Birthday Honours List 2023 2023
Knight Bachelor
A non-order knighthood awarded for public service or achievement.
About this award
Overview
Recognises significant national contribution without order membership.
- Established
- 1300 by King Edward I
- Awarding Body
- The Sovereign
Theme distribution
Top themes among these recipients.
honoria.co.ukHonours & Awards for Knight Bachelor in 2023
Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“Poet and Novelist. For services to Literature”
Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“Member of Parliament for Exeter. For Political and Public Service”
David Jeremy Darroch
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Weybridge, Surrey
“Lately Executive Chair, Sky. For services to Business, to Charity and to Sustainability”
Richard John Mantle
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
“General Director, Opera North. For services to Opera”
Iain Gilmour Gray
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Bristol, Bristol
“Director of Aerospace, Cranfield University. For services to the Aerospace Industry”
Ian Andrew Greer
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Belfast, City of Belfast
“Vice-Chancellor, Queen's University Belfast. For services to Education and to the Economy”
Mark Thompson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“Media Executive. For services to Media”
Martin Louis Amis
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“Author. For services to Literature (to be dated 18 May 2023)”
Nairn Hutchison Fulton Wilson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Alderley Edge, Cheshire
“Honorary Founding President, College of General Dentistry. For services to Dentistry”
Nicholas John Varney
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Sturminster Newton, Dorset
“Chief Executive, Merlin Entertainments. For services to the Visitor Economy”
Oliver Hart
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor
Peter John Barnes
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“Professor of Thoracic Medicine, Imperial College London. For services to Respiratory Science”
Richard James McMAHON
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Robin Budenberg
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Colchester, Essex
“Chair, The Crown Estate. For services to the Economy”
Rupert Alexander Gavin
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For services to Drama, the Arts, to Heritage and to the Economy”
Stephen Arthur Frears
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“Director and Producer. For services to Film and Television”
Stephen Philip Jackson
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“University of Cambridge Frederick James Quick Professor of Biology and Senior Group Leader, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute. For services to Innovation and Research”
Steven George West
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
Gloucestershire
“President, Universities UK and Vice-Chancellor, University of the West of England. For services to Health and to Education”
William Hartley Hume Shawcross
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2023
London, Greater London
“For Public Service”