Porter Martin - For the invention of partition chromatography.

　　3.Lord George Porter of Luddenham,OM,FRS - For studies of extremely fast chemical reactions.

　　4. Wole Soyinka - Who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence and the first African to be honoured.

　　5. Richard Laurence Millington Synge - For the invention of partition chromatography；

　　6. ChristopherFay,CBE,chairman of the advisory committee on business and the environment,chairman of Expro International and a director with BAA and Anglo American,andchairman and chief executive of Shell UK from 1993–1998.