This is an incomplete list of people who have been created honorary Knights (or Dames) by the British crown, as well as those who have been raised to the two comparable Orders of Chivalry (Order of Merit and Order of the Companions of Honour) and the Royal Victorian Chain, which do not carry titles. An honorary award is made to a person who is not a citizen of a Commonwealth Realm. They cannot use the title of "Sir" or "Dame", but can use the initials postnominally (after their names). If such a person later acquires citizenship of a Commonwealth Realm, then any honorary awards are usually made substantive, and in the case of knighthoods and dameships they can begin to use the titles. Citizens of a country which was a full part of the British Empire when they received the honour (i.e. who were British subjects at the time), including the Indian Princely States, were substantive knights or dames, not honorary, although some chose not to use their title after their country became independent. Citizens of British protectorates and mandated territories, however, received honorary awards. In recent years, the following numbers of Honorary Knights and Dames have been created (other than Knights and Dames in the Royal Victorian Order, which is the Queen's personal prerogative). | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | | 8 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 29 | 13 | [edit] Entertainment and arts [edit] Politics and government - Duke of Alba de Tormes - GCVO (1902)
- Emeka Anyaoku - GCVO (2000)
- Count d'Arnoso - GCVO (1903), KCVO
- Franz Joseph von Auersperg - GCVO (1904)
- Joseph Avenol - KBE (1921)
- Antonio Jose d'Avila - KCVO (1903)
- Ayub Khan - GCMG, Royal Victorian Chain
- August Graf Bellegarde - KCVO (1903)
- Alexis Prince Bentheim und Steinfurt - GCVO (1904)
- Hermann Baron von Bilfinger - GCVO (1904)
- Anatol Biogot de Saint-Quentin - GCVO (1904)
- Robert, Count of Bourboulon - GCVO (1905)
- Henri, Marquis de Breteuil - KCVO (1904)
- George H. W. Bush - GCB (1993)
- Felipe Calderón - GCB (2009)
- Nicolae Ceauşescu - GCB (1978; rescinded 1989)
- Anson Chan - GCMG (2002)[4]
- Chentung Liang-Chang - KCMG, KCVO (1909)
- Cherif Pasha - GCSI (1878)
- Eduard Graf Choloniewski Myszka - KCVO (1903)
- Prospero Colonna - GCVO (1903)
- Abel Combarieu - GCVO (1903)
- Émile Combes - GCVO (1903)
- Karl Graf Coudenhove - GCVO (1904)
- Philippe Crozier - KCVO (1898)
- Christian Frederik, Count Danneskjold-Samsöe - GCVO (1904)
- Théophile Delcassé - GCVO (1903)
- Johan Deuntzer - GCVO (1904)
- Alphonse Deville - GCVO (1903)
- António Ramalho Eanes - Royal Victorian Chain (1985)
- Gustavus Ernest of Erbach-Schönberg - GCVO (1900)
- Hussein Fakhry Pasha - KCMG (1902)
- Luiz Coutinho Borges de Medeiros, Marquis of Fayal - GCVO (1909)
- Tassilo Graf Festétics de Tolna - GCVO (1904)
- Antonio, Count of Figueiro - GCVO (1905)
- Arturo Frondizi - GCMG (1960)
- Eduardo Galhardo - KCIE (1901)
- Romeo Gallenga-Stuart - KBE
- Maumoon Abdul Gayoom - GCMG (2000)
- Cesare Gianotti - GCVO (1903)
- Rudolph W. Giuliani - KBE (2002)
- Balbino Giuliano - GBE (1930)
- Agenor Graf Goluchowski von Goluchowo - GCVO (1903)
- Alan Greenspan - KBE (2002)
- Leopold Baron von Gudenus - KCVO (1903)
- Václav Havel - GCB (1996)
- Gustav Heinemann - GCB (1972)
- Count Basil Hendrikov - GCVO (1909)
- Sassoon Effendi Heskail - KBE
- Harri Holkeri - KBE (1999)
- Mohammed Ikramullah - KCMG (1961)
- Ito Yukichi - KCVO (1905)
- Dato Onn Bin Ja'Afar - KBE (1953)
- Muhammad Hasan Jan - GCVO
- Martin Baron von Jenisch - GCVO (1908)
- Bhim Shumshere Jung - GCSI (1931), KCSI (1917), KCVO
- Judha Shumshere Jung - GCSI (1935), GCIE, KCIE (1917)
- Kajetan von Kapos-Mére - KCVO (1903)
- Hamid Karzai - GCMG (2003)
- Abera Kassa - KBE (1932)
- Edward Kennedy - KBE (2009)
- Erich Graf Kielmansegg - GCVO (1904), KCVO (1903)
- Kim Dae-jung - GCB, GCMG
- Helmut Kohl - GCMG
- Julius, Count Krag Juel Vind Frijs - KCVO (1904)
- Magens, Count Krag Juel Vind Frijs - KCVO (1904)
- John Kufuor - GCB (2007)
- Husein Kuli Khan - KCIE (1902)
- Pier Francesco, Marchese di Lajatico - KCVO (1903)
- Pierre-Olivier Lapie - KBE
- Alfred, Marquis de Lau d'Allemand - KCVO (1904)
- Jose d'Almeida Correa de Sa, Marquis of Lavradio - GCVO (1909)
- Lee Kuan Yew - GCMG (1972), CH (1970)
- Hans Ritter von Lex - KBE (1961)
- Wenceslau de Lima - GCVO (1903)
- Joseph Luns - CH (1971)
- Heinrich Graf Lützow zu Drey Lützow - KCVO (1903)
- Ferenc Mádl - GCMG (2002)
- Sayyed Abdelrahman el-Mahdi - KBE (1926)
- Mohammed Pasha Mahmud - GCMG (1929)
- Nelson Mandela - OM (1995)
- Ferdinand Meldahl - GCVO (1904)
- Paul Metternich - GCVO (1901)
- Andreas Michalakopoulos - KBE
- Mirza Hussein Khan - GCSI (1873)
- George J. Mitchell - GBE (1999)
- François Mitterrand - GCB, Royal Victorian Chain (1992)
- Joachim Moltke - GCVO (1896)
- Felipe, Duke of Montellano - GCVO (1905)
- Alfred Prince von Montenuovo - GCVO (1903)
- Kengo Mori - KBE (1927)
- Robert Mugabe - GCB (1994; rescinded 2008)
- Benito Mussolini - GCB (1923; rescinded 1940)
- Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha - GCMG (1920)
- Ameer Ibrahim Nasir - KBE (1972)
- Constantin Freiherr von Neurath - GCVO (1904)
- Nubar Pasha - GCSI (1896)
- Waldemar Oldenburg - KCVO (1904)
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski - GBE (1925)
- Manuel Augusto Pereira da Cunha - KCVO (1903)
- Hassan Pirnia - GCMG (1907)
- Byron Price - KBE (1948)
- Husain Khan Qazvini - GCSI (1873)
- Mahdi Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu - KCMG (1889)
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - OM (1963)
- Tunku Abdul Rahman - CH (1961)
- Wenceslau Ramirez de Villa-Urrutia - GCVO (1905)
- Fidel V. Ramos - GCMG (1995)
- Abdul Razak - GCMG (1972)
- Ronald Reagan - GCB (1989)
- Carl Baron von der Recke - KCVO (1905)
- Eck Baron von Reischach - GCVO (1904)
- Hugo Freiherr von Reischach - KCVO (1897)
- Oswald Baron von Richthofen - GCVO (1904)
- Charles de Rocca-Serra - KCMG (1917)
- Ernst von Röder - KCVO (1902)
- Roh Moo-hyun - GCB (2004)
- Carlos Roma du Bocage - GCVO (1909)
- F. W. F. Rosenstand - KCVO (1901)
- Friedrich von Ruexleben - KCVO (1905)
- Dean Rusk - KBE (1976)
- Saba Pasha - KCMG (1907)
- Antonio Vasco de Mello Silva Cezar e Menezes, Count of Sabugosa - GCVO (1909)
- Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun - KCMG (1926)
- Safvet Pasha - GCSI (1878)
- Mohammed Said Pasha - GCMG (1912)
- Saito Momotaro - GCVO (1905)
- Mariano, Duke of Santo Mauro - GCVO (1905)
- Justin de Selves - GCVO (1903)
- Fernando Eduardo de Serpa Pimentel - KCVO (1903)
- Eduard Shevardnadze - GCMG (2000)
- Said Shoucair Pasha - KBE (1924)
- Ismail Sirry Pasha - KCMG (1913)
- Duke of Sotomayor - GCVO (1902)
- Georges de Staal - GCVO (1902)
- Dirk Stikker - GCVO (1958), GBE (1951)
- Karl Friedrich von Strenge - KCVO (1899)
- Suharto - GCB (1974)
- Cevdet Sunay - KCB (1967)
- Count Tarouca - GCVO (1903)
- Clément Thomas - GCIE (1893)
- Nicholas Thon - GCVO (1905), KCVO
- Josip Broz Tito - GCB (1972)
- Tommaso Tittoni - GCVO (1903)
- Ali El Tom - KBE (1926)
- Karl Prince Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg - GCVO (1904)
- Alexander Trepoff - KCMG (1916)
- Danilo Türk - GCB (2008)
- Antonio Villaça - GCVO (1904)
- Count Carl Wachtmeister - KCVO (1908)
- John Warner - KBE (2009)
- Rudolf de Weede - KCVO (1904)
- Caspar Weinberger - GBE (1988)
- Richard von Weizsäcker - Royal Victorian Chain (1992)
- John Gilbert Winant - OM (1947)
- August von Wöllwarth-Lauterburg - GCVO (1900)
- Robert Worcester - KBE (2004; later became a British national)
- Ketema Yifru - KCMG (1965)
- Giuseppe Zanardelli - GCVO (1903)
- Jose Zarco de Camara, Count of Ribeira Grande - GCVO (1904)
- Zulfikar Pasha - KBE (1920)
[edit] Diplomatic [edit] Military - Jean Abrial - KCB (1940)
- Alfredo Acton - KCB
- Christian Arendrup - GCVO (1904)
- Ferdinand von Arnim - KCVO (1900)
- Gustav von Arnim - GCVO (1900)
- Henry H. Arnold - GCB
- Felice Avogadro dei Conti di Quinto - GCVO (1904)
- Viktor Balck - KCMG
- Edouard Barrera - KCVO (1897)
- Jose de Bascaran y Federico - GCVO (1905)
- Friedrich Graf von Baudissin - KCVO (1904)
- Anton Baron von Bechtolsheim - GCVO (1903)
- Walter Bedell Smith - GBE (1945), KCB (1944)
- Prince Konstantin Belosselsky-Belozersky - GCVO (1909)
- John Biddle - KCB (1918)
- Georges Blanchard - KCB (1940)
- Tasker H. Bliss - GCMG (1918)
- Leopoldo Boado y Montes - KCVO (1905)
- Friedrich von Bock und Polack - GCVO (1904)
- Petar Bojović - GCMG (1918)
- Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère - KCB (1915)
- Omar Bradley - KCB
- Guilherme Augusto de Brito Capello - KCVO (1902)
- Hermenegildo de Brito Capello - GCVO (1904), KCVO (1903)
- Herrmann von Broizem - GCVO (1904)
- Karl Baron von Bronn - KCVO (1909)
- Ugo Brusati - GCVO (1903)
- Wilhelm Büchsel - GCVO (1904)
- Luigi Cadorna - GCB (1915)
- François Certain Canrobert - GCB
- Ivan Chaghin - KCVO (1909)
- Chiang Kai-shek - GCB (1942)
- Mark W. Clark - KBE (1944)
- Wesley Clark - KBE (2000)
- Henri de la Croix - GCVO (1903)
- William Joseph Donovan - KBE
- James Doolittle - KCB (1944)
- A. M. J. Dor de Lastours - KCMG (1915)
- Antonio Duartt e Silva - KCVO (1903)
- Émile Dubois - GCVO (1903)
- Karl von Eisendecher - GCVO (1904)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower - GCB (1945), OM (1945)
- Maximilian von Engelbrechten - KCVO (1904)
- François Ernest-Fournier - GCVO (1903)
- Prince Louis Esterházy - GCVO (1902)
- Marie-Pierre de Fauque de Jonquières - KCMG (1915)
- Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral - KCVO (1903)
- Max Fischel - KCVO (1904)
- Ferdinand Foch - GCB, OM (1918)
- Benoit de Formel de la Laurencie - KBE (1940)
- Tommy Franks - KBE (2004)
- Giovanni Frigerio - GCVO (1903)
- Yasumasa Fukushima - KCB
- Luis Gomez Carreño - KCVO (1919)
- William Gorgas - KCMG (1920)
- Emile Guépratte - KCB (1916)
- Albert Guérisse - KBE
- Alexis Hagron - KCVO (1898)
- Leopold Ritter von Jedina - KCVO (1903)
- Joseph Joffre - GCB, OM (1919)
- Kamio Mitsuomi - GCMG (1915)
- Kato Sadakichi - GCMG (1915)
- Gustav von Kessel - GCVO (1901)
- Alan Kirk - KCB (1943)
- Hans von Koester - GCVO (1904)
- Wenzel Freiherr Kotz von Dobrz - GCVO (1904)
- Marian Kukiel - KCB
- Johan Laidoner - KCMG
- Jean de Lattre de Tassigny - GCB (1952)
- J. M. E. G. Lefevre - KCMG (1915)
- André Lemonnier - KCB
- Waldemar Lemvigh - KCVO (1904)
- Milans Leon - KCVO (1905)
- Rudolf Prince von und zu Liechtenstein - GCVO (1903)
- Alfred von Loewenfeld - GCVO (1905), KCVO (1902)
- Douglas MacArthur - GCB
- Comte de Maigret - KCVO (1899)
- Pio Carlo di Majo - KCVO (1903)
- Mikhail Malinin - KBE (1945)
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim - GBE (1938)
- Peyton March - GCMG (1918)
- Peter Markoff - GCVO (1905)
- George Marshall - GCB
- Rodolphe Maton - KBE (1955)
- Hugo Graf Mensdorff-Pouilly - KCVO (1904)
- Živojin Mišić - GCMG (1916), KCB (1915)
- Helmuth von Moltke the Younger - KCVO (1901)
- Anne de Montmorency - KG (1532)
- Enrico Morin - GCVO (1903)
- Edward von Müller - GCVO (1897)
- François de Negrier - GCVO (1898)
- François, Duke of Montmorency - KG (1572)
- Chester Nimitz - GCB
- Maresuke Nogi - GCB
- Hély d'Oissel - KCB (1915)
- Kuwashi Okazawa - GCVO
- Oyama Iwao - OM (1906)
- Eduard Graf Paar - GCVO (1903)
- Adolf Palander - GCVO (1908)
- Alexander Papagos - GBE (1941)
- George Patton - GCB
- Ettore Pedotti - GCVO (1903)
- John J. Pershing - GCB (1918)
- Philippe Pétain - GCMG
- Nobile Porro - GCMG (1915)
- Colin Powell - KCB (1993)
- Karl Freiherr von Röder - KCVO (1904)
- Hugh Rodman - KCB (1918)
- Konstantin Rokossovsky - KCB (1945)
- Garcia Rosado - KCMG
- Sah Chen-ping - KCMG (1909)
- Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. - KCB (1993)
- Brent Scowcroft - KBE (1993)
- Baron von Seckendorff - GCVO (1904)
- Fernando de Serpa Pimentel - KCVO (1909)
- W. S. Sims - GCMG (1918)
- Rudolf Slatin - KCMG, KCVO (1909)
- Leighton W. Smith, Jr. - KBE (1997)
- Carl Spaatz - GBE (1945), KBE (1944)
- George Squier - KCMG
- Stepa Stepanović - GCMG (1918)
- Joseph Strauss - KCMG (1918)
- Tamemoto Kuroki - GCMG
- Otto Charles Louis Bodo Tage von der Wense - KCVO (1904)
- Giichi Tanaka - GBE, KCMG
- William L. Timlin - KBE (1990)
- Alfred von Tirpitz - GCVO (1904)
- Togo Heihachiro - OM (1906), GCVO
- Emilio Vaglia - GCVO (1903)
- Frederick Otto Wahle - KCVO (1904)
- Yamagata Aritomo - OM (1906)
- Nikolai Yermoloff - KCVO (1905)
- George Zachariae - KCVO (1901)
- Georgy Zhukov - GCB (1945)
[edit] Business [edit] Religion [edit] Royalty Afghanistan Albania Aragon Austria-Hungary Bahrain Belgium Bhutan Brazil Brittany Brunei Bulgaria Burgundy Castile China Denmark Egypt - Khedive Isma'il - GCB (1866), GCSI (1868)
- Khedive Tawfiq - GCB (1887), GCSI (1875)
- Khedive Abbas II - GCB (1892), GCMG (1891), GCVO (1900), Royal Victorian Chain (1905)
- Prince Muhammad Ali - GCB (1937), GCMG (1900)
- Sultan Husayn Kamil - GCB (1914)
- King Fuad I - GCB (1917), Royal Victorian Chain (1927)
Ethiopia Florence France Germany Gojjam Greece - King George I - KG (1876), GCVO (1901), Royal Victorian Chain (1905)
- King George II - KG (1938)
- Prince Andrew - GCVO (1902)
- King Paul - KG (1963)
- Prince Nicholas - GCVO (1901)
Hejaz Holland Holy Roman Empire India - see List of Honorary Knighthoods in India Iran (Persia) Iraq - King Faisal I - GCB (1933), GCMG (1927), Royal Victorian Chain (1918)
- Prince Zeid - GCVO (1956), GBE (1920)
- Crown Prince Abdul Illah - GCB (1956), GCMG (1942), GCVO (1943)
- King Faisal II - GCVO (1952), Royal Victorian Chain (1956)
- Prince Ra'ad - GCVO (1984), KCVO (1966)
Italy Japan Johor - Sultan Ibrahim - GCMG (1916), GBE (1935), KCMG (1897), KBE (1918)
- Sultan Ismail - KBE (1937)
Jordan - King Abdullah I - GCMG (1935), GBE (1920), KCMG (1927)
- King Hussein I - GCB (1984), GCVO (1953), Royal Victorian Chain (1966)
- Prince Hussein - GCVO (1966)
- Prince Muhammad - GCVO (1984)
- Prince Hassan - GCVO (1984)
- Princess Basma - GCVO (2001)
- King Abdullah II - GCB (2001), GCMG (1999), KCVO (1984)
- Prince Ali - KCVO (2001)
Kedah Kelantan Korea Kuwait Lahej Liechtenstein Luxembourg - Grand Duke Jean - KG (1972)
- Grand Duke Henri - GCVO
The Maldives Mecklenburg-Strelitz Milan Mohammerah - Sheikh Khazal Khan - GCIE (1916), KCSI (1914), KCIE (1910)
Montenegro Morocco Naples Negri Sembilan - Yang di Pertuan Besar Tunku Mohamed - GCMG (1931), KCMG (1916), KCVO1961
Nepal - Rana Dynasty
- Jang Bahadur - GCB (1858)
- Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GCB (1905), GCMG (1919), GCVO (1911)
- Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GCMG (1931), KCVO (1911)
- Sher Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - KBE (1919)]
- Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GCVO (1946), GBE (1919)
- Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GBE (1920)
- Tej Shamsher Jang Bahdur Rana - KBE (1924)
- Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GBE (1937), KBE (1924)
- Bahadur Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GBE (1934), KCB (1945)
- Krishna Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - KBE (1937)
- Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GCB (1939)
- Singha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - KBE (1942)
- Nir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GCVO (1961), KBE (1945)
- Kiran Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - KCVO (1961), KBE (1945)
- Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GCB (1950), GBE (1945)
- Shankar Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GBE (1949), KBE (1946)
- Subarna Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GCVO (1960)
- Arjun Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - KCVO (1961)
- Samrajya Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - KCVO (1961)
- Nara Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - KCVO (1961)
- Jagdish Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana - GBE (1980)
- Preksha Rajya Lakshmi Devi - GCVO (1986)
- Shah Dynasty
- Prince Himalaya Pratap Bir Bikram Shah - GCMG (1961), GBE (1953)
- Prince Basundhara Bir Bikram Shah - GCMG (1961)
- King Mahendra - Royal Victorian Chain (1961)
- King Birendra - Royal Victorian Chain (1975)
- King Gyanendra - GCMG (1986)
- Prince Dhirendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva - GCMG (1986)
The Netherlands Norway - King Haakon VII - KG (1906), GCB (1896), GCVO (1901), Royal Victorian Chain (1902)
- King Olav V - KG (1959), KT (1962), GCB (1946), GCVO (1923)
- King Harald V - KG (2001), GCVO (1955)
Oman (formerly Muscat and Oman) Ottoman Empire Pahang Perak Perlis Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Savoy Scotland - King James V - KG (1535)
- King James VI - KG (1590; later King James I of England)
Selangor Shihr and Mukalla Spain Sweden Taranto Thailand (formerly Siam) Tigray Tonga Trengganu Yugoslavia Zanzibar [edit] Science [edit] Medicine [edit] Humanitarian [edit] Sports [edit] Education [edit] Broadcasting [edit] Law enforcement [edit] Finance [edit] Exploration - ^ a b c British nationality was automatically lost by naturalisation in a non-Commonwealth country (in this case the United States) prior to 1 January 1949; see History of British nationality law
- ^ This is the Irish mezzo-soprano, not the Canadian popular singer Anne Murray.
- ^ Australian citizenship was in general automatically lost by adult naturalization in another country before 4 April 2002
- ^ British Dependent Territories citizens solely connected with Hong Kong by birth, descent or naturalisation lost that status on 30 June 1997 if a citizen of another country, including the Peoples Republic of China. This provision applied to most ethnic Chinese British nationals in Hong Kong. Those who wished to do so were allowed to retain British nationality by registering for British National (Overseas) status by 1997, but this was optional. See British nationality law and Hong Kong. Those former British Dependent Territories citizens who have acquired British National (Overseas) status remain eligible for substantive knighthoods. In all other cases a knighthood awarded on or after 1 July 1997 is honorary if the recipient is not otherwise a British national or citizen of another Commonwealth Realm.
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