Birthday Honours 2025
David Beckham
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Sport and to Charity.”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
14 June 2025
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
David Robert Joseph BECKHAM O.B.E.
For services to Sport and to Charity.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64759 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and to Charity.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 14 times in the Birthday Honours List 2025 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
85 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
How widely is this recognised?
2,173 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 2025
Alexander Charles Beard
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts.”
Andrew Christie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Crowthorne, Berkshire
“For services to Children’s Services.”
Gary Oldman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Abroad
“For services to Drama.”
Hans Rausing
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts.”
Mark Tami
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For Political and Public Service.”
Paul Tarn
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Barnsley, South Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Peter Lauener
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Education.”
Roger Daltrey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Charity and to Music.”
Rufus Norris
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Stephen Watson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Lancaster, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Thomas Roddick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Emsworth, Hampshire
“For services to Charity and Philanthropy.”
Vernon Gibson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Ambleside, Cumbria
“For services to Science and to Defence.”
William Boston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2025
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League Football. (To be dated 10 June 2025)”
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,173 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation. See the full list →
Kevin Sinfield
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League, Rugby Union and the MND Community.”
Nigel Travis
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Manchester, Greater Manchester
“For services to Boxing and the community in Moss Side, Greater Manchester.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Emily Scarratt
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Coalville, Leicestershire
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Leah Williamson
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
St Albans, Hertfordshire
“For services to Association Football.”
Johanna Norman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Swimming in Guernsey.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
John Wright
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Cricket in Warwickshire and the West Midlands.”
David Workman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Ballynahinch, County Down
“For services to Rugby and to Community Relations in Ballynahinch.”
Kim Watson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia.”
Alan Thurlow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Swimming.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Jennifer Smyth
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Disability Sport.”
David Smallwoods
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Local Football.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Alan Parker
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
“For voluntary services to Rugby League Football and to the community in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.”
James Mcdonald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Junior Athletics.”
Jason Land
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to Association Football.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Leslie France
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Blackpool, Lancashire
“For services to Swimming and to the community in Wigan.”
Linda Gaine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Colchester, Essex
“For services to Grassroots Netball in East Anglia.”
Sarah Edwards
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Barnham, West Sussex
“Department for Work and Pensions. For services to Grassroots Sports.”
George Dodd
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carlisle, Cumbria
“For services to Rowing.”
Source & provenance
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Knight Bachelor · 2025
London Gazette (official record), issue 64759, notice 4905679. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2025).
Published 13 June 2025.
Location (London, Greater 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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