New Year Honours 2021
James Calder OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
“For services to Sport and to Exercise.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
O.B.E.
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Professor James David Forbes CALDER
Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London
For services to Sport and to Exercise.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to Sport and to Exercise.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 315 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 20% of the list.
In their area
82 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from Hampshire.
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 Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2021
Adeela Warley
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Charity Communications.”
Adele Jones
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Manchester, Greater Manchester
“For services to Vulnerable Women and Children.”
Adrian Hawkins
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Hitchin, Hertfordshire
“For services to Business.”
Alan Burnell
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London, Greater London
“For services to Adopted Children.”
Alan Cowdale
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Market Drayton, Shropshire
“For services to Defence.”
Alan Moore
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Londonderry, County Borough of Londonderry
“For services to Mass Incident Emergency Planning in Northern Ireland.”
Alan Stewart
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Langbank, Renfrewshire
“For services to Hairdressing.”
Alan Watson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Eastleigh, Hampshire
“For services to Maritime History and to Charity.”
Alice Fairbain
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Defence.”
Alicia Herbert
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“For services to Development.”
Alun Francis
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Oldham, Greater Manchester
“For services to Education.”
Aman Ibrahimkhel
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“For services to UK/ Afghanistan relations.”
Amanda Bennett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Halifax, West Yorkshire
“For services to Education in West Yorkshire.”
Andrew Barnett
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London, Greater London
“For services to Social Change.”
Andrew Beet
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Maplethorpe, Lincolnshire
“For services to Law and Order.”
Andrew Soper
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
“For services to British foreign policy.”
Angela O’brien
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Derby, Derbyshire
“For services to Education.”
Angela Owen
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Alton, Hampshire
“For services to Women in the Defence Sector.”
Ann Fitchett
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Worcester, Worcestershire
“For services to Defence.”
Ann Mcvie
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Linlithgow, West Lothian
“For public service.”
Anne Paterson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2021
Minard, Argyll and Bute
“For services to Education.”
Anne-Marie Houghton
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Anthony Price
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Malmesbury, Wiltshire
“For services to the Energy Storage Industry.”
Anthony Spiro
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London, Greater London
“For voluntary service to Holocaust Remembrance.”
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,
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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
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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
Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703481. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2021).
Published 30 December 2020.
Location (Alresford, Hampshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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