There have been 29 Presidents of the Sheffield Astronomical Society since it was founded in April 1934 by Dr Reginald Cox:
| 2021- | Andrew Gilhooley |
| 2015-2021 | Mike Mills |
| 1998-2015 | Steve Adams |
| 1995-1998 | Graham Bloodworth |
| 1993-1995 | Steve Drinkall |
| 1989-1993 | Gerry Bower |
| 1987-1989 | Nora Betts |
| 1985-1987 | Kim Lindley |
| 1979-1985 | Stuart Lonsdale |
| 1977-1979 | Norman S. Jinkinson |
| 1975-1977 | Walter Wolstenholme |
| 1973-1975 | Dennis E. Ashton |
| 1971-1973 | A. Appleyard |
| 1967-1971 | Dr. Heinz G. Muller |
| 1965-1967 | C. W. Wartigg |
| 1963-1965 | R. Kania |
| 1961-1963 | J. White |
| 1959-196l | Dr. A. E. Beet |
| 1957-1959 | W. H. Barnett |
| 1955-1957 | P. L. Stiles |
| 1953-1955 | R. Watson |
| 1951-1953 | D. E. Jackson |
| 1949-1951 | J. Johnson |
| 1947-1949 | Kenneth Bispham |
| 1945-1947 | Norman S. Jinkinson |
| 1943-1945 | H. F. Church |
| 1940-1943 | F. W. Taylor |
| 1938-1940 | G. C. Elliston |
| 1935-1938 | J. Hyde |
| 1934-1936 | Reginald R. S. Cox |