Birthday Honours 2021
Jonathan PRYCE
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Knight Bachelor
Actor
“Actor. For services to Drama and Charity”
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
12 June 2021
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Jonathan PRYCE C.B.E.
Actor
For services to Drama and to Charity.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63377 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2009- Role at the time
- Actor
- Region
- London, London
“Actor. For services to Drama.”
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2021- Role at the time
- Actor
- Region
- London, Greater London
“Actor. For services to Drama and Charity”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 18 times in the Birthday Honours List 2021 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
86 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Actor.
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
Others awarded the Knight Bachelor in the Birthday Honours 2021
Andrew Hopper
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“Treasurer and Vice-President, the Royal Society. For services to Computer Technology”
Andrew Pollard
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“Professor, Paediatric Infection and Immunity, University of Oxford. For services to Public Health, particularly during the Covid-19 Pandemic”
Anthony Joseph Lloyd (Tony Lloyd)
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Manchester, Greater Manchester
“Member of Parliament for Rochdale. For public service”
Antonio Mota De Sousa Horta-Osorio
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“Lately Chief Executive Officer, Lloyds Banking Group. For services to Financial Services and voluntary services to Mental Healthcare and to Culture”
Hamid Patel
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Blackburn, Lancashire
“Chief Executive Officer, Star Academies. For services to Education”
John Alexander David Aston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“Harding Professor of Statistics, University of Cambridge, and lately Chief Scientific Adviser, Home Office. For services to Statistics and Public Policymaking”
John Anderson Kay
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“Economist. For services to Economics, Finance and Business”
Keith Malcolm Willett
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“National Director for Emergency Planning and Incident Response, NHS England and NHS Improvement. For services to the NHS”
Martin Jonathan Landray
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Bampton, Oxfordshire
“Professor, Medicine and Epidemiology, Oxford University. For services to Public Health and Science”
Michael David William Gooley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“Founder, Trailfinders. For services to Business and Charity”
Michael Houghton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
“For services to Medicine.”
Michael Oliver McBRIDE
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Belfast, Belfast
“Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland. For services to Public Health in Northern Ireland”
Michael Ryan
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Belfast, Belfast
“Vice President and General Manager Belfast, Spirit AeroSystems. For services to the Economy in Northern Ireland”
Peter William Horby
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“Professor, Emerging Infectious Diseases and Global Health, University of Oxford. For services to Medical Research”
Philip Augar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“Lately Chair, Post-18 Education and Funding Review. For services to Higher and Further Education Policy”
Roger Marsh
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“Chair, NP11, Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership and The Piece Hall Trust. For services to Business, to the Economy, and the community in Northern England”
William Lester Adderley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Hambleton, Rutland
“Philanthropist. For services to Charity”
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Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 2008–2026 honours lists in our records, 3,514 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
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
“Project Manager, Stockton and Darlington Railway Bicentenary. For services to Heritage”
Jean Irene Routley
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Backwell, Somerset
“For services to Church Music and to the community in Backwell, North Somerset”
Jennifer Rosemary Rose-Miller
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire”
Angela Jane Manson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lisburn, County Antrim
“For services to Youth Musical Theatre”
Rita Helen Lewis (Helen Hopkins)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education”
Paul Kitching
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wimborne, Dorset
“Head of the Natural History Museum, Tring. For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“Chief Executive Officer, AudioActive. For services to Young People and to Music”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“Founder and Director, Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music. For services to Music”
Pauline Patricia Knifton 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
“Founder, Birsay Drama Group. For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney”
Melanie Jane Houldershaw
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir”
Brian Charlton Heald
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire”
Deborah Haythorne
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Shirley Henderson (Shirley McGill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“Founder, McGill School of Speech and Drama, and Director, Aberdeen Youth Music Theatre. For services to Drama”
Rex Ormonde Freeman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire”
James Breingan Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“Chief Executive Officer, The Steamship Sir Walter Scott Trust. For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park”
John Alexander Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Helen Joyce Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“Co-Founder, Thomas Fowell Buxton Society. For services to Heritage”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“Director, 'A Space' Arts. For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“Artistic Director, Swansea Jazz Club. For services to Jazz Music”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“Founder, Total Ensemble Theatre Company. For services to Inclusive Theatre”
Lynn Cedar
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Lingfield, Surrey
“Co-Founder and lately Co-Chief Executive, Roundabout Dramatherapy. For services to Dramatherapy”
Mabel Cardwell (May Cardwell)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
“For services to Dance and to the community in Corby, Northamptonshire”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2009). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2009.
Knight Bachelor · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63377, notice 3816519. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2021).
Published 11 June 2021.
Location (London, 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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