Birthday Honours 2013
Anish Mikhail KAPOOR
Knight Bachelor
architect
“Sculptor. For services to Visual Arts.”
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Birthday Honours 2013- Role at the time
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“Sculptor. For services to Visual Arts.”
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“Sculptor. For services to Visual Arts.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 29 times in the Birthday Honours List 2013 — about 2% of the list.
In their area
164 Knight Bachelor recipients are from London.
What organisation were they with?
architect.
How widely is this recognised?
3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
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“Chair, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. For services to Public Health.”
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“Member of Parliament for Gainsborough and lately Chair, Public Accounts Committee. For public and political service.”
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“Executive Head, Durand Academy, London Borough of Lambeth. For services to Education.”
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“Co-Founder, Joint Chief Executive and Creative Director, Ambassador Theatre Group. For services to Theatre.”
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“Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics. For services to Social Policy Development.”
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“Executive Headteacher, Harton Technology College and Jarrow School, South Tyneside, and Academy 360, Sunderland”
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London
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Professor Christopher Antoniou Pissarides
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“School Professor of Economics and Political Science, London School of Economics and Political Science. For services to Economics.”
Professor David Harry Metcalf
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“Chair, Migration Advisory Committee, London. For services to UK Migration Policy.”
Professor Eric Jackson Thomas
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“Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol and President, Universities UK. For services to Higher Education.”
Professor Malcolm John Grant
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“President and Provost, University College London. For services to Higher Education.”
Professor Michael Rudolf Stratton
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“Director, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. For services to Medical Science.”
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“Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Southampton. For services to Science and Engineering.”
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“Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Professor, Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL, London. For services to Ophthalmology.”
Professor Stephen Patrick O'Rahilly
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“Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Cambridge. For services to Medical Research.”
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John Alexander Fannon
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Helen Joyce Fannon
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Knight Bachelor · 2013
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2013.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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