- Saint Eadnoth the Younger
- Wulfstan II - buried in the monastery
- Byrhtnoth - leader of Anglo-Saxon forces at the Battle of Maldon, 991.
- Hervey le Breton, Bishop of Ely (1109–1131)
- Nigel - may have been buried here
- Geoffrey Ridel, the nineteenth Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Ely (1173–1189)
- Eustace, also the twenty-third Lord Chancellor of England and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
- Geoffrey de Burgo, Bishop of Ely (1225–1228)
- Hugh of Northwold, Bishop of Ely (1229–1254)
- William of Kilkenny, Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Ely (1254–1256) - his heart was buried here, having died in Spain on a diplomatic mission for the king
- Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely (1256–1286)
- John Kirkby, Lord High Treasurer of England and Bishop of Ely (1286–1290)
- William of Louth, Bishop of Ely (1290–1298)
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- William Grey, Lord High Treasurer of England and Bishop of Ely (1454–1478)
- John Alcock, Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Ely (1486–1500) - in the Alcock Chantry
- Nicholas West, Bishop of Ely (1515–1534) - in a chapel he built
- Richard Cox, Bishop of Ely (1550–1581) - is buried under choir box. (tomb was covered when they built choir box)
- Peter Gunning, Bishop of Ely (1675–1684)
- John Moore (bishop of Ely)
- William Fleetwood, Bishop of Ely (1714–1723)
- Robert Butts, Bishop of Ely (1738–1748)
- Matthias Mawson, Bishop of Ely (1754–1771)
- Edmund Keene, Bishop of Ely (1771–1781) - in West's Chapel (his wife, Mary, was buried in the south side of the choir)
- James Woodford, Bishop of Ely (1873–1885) - in Bishop Wren's chapel on the south side of the cathedral choir
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