The following people have generously agreed to support the International Anthony Burgess Foundation by acting as its Honorary Patrons.
- Geoffrey Aggeler, literary critic, University of Utah
- David Batchelor, director and producer, BBC Radio Scotland
- Harold Bloom, literary critic, Yale University
- William Boyd, novelist
- Dame Antonia Byatt, novelist
- Anthony Cronin, writer, poet and biographer
- Carlo Coen, Director, Italian Cultural Institute, Toronto
- David Crystal, OBE, linguist
- Umberto Eco, literary critic and novelist, University of Bologne
- Anne Haverty, novelist and poet
- Kevin Jackson, writer, producer and broadcaster, BBC
- Sir Frank Kermode, literary critic
- Michael Langham, theatre producer and director
- David Lodge, literary critic and novelist
- Caj Lundgren, writer and translator
- Anthony Mangion, Director Library Services, University of Malta
- Sylvère Monod, literary critic, Sorbonne
- Oswyn Murray, classical historian, Oxford (Balliol)
- Viola Papetti, Professor of Literature, Università di Roma
- Princess Beatriz de Orleans-Borbon
- Carla Sassi, literary critic, University of Verona
- Max Saunders, Professor of Literature, Kings College, London
- Martin Scorsese, film director
- Sir Antony Sher, actor and writer
- Brian Swann, writer and translator
- John Tydeman, radio producer, BBC