New Year Honours 2020
Steve Rodney Mcqueen
Knight Bachelor
Knight Bachelor · 2020
“For services to film.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
“For services to the Visual Arts.”
Recognised for
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London Gazette notice
Knights Bachelor
Diplomatic service and overseas list
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
28 December 2019
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Steve McQUEEN C.B.E.
Film Director
For services to film.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 62866 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
London
In context
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Role, region and citation as recorded for each award.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2011- Region
- London
“For services to the Visual Arts.”
Knight Bachelor
New Year Honours 2020“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 2020 — about 1% 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 New Year Honours 2020
Andrew Wylie
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Tyne and Wear
“For services to Business and to Charity.”
Anthony Cheetham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Material Chemistry, to UK Science and to Global Outreach.”
Christopher Hampton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Drama.”
Clive Lloyd
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Cricket.”
David Bintley
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Birmingham, West Midlands
“For services to Dance.”
Dennis Gillings
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to the Advancement of Dementia and to Life Sciences Research.”
Duncan Wingham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Climate Science.”
Francis Habgood
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Buckinghamshire
“For services to Policing.”
George Duncan Smith
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
“For political and public service.”
Humphrey Burton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Suffolk
“For services to Classical Music, to the Arts and to Media.”
Jonathan Symonds
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
“For services to UK Life Sciences and to Finance.”
Menelas Pangalos
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Cambridgeshire
“For services to UK Science.”
Peter Estlin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
“For services to International Business, to Inclusion and to Skills.”
Robert Neill
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For political service.”
Samuel Mendes
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to Drama.”
Simon Stevens
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
London, Greater London
“For services to the NHS in England.”
William Thomas
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2020
Derbyshire
“For charitable and political service.”
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.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Knight Bachelor · 2020
London Gazette (official record), issue 62866, notice 3454516. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2020).
Published 27 December 2019.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2011
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2011).
Published 1 January 2011.
Location (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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