Birthday Honours 2020
Nasser Khalili
Knight Bachelor
Philanthropist.
“For services to Inter-Faith relations and to Charity.”
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
10 October 2020
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:
Professor Nasser David KHALILI
Philanthropist
For services to Inter-Faith relations and to Charity.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63135 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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- Philanthropist.
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- London, Greater London
“For services to Inter-Faith relations and to Charity.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 17 times in the Birthday Honours List 2020 — about 1% of the list.
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86 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
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Philanthropist..
How widely is this recognised?
16,371 people have been recognised for Community & Voluntary Service.
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 2020
Andrew Mackenzie
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“For services to Business, Science, Technology and to UK/Australia relations.”
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“For services to Land Development and to the Property Business.”
Brendan Foster
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Stocksfield, Northumberland
“For services to International and National Sport and to Culture in North East England.”
Charles Catlow
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“For services to Leadership in Science and Research.”
David Hanson
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“For political service.”
David Suchet
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“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Donald Runnicles
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“For services to Music.”
Edward Byrne
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“For services to Higher Education.”
Geoffrey Mulgan
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“For services to the Creative Economy.”
John Sambles
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Crediton, Devon
“For services to Scientific Research and Outreach.”
Nicholas Dakin
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Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
“For political service.”
Paul Carter
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Maidstone, Kent
“For services to Local Government.”
Philip Redmond
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“For services to Broadcasting and Arts in the Regions.”
Richard Bowling
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“For services to Art.”
Stephen Holgate
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Romsey, Hampshire
“For services to Medical Research.”
Thomas Hicks (tommy Steele)
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“For services to Entertainment and to Charity.”
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Michael Cooper
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“For services to Charity and to Sustainability.”
Alison Hickman
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Charles Entwisle
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Hazel Tomkins
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“For Charitable Service.”
Steven Thompson
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Liverpool, Merseyside
“For services to Rugby Union Football and to the community in Crosby, Merseyside.”
Carole Stevens
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Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Animal Welfare and to the community in Swansea, West Glamorgan.”
Ian Scott
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North Ronaldsay, Orkney
“For services to Art and to the community in North Ronaldsay, Orkney.”
Adrian Richards
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Ferryhill, County Durham
“For services to the community in Chester-le-Street, County Durham.”
Derek Reid
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to Suicide Awareness and to the community in Castlemilk, Glasgow.”
Sheila Pheely
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Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For Voluntary Service.”
Susan Price
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London, Greater London
“For Charitable Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
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Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Isabella Jenney
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Rushden, Northamptonshire
“For services to the community in East Northamptonshire.”
Lyndsay Howden
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Grimsby, Lincolnshire
“For services to the British Red Cross and to the community in Humberside.”
Margaret Irvine
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Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Christopher Hailey (christopher Hailey-norris)
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York, North Yorkshire
“For services to Charity and to the community in Yorkshire.”
Elizabeth Greig
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Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
“For services to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.”
Jamie Goddard
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Chepstow, Gwent
“For services to Education, to Charity and to Young People.”
Wendy Ford
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Shrewsbury, Shropshire
“For services to Charity and to Young People.”
Audrey Flannagan
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Glasgow, City of Glasgow
“For services to the community in Glasgow.”
Susan Falconer
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Mountain Ash, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to the community in Blackwood, Caerphilly.”
Mary Dumigan
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Kilmarnock, Ayrshire and Arran
“For voluntary services to the community in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.”
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Knight Bachelor · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 63135, notice 3645515. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2020).
Published 9 October 2020.
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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