Between 1925 and 1945, the German SS grew from a mere 8 members to over a quarter of a million Waffen-SS members and well over a million members of the Allgemeine-SS. The following list of SS personnel indicates a few of the SS members who were the most famous, influential, and sometimes notorious members of the organization.
| Rank | Insignia |
|---|---|
| Reichsführer |
| Name | Position | SS Number | Entry into SS | Nazi Party Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heinrich Himmler | Reich Leader of the SS and Chief of German Police | 168 | February 1925 | 14303 |
| Karl Hanke | Last Reich Leader of the SS | 203013 | 1932 | 102606 |
| Rank | Insignia |
|---|---|
| Oberstgruppenführer |
| Name | Position | SS Number | Entry into SS | Nazi Party Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Daluege | Commander of the Ordnungspolizei | 1119 | 1928 | 31981 |
| Sepp Dietrich | Commander of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler and later 6.SS-Panzerarmee | 1177 | 5 May 1928 | 89015 |
| Paul Hausser | Commander of the II.SS-Panzerkorps | 239795 | February 1934 | 4158779 |
| Franz Xaver Schwarz | NSDAP Treasurer | 16 September 1931 |
| Rank | Insignia |
|---|---|
| Obergruppenführer | |
| Name | Position | SS Number | Entry into SS | Nazi Party Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Amann | Honorary SS Member | |||
| Erich von dem Bach | Higher SS and Police Leader of Central Russia | |||
| Gottlob Berger | Commander of the SS-Hauptamt | |||
| Werner Best | Reich Plenipotentiary of Denmark | |||
| Wilhelm Bittrich | Waffen SS combat commander - II.SS Panzerkorps | |||
| Ernst Wilhelm Bohle | Leader of the Nazi Party Foreign Organization - NSDAP/AO | |||
| Martin Bormann | Secretary of the Nazi Party | |||
| Franz Breithaupt | Commanding General of the SS and Police Courts | |||
| Richard Walther Darré | First Commander of the SS Race Office | |||
| Otto Dietrich | Honorary SS Rank | |||
| Theodor Eicke | Commander of the Totenkopf Division | |||
| Karl Fiehler | Lord Mayor of Munich | |||
| Karl Hermann Frank | Higher SS and Police Leader of Bohemia and Moravia | |||
| August Heissmeyer | Commander of the SS Education Department | |||
| Konrad Henlein | Gauleiter of the Sudetenland | |||
| Maximilin von Herff | Commander of the SS Personnel Department | |||
| Reinhard Heydrich | Chief of the RSHA |