Birthday Honours 2001
James Galway
Knight Bachelor
“For services to music.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2001
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 26 times in the Birthday Honours List 2001 — about 2% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
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 2001
Alan Geoffrey Wilson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Higher Education.”
Anthony Edward Bottoms
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Criminal Justice System.”
Christopher Charles Gent
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Mobile Telecommunications Industry.”
Donald Neil Maccormick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Scholarship in Law.”
Donald Thomas Younger Curry
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Meat and Livestock Industries.”
Frank Budge Lowe
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Advertising Industry and for charitable services.”
George Sayers Bain
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
Graham Martin Doughty
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Local Government.”
Ian Mills
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the NHS.”
John Andrew Likierman
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
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John Young Stewart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Motor Racing.”
Joseph Anthony Dwyer
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Liverpool Vision.”
Keith Povey
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Police.”
Kevin Joseph Satchwell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Education.”
Michael Nicholson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Parliament.”
Neil Robert Chalmers
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Museums.”
Percy James Butler
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For charitable services, especially in Hampshire.”
Peter James Denton Job
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Information and Media Industry.”
Peter Vardy
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Business and to Education in North East England.”
Robert Brian Heap
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Reproductive Biology and to International Science.”
Robert Brian Williamson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to the Financial Services Industry.”
Robert Ogden
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For charitable services in Yorkshire.”
Terence Farrell
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Architecture and Urban Design.”
Terence Hedley Matthews
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2001
“For services to Industry and to Wales.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Jonathan Davies
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to People with Cancer and to Broadcasting.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
“For services to the Culinary Arts in Japan and to UK/Japan Culinary Relations.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Pauline Hough
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
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Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2001
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2001).
Published 14 June 2001.
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