Birthday Honours 1978
Denis Follows
Knight Bachelor
“For services to Sport.”
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Knight Bachelor · 1978
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 34 times in the Birthday Honours List 1978 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
2,830 people have been recognised for Sport & Recreation.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 1978
Alastair Frederick Down
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Amos Henry Chilver
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Vice-Chancellor
Anthony William Byrd Hayward
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
“For services to British commercial interests and the British com- munity in India.”
Australian States G.C.B.
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Barrie Heath
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
“For services to Export.”
Douglas Ranger
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Dean
Eric Wallers Cheadle
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
“For services to the newspaper industry.”
Ernest Jones-Parry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Executive Director
Francis Geoffrey Hawkings
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
“For services to Export.”
Frank Victor Sharpe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
“For services to the community.”
Frederick Alfred Laker
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
George Grenfell-Baines
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
“For services to Architecture.”
George Montario Bedbrook
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
“For servicesin the fields of orthopaedic surgery and paraplegic and quadraplegic rehabilitation.”
Hans Leo Kornberg William Dunn of Biochemistry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Harry Raymond Pitt
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Vice-Chancellor
Harry Thurston Hookway
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Henry Roderick Moore"
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
John Devereux Pile
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
John Graham Cuckney
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
John Stafford Cripps
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Kenneth John Wilson Alexander
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
Law Society.
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
President
Louis Frederick Pyke
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
“For services to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.”
Peter Parker
PersonKnight Bachelor · 1978
In the same field
Others recognised for Sport & Recreation
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 2,830 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.”
Raymond Pritchard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to Sport, to Tourism and to UK/Switzerland Relations.”
Steven Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Scott Rogers
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saint Helens, Merseyside
“For services to Disability Sport.”
Lynn Hay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Amateur Sport in London.”
Michael Barnard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stafford, Staffordshire
“For services to Grassroots Football.”
Gary Street
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Rugby Union.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Winston Michael
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Inclusivity and Sport in Kent.”
Ian Lovett
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Cricket and to Charity.”
Karen Jones
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Tavistock, Devon
“For services to Netball in England.”
Christine Gibbons
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Hove, East Sussex
“For services to Community Sport and Fitness.”
Gordon Deans
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Stromness, Orkney
“For services to Sport and to Island Communities.”
Lee Carsley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Association Football.”
Christopher Brookes
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bolton, Greater Manchester
“For services to Rugby League.”
David Dein
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Football and to Charity.”
Kwadwo Adjepong
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Sport and Sports Law.”
James Wilson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Gorebridge, Midlothian
“For services to Youth Development, Sport and to Community Empowerment.”
William Ryan
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Saltash, Cornwall
“For services to Rugby Football in Cornwall.”
Ronald Pearson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wrexham, Clwyd
“For services to Cricket.”
Naomi Issitt
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Rugby, Warwickshire
“For services to Defibrillator Training and Awareness in Rugby, Warwickshire.”
Terence Hensby
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
“For services to Community Rugby.”
Andrew Train
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Pershore, Worcestershire
“For services to Sport.”
Babar Qureshi
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Business, to Charity and to Cricket.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 1978
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1978 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 14 June 1978.
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