Topic
Language
90 people were recognised in the UK honours for Language.
Recognition over time
90 people recognised for Language from 2008 to 2026, shown by year and stacked by award category (the honours categories present in this data).
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Each bar counts people recognised for that topic on its own, not its sub-topics — so the Language bar (90) is those tagged Language directly, shown against its 3 sub-topics. The same person can appear in more than one.
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Recipients
People recognised for Language
90 people
2026 · 7
Janet Mary Cooper
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
“Lately Clinical Lead, Children's Speech and Language Therapies, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Speech and Language Development for Children and Young People”
Janet Beck
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Holywood, County Down
“Sign Language Interpreter. For services to Interpreting and to the Deaf Community”
Elaine Jill Kelman
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“Lately Head, Michael Palin Centre for Stammering. For services to Speech and Language Therapy”
Craig Andrew Wyn Crowley
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Corby, Northamptonshire
“Chief Executive Officer, Action Deafness and Inaugural Co-Chair, The British Sign Language Advisory Board. For services to Deaf and Deafblind People”
Clifford William Parry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the English language and to UK/Greece Cultural Relations.”
Sean Heward Kelly Aita
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to English Language and UK Culture in Europe.”
Gloria Natasha Ogborn
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bristol, City of Bristol
“Lately British Sign Language Interpreter, Expert Witness and Legal Interpreting Trainer. For services to British Sign Language and Deaf Communities”
2025 · 4
Lorraine Susan Britton
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
“Lead Speech and Language Therapist, Trent Regional Cleft Network. For services to Children with Cleft Lip and Palate”
Michael John Delaney
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
“For services to British Business, English language, and Culture in Brazil.”
Gordon McKenzie Hay
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
“Founder, Doric Board and Choirmaster, Longside Parish Church. For services to the Promotion of the Doric Language”
John Howells
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2025
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“Director, Welsh Government. For services to the Welsh Language”
2024 · 4
Nicola Norville
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Loughborough, Leicestershire
“Speech and Language Therapist, Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre. For services to Armed Forces Personnel”
Susan Dent
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“Lexicographer, Etymologist and Author. For services to Literature and to Language”
Roy Noble
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Aberdare, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Welsh Culture and Language, and to the community in Wales”
Penelope Evelyn Hall (Penelope Gravill)
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
“Speech and Language Therapist, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. For services to the Treatment of Skull Base Tumours and Facial Palsies”
2023 · 9
Bencie Woll
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
London, Greater London
“Professor of Sign Language, University College London. For services to Higher Education and Deaf People”
Michelle Sharon Morris
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Salford, Greater Manchester
“Early Years Language and Communication Pathway Lead, Greater Manchester Combined Authority. For services to Speech and Language Therapy”
Thomas McAULEY
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“Acting Head, Sign Language Policy Team, Department for Communities, Northern Ireland Executive. For services to Deaf People in Northern Ireland”
Annie MacSWEEN
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Stornoway, Western Isles
“Honorary President, Comunn Eachdraidh Nis (Ness Historical Society). For services to the Scots Gaelic Language”
David Colleton Buxton
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Epsom, Surrey
“Chief Executive Officer, Action on Disability and lately Chair, British Deaf Association. For services to the Deaf and British Sign Language Communities”
Audrey Cameron
PersonOfficer Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Dunbar, East Lothian
“Chair, British Sign Language Plan Working Group, University of Edinburgh. For services to Chemical Sciences and to Inclusion in Science Communications”
Medwin Hughes
PersonCommander Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire
“Vice-Chancellor, University of Wales and University of Wales Trinity St David Group. For services to Education and to the Welsh Language”
Timothy Phillips
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
“For services to International English language education.”
Margaret Isabel MacGregor Nicolson (Margaret MacLeod)
PersonMember Order Of The British Empire · 2023
Giffnock, Renfrewshire
“For services to the Scottish Gaelic Language”
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