Birthday Honours 2024
Wayne McGregor
Knight Bachelor
Choreographer
Knight Bachelor · 2024
“For services to Dance.”
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London Gazette notice
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Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
15 June 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to signify his intention of conferring the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned:
Professor Wayne McGREGOR C.B.E.
Choreographer
For services to Dance.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64423 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) · 2011
View this issue on the London Gazette ↗ · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2011- Role at the time
- Choreographer
- Region
- London
“For services to Dance.”
Knight Bachelor
Birthday Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Choreographer
- Region
- London, Greater London
“For services to Dance.”
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How common is this award?
The Knight Bachelor was awarded 16 times in the Birthday Honours List 2024 — about 1% of the list.
In their area
86 Knight Bachelor recipients are from Greater London.
What organisation were they with?
Choreographer.
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 Birthday Honours 2024
Alan Bates
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Colwyn Bay, Clwyd
“For services to Justice.”
Andrew Marsh
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Somerset
“For services to Policing.”
James Skea
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Climate Science.”
John Milford Rutter
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Music.”
Mark Tucker
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to the Economy.”
Michael Whittingham
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
“For services to Chemistry.”
Niall Ferguson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan
“For services to Literature.”
Nicholas Lyons
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
“For services to the Financial Sector, to the Growth Economy and to Financial Literacy.”
Richard Douglas
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Rainham, Kent
“For services to the NHS.”
Richard Greenhalgh
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
“For services to Education.”
Robert Behrens
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
London, Greater London
“For Public Service.”
Roderick Beaton
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
“For services to History and to UK/Greece relations.”
Roger Wright
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Halesworth, Suffolk
“For services to Music.”
Tony Kouzarides
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Healthcare Innovation and Delivery.”
Wayne David
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2024
Gwent
“For Parliamentary 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 · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64423, notice 4644586. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2024).
Published 14 June 2024.
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 31 December 2010.
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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