List of honorary British knights and dames


Many people have been created honorary knights or dames by the British crown. There are also those that have been appointed to two comparable orders, the Order of Merit and the Order of the Companions of Honour, and those that have had conferred on them the decoration of the Royal Victorian Chain; none of these carries pre-nominal styles.

Honorary awards

Use of pre-nominal styles and post-nominal initials

An honorary award is one made to a person who is not a citizen of a Commonwealth realm. He or she cannot use the pre-nominal style of 'Sir' or 'Dame', but can use the post-nominal letters, subject to the prevailing conventions in his or her own country. If such a person later acquires citizenship of a Commonwealth realm, then any honorary awards usually become substantive, and in the case of knights and dames they can begin to use the pre-nominal styles. However this is not automatic. The person must be dubbed by the King or his delegate in order to be entitled to use the pre-nominal style. If the knighthood is in an order which has a special class for honorary knighthoods, a change to a regular class of knighthoods is also required.

Loss of citizenship of a British realm

Citizens of a country which was a full part of the British Empire or Commonwealth when they received the honour, were substantive knights or dames, not honorary. The knighthood does not become honorary, and the person may choose to use his or her title, after their country becomes a republic. Citizens of British protectorates and mandated territories usually received honorary awards. Notable exceptions were rulers of the Indian princely states and their subjects, who were de jure British protected persons and not British subjects, but who received substantive knighthoods.

Annulment and restoration

In certain circumstances, an honorary award may be annulled. The effect is that, officially, the person is considered never to have been given the award, their name is erased from the order's register, and they are required to return all insignia. This happens when the Sovereign issues a signed and sealed ordinance cancelling and annulling the appointment. This is not common and in practice only occurs where the recipient has engaged in serious detrimental activities, e.g. following a conviction for serious crimes, or for hostile acts against the United Kingdom. In even rarer circumstances, an annulled award may later be restored by the Sovereign. Details of known annulments and restorations are annotated in the table below.

Order of the Garter terminology

The Order of the Garter uses terminology different from that of most other British orders. 'Stranger/Extra Knights Companion of the Garter' and 'Stranger/Extra Ladies Companion of the Order of the Garter' are the equivalent of 'Honorary Knights' and 'Honorary Dames' in other orders. As with other orders, the pre-nominal styles 'Sir' and 'Lady' are not used by Extra Knights and Extra Ladies. Revoked appointments are said to be 'degraded' rather than 'annulled'; the effect, however, is the same.

Arts and entertainment

NameNationalityHonourYearCategoryNotes
Daniel BarenboimArgentina /
Israel		KBE2011Arts/entertainmentPianist and conductor
Jorge Luis BorgesArgentinaKBE1964Arts/entertainmentPoet and writer
Alfred BrendelAustriaKBE1989Arts/entertainmentPianist
Julien CainFranceKBE1952Arts/entertainmentAdministrator-general of the Bibliothèque nationale de France for services to British cultural issues. see also :fr:Julien Cain
Ralf DahrendorfGermanyKBE1982Arts/entertainmentBecame a British national in 1988
Christian Conrad Sophus, Count Danneskiold-SamsøeDenmarkKCVO1904Arts/entertainment
Anna Morpurgo DaviesItalyDBE2000Arts/entertainment
Plácido DomingoSpainKBE2002Arts/entertainmentOpera singer; awarded for contributions to music and charity work
Antal DorátiHungaryKBE1983Arts/entertainment
Maurice DruonFranceKBE1999Arts/entertainmentPreviously appointed Honorary CBE in 1988.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.United StatesKBE1949Arts/entertainmentIn recognition of his work on behalf of Anglo-American amity, particularly as chairman in the United States of the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe.
Naum GaboSoviet UnionKBE1973Arts/entertainment
Mark GettyUnited StatesKBE2015Arts/entertainment
Bernard HaitinkNetherlandsCH2002Arts/entertainmentMusical director of the Royal Opera House
Bernard HaitinkNetherlandsKBE1977Arts/entertainmentPrincipal Conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra for his enormous contribution to the artistic life of this country
Bob HopeUnited StatesKBE1998Arts/entertainmentEntertainer, for contribution to Anglo-American friendship He had lost British nationality in 1920.
Bob IgerUnited StatesKBE2022Arts/entertainmentFormer Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Disney Company; awarded "for services to the UK/US relations."
Magnus MagnussonIcelandKBE1989Arts/entertainment
Ferdinand MeldahlDenmarkGCVO1904Arts/entertainmentChamberlain to the King of Denmark and Vice President of the Royal Academy of Arts, Copenhagen.
Yehudi MenuhinUnited States/
Switzerland		KBE1965Arts/entertainmentBecame a British national in 1985. Appointed a substantive Member of the Order of Merit in 1987.
Spike MilliganIrelandKBE2001Arts/entertainmentComedian, awarded for services to entertainment
Ettore ModiglianiItalyKBE1930Arts/entertainment
Arnaldo MomiglianoItalyKBE1974Arts/entertainment
Ann MurrayIrelandDBE2002Arts/entertainmentFor services to music.
Riccardo MutiItalyKBE2000Arts/entertainment
Eugene OrmandyUnited StatesKBE1976Arts/entertainmentConductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, for contribution to Anglo-American friendship
Ignacy Jan PaderewskiPolandGBE1925Politics/government
Arts/Entertainment
Roberto ParibeniItalyKBE1930Arts/entertainment
Murray PerahiaUnited StatesKBE2004Arts/entertainmentPianist, awarded for his services to music
Libor PešekCzech RepublicKBE1996Arts/entertainment
Sidney PoitierBahamas/United StatesKBE1974Arts/entertainmentActor, director, activist and ambassador.
Mario PrazItalyKBE1962Arts/entertainment
André PrevinUnited StatesKBE1996Arts/entertainment
Mstislav RostropovichUnited StatesKBE1987Arts/entertainmentIn 1990 he regained Russian citizenship, and held dual US/Russian citizenship.
Arthur RubinsteinUnited StatesKBE1977Arts/entertainment
Esa-Pekka SalonenFinlandKBE2020Arts/entertainmentConductor and composer, awarded for services to music and UK-Finland relations.
Ravi ShankarIndiaKBE2001Arts/entertainment
Georg SoltiGermanyKBE1971Arts/entertainmentMusical Director, Covent Garden Opera Company Became a British national in 1972 and knighthood became substantive.
Kevin SpaceyUnited StatesKBE2015Arts/entertainmentPreviously appointed Honorary CBE in 2010.
Steven SpielbergUnited StatesKBE2001Arts/entertainmentAward-winning director credited with "doubling of cinema admission in the UK since the early 1980s"
William TrevorIrelandKBE2002Arts/entertainmentPreviously appointed Honorary CBE in 1977.
John WilliamsUnited StatesKBE2022Arts/entertainmentConductor, composer, and pianist; awarded for "services to film music"
Terry WoganIrelandKBE2005Arts/entertainmentTook British nationality in 2005 and knighthood became substantive. Held dual British/Irish citizenship.
James WolfensohnUnited States/AustraliaKBE1995Arts/entertainmentBorn an Australian citizen, but relinquished this when he became an American citizen in 1980. In 2010, he regained his Australian citizenship.
Franco ZeffirelliItalyKBE2004Arts/entertainmentStage and screen director; awarded for his "valuable services to British performing arts"

Politics and government

NameNationalityHonourYearCategoryNotes
Ali Abu Al-RaghebJordanGCMG2001Politics/governmentPrime Minister of Jordan
Valdas AdamkusLithuaniaGCB2006Politics/governmentPresident of Lithuania
Martti AhtisaariFinlandGCB1995Politics/governmentPresident of Finland
Prince Bola AjibolaNigeriaKBE1989Politics/governmentAttorney-General and Minister of Justice of Nigeria, 1985–1991
Alhaji Abubakar AlhajiNigeriaKBE1989Politics/governmentMinister of Budget and Planning of Nigeria, 1988–1990
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, 17th Duke of Alba de TormesSpainGCVO1902Politics/government
Giuliano AmatoItalyGCMG2000Politics/governmentPrime Minister of Italy
Emeka AnyaokuNigeriaGCVO2000Politics/government
Count d'ArnosoPortugalKCVOtbdPolitics/governmentPrivate Secretary to the King of Portugal. Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1903. see :pt:Bernardo Pinheiro Correia de Melo
Count d'ArnosoPortugalGCVO1903Politics/governmentPrivate Secretary to the King of Portugal.
Franz Joseph von AuerspergAustriaGCVO1904Politics/governmentPrivy Councillor and Chamberlain to The Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary.
Joseph AvenolFranceKBE1921Politics/government
Antonio Jose d'AvilaPortugalKCVO1903Politics/governmentLord Mayor of Lisbon
Ayub KhanPakistanRVCtbdPolitics/government
Ayub KhanPakistanGCMG1960Politics/government President of Pakistan
Ibrahim BabangidaNigeriaGCB1989Politics/governmentPresident of Nigeria
Hastings BandaMalawiGCB1985Politics/governmentPresident of Malawi
Miguel Barbosa HuertaMexicoKBE2015Politics/government
August Graf BellegardeAustria-HungaryKCVO1903Politics/governmentMaster of the Household to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary.
Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and SteinfurtGCVO1904Politics/governmentOn the occasion of royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany
Hermann Baron von BilfingerWürttembergGCVO1904Politics/governmentGeneral Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty the King of Württemberg On the occasion of royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany
Anatol, Count Biogot de Saint-QuentinAustria-HungaryGCVO1904Politics/governmentMajor General Anatol was Comptroller to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary.
Robert, Count de BourboulonBulgariaGCVO1905Politics/governmentLord Chamberlain to the Prince of Bulgaria
Henri, Marquis de BreteuilFranceKCVO1904Politics/government
George H. W. BushUnited StatesGCB1993Politics/governmentPresident of the United States
Felipe CalderónMexicoGCB2009Politics/governmentPresident of Mexico
Fernando Henrique CardosoBrazilGCB1997Politics/governmentPresident of Brazil
Nicolae CeauşescuRomaniaGCB1978Politics/governmentAnnulled 1989
Anson ChanChinaGCMG2002Politics/government
Chentung Liang-ChengChinaKCMG1897Politics/government
Chentung Liang-ChengChinaKCVO1909Politics/government
Cherif PashaEgyptGCSI1878Politics/government
Claude CheyssonFranceGCMGPolitics/government
Jacques ChiracFranceGCB1996Politics/governmentPresident of France
Eduard Graf Choloniewski MyszkaAustriaKCVO1903Politics/governmentMaster of the Ceremonies to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary
Emilio ChuayffetMexicoKBE2015Politics/government
Carlo Azeglio CiampiItalyGCB2000Politics/governmentPresident of Italy
Włodzimierz CimoszewiczPolandGCMG2004Politics/governmentPrime Minister of Poland
Marie Louise Coleiro PrecaMaltaGCMG2015Politics/governmentPresident of Malta
Prospero Colonna (politician)ItalyGCVO1903Politics/government Syndic of Rome
Abel CombarieuFranceGCVO1903Politics/governmentSecretary General and Chief of the Household of the President of France
Émile CombesFranceGCVO1903Politics/governmentPresident of the Council
Emil ConstantinescuRomaniaGCMG2000Politics/governmentPresident of Romania
Francesco CossigaItalyGCB1990Politics/governmentPresident of Italy
Artur da Costa e SilvaBrazilGCB1968Politics/governmentPresident of Brazil
René CotyFranceGCB1957Politics/governmentPresident of France
Charles, Count CoudenhoveAustria-HungaryGCVO1904Politics/governmentGovernor of Bohemia
Philippe CrozierFranceKCVO1898Politics/government
Christian Frederik, Count Danneskjold-SamsöeDenmarkGCVO1904Politics/government
Théophile DelcasséFranceGCVO1903Politics/governmentMinister of Foreign Affairs
Johan DeuntzerDenmarkGCVO1904Politics/government
Alphonse DevilleFranceGCVO1903Politics/governmentPresident of the Municipal Council
Porfirio DíazMexicoGCB1906Politics/governmentPresident of Mexico
Lamberto DiniItalyGCMG2000Politics/governmentPrime Minister of Italy
Willem DreesNetherlandsGCMGPolitics/government
Luis EcheverríaMexicoGCB1973Politics/governmentPresident of Mexico
António Ramalho EanesPortugalGCB1978Politics/governmentPresident of Portugal
António Ramalho EanesPortugalRVC1985Politics/governmentPresident of Portugal
Dwight D. EisenhowerUnited StatesGCB1957Politics/governmentPresident of the United States
Gustavus Ernest of Erbach-SchönbergWürttembergKCVO1898Politics/government
Gustavus Ernest of Erbach-SchönbergWürttembergGCVO1900Politics/government
Walter Asmus Charles Frederick Eberhard, Baron von EsebeckGerman EmpireKCVO1909Politics/governmentDeputy Master of the Horse to the German Emperor, King of Prussia.
Mustafa FahmiEgyptGCMG1898Politics/governmentPrime Minister of Egypt
Luiz Coutinho Borges de Medeiros, Marquis of FayalPortugalGCVO1909Politics/governmentLord in Waiting
Tassilo, Count Festétics de TolnatbdGCVO1904Politics/government
Antonio, Count of FigueirotbdGCVO1905Politics/government
Gianfranco FiniItalyGCMG2005Politics/governmentDeputy Prime Minister of Italy
Tom FoleyUnited StatesKBE1995Politics/governmentSpeaker of the House of Representatives
Vicente FoxMexicoGCMG2002Politics/governmentPresident of Mexico
Eduardo Frei MontalvaChileGCB1965Politics/governmentPresident of Chile
Arturo FrondiziArgentinaGCMG1960Politics/governmentPresident of Argentina
Alberto FujimoriPeruGCMG1998Politics/governmentPresident of Peru
Eduardo GalhardoPortugalKCIE1901Politics/governmentGovernor-General of Portuguese India
Count Romeo Gallenga-StuartItalyKBEtbdPolitics/governmentUnder-Secretary for Press and Propaganda, for fostering good relations between Italy and Great Britain.
Joachim GauckGermanyGCB2015Politics/governmentPresident of Germany
Maumoon Abdul GayoomMaldivesGCMG2000Politics/government
Count Cesare GianottiItalyGCVO1903Politics/governmentMaster of the Household to the King of Italy
Valéry Giscard d'EstaingFranceGCB1976Politics/governmentPresident of France
Ernesto GeiselBrazilGCB1976Politics/governmentPresident of Brazil
Rudolph W. GiulianiUnited StatesKBE2002Politics/governmentFederal prosecutor; two-term Mayor of New York City.
Balbino GiulianoItalyGBE1930Politics/governmentMinister of Public Education
Diego Gómez PickeringMexicoKCVO2015Politics/government
Árpád GönczHungaryKCMG1991Politics/governmentPresident of Hungary
Árpád GönczHungaryGCB1999Politics/governmentPresident of Hungary
Agenor Graf Goluchowski von GoluchowoAustria-HungaryGCVO1903Politics/governmentMinister of the Imperial and Royal House and Minister for Foreign Affairs
Alan GreenspanUnited StatesKBE2002Politics/governmentChairman of the Federal Reserve
Giovanni GronchiItalyGCB1961Politics/governmentPresident of Italy
Ildefonso Guajardo VillarrealMexicoKBE2015Politics/government
Juan José Guerra AbudMexicoKBE2015Politics/government
Leopold Baron von GudenusAustria-HungaryKCVO1903Politics/governmentOberjagermeister to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary
Abdullah GülTurkeyGCB2008Politics/governmentPresident of Turkey
Xanana GusmãoEast TimorGCMG2003Politics/government3rd President of East Timor
John Ritter von HabrdaAustria-HungaryKCVO1904Politics/governmentCommissioner of Police, Vienna
Han Seung-sooSouth KoreaKBE2004Politics/government
Václav HavelCzech RepublicGCB1996Politics/government
Gustav HeinemannWest GermanyGCB1972Politics/governmentPresident of West Germany
Count Basil HendrikovtbdGCVO1909Politics/government
Roman HerzogGermanyGCB1998Politics/governmentPresident of Germany
Sassoon Effendi HeskailIraqKBEtbdPolitics/governmentMinister of Finance
Harri HolkeriFinlandKBE1999Politics/government
François HollandeFranceGCB2014Politics/governmentPresident of France
Mohammed IkramullahPakistanKCMG1961Politics/government
Toomas Hendrik IlvesEstoniaGCB2006Politics/governmentPresident of Estonia
Ito YukichiJapanKCVO1905Politics/government
Dato Onn Bin JaafarMalayaKBE1953Politics/governmentMember for Home Affairs, Federation of Malaya
Muhammad Hasan JantbdGCVOtbdPolitics/government
Martin Baron von JenischtbdGCVO1908Politics/government
Pedro Joaquín ColdwellMexicoKBE2015Politics/government
Bhim Shumsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepalKCVOtbdPolitics/government
Bhim Shumsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepalKCSI1917Politics/governmentSubsequently, promoted GCSI in 1931.
Bhim Shumsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepalGCSI1931Politics/government
Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepalKCIE1917Politics/governmentSubsequently, promoted GCIE.
Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepalGCIEtbdPolitics/government
Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepalGCSI1935Politics/government
Franz JonasAustriaGCB1969Politics/governmentPresident of Austria
Kang Young-HoonSouth KoreaKBE1995Politics/government
Kajetan von Kapos-MéreAustria-HungaryKCVO1903Politics/governmentSecond Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vienna
Hamid KarzaiAfghanistanGCMG2003Politics/government
Aberra Kassa EthiopiaKBE1932Politics/governmentSon of Ras Kassa Hailu, handed over to the Italians, who shot him & his brother dead immediately after capture.
Urho KekkonenFinlandGCB1969Politics/governmentPresident of Finland
Edward KennedyUnited StatesKBE2009Politics/governmentU.S. Senator from Massachusetts
Erich Graf KielmanseggAustria-HungaryKCVO1903Politics/governmentGovernor of Lower Austria. Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1904.
Erich Graf KielmanseggAustria-HungaryGCVO1904Politics/governmentGovernor of Lower Austria
Kim Dae-jungSouth KoreaGCB1999Politics/governmentPresident of South Korea on the occasion of a royal visit to South Korea.
Kim Dae-jungSouth KoreaGCMGtbdPolitics/government
Helmut KohlGermanyGCMGtbdPolitics/government
Horst KöhlerGermanyGCB2004Politics/governmentPresident of Germany
Martin Charles Augustus KirschnerGerman EmpireKCVO1909Politics/governmentChief Burgomaster of Berlin
Julius Benedictus, Count Krag Juel Vind FrijsDenmarkKCVO1904Politics/governmentPromoted from CVO.
Magens Christian, Count Krag Juel Vind FrijsDenmarkKCVO1904Politics/government
Juscelino KubitschekBrazilGBE1956Politics/governmentPresident of Brazil
John KufuorGhanaGCB2007Politics/governmentPresident of Ghana
Husein Kuli KhantbdKCIE1902Politics/government
Pier Francesco, Marchese di LajaticoItalyKCVO1903Politics/governmentCrown Equerry to the King of Italy
Pierre-Olivier LapieFranceKBEtbdPolitics/government
Alfred, Marquis de Lau d'AllemandtbdKCVO1904Politics/government
Dom José d'Almeida Corrêa de Sá, 6th Marquis of LavradioPortugalGCVO1909Politics/governmentPrivate Secretary to King Manuel II of Portugal
Lee Kuan YewSingaporeCH1970Politics/governmentPrime minister of Singapore
Lee Kuan YewSingaporeGCMG1972Politics/governmentPrime minister of Singapore
Aleksander KwaśniewskiPolandGCB1996Politics/governmentPresident of Poland
Aleksander KwaśniewskiPolandGCMG1996Politics/governmentPresident of Poland
Hans Ritter von LexWest GermanyKBE1961Politics/governmentFormer state secretary in the west German Interior Ministry, for services to Anglo-German relations.
Wenceslau de LimaPortugalGCVO1903Politics/governmentMinister of Foreign Affairs
Francisco Craveiro LopesPortugalGCB1955Politics/governmentPresident of Portugal
Richard LugarUnited StatesKBE2013Politics/governmentFormer U.S. Senator from Indiana
Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaBrazilGCB2006Politics/governmentPresident of Brazil
Joseph LunsNetherlandsGCMGPolitics/government
Joseph LunsNetherlandsCH1971Politics/government
Heinrich Graf Lützow zu Drey LützowAustriaKCVO1903Politics/governmentFirst Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vienna.
Ferenc MádlHungaryGCMG2002Politics/government
Sayyed Abdelrahman el-MahditbdKBE1926Politics/government
Mohammed Pasha MahmudtbdGCMG1929Politics/government
Nelson MandelaSouth AfricaOM1995Politics/government
Claudia Ruiz MassieuMexicoDBE2015Politics/government
Matsukata MasayoshiJapanGCMG1902Politics/governmentPrime Minister of Japan
Thabo MbekiSouth AfricaGCMG2000Politics/governmentPresident of South Africa
Thabo MbekiSouth AfricaGCB2007Politics/governmentPresident of South Africa
José Antonio Meade KuribreñaMexicoKCMG2015Politics/government
Ferdinand MeldahlDenmarkGCVO1904Politics/government
Carlos MenemArgentinaGCMG1998Politics/governmentPresident of Argentina
Stjepan MesićCroatiaGCMG2001Politics/governmentPresident of Croatia
Paul MetternichGerman EmpireGCVO1901Politics/government
Andreas MichalakopoulosGreeceKBEtbdPolitics/government
Mirza Hussein KhanIranGCSI1873Politics/government
George J. MitchellUnited StatesGBE1999Politics/governmentFormer U.S. Senator from Maine, Majority Leader, Deputy President pro tempore
François MitterrandFranceGCB1984Politics/government
François MitterrandFranceRVC1992Politics/government
Mobutu Sese SekoZaireGCB1973Politics/governmentPresident of Zaire
Alfred MoisiuAlbaniaGCMG2003Politics/governmentPresident of Albania
Joachim MoltkeDenmarkGCVO1896Politics/government
Felipe, Duke of MontellanoSpainGCVO1905Politics/government
Alfred, 2nd Prince of MontenuovoAustria-HungaryGCVO1903Politics/governmentSecond Lord Steward to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary.
Kengo MoriJapanKBE1927Politics/governmentFinancial Commissioner to the Imperial Japanese Government in London, Paris and New York.
Robert MugabeZimbabweGCB1994Politics/governmentAnnulled 2008
Joseph MuscatMaltaKCMG2015Politics/government
Benito MussoliniItalyGCB1923Politics/governmentAnnulled 1940
Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim PashaEgyptGCMG1920Politics/government
Ibrahim NasirMaldivesKBE1972Politics/governmentPresident of the Republic of Maldives
Nawaz SharifPakistanGCMG1997Politics/governmentPrime Minister of Pakistan
Nursultan NazarbayevKazakhstanGCMG2000Politics/governmentPresident of Kazakhstan
Constantin Freiherr von NeurathGermanyGCVO1904Politics/governmentLord Chamberlain to His Majesty The King of Württemberg
Aurelio Nuño MayerMexicoKBE2015Politics/government
Olusegun ObasanjoNigeriaGCB2003Politics/governmentPresident of Nigeria
Sadako OgataJapanDCMG2011Politics/governmentServed as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as the Chairman of the UNICEF Executive Board and as the President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency.
Waldemar OldenburgDenmarkKCVO1904Politics/government
Hussein Fakhry PashaEgyptKCMG1902Politics/governmentMinister of Public Works for service in connection with the building of the Aswan Dam
Nubar PashaEgyptGCSI1896Politics/government
Saba PashaEgyptKCMG1907Politics/governmentUpon his retirement from the post of Postmaster-General in Egypt
Safvet PashatbdGCSI1878Politics/government
Park Geun-hyeSouth KoreaGCB2013Politics/governmentPresident of South Korea
Enrique Peña NietoMexicoGCB2015Politics/governmentPresident of Mexico
Manuel Augusto Pereira da CunhaPortugalKCVO1903Politics/governmentCivil Governor of Lisbon
Shimon PeresIsraelGCMG2008Politics/government9th President of Israel
Hassan PirniaIranGCMG1907Politics/government
Georges PompidouFranceGCB1972Politics/governmentPresident of France
Byron PriceUnited StatesKBE1948Politics/governmentDirector of the Office of Censorship
Husain Khan QazvinitbdGCSI1873Politics/government
Mahdi Quli Khan-e Qajar QuyunlutbdKCMG1889Politics/government
Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanIndiaOM1963Politics/government
Tunku Abdul RahmanMalaysiaCH1961Politics/government1st Prime Minister of Malaysia
Cyril RamaphosaSouth AfricaGCB2022Politics/government5th President of South Africa. Awarded on occasion of 2022 state visit.
Fidel V. RamosPhilippinesGCMG1995Politics/government
Anders Fogh RasmussenDenmarkKCMG2015Politics/governmentSecretary-General of NATO
Tun Abdul RazakMalaysiaGCMG1972Politics/government
Ronald ReaganUnited StatesGCB1989Politics/governmentPresident of the United States
Carl Baron von der RecketbdKCVO1905Politics/government
Eck Baron von ReischachWürttembergGCVO1904Politics/governmentLord Chamberlain to the Queen of Wurtemberg On the occasion of royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany
Hugo Freiherr von ReischachtbdKCVO1897Politics/government
Oswald Baron von RichthofenGerman EmpireGCVO1904Politics/governmentMinister of Foreign Affairs
Riyad PashaEgyptGCMG1889Politics/governmentPrime Minister of Egypt
Charles de Rocca-SerratbdKCMG1917Politics/government
Ernst von RödertbdKCVO1902Politics/government
Roh Moo-hyunSouth KoreaGCB2004Politics/government
Carlos Roma du BocagePortugalGCVO1909Politics/governmentMinister for Foreign Affairs
F. W. F. RosenstandDenmarkKCVO1901Politics/governmentChamberlain and Secretary to the King of Denmark
Hussein Roshdy PashaEgyptGCMG1914Politics/governmentPrime Minister of Egypt
Friedrich von RuexlebentbdKCVO1905Politics/government
Dean RuskUnited StatesKBE1976Politics/governmentFormer Secretary of State for contribution to Anglo-American friendship
Mohamed Said PashaEgyptGCMG1912Politics/governmentPrime Minister of Egypt
Saionji KinmochiJapanGCMG1906Politics/governmentPrime Minister of Japan
Juan Manuel SantosColombiaGCB2016Politics/governmentPresident of Colombia
Antonio Vasco de Mello Silva Cezar e Menezes, Count of SabugosaPortugalGCVO1909Politics/governmentLord Steward
Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dunIraqKCMG1926Politics/government
Mohammed Said PashatbdGCMG1912Politics/government
Saito MomotarotbdGCVO1905Politics/government
Mariano, Duke of Santo MauroSpainGCVO1905Politics/governmentLord in Waiting to the King of Spain
Giuseppe SaragatItalyGCB1969Politics/governmentPresident of Italy
Nicolas SarkozyFranceGCB2008Politics/governmentPresident of France
Walter ScheelWest GermanyGCB1978Politics/governmentPresident of West Germany
Maurice SchumannFranceGCMG1972Politics/governmentMinister of Foreign Affairs
Justin de SelvesFranceGCVO1903Politics/governmentPrefect of Seine
Fernando Eduardo de Serpa PimentelPortugalKCVO1903Politics/government Aide-de-Camp
Eduard ShevardnadzeGeorgiaGCMG2000Politics/government
Said Shoucair PashatbdKBE1924Politics/government
Ismail Sirry PashatbdKCMG1913Politics/government
Duke of SotomayorSpainGCVO1902Politics/governmentGreat Chamberlain to the King of Spain
Georges de StaaltbdGCVO1902Politics/government
Frank-Walter SteinmeierGermanyGCB2023Politics/governmentPresident of Germany
Dirk StikkerNetherlandsGBE1951Politics/government
Dirk StikkerNetherlandsGCVO1958Politics/government
Karl Friedrich von StrengetbdKCVO1899Politics/government
SuhartoIndonesiaGCB1974Politics/government
Cevdet SunayTurkeyKCB1967Politics/government
Tony TanSingaporeGCB2014Politics/governmentPresident of Singapore
Count TaroucaPortugalGCVO1903Politics/governmentChamberlain to the King of Portugal. Attached to King Edward VII.
Clément ThomasFranceGCIE1893Politics/governmentGovernor of French India
Nicholas ThontbdKCVOtbdPolitics/governmentSubsequently, promoted GCVO in 1905.
Nicholas ThontbdGCVO1905Politics/government
Gaston ThornLuxembourgGCVOPolitics/government
Gaston ThornLuxembourgGCMGPolitics/government
Josip Broz TitoYugoslaviaGCB1972Politics/government
Tommaso TittoniItalyGCVO1903Politics/government
Ali El TomtbdKBE1926Politics/government
Essad Pasha ToptaniAlbaniaKCMG1916Politics/government
Karl Prince Trauttmansdorff-WeinsbergtbdGCVO1904Politics/government
Alexander TrepoffRussian EmpireKCMG1916Politics/governmentMinister of Transport later Prime Minister of Russian Empire awarded in recognition of the construction of the Murman Coast Railway.
Danilo TürkSloveniaGCB2008Politics/government
Manuel VallsFranceGCMG2014Politics/governmentPrime Minister of France
Umberto VattaniItalyGCMG2000Politics/government
Simone VeilFranceDBE1998Politics/governmentHolocaust survivor; lawyer and politician who served as France's Minister of Health between 1993 and 1995.
Luis Videgaray CasoMexicoKBE2015Politics/government
Vigdís FinnbogadóttirIcelandGCMG1982Politics/governmentPresident of Iceland
Vigdís FinnbogadóttirIcelandGCB1990Politics/governmentPresident of Iceland
Vaira Vīķe-FreibergaLatviaGCB2006Politics/governmentPresident of Latvia
Antonio VillaçaPortugalGCVO1904Politics/governmentMinister of Foreign Affairs
Wenceslau Ramirez de Villa-UrrutiaSpainGCVO1905Politics/governmentMinister of Foreign Affairs
Richard von WeizsäckerGermanyGCB1992Politics/governmentPresident of Germany
Youssef WahbaEgyptGCMG1919Politics/governmentPrime Minister of Egypt
Count Carl WachtmeisterSwedenKCVO1908Politics/governmentMinister of Foreign Affairs
Kurt WaldheimAustriaGCMG1969Politics/governmentAustrian Foreign Minister
Lech WałęsaPolandGCB1991Politics/governmentPresident of Poland
John WarnerUnited StatesKBE2009Politics/governmentU.S. Senator from Virginia
Rudolf de WeedeNetherlandsKCVO1904Politics/governmentLord Chamberlian to Her Majesty the Queen Mother of the Netherlands, on the occasion of the royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany
Caspar WeinbergerUnited StatesGBE1988Politics/governmentU.S. Secretary of Defense
Richard von WeizsäckerGermanyRVC1992Politics/government
John Gilbert WinantUnited StatesOM1947Politics/governmentU.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom
August von Wöllwarth-LauterburgWürttembergGCVO1900Politics/government
Robert WorcesterUnited StatesKBE2004Politics/governmentBecame a British national in 2005 and his knighthood became substantive.
Ketema YifruEthiopiaKCMG1965Politics/government
Giuseppe ZanardelliItalyGCVO1903Politics/governmentPresident of the Council
Jose Zarco de Camara, Count of Ribeira GrandePortugalGCVO1904Politics/government
Ernesto ZedilloMexicoGCMG1998Politics/governmentPresident of Mexico
Zulfikar PashaEgyptKBE1920Politics/government
Mallam YahayaNigeriaKBE1953Politics/governmentEmir of Gwandu
Susilo Bambang YudhoyonoIndonesiaGCB2012Politics/governmentPresident of Indonesia
Raja Uda Raja MuhammadMalayaKBE1953Politics/governmentMenteri Besar of the State of Selangor
Jacob ZumaSouth AfricaGCB2010Politics/governmentPresident of South Africa

Diplomatic

NameNationalityHonourYearCategoryNotes
Abderrahman bin AbdelsadokMoroccoKCVO1903DiplomaticGovernor of Fez, Special Envoy from the Sultan of Morocco.
Henry AngstSwitzerlandKCMG1906DiplomaticBritish Consul-General in Zurich.
Walter AnnenbergUnited StatesKBE1976DiplomaticUnited States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1969–1974, for contribution to Anglo-American friendship.
Jacques ArnavonFranceKBE1938Diplomatic
Frants Ernst BilleDenmarkGCVO1904DiplomaticDanish Minister in London
Antonio Chiaramonte BordonaroItalyGBE1930Diplomatic
Hugh BullockUnited StatesKBE1957DiplomaticPresident, Pilgrims of the United States, 1955–1996; previously appointed Honorary OBE in 1946
Hugh BullockUnited StatesGBE1976Diplomatic
Paul CambonFranceGCVO1903DiplomaticFrench Ambassador in London.
André ClasenLuxembourgGCVO1968DiplomaticLuxembourg Ambassador
Timoor al-DaghistanitbdGCVO2001Diplomatic
John W. DavisUnited StatesGBE1953DiplomaticFormer Ambassador to the Court of Saint James and President of the Pilgrims of the United States.
Lewis Williams DouglasUnited StatesGBE1957DiplomaticUnited States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1947–1950
Hermann von EckhardtsteinGerman EmpireKCVO1902DiplomaticFirst Secretary German Embassy in London
Aimé-Joseph de FleuriauFranceGCVO1921DiplomaticFrench Ambassador to the Court of Saint James.
Léon GeoffrayFranceGCVO1908Diplomatic
Diego Gómez PickeringMexicoKCVO2015Diplomatic
Lloyd Carpenter GriscomUnited StatesKCMG1919Diplomatic
Slavko GrouitchSerbiaKBEtbdDiplomatic
Gunnar HägglöfSwedenGCVOtbdDiplomatic
Hayashi TadasuJapanGCVO1905Diplomatic
Pedro Felipe IñiguezChileKCVO1919DiplomaticChilean Special Mission
Louis JoxeFranceKBE1952DiplomaticHead of the cultural relations department of the Foreign Ministry for services to British cultural issues.
Count de LalaingBelgiumGCVO1915DiplomaticBelgium Minister in London.
Ferdinand de LessepsFranceGCSI1870Diplomatic
Li Ching FongChinaKCVO1896DiplomaticSubsequently, promoted GCVO in 1909.
Li Ching FongChinaGCVO1909DiplomaticChinese Minister in London
Li Hung ChangChinaGCVO1896Diplomatic
Dimitry MetaxastbdGCVO1905DiplomaticEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty The King of the Hellenes at the Court of St. James's.
Armand MollardFranceKCVO1903DiplomaticDirector of Protocole
Nazir ul MulkPersiaGCMG1897Diplomatic
Willem J. OudendykNetherlandsKCMGtbdDiplomaticNetherlands Minister in Russia and China
Alberto PansaItalyGCVO1903DiplomaticItalian Ambassador to London
Javier Pérez de CuéllarPeruGCMG1991Diplomatic5th Secretary-General of the United Nations
Wilfried PlatzerAustriaGCVOtbdDiplomatic
Luis Polo de BernabéSpainGCVO1905DiplomaticSpanish Ambassador to the Court of Saint James.
Muhsin RaisIranGCVO1948DiplomaticIranian Ambassador
Rodrigo Saavedra y Vinent, 2nd Marques de VillalobarSpainKCVOtbdDiplomaticSpanish minister in Brussels 1913-1921
Sergey SazonovRussiaGCB1916Diplomatic
Comte de SerionnetbdKCMG1917DiplomaticAgent Superieur of the Suez Canal Company
Kamalesh SharmaIndiaGCVO2016DiplomaticCommonwealth Secretary-General
Marquis de SoveralPortugalGCMG1897Diplomatic
Marquis de SoveralPortugalGCVO1902Diplomatic
Ismael TocornalChileGCVO1919DiplomaticHead of the Chilean Special Mission
Dimitri TzokoffBulgariaKCVO1905Diplomatic

Military

NameNationalityHonourYearCategoryNotes
Jean-Marie Charles AbrialFranceKCB1940Military Commandant-en-Chef des Forces Maritimes du Nord, for his services in connection with the withdrawal of the Allied forces from Dunkirk
Alfredo ActonItalyKCBtbdMilitary
Christian Henrik ArendrupDenmarkGCVO1904Military
Gustav Carl Heinrich Ferdinand Emil von ArnimGerman EmpireGCVO1900Military
Henry H. ArnoldUnited StatesGCB1945Military Chief of Staff, United States Army Air Force
Felice Avogadro dei Conti di QuintoItalyGCVO1904Military Inspector of Cavalry, Italian Army
Viktor BalckSwedenKCMGtbdMilitary
Edouard BarreraFranceKCVO1897Military Commander-in-Chief and Maritime Prefect of Brest
José Bascarán y FedericSpainGCVO1905Military Chief of the Military Household
Friedrich Count von BaudissinGerman EmpireKCVO1904Military Aide-de-Camp to the German Emperor, attached to King Edward VII
Anton Baron von BechtolsheimAustria-HungaryGCVO1903Military Captain of the Tranbenten and Infantry Companies of the Life Guards, attached to King Edward VII
Prince Konstantin Belosselsky-BelozerskyRussiaGCVO1909Military Adjutant General to the Czar of Russia
John BiddleUnited StatesKCB1918Military Commanding United States troops in the United Kingdom
Georges BlanchardFranceKCB1940Military in recognition of distinguished service in operations in Belgium and Northern France
Tasker H. BlissUnited StatesGCMG1918Military Chief of Staff of the United States Army and United States representative at Versailles
Leopoldo Boado y MontesItalyKCVO1905Military
Friedrich von Bock und PolackGerman EmpireGCVO1904Military Commander 9th Army Corps
Petar BojovićSerbiaGCMG1918Military Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army
Augustin Boué de LapeyrèreFranceKCB1915Military Commander of French naval forces in the Mediterranean
Omar BradleyUnited StatesKCBtbdMilitary Commander of the 12th Army Group, Chief of Staff of the United States Army and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Guilherme Augusto de Brito CapelloPortugalKCVO1902Military
Hermenegildo de Brito CapelloPortugalKCVO1903Military Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty the King of Portugal. Attached to His Majesty King Edward VII. Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1904.
Hermenegildo de Brito CapelloPortugalGCVO1904Military Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty the King of Portugal.
Herrmann von BroizemGerman EmpireGCVO1904Military Commander of XIIth Army Corps, German Army
Karl Baron von BronnAustria-HungaryKCVO1909Military Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary
Charles George, Baron von BronnAustria-HungaryKCVO1909Military Equerry to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary
Ugo BrusatiItalyGCVO1903Military First Aide-de-Camp to the King of Italy
Wilhelm BüchselGerman EmpireGCVO1904Military Chief of Staff Imperial German Navy
Karl von BülowGerman EmpireGCVO1909Military Commander 3rd Army Corps
Luigi CadornaItalyGCB1915Military Chief of Staff of the Italian Army
François Certain CanrobertFranceGCBtbdMilitary Commander of French forces in the Crimean War
Luis Gomez CarreñoChileKCVO1919Military Chilean Special Mission
Ivan ChaghinRussiaKCVO1909Military Commander of the Imperial yacht Standart
Chiang Kai-shekChinaGCB1942Military Leader of Nationalist China
Mark W. ClarkUnited StatesKBE1944Military Commander 5th Army and 15th Army Group
Wesley ClarkUnited StatesKBE2000Military NATO Supreme Allied Commander
Henri de la CroixFranceGCVO1903Military Attached to King Edward VII
Martin DempseyUnited StatesKBE2016Military Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Alphons, Count zu DohnaGerman EmpireKCVO1909Military Commander of the Cavalry Division of the Guards.
William Joseph DonovanUnited StatesKBEtbdMilitary Head of the OSS, precursor to the CIA
James DoolittleUnited StatesKCB1944Military Commander 8th US Army Air Force
A. M. J. Dor de LastoursFranceKCMG1915Military
Antonio Duartt e SilvaPortugalKCVO1903Military Commanding Portuguese Cavalry Regiment No. 3
Émile DuboisFranceGCVO1903MilitaryChief of the Military Household of the President of France
Joseph DunfordUnited StatesKBE2020Military Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Charles John George von EisendecherGerman EmpireGCVO1904Military
Dwight D. EisenhowerUnited StatesGCB1945Military Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force and President of the United States
Dwight D. EisenhowerUnited StatesOM1945Military Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force.
Maximilian von EngelbrechtenGerman EmpireKCVO1904Military Commander 36th Infantry Brigade
François Ernest FournierFranceGCVO1903Military Attached to King Edward VII
Prince Louis EsterházySpainGCVO1902MilitaryLieutenant-General
Marie-Pierre de Fauque de JonquièresFranceKCMG1915Military
Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do AmaralPortugalKCVO1903Military President of the Royal Geographical Society, Lisbon
Max FischelGerman EmpireKCVO1904Military Admiral Superintendent of the Dockyard, Kiel
Ferdinand FochFranceGCB1914Military Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces
Ferdinand FochFranceOM1918Military Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces
Benoit de Formel de la LaurencieFranceKBE1940Military in recognition of distinguished service in operations in Belgium and Northern France.
Tommy FranksUnited StatesKBE2004Military Commander of United States Central Command
Giovanni FrigerioItalyGCVO1903Military Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Mediterranean Squadron, Naples
Fukushima YasumasaJapanKCBtbdMilitary
Jean-Louis GeorgelinFranceKBE2014Military Great Chancellor of the Legion of Honour
William C. GorgasUnited StatesKCMG1920Military Surgeon General of the United States Army
Emile GuépratteFranceKCB1916Military
Albert GuérisseBelgiumKBEtbdMilitary Leader of the Belgian Resistance
Alexis HagrontbdKCVO1898Military
Henry Kent HewittUnited StatesKCB1945Military Commander of Allied Amphibious Forces at the Normandy Invasion
William F. Halsey Jr.United StatesKBEtbdMilitary Commander of the 3rd Fleet
Olaf M. HustvedtUnited StatesKBEtbdMilitary Commander of US Navy forces in Operation Leander
Leopold Ritter von JedinatbdKCVO1903Military attached to King Edward VII.
Joseph JoffreFranceGCBtbdMilitary Chief of the French General Staff
Joseph JoffreFranceGCVO1914Military Chief of the French General Staff
Joseph JoffreFranceOM1919Military Chief of the French General Staff
Kamio MitsuomiJapanGCMG1915Military Commander of allied land forces at the Siege of Tsingtao
Kato SadakichiJapanGCMG1915Military Commander of Japanese naval forces at the Siege of Tsingtao
Gustav von KesselGerman EmpireGCVO1901Military
Alan Goodrich KirkUnited StatesKCB1943Military Commander of US Naval Amphibious Forces in the Mediterranean and at the Normandy Invasion
Hans von KoesterGerman EmpireGCVO1904Military Commander-in-Chief and Inspector General of the Imperial German Navy
Wenzel Freiherr Kotz von DobrzAustria-HungaryGCVO1904MilitaryPrivy Councillor and Chamberlain to His Imperial Majesty The Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary
Marian KukielPolandKCBtbdMilitary Commander of the 1st Polish Corps
Johan LaidonerEstoniaKCMGtbdMilitary Commander-in-Chief of the Estonian Army
Jean de Lattre de TassignyFranceGCB1952Military Commander of the First French Army and the French Far East Expeditionary Corps
John C. H. LeeUnited StatesKCB1945Military, Commanding General, United States Army Services of Supply, European Theater of Operations, United States Army
J. M. E. G. LefevreFranceKCMG1915Military
André LemonnierFranceKCBtbdMilitary
Waldemar Edward LemvighDenmarkKCVO1904MilitaryColonel
Milans del Bosch y Carrio Joaquin Mario LeonSpainKCVO1905Military Aide-de-Camp to the King of Spain
Edward Mann LewisUnited StatesKCMG1919Military Commanded 30th Infantry Division in WWI
Edward Mann LewisUnited StatesKCB1919Military
Commanded 30th Infantry Division in WWI
Rudolf Prince von und zu LiechtensteinAustria-HungaryGCVO1903MilitaryFirst Lord Steward and Acting Master of the Horse to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary.
Alfred von LoewenfeldGerman EmpireKCVO1902MilitarySubsequently, promoted GCVO in 1905.
Alfred von LoewenfeldGerman EmpireGCVO1905Military
Douglas MacArthurUnited StatesGCB1943Military
Comte de MaigretFranceKCVO1899Military
Pio Carlo di MajoItalyKCVO1903Military Aide-de-Camp to King of Italy, attached to King Edward VII.
Mikhail MalininSoviet UnionKBE1945Military
Carl Gustaf Emil MannerheimFinlandGBE1938Military
Peyton MarchUnited StatesGCMG1918Military Chief of the General Staff, United States Army
Nogi MaresukeJapanGCB1911Military
Peter MarkofftbdGCVO1905Military
Wolf, Baron MarschallGerman EmpireKCVO1909Military Attached to King George VII
George MarshallUnited StatesGCB1945Military Chief of Staff, United States Army
Rodolphe MatonBelgiumKBE1955Military
Hugo Graf Mensdorff-PouillyGerman EmpireKCVO1904Military
Roberto Miranda MorenoMexicoKBE2015Military
Živojin MišićSerbiaKCB1915Military Chief of the Supreme Command of the Serbian Army
Živojin MišićSerbiaGCMG1916Military Chief of the Supreme Command of the Serbian Army
Helmuth von Moltke the YoungerGerman EmpireKCVO1901Military Chief of the German General Staff
Anne de MontmorencyFranceKG1532Military
François, Duke of MontmorencyFranceKG1572Military
Enrico MorinItalyGCVO1903Military Minister for Foreign Affairs
Edward von MüllerGerman EmpireGCVO1897Military
François de NégrierFranceGCVO1898Military
Chester W. NimitzUnited StatesGCB1945Military Commander of the Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Area
Hély d'OisselFranceKCB1915Military
Kuwashi OkazawaJapanGCVOtbdMilitary
Oyama IwaoJapanOM1906Military
Eduard Graf PaarAustria-HungaryGCVO1903Military Senior Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary
Adolf PalanderGerman EmpireGCVO1908Military
Alexander PapagosGreeceGBE1941Military Commander-in-chief allied forces in Greece during the Albanian campaign
Mason PatrickUnited StatesKBE1918Military Chief of US Army Air Service
George S. PattonUnited StatesKBEtbdMilitary Commander of the United States 3rd Army
Ettore PedottiItalyGCVO1903Military Commander Xth Army Corps, attached to King Edward VII
John J. PershingUnited StatesGCB1918Military Commander-in-Chief United States Expeditionary Force in France
Philippe PétainFranceGCMGtbdMilitary
Johan PitkaEstoniaKCMG1920Military Commander-in-Chief of the Estonian Navy
Nobile PorroItalyGCMG1915Military
Colin PowellUnited StatesKCB1993Military Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Security Advisor and Secretary of State
Karl Freiherr von RöderGerman EmpireKCVO1904Military
Hugh RodmanUnited StatesKCB1918Military Commander of Battleship Division Nine and the United States Pacific Fleet
Konstantin RokossovskySoviet UnionKCB1945Military
Tomás António Garcia RosadoPortugalKCMGtbdMilitary
Sa ZhenbingQing DynastyKCMG1909Military
Dedo Charles Henry von SchenckGerman EmpireGCVO1909Military Commander 2nd Division of the Guards
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.United StatesKCB1991Military Commander of United States Central Command and coalition forces during Operation Desert Storm
Brent ScowcroftUnited StatesKBE1993Military National Security Advisor
Baron von SeckendorffGerman EmpireGCVO1904Military Master of the Household to Prince Henry of Prussia
Antonin de Selliers de MoranvilleBelgiumKCBtbdMilitaryCommander-in-Chief
Fernando de Serpa PimentelPortugalKCVO1909Military
William Hood SimpsonUnited StatesKBE1945Military Commanding General, 9th United States Army
William S. SimsUnited StatesGCMG1918Military Commander of United States Naval Forces in Europe
Rudolf Carl von SlatinAustria-HungaryKCMG1900MilitaryLieutenant-General
Rudolf Carl von SlatinAustria-HungaryKCVO1909MilitaryInspector-General of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Leighton W. Smith Jr.United StatesKBE1997Military Commander of NATO Forces in Southern Europe
Levering SmithUnited StatesKBE1962Military Led the Polaris Missile effort to win the Cold War
Walter Bedell SmithUnited StatesKCB1944Military Chief of Staff of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
Walter Bedell SmithUnited StatesGBE1945Military Chief of Staff of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force and Director of the CIA
Carl SpaatzUnited StatesKBE1944Military Commander of United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe, Strategic Air Command and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
Carl SpaatzUnited StatesGBE1945Military Commander of the 8th Air Force, Strategic Air Command and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
George Owen SquierUnited StatesKCMG1919Military Chief of the Signal Corps
Stepa StepanovićSerbiaGCMG1918Military
Joseph StraussUnited StatesKCMG1918Military
Tamemoto KurokiJapanGCMGtbdMilitary
Tanaka GiichiJapanKCMGtbdMilitary
Tanaka GiichiJapanGBEtbdMilitary
William L. TimlintbdKBE1990Military
Alfred von TirpitzGerman EmpireGCVO1904Military Minister of Marine
Togo HeihachiroJapanGCVOtbdMilitaryAdmiral
Togo HeihachiroJapanOM1906MilitaryAdmiral
Guido von UsedomGerman EmpireKCMG1906MilitaryImperial German Navy
Guido von UsedomGerman EmpireGCVO1909MilitaryVice-Admiral, Imperial German Navy
Emilio VagliaItalyGCVO1903Military Lord Steward to the King of Italy
Frederick Otto WahleSaxonyKCVO1904Military Commanding Royal Saxon Field Engineers
Yamagata AritomoJapanOM1906Military
Nikolai YermoloffRussiaKCVO1905Military Military Attache to the Imperial Russian Embassy, London
George ZachariaeDenmarkKCVO1901Military Royal Danish Navy
Georgy ZhukovSoviet UnionGCB1945Military Commander of the 1st Belorussian Front

Business

NameNationalityHonourYearCategoryNotes
Angela AhrendtsUnited StatesDBE2013BusinessChief executive of Burberry plc. Became a British national in 2023 and damehood became substantive.
Auguste-Louis-Albéric, Prince d'ArenbergFranceGCSI1909BusinessMember of the Institute of France, President of the Suez Canal Company
Ariyoshi YoshiyaJapanKBEtbdBusinessChairman of the Japanese Shipowners Association
Bernard ArnaultFranceKBE2012BusinessFounder, Chairman and Chief executive of LVMH.
André BénardFranceKBE1991BusinessChairman, Eurotunnel, 1986–1994
Antonin BesseFranceKBEtbdBusiness
Ana Patricia BotínSpainDBE2015BusinessChairman of Santander Bank
Henri DeterdingNetherlandsKBE1920Business
Sierd Sint EriksNetherlandsKBE1961BusinessManaging director of Mullard Ltd for valuable services to British official interests.
Niall FitzGeraldIrelandKBE2002Business
Bill GatesUnited StatesKBE2004BusinessChairman of Microsoft and Corbis and Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in recognition of his business skills and for his work on poverty reduction.
Lou GerstnerUnited StatesKBEtbdBusiness
Paul GettyUnited StatesKBE1987BusinessBecame a British national in 1997 and knighthood became substantive.
Carlos GhosnBrazil-France-LebanonKBE2006Business
Cecil H. GreenUnited StatesKBE1991BusinessHe lost British nationality upon becoming a US citizen before 1949.
Hermann HauserAustriaKBE2015Business
Yii Ann HiiPhilippinesKBEBusinessBecame a British national on 3 July 2012.
Kazuo InamoriJapanKBE2019Business
Sam E. JonahGhanaKBE2003Business
Kim Sang ManSouth KoreaKBE1981BusinessPublisher
Gerrit KlijnstraNetherlandsKBE1973Business
Jonkheer LoudonNetherlandsKBE1960BusinessPresident of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and senior managing director of the Royal Dutch/Shell group in recognition of his important contributions to the national economy and to British interests abroad.
Akio MoritaJapanKBE1993Business
Lewis MumfordUnited StatesKBE1975BusinessFor services to town planning in Great Britain.
Hiroaki NakanishiJapanKBE2015BusinessChief executive of Hitachi Corporation
Martin NaughtonIrelandKBE2015Business
Masaru ShinchitbdKBE2002Business
Paul RykensNetherlandsKBE1959Business
Edgar SengierBelgiumKBE1956BusinessPresident of the permanent committee of the Union Minière du Haut Katanga for valuable services to Britain and to Anglo-Belgian relations.
Antonio Joaquim Simoes de AlmeidaPortugalKCVO1903BusinessPresident of the Commercial Association of Lisbon
Ralf SpethGermanyKBE2015BusinessChief executive of Jaguar Land Rover
Chandrika Prasad SrivastavaIndiaKCMG1990Business
Peter SutherlandIrelandKCMG2004Business
Basil ZaharoffGreeceGBE1918Business
Basil ZaharoffGreeceGCB1919Business
Jamshed Jiji IraniIndiaKBE2007BusinessFormer President of British Steel and Iron Research Association, Tata Steel

Religion

NameNationalityHonourYearCategoryNotes
Abd al-Rahman al-MahdiAnglo-Egyptian SudanKBE1926ReligionImam of the Ansar
Zaki BadawiEgyptKBE2004Religion
Billy GrahamUnited StatesKBE2001Religion
Gilbert John HelmerBohemiaKCVO1909ReligionAbbot of Tepl on occasion of the King's visit to Marienbad, Helmer did not receive the honour of Knighthood.
Sheikh Ali bin SalimKenyaKBE1929ReligionLeader of the Arab community and member of the legislature
Yeghishe TourianPalestineKBE1930ReligionArmenian Patriarch of Jerusalem

European royalty

NameNationalityHonourYearCategoryNotes
Prince Wilhelm IAlbaniaGCVO1914Royalty
King Alfonso VAragonKG1450Royalty
King Ferdinand IIAragonKG1480Royalty
Emperor Francis IAustria-HungaryKG1814Royalty
Emperor Franz Joseph IAustria-HungaryKG1867RoyaltyDegraded 1915
Emperor Franz Joseph IAustria-HungaryRVC1904RoyaltyAnnulled 1915
Emperor Charles IAustria-HungaryGCVOtbdRoyalty
Crown Prince RudolfAustria-HungaryKG1887Royalty
Archduke CharlesAustria-HungaryGCB1834Royalty
Archduke FriedrichAustria-HungaryGCB1842RoyaltyOriginally appointed 1841, but only invested as CB at that time
Archduke Franz FerdinandAustria-HungaryGCB1901Royalty
Archduke Franz FerdinandAustria-HungaryKG1902Royalty
Archduke Ludwig VictorAustria-HungaryGCVO1903Royalty
Archduke Leopold SalvatorAustria-HungaryGCVO1903Royalty
Archduke Franz SalvatorAustria-HungaryGCVO1903Royalty
Archduke Rainer FerdinandAustria-HungaryGCVO1903Royalty
Archduke FriedrichAustria-HungaryGCB1904Royalty
Archduke EugenAustria-HungaryGCVO1908Royalty
Archduke Joseph AugustAustria-HungaryGCVO1908Royalty
King Leopold IBelgiumKG1816Royalty
King Leopold IBelgiumGCB1816Royalty
King Leopold IIBelgiumKG1866Royalty
King Albert IBelgiumKG1914Royalty
King Albert IBelgiumGCBtbdRoyalty
King Leopold IIIBelgiumKG1935Royalty
King Leopold IIIBelgiumRVC1937Royalty
King Leopold IIIBelgiumGCVOtbdRoyalty
King Baudouin IBelgiumKG1963Royalty
King Albert IIBelgiumGCVO1966Royalty
Prince CharlesBelgiumGCVOtbdRoyalty
Emperor Pedro IIBrazilKG1871Royalty
Duke John VBrittanyKG1375Royalty
King Ferdinand IBulgariaGCVO1904Royalty
King Ferdinand IBulgariaGCB1905Royalty
Prince AlexanderBulgariaGCB1879RoyaltyCivil
Prince AlexanderBulgariaGCB1886RoyaltyMilitary
Duke Charles the BoldBurgundyKG1468Royalty
King Philip ICastileKG1503Royalty
King Eric VIIDenmarkKG1404Royalty
King JohnDenmarkKG1493Royalty
King Frederick IIDenmarkKG1578Royalty
King Christian IVDenmarkKG1603Royalty
King Christian VDenmarkKG1662Royalty
King Frederick VIDenmarkKG1822Royalty
King Christian IXDenmarkGCB1863Royalty
King Christian IXDenmarkKG1865Royalty
King Christian IXDenmarkRVC1904Royalty
King Frederik VIIIDenmarkGCB1888Royalty
King Frederik VIIIDenmarkKG1896Royalty
King Frederik VIIIDenmarkGCVO1901Royalty
King Frederik VIIIDenmarkRVC1902Royalty
King Christian XDenmarkGCVO1901Royalty
King Christian XDenmarkGCB1908Royalty
King Christian XDenmarkKG1914Royalty
King Frederik IXDenmarkKG1951Royalty
King Frederik IXDenmarkRVC1957Royalty
King Frederik IXDenmarkGCVOtbdRoyalty
King Frederik IXDenmarkGCBtbdRoyalty
Queen Margrethe IIDenmarkRVC1974Royalty
Queen Margrethe IIDenmarkLG1979Royalty
Prince ValdemarDenmarkGCB1901Royalty
Prince HaraldDenmarkGCVO1901Royalty
Prince GustavDenmarkGCVO1908Royalty
Prince AageDenmarkGCVOtbdRoyalty
Prince AxelDenmarkGCVOtbdRoyalty
Prince GeorgDenmarkKCVOtbdRoyalty
Prince consort HenrikDenmarkGCB2000Royalty
Prince consort HenrikDenmarkGCMG1979Royalty
Prince consort HenrikDenmarkGCVO1974Royalty
Giuliano di Lorenzo de' MediciFlorenceKG1514Royalty
King Francis IFranceKG1527Royalty
King Henry IIFranceKG1551Royalty
King Charles IXFranceKG1564Royalty
King Henry IIIFranceKG1575Royalty
King Henry IVFranceKG1590Royalty
King Louis XVIIIFranceKG1814Royalty
King Charles XFranceKG1825Royalty
King Louis Philippe IFranceKG1844Royalty
Emperor Napoleon IIIFranceKG1855Royalty
Empress EugénieFranceGBE1919Royalty
Prince Napoléon-JérômeFranceGCB1855Royalty
Prince AribertAnhaltGCB1891Royalty
Prince LuitpoldBavariaGCB1901Royalty
Prince LuitpoldBavariaKG1911Royalty
Crown Prince RupprechtBavariaGCVOtbdRoyalty
Prince FerdinandBavariaGCVO1907Royalty
Prince LeopoldBavariaGCVO1907Royalty
Prince GeorgBavariaGCVO1908Royalty
Prince KonradBavariaGCVO1908Royalty
Grand Duke Friedrich IIBadenGCVO1905Royalty
Grand Duke Friedrich IBadenKG1906Royalty
Prince Francis JosephBattenbergGCVO1897Royalty
Prince Francis JosephBattenbergKCB1896Royalty
Elector Frederick WilliamBrandenburgKG1654Royalty
Duke William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-LüneburgBrunswick or HanoverKG1450Royalty
Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick-BevernBrunswick or HanoverKG1759Royalty
Duke George William of Brunswick-LüneburgBrunswick or HanoverKG1690Royalty
Elector George LouisBrunswick or HanoverKG1701RoyaltyLater King George I of Great Britain
Prince George Augustus of Brunswick-LüneburgBrunswick or HanoverKG1706RoyaltyLater King George II of Great Britain
Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-LüneburgBrunswick or HanoverKG1765Royalty
Duke William of Brunswick-LüneburgBrunswick or HanoverKG1831Royalty
Duke Christian of Brunswick-WolfenbüttelBrunswick or HanoverKG1624Royalty
Emperor Wilhelm IGerman EmpireGCB1857Royalty
Emperor Wilhelm IGerman EmpireKG1861RoyaltyUpon becoming King of Prussia.
Emperor Frederick IIIGerman EmpireKG1858RoyaltyUpon becoming a son-in-law of Queen Victoria whilst a Prince of Prussia.
Emperor Frederick IIIGerman EmpireGCB1883Royalty
Emperor Wilhelm IIGerman EmpireKG1879RoyaltyDegraded 1915
Emperor Wilhelm IIGerman EmpireGCVO1899RoyaltyAnnulled 1915
Emperor Wilhelm IIGerman EmpireRVC1902RoyaltyAnnulled 1915
Crown Prince WilhelmGerman EmpireKG1901RoyaltyDegraded 1915
Crown Prince WilhelmGerman EmpireRVC1904Royalty
Grand Duke Frederick Augustus IIGerman EmpireGCVO1907Royalty
Prince WilhelmGerman EmpireGCB1843Royalty
Prince WaldemarGerman EmpireGCB1846Royalty
Prince Friedrich KarlGerman EmpireGCB1878Royalty
Prince George VictorGerman EmpireGCB1882Royalty
Prince HeinrichGerman EmpireKG1889RoyaltyDegraded 1915
Prince HeinrichGerman EmpireRVC1902RoyaltyAnnulled 1915
Prince Friedrich LeopoldGerman EmpireGCVO1899Royalty
Prince FriedrichGerman EmpireGCB1904Royalty
Prince Eitel FriederichGerman EmpireGCVO1904Royalty
Prince August WilhelmGerman EmpireGCVO1904Royalty
Prince OskarGerman EmpireGCVO1904Royalty
Prince JoachimGerman EmpireGCVO1904Royalty
Prince AdalbertGerman EmpireGCVO1909Royalty
Prince WilliamGerman EmpireGCVO1904RoyaltyOn the occasion of royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany
Prince AlexisGerman EmpireGCVO1904Royalty
Prince Karl AntonGerman EmpireGCVO1907Royalty
Prince [Prince Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906)|Albert of Prussia (1837–1906)|Albert]German EmpireGCBtbdRoyalty
Prince FriedrichGerman EmpireGCVOtbdRoyalty
Duke Peter AlexandrovichGerman EmpireGCVO1908Royalty
Grand Duke Ludwig III of Hesse and by RhineHesseKG1865Royalty
Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and by RhineHesseKG1862Royalty
Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and by RhineHesseKG1887RoyaltyDegraded 1915
Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse and by RhineHesseKG1892RoyaltyDegraded 1915
Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse and by RhineHesseRVC1902RoyaltyAnnulled 1915
Landgrave Wilhelm IX of Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-CasselHesseKG1786Royalty
Landgrave Alexander FrederickHesseGCVO1907Royalty
Prince Ernest Frederick of Hesse-Philippsthal-BarchfeldHesseGCB1835Royalty
Prince Alexander of Hesse and by RhineHesseGCB1885Royalty
Prince Heinrich of Hesse and by RhineHesseGCB1892Royalty
Prince Frederick CharlesHesseGCB1897Royalty
Landgrave Louis William of Hesse-HomburgHesseGCB1836Royalty
Karl, Prince Kinsky von Wchynitz und TettauKinskyGCVO1905Royalty
Prince CharlesLeiningenKG1837Royalty
Elector Frederick VThe PalatinateKG1612Royalty
Elector Karl IIThe PalatinateKG1680Royalty
King Frederick IPrussiaKG1690Royalty
King [Frederick William III of the Netherlands|William III of Prussia|Frederick William III]PrussiaKG1814Royalty
King Frederick William IVPrussiaKG1842Royalty
Henry XXX, Prince ReussReussGCVO1900Royalty
Duke Ernst ISaxe-Coburg and GothaKG1838Royalty
Duke Ernest IISaxe-Coburg and GothaKG1844Royalty
Duke Carl EduardSaxe-Coburg and GothaGCVO1901RoyaltyAnnulled 1915
Duke Carl EduardSaxe-Coburg and GothaKG1902RoyaltyDegraded 1915
Duke Friderich IIISaxe-Coburg and GothaKG1741Royalty
Duke Ernst LudwigSaxe-Coburg and GothaKG1790Royalty
Prince FerdinandSaxe-Coburg and GothaGCB1839Royalty
Prince PhilippSaxe-Coburg and GothaGCB1885Royalty
Prince PhilippSaxe-Coburg and GothaGCVO1906Royalty
Duke Bernhard IISaxe-MeiningenKG1830Royalty
Duke Bernhard IIISaxe-MeiningenGCB1887Royalty
Prince BernhardSaxe-Weimar-EisenachGCB1830Royalty
Duke John AdolphusSaxe-WeissenfelsKG1745Royalty
Elector [John George II of Greece|George II, Elector of Saxony|John George II]SaxonyKG1668Royalty
Elector John George IVSaxonyKG1692Royalty
King Frederick Augustus IISaxonyKG1842Royalty
King AlbertSaxonyKG1882Royalty
Prince Adolphus ISchaumburg-LippeGCB1882Royalty
Prince AdolfSchaumburg-LippeGCBtbdRoyalty
Prince [Prince Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|Johann]Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgGCVO1901Royalty
Prince Albert Christian Adolphus EugeneSchleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgGCVO1904Royalty
Duke Friedrich FerdinandSchleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgGCVO1905Royalty
Prince WilhelmWied also the Royal House of AlbaniaGCVO1904Royalty
King William IWürttembergGCB1815Royalty
King William IWürttembergKG1830Royalty
King Karl IWürttembergKG1890Royalty
King William IIWürttembergKG1904RoyaltyDegraded 1915
Duke Frederick IWürttembergKG1597Royalty
Duke AlbrechtWürttembergGCVO1907Royalty
Prince Ernst I of Hohenlohe-LangenburgWürttembergGCB1848Royalty
Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe-LangenburgWürttembergGCB1867Royalty
Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe-LangenburgWürttembergGCVO1907Royalty
Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-LangenburgWürttembergGCB1897Royalty
King George IGreeceKG1876Royalty
King George IGreeceGCVO1901Royalty
King George IGreeceRVC1905Royalty
King Constantine IGreeceGCB1895Royalty
King Constantine IGreeceRVC1902Royalty
King George IIGreeceGCVO1909RoyaltyAppointed when Prince George of Greece visited
King George IIGreeceKG1938Royalty
King PaulGreeceGCVO1937Royalty
King PaulGreeceKG1963Royalty
Prince GeorgeGreeceGCB1900Royalty
Prince GeorgeGreeceGCVOtbdRoyalty
Prince NicholasGreeceGCVO1901Royalty
Prince AndrewGreeceGCVO1902Royalty
Prince ChristopherGreeceGCVO1909Royalty
Count William VIHollandKG1390Royalty
Emperor SigismundHoly Roman EmpireKG1415Royalty
Emperor Albert IIHoly Roman EmpireKG1438Royalty
Emperor Frederick IIIHoly Roman EmpireKG1457Royalty
Emperor Maximilian IHoly Roman EmpireKG1489Royalty
Emperor Charles VHoly Roman EmpireKG1508Royalty
Emperor Ferdinand IHoly Roman EmpireKG1522Royalty
Emperor Maximilian IIHoly Roman EmpireKG1567Royalty
Emperor Rudolf IIHoly Roman EmpireKG1578Royalty
King Victor Emmanuel IIItalyKG1855Royalty
King Umberto IItalyKG1878Royalty
King Victor Emmanuel IIIItalyKG1891RoyaltyExpelled in 1941
King Victor Emmanuel IIIItalyRVC1903Royalty
King Victor Emmanuel IIIItalyGCB1916Royalty
King Umberto IIItalyRVC1935Royalty
Prince RudolfLiechtensteinGCB1903Royalty
Prince Eduard VictorLiechtensteinKCVO1909RoyaltyPrefect of Marienbad
Grand Duke JeanLuxembourgKG1972Royalty
Grand Duke HenriLuxembourgGCVO1976Royalty
Duke Adolphus Frederick IVMecklenburg-StrelitzKG1764Royalty
Grand Duke Friedrich WilhelmMecklenburg-StrelitzGCB1848Royalty
Grand Duke Friedrich WilhelmMecklenburg-StrelitzKG1862Royalty
Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick VMecklenburg-StrelitzGCB1877Royalty
Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick VMecklenburg-StrelitzKG1911Royalty
Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick VIMecklenburg-StrelitzGCBtbdRoyalty
Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick VIMecklenburg-StrelitzGCVO1911Royalty
Duke Francesco IMilanKG1463Royalty
King Nicholas IMontenegroGCVO1897Royalty
King Ferdinand INaplesKG1463Royalty
King Alphonso IINaplesKG1493Royalty
Stadtholder MauriceThe NetherlandsKG1612Royalty
Stadtholder Frederick HenryThe NetherlandsKG1627Royalty
Stadtholder William IIThe NetherlandsKG1645Royalty
Stadtholder William IIIThe NetherlandsKG1653RoyaltyLater King William III of England
Stadtholder William IVThe NetherlandsKG1733Royalty
Stadtholder William VThe NetherlandsKG1752Royalty
King William IThe NetherlandsKG1814Royalty
King William IThe NetherlandsGCB1815Royalty
King William IIIThe NetherlandsKG1882Royalty
King Willem-AlexanderThe NetherlandsKG2018Royalty
Queen WilhelminaThe NetherlandsLG1944Royalty
Queen JulianaThe NetherlandsRVC1950Royalty
Queen JulianaThe NetherlandsLG1958Royalty
Queen BeatrixThe NetherlandsGCVO1958Royalty
Queen BeatrixThe NetherlandsRVC1982Royalty
Queen BeatrixThe NetherlandsLG1989Royalty
Prince Consort HenryThe NetherlandsGCB1907Royalty
Prince Consort BernhardThe NetherlandsGCB1958Royalty
Prince Consort BernhardThe NetherlandsGCVOtbdRoyalty
Prince Consort BernhardThe NetherlandsGBEtbdRoyalty
King Haakon VIINorwayGCB1896Royalty
King Haakon VIINorwayGCVO1901Royalty
King Haakon VIINorwayRVC1902Royalty
King Haakon VIINorwayKG1906Royalty
King Olav VNorwayGCVO1923Royalty
King Olav VNorwayGCB1946Royalty
King Olav VNorwayRVC1955Royalty
King Olav VNorwayKG1959Royalty
King Olav VNorwayKT1962Royalty
King Harald VNorwayGCVO1955Royalty
King Harald VNorwayRVC1994Royalty
King Harald VNorwayKG2001Royalty
King Casimir IVPolandKG1450Royalty
King John IPortugalKG1400Royalty
Prince PedroPortugalKG1427Royalty
King EdwardPortugalKG1435Royalty
Prince Henry the NavigatorPortugalKG1443Royalty
King Afonso VPortugalKG1447Royalty
King John IIPortugalKG1482Royalty
King Manuel IPortugalKG1510Royalty
King John VIPortugalKG1822Royalty
King Pedro VPortugalKG1858Royalty
King Luís IPortugalKG1865Royalty
King Carlos IPortugalKG1895Royalty
King Carlos IPortugalRVC1902Royalty
Infante Alphonso, Duke of OportoPortugalGCVO1903Royalty
Crown Prince Luís FilipePortugalKG1902Royalty
King Manuel IIPortugalGCVO1904Royalty
King Manuel IIPortugalKG1909Royalty
King Charles IRomaniaKG1892Royalty
King Ferdinand IRomaniaGCB1892Royalty
King Ferdinand IRomaniaKG1924Royalty
King Carol IIRomaniaKG1938Royalty
King Michael IRomaniaGCVO1941Royalty
Emperor Alexander IRussiaKG1813Royalty
Emperor Nicholas IRussiaKG1827Royalty
Emperor Alexander IIRussiaKG1867Royalty
Emperor Alexander IIIRussiaKG1881Royalty
Emperor Nicholas IIRussiaKG1893Royalty
Emperor Nicholas IIRussiaRVC1904Royalty
Emperor Nicholas IIRussiaGCB1916Royalty
Grand Duke Michael AlexandrovichRussiaGCB1901Royalty
Grand Duke Michael AlexandrovichRussiaKG1902Royalty
Grand Duke Michael MikhailovichRussiaGCVO1901Royalty
Grand Duke VladimirRussiaGCVO1903Royalty
Grand Duke NicholasRussiaGCB1915Royalty
Duke Emmanuel PhilibertSavoyKG1554Royalty
Prince Emanuele FilibertoSavoyKG1902Royalty
Prince Luigi AmedeoItaly GCVO1903Royalty
Prince Victor EmmanuelItaly GCVO1903Royalty
Prince FerdinandoItaly GCVO1903Royalty
Prince TommasoItaly GCVO1903Royalty
King James VScotlandKG1535Royalty
King James VIScotlandKG1590RoyaltyLater King James I of England
King Philip IISpainKG1554Royalty
King Ferdinand VIISpainKG1814Royalty
King Alfonso XIISpainKG1881Royalty
King Alfonso XIIISpainGCVO1897Royalty
King Alfonso XIIISpainKG1902Royalty
King Alfonso XIIISpainRVC1905Royalty
King Juan Carlos ISpainRVC1986Royalty
King Juan Carlos ISpainKG1988Royalty
King Felipe VISpainGCVO1988Royalty
King Felipe VISpainKG2017Royalty
King Gustavus AdolphusSwedenKG1627Royalty
King Charles XISwedenKG1668Royalty
King Frederick ISwedenKG1741Royalty
King Oscar IISweden and NorwayKG1881Royalty
King Gustav VSwedenGCB1901Royalty
King Gustav VSwedenKG1905Royalty
King Gustav VSwedenRVC1908Royalty
King Gustaf VI AdolfSwedenGCB1905Royalty
King Gustaf VI AdolfSwedenGCVO1905Royalty
King Gustaf VI AdolfSwedenRVC1923Royalty
King Gustaf VI AdolfSwedenKG1954Royalty
Prince CarlSweden and NorwayGCVO1904Royalty
Prince EugenSwedenGCVO1905Royalty
Prince VilhelmSwedenGCVO1905Royalty
Prince Gustaf AdolfSwedenGCVOtbdRoyalty
King Carl XVI GustafSwedenRVC1975Royalty
King Carl XVI GustafSwedenKG1983Royalty
Prince BertilSwedenGCB1956Royalty
Prince HenryTarantoKG1653Royalty
Prince CarlosTwo SiciliesGCB1903Royalty
King Alexander IYugoslaviaGCBtbdRoyalty
King Alexander IYugoslaviaRVCtbdRoyalty
King Alexander IYugoslaviaGCVOtbdRoyalty
Prince PaulYugoslaviaRVC1934Royalty
Prince PaulYugoslaviaGCVOtbdRoyalty
Prince PaulYugoslaviaKG1939Royalty

Asian, African and Oceanian royalty

NameNationalityHonourYearCategoryNotes
Amir Abdur Rahman KhanAfghanistanGCSI1885Royalty
Amir Abdur Rahman KhanAfghanistanGCB1893Royalty
Prince Nasrullah KhanAfghanistanGCMG1896Royalty
King Habibullah KhanAfghanistanGCMG1896Royalty
King Habibullah KhanAfghanistanGCB1907Royalty
King Amanullah KhanAfghanistanRVC1928Royalty
Queen Soraya TarziAfghanistanGBE1928Royalty
Prince Muhammad HasanAfghanistanGCVO1928Royalty
Princess Razia BegumAfghanistanDBE1928Royalty
Princess Bibi KhurdAfghanistanDBE1928Royalty
King Mohammed Zahir ShahAfghanistanRVC1971Royalty
Prince Zalmai Mahmud Khan GhaziAfghanistanGCVO1971Royalty
Prince 'Abdu'l Wali KhanAfghanistanGCVO1971Royalty
Sheikh Isa ibn Ali Al KhalifaBahrainKCIE1919Royalty
Sheikh Hamad ibn Isa Al KhalifahBahrainKCIE1935Royalty
Sheikh Salman ibn Hamad Al-KhalifaBahrainKCIE1943Royalty
Sheikh Salman ibn Hamad Al-KhalifaBahrainKCMG1952Royalty
Emir Isa ibn Salman al-KhalifaBahrainKCMG1964RoyaltyPromoted GCMG in 1979.
Emir Isa ibn Salman al-KhalifaBahrainGCMG1979Royalty
Emir Isa ibn Salman al-KhalifaBahrainGCB1984Royalty
King Hamad ibn Isa al-KhalifahBahrainKCMG1979Royalty
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak al-KhalifaBahrainGCMG1984Royalty
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Khalifa ibn Hamad al-KhalifaBahrainGBE1984Royalty
Maharaja Ugyen WangchukBhutanKCIE1905Royalty
Maharaja Ugyen WangchukBhutanKCSI1911Royalty
Maharaja Ugyen WangchukBhutanGCIE1921Royalty
Maharaja Jigme WangchuckBhutanKCIE1930Royalty
Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam IIBruneiKCMG1920Royalty
Sultan Ahmad TajuddinBruneiKBE1949Royalty
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin IIIBruneiKCMG1953Royalty
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin IIIBruneiGCVO1972Royalty
Sultan Hassanal BolkiahBruneiGCMG1972Royalty
Sultan Hassanal BolkiahBruneiGCB1992Royalty
Pengiran Anak IdrisBruneiKCVO1992Royalty
Prince Jefri BolkiahBruneiGCVO1992Royalty
Prince Muhammad BolkiahBruneiGCMG1998Royalty
Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee BillahBruneiGCVO1998Royalty
Prince Tsai HsunChinaGCB1909RoyaltyChief Administrator of the Chinese Admiralty on the visit of the Chinese Naval Commission to the United Kingdom
Khedive Isma'ilEgyptGCB1866Royalty
Khedive Isma'ilEgyptGCSI1868Royalty
Khedive TawfiqEgyptGCSI1875Royalty
Khedive TawfiqEgyptGCB1887Royalty
Khedive Abbas IIEgyptGCMG1891Royalty
Khedive Abbas IIEgyptGCB1892Royalty
Khedive Abbas IIEgyptGCVO1900Royalty
Khedive Abbas IIEgyptRVC1905Royalty
Prince Muhammad AliEgyptGCMG1900Royalty
Prince Muhammad AliEgyptGCB1937Royalty
Sultan Hussein KamelEgyptGCB1914Royalty
King Fuad IEgyptGCB1917Royalty
King Fuad IEgyptRVC1927Royalty
Emperor Menelek IIEthiopiaGCMG1897Royalty
Emperor Menelek IIEthiopiaGCB1902Royalty
Prince Makonnen Wolde MikaelEthiopiaKCMG1902Royalty
Emperor Iyasu VEthiopiaGCVO1911Royalty
Prince Kassa Hailu ze-DargeEthiopiaGCVO1911Royalty
Prince Kassa Hailu ze-DargeEthiopiaGBE1930Royalty
Emperor Haile SelassieEthiopiaGCMG1917Royalty
Emperor Haile SelassieEthiopiaGCB1924Royalty
Emperor Haile SelassieEthiopiaGCVO1930Royalty
Emperor Haile SelassieEthiopiaRVC1930Royalty
Emperor Haile SelassieEthiopiaKG1954Royalty
Emperor Amha SelassieEthiopiaGCVO1930Royalty
Emperor Amha SelassieEthiopiaGBE1932Royalty
Emperor Amha SelassieEthiopiaGCMG1958Royalty
Emperor Amha SelassieEthiopiaRVC1965Royalty
Princess Tenagne WorqEthiopiaDBE1932Royalty
Prince Makonnen Haile SelassieEthiopiaGCVO1954Royalty
Princess Sebla-Wangel DestaEthiopiaDCVO1965Royalty
Prince Asserate KassaEthiopiaGCVO1965Royalty
Sobhuza IIeSwatini KBE1966RoyaltyNgwenyama of Swaziland.
Prince Hailu Takla-HaymaynotGojjamKBE1924Royalty
King HusseinHejazGCB1920Royalty
King AliHejazGBE1920Royalty
Shah Nasser-al-DinIran KG1873Royalty
Prince Sultan MasudIran GCSI1887Royalty
Prince VajihullahIran GCMG1897Royalty
Shah Mozaffar-al-DinIran KG1903Royalty
Prince Abul FathIran GCMG1903Royalty
Prince Abul HusainIran GCMG1916Royalty
Prince IsmailIran KCSI1916Royalty
Prince FiruzIran GCMG1919Royalty
Prince Husain QuliIran GCVO1919Royalty
Prince AsadullahIran KCVO1919Royalty
Prince Muhammad HusainIran KCVO1919Royalty
Shah Mohammad Reza PahlaviIran GCB1942Royalty
Shah Mohammad Reza PahlaviIran RVC1948Royalty
Prince YadullahIran GCMG1961Royalty
Prince FaisalHejazRVC1918RoyaltyLater King Faisal of Iraq
King Faisal IIraqGCMG1927Royalty
King Faisal IIraqGCB1933Royalty
Prince ZeidIraqGBE1920Royalty
Prince ZeidIraqGCVO1956Royalty
Crown Prince Abdul IllahIraqGCMG1942Royalty
Crown Prince Abdul IllahIraqGCVO1943Royalty
Crown Prince Abdul IllahIraqGCB1956Royalty
King Faisal IIIraqGCVO1952Royalty
King Faisal IIIraqRVC1956Royalty
Prince Ra'adIraqKCVO1966Royalty
Prince Ra'adIraqGCVO1984Royalty
Prince ZeidIraqKCMG2019Royalty
Prince Kuni KuniyoshiJapanGCVO1909Royalty
Emperor MutsuhitoJapanKG1905Royalty
Emperor YoshihitoJapanKG1912Royalty
Emperor HirohitoJapanKG1929RoyaltyDegraded 1941, but restored to the honour in 1971.
Emperor HirohitoJapanGCB1921RoyaltyAnnulled 1941
Emperor HirohitoJapanGCVO1921RoyaltyAnnulled 1941
Emperor AkihitoJapanKG1998Royalty
Prince Arisugawa TakehitoJapanGCB1902Royalty
Prince Fushimi SadanaruJapanGCB1907Royalty
Prince Fushimi HiroyasuJapanGCVO1909Royalty
Prince Nashimoto MorimasaJapanGCVO1909Royalty
Prince Higashifushimi YorihitoJapanRVC1918Royalty
Prince NobuhitoJapanRVC1930Royalty
Prince YasuhitoJapanRVC1937Royalty
King Abdullah IJordanGBE1920Royalty
King Abdullah IJordanKCMG1927Royalty
King Abdullah IJordanGCMG1935Royalty
King Hussein IJordanGCVO1953Royalty
King Hussein IJordanRVC1966Royalty
King Hussein IJordanGCB1984Royalty
Prince HusseinJordanGCVO1966Royalty
Prince MuhammadJordanGCVO1984Royalty
Prince HassanJordanGCVO1984Royalty
Princess BasmaJordanGCVO2001Royalty
King Abdullah IIJordanKCVO1984Royalty
King Abdullah IIJordanGCMG1999Royalty
King Abdullah IIJordanGCB2001Royalty
Prince AliJordanKCVO2001Royalty
Emperor GojongKoreaGCIE1900Royalty
Sheikh Mubarak bin Sabah Al-SabahKuwaitKCIE1911Royalty
Sheikh Mubarak bin Sabah Al-SabahKuwaitKCSI1914Royalty
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahKuwaitKCIE1930RoyaltyPromoted from CIE.
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahKuwaitKCSI1944RoyaltyPromoted from CSI.
Sheikh Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-SabahKuwaitKCMG1952RoyaltyPromoted GCMG in 1959.
Sheikh Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-SabahKuwaitGCMG1959Royalty
Emir Sabah III al-Salim al-SabahKuwaitKCMG1959Royalty
Emir Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-SabahKuwaitKCMG1979Royalty
Emir Jaber III bin-Ahmad I al-SabahKuwaitGCMG1979Royalty
Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-SabahKuwaitGCB1995Royalty
Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahKuwaitGCB2012Royalty
Sultan Abdul Karim bin Fadhl bin AliLahejKCIE1918Royalty
Sultan Abdul Karim bin Fadhl bin AliLahejKCMG1935Royalty
Sultan IbrahimJohor KCMG1897Royalty
Sultan IbrahimJohorGCMG1916Royalty
Sultan IbrahimJohorKBE1918Royalty
Sultan IbrahimJohorGBE1935Royalty
Sultan IsmailJohorKBE1937Royalty
Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim ShahKedah KCMG1911Royalty
Sultan Tunku MahmudKedahKBE1935Royalty
Sultan Tuanku Abdul HalimKedahGCB1972Royalty
Sultan Mohamed IVKelantan KCMG1922Royalty
Yang di Pertuan Besar Muhammad Negeri Sembilan KCMG1916RoyaltyCMG 1894
Yang di Pertuan Besar Muhammad Negeri SembilanKCVO1925Royalty
Yang di Pertuan Besar Muhammad Negeri SembilanGCMG1931Royalty
Yang di Pertuan Besar Abdul Rahman Negeri SembilanKCMG1934Royalty
Yang di Pertuan Besar Abdul Rahman Negeri SembilanGCMG1957RoyaltyYang di-Pertuan Agong
Yang di Pertuan Besar Jaafar Negeri SembilanGCB1998RoyaltyYang di-Pertuan Agong
Sultan Abdullah Pahang KCMG1921Royalty
Sultan Abu Bakar Pahang KCMG1935RoyaltyCMG 2.1.1933
Sultan Abu Bakar Pahang GCMG1953Royalty
Sultan Idris Shah I PerakKCMG1892RoyaltyCMG 2.10.1884
Sultan Idris Shah IPerakGCMG1901Royalty
Sultan Idris Shah IPerak GCVO1913Royalty
Sultan Abdul Jalil PerakKCMG1917Royalty
Sultan IskandarPerak KCMG1921Royalty
Sultan IskandarPerakKCVO1924Royalty
Sultan IskandarPerakGCMG1933Royalty
Raja Chulan of PerakFederated Malay StatesKBE1930Royalty
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah PerakKBE1937Royalty
Sultan Abdul Aziz ShahPerakKCMG1939RoyaltyCMG in 1924
Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin ShahPerakKCMG1949Royalty
Sultan Azlan ShahPerakGCB1989Royalty
Rajah Tuan Syed Alwi ibni Almerhum Syed SafiPerlis KBE1938Royalty
Sultan SulaimanSelangor KCMG1912Royalty
Sultan SulaimanSelangorGCMG1929Royalty
Sultan SulaimanTrengganu KCMG1922Royalty
Sultan IsmailTrengganu KCMG1951Royalty
Sultan Mohammed Farid DidiThe MaldivesKCMG1961Royalty
Sheikh Khazal KhanMohammerahKCIE1910Royalty
Sheikh Khazal KhanMohammerahKCSI1914Royalty
Sheikh Khazal KhanMohammerahGCIE1916Royalty
Sultan AbdelazizMoroccoGCB1901Royalty
Sultan Kapil TalwalkarMoroccoGCB1914Royalty
Sultan YusefMoroccoGCMG1917Royalty
King Hassan IIMoroccoRVC1980Royalty
King Mohammed VIMoroccoGCVO1980Royalty
Princess Lalla AichaMoroccoDCVO1980DiplomaticAmbassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom from 1965 to 1969, for her contributions to Anglo-Moroccan relations.
Jang BahadurNepal – Rana DynastyGCB1858Royalty
Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyGCB1905Royalty
Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyGCVO1911Royalty
Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyGCMG1919Royalty
Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyKCVO1911Royalty
Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyGCMG1931Royalty
Sher Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyKBE1919Royalty
Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyGBE1919Royalty
Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyGCVO1946Royalty
Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyGBE1920Royalty
Tej Shamsher Jang Bahdur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyKBE1924Royalty
Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyKBE1924Royalty
Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyGBE1937Royalty
Bahadur Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyGBE1934Royalty
Bahadur Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyKCB1945Royalty
Krishna Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyKBE1937Royalty
Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyGCB1939Royalty
Singha Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyKBE1942Royalty
Nir Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyKBE1945Royalty
Nir Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyGCVO1961Royalty
Kiran Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyKBE1945Royalty
Kiran Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyKCVO1961Royalty
Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyGBE1945Royalty
Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyGCB1950Royalty
Shankar Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyKBE1946Royalty
Shankar Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyGBE1949Royalty
Subarna Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyGCVO1960Royalty
Arjun Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyKCVO1961Royalty
Samrajya Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyKCVO1961Royalty
Nara Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyKCVO1961Royalty
Jagdish Shamsher Jang Bahadur RanaNepal – Rana DynastyGBE1980Royalty
Preksha Rajya Lakshmi DeviNepal – Rana DynastyGCVO1986Royalty
Prince Himalaya Pratap Bir Bikram ShahNepal – Shah DynastyGBE1953Royalty
Prince Himalaya Pratap Bir Bikram ShahNepal – Shah DynastyGCMG1961Royalty
Prince Basundhara Bir Bikram ShahNepal – Shah DynastyGCMG1961Royalty
King MahendraNepal – Shah DynastyRVC1961Royalty
King BirendraNepal – Shah DynastyRVC1975Royalty
King GyanendraNepal – Shah DynastyGCMG1986Royalty
Prince Dhirendra Bir Bikram Shah DevaNepal – Shah DynastyGCMG1986Royalty
Sultan Turki bin SaidOmanGCSI1886Royalty
Sultan Faisal bin TurkiOmanGCIE1903Royalty
Sultan Taimur bin FeisalOmanKCIE1926Royalty
Ali bin Salim Al-BusaidyOmanKBE1932Royalty
Sultan Said Bin TaimurOmanGCIE1945Royalty
Sultan Said Bin TaimurOmanGCMG1956Royalty
Sultan Qaboos bin SaidOmanGCMG1976Royalty
Sultan Qaboos bin SaidOmanGCVO1979Royalty
Sultan Qaboos bin SaidOmanGCB1982Royalty
Sultan Qaboos bin SaidOmanRVC2010Royalty
Sultan Haitham bin TariqOmanGCVO2010Royalty
Sultan Haitham bin TariqOmanGCMG2021Royalty
Sultan Abdulmejid IOttoman EmpireKG1856Royalty
Sultan AbdulazizOttoman EmpireKG1867Royalty
Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al ThaniQatarGCMG1997Royalty
Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al ThaniQatarGCB2010Royalty
Sheikha Moza bint NasserQatarDBEtbdRoyalty
King AbdulazizSaudi ArabiaKCSI1914Royalty
King AbdulazizSaudi ArabiaKBE1916Royalty
King AbdulazizSaudi ArabiaGCIE1920Royalty
King AbdulazizSaudi ArabiaKCB1935Royalty
King FaisalSaudi ArabiaRVC1967Royalty
King KhalidSaudi ArabiaRVC1981Royalty
King FahdSaudi ArabiaRVC1987Royalty
King AbdullahSaudi ArabiaGCB1998Royalty
King AbdullahSaudi ArabiaRVC2007Royalty
Prince KhalidSaudi ArabiaKCB1991Royalty
Sultan Hisamuddin Alam ShahSelangorKCMG1938Royalty
Sultan Salih bin Ghalib al Qu'aitiShihr and MukallaKCMG1938Royalty
King VajiravudhThailand (formerly Siam)GCVO1902Royalty
King Bhumibol AdulyadejThailand (formerly Siam)RVC1960Royalty
King VajiralongkornThailand (formerly Siam)GCVO1996Royalty
Princess SirindhornThailand (formerly Siam)GCVO1996Royalty
Princess ChulabhornThailand (formerly Siam)GCVO1996Royalty
Prince Seyoum MengeshaTigrayKBE1924Royalty
Prince Mengesha SeyoumTigrayGCVO1965Royalty
Queen Salote Tupou IIITongaDBE1932Royalty
Queen Salote Tupou IIITongaGBE1945Royalty
Queen Salote Tupou IIITongaGCVO1953Royalty
Queen Salote Tupou IIITongaGCMG1965Royalty
King Taufa'ahau Tupou IVTongaKBE1958Royalty
King Taufa'ahau Tupou IVTongaGCVO1970Royalty
King Taufa'ahau Tupou IVTongaGCMG1977Royalty
Bey Muhammad III as-SadiqTunisGCB1865Royalty
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al NahyanUnited Arab Emirates – Abu DhabiGCB2010Royalty
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al NahyanUnited Arab Emirates – Abu DhabiKCMG2013Royalty
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al MaktoumUnited Arab Emirates – DubaiGCMG2010Royalty
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al NahyanUnited Arab Emirates – Abu DhabiGCMG2010Royalty
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al NahyanUnited Arab Emirates – Abu DhabiKBE2013Royalty
Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al NahyanUnited Arab Emirates – Abu DhabiKBE2013Royalty
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al MaktoumUnited Arab Emirates – DubaiKBE2013Royalty
Sheikha Lubna Khalid Al QasimiUnited Arab Emirates – SharjahDBE2013Royalty
Sultan Ali bin SaidZanzibarGCSI1890Royalty
Sultan Hamad bin ThuwainiZanzibarGCSI1894Royalty
Sultan Khalifa bin HarubZanzibarKCMG1914Royalty
Sultan Khalifa bin HarubZanzibarKBE1919Royalty
Sultan Khalifa bin HarubZanzibarGBE1935Royalty
Sultan Khalifa bin HarubZanzibarGCMG1936Royalty
Sultan Khalifa bin HarubZanzibarGCB1956Royalty
Sultan Abdullah bin KhalifaZanzibarKBE1959Royalty
Sultan Jamshid bin AbdullahZanzibarGCMG1963Royalty

Professional, humanitarian and exploration

NameNationalityHonourYearCategoryNotes
`Abdu'l-BaháIran KBE1920HumanitarianHead of the Bahá'í Faith, award for humanitarian works in Palestine during World War I.
Winthrop W. AldrichUnited StatesGBE1947Finance
Akito ArimaJapanKBE2002ScienceNuclear physicist
Frank AydelotteUnited StatesKBE1953EducationUpon his retirement as Secretary of the American Rhodes Trust.
Denton Ward BairdtbdGCVO1934Law enforcement
Paul Bruce BeesonUnited StatesKBE1973MedicineNuffield Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, 1965–1974
Donald BerwickUnited StatesKBE2005MedicineAwarded for his efforts to help reform Britain's National Health Service.
Michael BloombergUnited StatesKBE2014Philanthropy.-
Philip BobbittUnited StatesKBE2021LawFor contributions to UK/US relations and to public life Later became a British national and his knighthood became substantive.
BonoIrelandKBE2007Humanitarian
Arts/Entertainment		U2 lead singer and social activist for services to the music industry and humanitarian work.
Vannevar BushUnited StatesKBE1948ScienceHead of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development during World War II
Aldo CastellaniItalyKCMG1928MedicineDirector of Tropical Medicine at the Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Putney Heath.
Alistair CookeUnited StatesKBE1973BroadcastingBroadcaster for his outstanding contribution to Anglo-American mutual understanding Lost his British nationality in 1941 upon becoming a United States citizen.
Francisco Maria da VeigaPortugalKCVO1903Law enforcement
Ara DarziIraqKBE2002MedicineBecame a British national later in 2002 and his knighthood became substantive.
Filippo de FilippiItalyKCIE1916Exploration
Bertram de Nully CrugerUnited StatesKBEtbdFinance
James Caruthers Rhea EwingUnited StatesKCIE1923EducationFormer Principal of the Forman College, Lahore, Punjab.
Christiana FigueresCosta RicaDBE2022Humanitarian Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2010-2016.
Gilberto FreyreBrazilKBE1971Anthropology/Sociology
Melinda GatesUnited StatesDBE2013Humanitarian
Bob GeldofIrelandKBE1986HumanitarianWhile prominent in music, his award was for humanitarian work.
Nizam ud-din Khan GhaffaritbdKCMG1903Finance
Arthur Lehman GoodhartUnited StatesKBE1948Law
Johann Ritter von HabrdaAustriaKCVO1904Law enforcementCommissioner of Police, Vienna
Martin HairerAustriaKBE2016Science
Friedrich Albert HänelGerman EmpireKCVO1901LawGeheimer Justizrath
Sven HedinSwedenKCIE1909ExplorationGeographer and traveller has explored Persia, Mesopotamia, Khorasan and Turkestan, Tibet, the Gobi Desert, and other wild regions.
J. Edgar HooverUnited StatesKBE1950Law enforcementDirector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for helpful collaboration and cooperation during the past 25 years.
Mohammed JameelSaudi ArabiaKBE2014PhilanthropyFor philanthropic activities and support for the development of the arts and culture in the UK.
Angelina JolieUnited States, CambodiaDCMG2014HumanitarianFor services to the United Kingdom's foreign policy and for campaigning to end sexual violence in war zones.
Bruce KeoghZimbabweKBE2003MedicineLater became a British national and his knighthood became substantive.
Bernard KouchnerFranceKBE2004HumanitarianCo-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières.
Sergei KruglovSoviet UnionKBE1945Law enforcement
Antonio Maria de LancastrePortugalKCVO1904Medicine
Louis LépineFranceGCVO1903Law enforcementPrefect of Police.
Graça MachelMozambique/South AfricaDBE1997Humanitarian
Marchese Guglielmo MarconiItalyGCVO1914Science
Paul MellonUnited StatesKBE1974HumanitarianPhilanthropist known as a patron of British art
Edward R. MurrowUnited StatesKBE1965BroadcastingBroadcaster in recognition of outstanding services in furthering Anglo-American friendship and understanding.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento BrazilKBE1997SportsAwarded in his capacity as Brazil's sports minister
Eugen PetersenDenmarkKCVO1904Law enforcement
José Martins Pinheiro NetoBrazilKBE1987Law
Peter PiotBelgiumKCMG2016Medicine
Xavier RoletFranceKBE2015FinanceChief executive of the London Stock Exchange
Risto RytiFinlandKCVO1934FinanceChairman of the Bank of Finland for service of great merit to Anglo-Finnish relations. He later became Prime Minister and President of Finland.
Mortimer SacklerUnited StatesKBE1995SciencePharmaceutical entrepreneur and philanthropist, for contributions to the sciences and to philanthropy. Brother of Raymond Sackler, KBE and husband of Dame Theresa Sackler.
Raymond SacklerUnited StatesKBE1995SciencePharmaceutical entrepreneur and philanthropist, for contributions to the sciences, arts and astronomy.
Abdus SalamPakistanKBE1989ScienceFor Professor Salam's inspiration behind the foundation of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Douglas Stephen SauvétbdKBE1936Law
Albert SchweitzerFranceOM1955HumanitarianPhilosopher, musician and missionary.
Helen SuzmanSouth AfricaDBE1989HumanitarianAnti-apartheid activist
Taro TakemiJapanKBEtbdMedicine
Mother TeresaIndiaOM1983Humanitarian
Rick TrainorUnited StatesKBE2010EducationPrincipal of King's College London. Took British nationality later in 2010 and knighthood became substantive.
James D. WatsonUnited StatesKBE2001ScienceCo-discoverer of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick
Elie WieselUnited StatesKBE2006Humanitarian
Simon WiesenthalAustriaKBE2004HumanitarianAward for a lifetime of service to humanity and for work at the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Sport

NameNationalityHonourYearCategoryNotes
PeléBrazilKBE1997SportFootballer and three-time World Cup winner.
Jacques RoggeBelgiumKCMG2014Sport8th President of the IOC, in recognition of his commitment to the Olympic movement and his role in the success of London 2012.
Sarina WiegmanNetherlandsDBE2025SportEngland women's national football team manager, in recognition for winning UEFA Women's Euro 2025 with England

Abbreviations

The following are listed in order of precedence: