List of honorary British Knights
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This is an incomplete list of people who have been created Honorary Knights (or Dames) by the British crown.
In recent years, the following numbers of Honorary Knights and Dames have been created (other than RVOs, which are the Queen's personal prerogative)
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
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| 8 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 29 | 13 |
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Entertainment and Arts
- Alfred Brendel - KBE (1989)
- Plácido Domingo - KBE (2002)
- Antal Doráti - KBE (1983)
- Maurice Druon - KBE
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - KBE (1949)
- Bob Geldof - KBE (1986)
- Bernard Haitink - KBE (1977)
- Bob Hope - KBE (1998)
- Magnus Magnusson - KBE
- Yehudi Menuhin - KBE (1965; later became a British subject)
- Spike Milligan - KBE (2001)
- Ettore Modigliani - KBE
- Arnaldo Momigliano - KBE (1974)
- Iris Origo - DBE (1977)
- Eugene Ormandy - KBE (1976)
- Mario Praz - KBE (1962)
- Andre Previn - KBE
- Arthur Rubinstein - KBE (1977)
- Georg Solti - KBE (1971; later became a British subject)
- Steven Spielberg - KBE (2001)
- Terry Wogan - KBE (2005)
Politics and Government
- Emeka Anyaoku - GCVO (2000)
- Joseph Avenol - KBE (1921)
- George H. W. Bush - GCB
- Anson Chan - GCMG
- Charles de Rocca-Serra - KCMG (1917)
- Romeo Gallenga-Stuart - KBE
- Rudy Giuliani - KBE (February 13 2002)
- Alan Greenspan - KBE (2002)
- Sassoon Effendi Heskail - KBE
- Mohammed Ikramullah - KCMG (1961)
- Mohammed Said Pasha - GCMG (1912)
- Dato Onn Bin Ja'Afar - KBE (1953)
- Hamid Karzai - GCMG (2003)
- Pierre-Olivier Lapie - KBE
- Hans Ritter von Lex - KBE (1961)
- Kengo Mori - KBE (1927)
- Ronald Reagan - GCB
- Run Run Shaw - KBE (1977)
- Joodha Shumshere Jung - GCSI (1935), GCIE
- Ismail Sirry Pasha - KCMG (1913)
- Ali El Tom - KBE (1926)
- Donald Tsang - KBE (1997)
- Caspar Weinberger - GBE
- Robert Worcester - KBE (2004; later became a British subject)
- Yang Ti-liang - KBE (1988)
- Chung Sze Yuen - GBE
- Zulfikar Pasha - KBE (1920)
Diplomatic
- Henry Angst - KCMG (1906)
- Lloyd Griscom - KCMG (1919)
- Slavko Grouitch - KBE
- Louis Joxe - KBE
- Willem J. Oudendyk - KCMG
- Comte de Serionne - KCMG (1917)
Military
- Jean-Marie Charles Abrial - KCB (1940)
- V. G. Balck - KCMG
- Walter Bedell Smith - GBE (1945), KCB (1944)
- John Biddle - KCB (1918)
- Georges Blanchard - KCB (1940)
- Mark W. Clark - KBE (1944)
- Wesley Clark - KBE (2000)
- James Doolittle - KCB (1944)
- Tommy Franks
- William Gorgas - KCMG (1920)
- Benoit de la Laurencie - KBE (1940)
- André Lemonnier - KCB
- Mikhail Malinin - KBE (1945)
- Colin Powell - KCB (1993)
- Konstantin Rokossovsky - KCB (1945)
- Garcia Rosado - KCMG
- Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. - KCB (1993)
- Brent Scowcroft - KBE (1993)
- Leighton W. Smith, Jr. - KBE (1997)
Business
- Henri Deterding - KBE (1920)
- Niall FitzGerald - KBE (2002)
- Bill Gates - KBE (2004)
- Lou Gerstner
- Paul Getty - KBE (1987; later became a British subject)
- Cecil H. Green
Religious
- Billy Graham - KBE (2001)
- Patriarch Turian - KBE (1930)
Royalty
- Sheikh Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah of Bahrain - KCIE (1935)
- King Ugyen Wangchuk of Bhutan - GCIE (1921), KCSI, KCIE
- Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam II of Brunei - KCMG (1920)
- Sultan Ibrahim of Johore - GCMG (1916), KCMG (1897), KBE (1918)
- Tunku Mahmud of Kedah - KBE (1935)
- Sheikh Mubarak al-Sabah of Kuwait - KCSI (1914), KCIE
- Sheikh 'Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah of Kuwait - KCIE (1930)
- Sheikh 'Abd Allah III al-Salim al-Sabah of Kuwait - KCMG (1952)
- Sultan Abdul Karim bin Fadhl bin Ali of Lahej - KCMG (1935), KCIE
- Sultan Mohammed Farid Didi of the Maldives - KCMG (1961)
- Sheikh Sardar Arfa of Mohammerah - GCIE (1916), KCSI (1914), KCIE
- Yang di Pertnan Besar Tunku Mohamed of the Negri Sembilan - KCMG (1916)
- Sultan Abdullah of Pahang - KCMG (1921)
- Sultan Idris of Perak - KCMG (1921)
- Sultan Raja Chulan of Perak - KBE (1930)
- Sultan Yussuf Izzudin Shah of Perak - KCMG (1949)
- Rajah Tuan Syed Alwi ibni Almerhum Syed Safi of Perlis - KBE (1938)
- Sultan Hisamund Din Alam Shah of Selangor - KCMG (1938)
- Sultan Salih bin Ghalib al Qu'aiti of Shihr and Mukalla - KCMG (1938)
- Emir Abdullah I of Transjordan - KCMG (1927)
- Sultan Khalifa bin Harub of Zanzibar - KCMG (1914), KBE (1919)
Science
- Aldo Castellani - KCMG (1928)
- Ara Darzi
- Bruce Keogh - KBE (2004; later became a British subject)
- Guglielmo Marconi - GCVO (1914)
- Abdus Salam
- James Watson
Humanitarian
Sports
- Pelé - KBE (1998)
Education
- Frank Aydelotte - KBE (1953)
Broadcasting
- Alistair Cooke - KBE (1973)
- Edward R. Murrow - KBE (1965)
Law
- Arthur Lehman Goodhart - KBE (1948)
Police
- Sergey Kruglov - KBE
Finance
- Bertram de Nully Cruger - KBE