New Year Honours 2021
Roger Alexander Deakins
Knight Bachelor
Knight Bachelor · 2021
“For services to Film.”
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
31 December 2020
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Roger Alexander DEAKINS C.B.E.
Cinematographer
For services to Film.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 63218 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 2013
View this issue on the London Gazette ↗ · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2013“For services to Film.”
Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2021“For services to Film.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 18 times in the New Year Honours List 2021 — about 1% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
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 New Year Honours 2021
Charles Cox
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Tavistock, Devon
“For parliamentary and political service.”
Christopher Le Brun
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the Arts.”
David Lewis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to the Food Industry and to Business.”
David Pearson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
“For services to Health and Social Care Integration.”
David Stuart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Kidlington, Oxfordshire
“For services to Medical Research and to the Scientific Community.”
David Thompson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Stockport, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
Dieter Helm
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Bampton, Oxfordshire
“For services to the Environment, to Energy and to Utilities Policy.”
Francis Mccormac
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Stirling, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Education and to the Economy.”
Graham Vick
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Music and to the Regions.”
Guy Weston
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy and to Charity.”
Lewis Hamilton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
“For services to Motorsports.”
Peter Wanless
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Sevenoaks, Kent
“For services to Children, to Young People and to the Charitable Sector.”
Richard Atkins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Further Education.”
Robert Chote
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
London, Greater London
“For services to Fiscal Policy and to the Economy.”
Simon Baron-cohen
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to People with Autism.”
Stephen Deuchar
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Westwell, Kent
“For services to the Arts.”
Thomas
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2021
Coatbridge, Lanarkshire
“For public and political service.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,560 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.”
Cerys Matthews,
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
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.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
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.”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Jazz Music.”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Inclusive Theatre.”
Marilyn Blieck
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Prestwick, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Music and to the community in Ayrshire.”
Christopher Gaze
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Arts and Culture in Canada.”
Stephen Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Broadcasting and to Kidney Transplant Awareness and to Fundraising in Northern Ireland.”
Iain Varah
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dunmow, Essex
“For services to Public Libraries, Culture and Leisure.”
Peter Talbot
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Paul Stacey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Lisa Riley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2021
London Gazette (official record), issue 63218, notice 3703136. View the official notice ↗
Published 30 December 2020.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers this round — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 15 June 2013.
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