List of honorary British Knights

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.

Honorary awards are made to people who are not citizens of countries that acknowledge the British Sovereign as their head of state. They cannot use the titles of "Sir" or "Dame", but can use the initials of the awards after their names. If such people later acquire British nationality or the nationality of another Commonwealth Realm, then their 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) 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. Before 1947, Indian princes and citizens of the princely states were made substantive members of the two Indian orders (Order of the Star of India and Order of the Indian Empire), but honorary members of the other orders. Other Indians, however, were made substantive members of all orders.

In recent years, the following numbers of Honorary Knights and Dames have been created (other than RVOs, which are 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

Entertainment and Arts

Alfred Brendel - KBE (1989)
Julien Cain - KBE (1952)
Ralf Dahrendorf - KBE (1982; later became a British subject) The term "British subject" in this context refers to a subject of Her Majesty in right of the United Kingdom. Since 1983, this includes British citizens, British overseas territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British Nationals (Overseas) and British subjects under the British Nationality Act 1981. See British nationality law. Between 1949 and 1982 the term referred to Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies together with British subjects under the British Nationality Act 1948. See History of British nationality law
Christian Conrad, Count Danneskjold-Samsöe - KCVO (1904)
Anna Davies - DBE (2000)
Plácido Domingo - KBE (2002)
Antal Doráti - KBE (1983)
Maurice Druon - KBE
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr - KBE (1949)
Naum Gabo - KBE (1973)
Bernard Haitink - CH (2002), KBE (1977)
Bob Hope - KBE (1998; he had lost British nationality in 1920) British nationality was automatically lost by naturalisation in a non-Commonwealth country (such as the United States) prior to 1 January 1949. See History of British nationality law
Magnus Magnusson - KBE (1989)
Yehudi Menuhin - KBE (1965; later became a British subject)
Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan - KBE (2001)
Ettore Modigliani - KBE (1930)
Arnaldo Momigliano - KBE (1974)
Lewis Mumford - KBE (1975)
Ann Murray - DBE (2002)
Iris Origo - DBE (1977)
Eugene Ormandy - KBE (1976)
Roberto Paribeni - KBE (1930)
Murray Perahia - KBE (2004)
Mario Praz - KBE (1962)
Andre Previn - KBE
Arthur Rubinstein - KBE (1977)
Georg Solti - KBE (1971; later became a British subject)
Steven Spielberg - KBE (2001)
William Trevor - KBE (2002)
Terry Wogan - KBE (2005; later became a British subject)
James Wolfensohn - KBE (1995; formerly an Australian citizen, became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1980) Australian citizenship was in general automatically lost by adult naturalization in another country before 4 April 2002
Franco Zeffirelli - KBE (2004)

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, RVC
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)
Nicolae Ceauşescu - GCB (1978; removed 1989)
Chentung Liang-Chang - KCMG, KCVO (1909)
Cherif Pasha - KCSI (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 - RVC (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)
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)
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)
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, RVC (1992)
Joachim Moltke - GCVO (1896)
Felipe, Duke of Montellano - GCVO (1905)
Alfred Prince von Montenuovo - GCVO (1903)
Kengo Mori - KBE (1927)
Robert Mugabe - KCB (1994)
Benito Mussolini - GCB (1923; removed 1940)
Ameer Ibrahim Nasir - KBE (1972)
Constantin Freiherr von Neurath - GCVO (1904)
Nubar Pasha - GCSI (1896)
Waldemar Oldenburg - KCVO (1904)
Manuel Augusto Pereira da Cunha - KCVO (1903)
Hasan Khan Pirnia - GCMG (1907)
Byron Price - KBE (1948)
Husain Khan Qazvini - GCSI (1873)
Mahdi Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu - KCMG (1889)
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan - OM (1963)
Wenceslau Ramirez de Villa-Urrutia - GCVO (1905)
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)
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
Tommaso Tittoni - GCVO (1903)
Ali El Tom - KBE (1926)
Karl Prince Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg - GCVO (1904)
Alexander Trepoff - KCMG (1916)
Antonio Villaça - GCVO (1904)
Count Carl Wachtmeister - KCVO (1908)
Rudolf de Weede - KCVO (1904)
Caspar Weinberger - GBE (1988)
Richard von Weizsäcker - RVC (1992)
John Gilbert Winant - OM (1947)
August von Wöllwarth-Lauterburg - GCVO (1900)
Robert Worcester - KBE (2004; later became a British subject)
Ketema Yifru - KCMG (1965)
Giuseppe Zanardelli - GCVO (1903)
Jose Zarco de Camara, Count of Ribeira Grande - GCVO (1904)
Zulfikar Pasha - KBE (1920)
Donald Tsang - KBE (1997)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.
Anson Chan - GCMG (2002)

Diplomatic

Abderrahman bin Abdelsadok - KCVO (1903)
Henry Angst - KCMG (1906)
Walter Annenberg - KBE (1976)
Frants Bille - GCVO (1904)
Antonio Chiaramonte Bordonaro - GBE (1930)
Paul Cambon - GCVO (1903)
Andrew Clasen - GCVO (1968)
Timoor al-Daghistani - GCVO (2001)
John W. Davis - GBE (1953)
Hermann von Eckhardtstein - KCVO (1902)
Léon Geoffray - GCVO (1908)
Lloyd Griscom - KCMG (1919)
Slavko Grouitch - KBE
Gunnar Hägglöf - GCVO
Hayashi Tadasu - GCVO (1905)
Pedro Felipe Iñiguez - KCVO (1919)
Louis Joxe - KBE (1952)
Ferdinand de Lesseps - GCSI (1870)
Li Ching Fong - GCVO (1909), KCVO (1896)
Li Hung Chang - GCVO (1896)
Dimitry Metaxas - GCVO (1905)
Armand Mollard - KCVO (1903)
Nazir ul Mulk - GCMG (1897)
Willem J. Oudendyk - KCMG
Alberto Pansa - GCVO (1903)
Wilfried Platzer - GCVO
Luis Polo de Bernabé - GCVO (1905)
Muhsin Rais - GCVO (1948)
Rodrigo Saavedra y Vinent, 2nd Marques de Villalobar - KCVO
Sergey Sazonov - GCB (1916)
Comte de Serionne - KCMG (1917)
Marquis de Soveral - GCMG, GCVO (1902)
Ismael Tocornal - GCVO (1919)
Dimitri Tzokoff - KCVO (1905)

Military

Jean Abrial - KCB (1940)
Alfredo Acton - KCB
Christian Arendrup - GCVO (1904)
Ferdinand von Arnim - KCVO (1900)
Gustav von Arnim - GCVO (1900)
V. G. 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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
Chester Nimitz - GCB
Hély d'Oissel - KCB (1915)
Oyama Iwao - OM (1906)
Eduard Graf Paar - GCVO (1903)
Adolf Palander - GCVO (1908)
Alexander Papagos - GBE (1941)
Ettore Pedotti - GCVO (1903)
John J. Pershing - GCB (1918)
Philippe Pétain - GCMG
Nobile Porro - GCMG (1915)
Colin Powell - KCB (1993)
Felice, Conti di Quinto - GCVO (1904)
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
Joseph Strauss - KCMG (1918)
Alfred von Tirpitz - GCVO (1904)
Togo Heihachiro - OM (1906), GCVO
Emilio Vaglia - GCVO (1903)
Friederich Wahle - KCVO (1904)
Yamagata Aritomo - OM (1906)
Nikolai Yermoloff - KCVO (1905)
George Zachariae - KCVO (1901)
Georgy Zhukov - GCB (1945)

Business

Auguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'Arenberg - GCSI (1909)
Ariyoshi Yoshiya - KBE
Antonin Besse - KBE
Henri Deterding - KBE (1920)
S. S. Eriks - KBE (1961)
Niall FitzGerald - KBE (2002)
Bill Gates - KBE (2004)
Lou Gerstner
Paul Getty - KBE (1987; later became a British subject)
Carlos Ghosn - KBE (2006)
Cecil H. Green
Sam E. Jonah - KBE (2003)
Leyland Jordan - KBE
Kim Sang Man - KBE (1981)
Gerrit Klijnstra - KBE
Jonkheer Loudon - KBE (1960)
Akio Morita - KBE (1993)
Masaru Shinchi- KBE (2002)
Paul Rykens - KBE (1959)
Edgar Sengier - KBE (1956)
Antonio Joaquim Simoes de Almeida - KCVO (1903)

Religion

Zaki Badawi - KBE (2004)
Billy Graham - KBE (2001)
Gilbert Helmer - KCVO (1909)
Turian, Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem - KBE (1930)

Royalty

Amir Abdur Rahman Khan of Afghanistan - GCB (1894), GCSI (1885)
Prince Nasrullah Khan of Afghanistan - GCMG (1896)
King Habibullah Shah of Afghanistan - GCB (1907), GCMG (1896)
King Amanullah Shah of Afghanistan - RVC (1928)
Queen Soraoiya Shahzada Khanum of Afghanistan - GBE (1928)
Prince Muhammad Hasan of Afghanistan - GCVO (1928)
Princess Razia Begum of Afghanistan - DBE (1928)
Princess Bibi Khurd of Afghanistan - DBE (1928)
King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan - RVC (1971)
Prince Zalmai Mahmud Khan Ghazi of Afghanistan - GCVO (1971)
Prince Abdul Wali Khan of Afghanistan - GCVO (1971)
Prince Wilhelm I of Albania - GCVO (1914)
King Essad Pasha of Albania - KCMG (1916)
Prince Aribert of Anhalt - GCB (1891)
King Alfonso V of Aragon - KG (1450)
King Ferdinand II of Aragon - KG (1480)
Emperor Francis I of Austria - KG (1814)
Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary - KG (1867; removed 1915), GCVO (1904), RVC (1904)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria - KG (1902)
Archduke Ludwig Victor of Austria - GCVO (1903)
Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria - GCVO (1903)
Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria - GCVO (1903)
Archduke Rainer of Austria - GCVO (1903)
Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden - KG (1906), GCVO (1905)
Sheikh Isa I ibn Ali al-Khalifa of Bahrain - KCIE (1919)
Sheikh Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah of Bahrain - KCIE (1935)
Sheikh Salman ibn Hamad Al-Khalifa of Bahrain - KCMG (1952), KCIE (1943)
Emir Isa ibn Salman al-Khalifa of Bahrain - GCB (1984), GCMG (1979), KCMG (1964)
King Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah of Bahrain - KCMG (1979)
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak al-Khalifa of Bahrain - GCMG (1984)
Sheikh Muhammad ibn Khalifa ibn Hamad al-Khalifa of Bahrain - GBE (1984)
Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg - GCVO (1897), KCB
King Léopold I of Belgium - KG (1816)
King Léopold II of Belgium - KG (1866)
King Albert I of Belgium - KG (1914), GCB
King Léopold III of Belgium - KG (1935), RVC (1937)
King Baudouin of Belgium - KG (1963)
Maharaja Ugyen Wangchuk of Bhutan - GCIE (1921), KCSI (1911), KCIE (1905)
Maharaja Jigme Wangchuk of Bhutan - KCIE (1930)
Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg - KG (1654)
Emperor Pedro II of Brazil - KG (1871)
Duke John V of Brittany - KG (1375)
Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam II of Brunei - KCMG (1920)
Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin of Brunei - KBE (1949)
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III of Brunei - GCVO (1972), KCMG (1953)
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei - GCB (1992), GCMG (1972)
Prince Idris of Brunei - KCVO (1992)
Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei - GCVO (1992)
Prince Muhammad Bolkiah of Brunei - GCMG (1998)
Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah of Brunei - GCVO (1998)
Duke William of Brunswick - KG (1450)
Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick-Bevern - KG (1759)
Duke George William of Brunswick-Lüneburg - KG (1690)
Prince George Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg - KG (1706; later King George II of Great Britain)
Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lüneburg - KG (1765)
Duke William of Brunswick-Lüneburg - KG (1831)
Duke Christian of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel - KG (1624)
King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria - GCVO (1904)
Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy - KG (1468)
King Philip I of Castile - KG (1503)
Prince Chun of China - GCVO
Prince Tsai Hsun of China - GCB (1909)
King Eric VII of Denmark - KG (1404)
King John of Denmark - KG (1493)
King Frederick II of Denmark - KG (1578)
King Christian IV of Denmark - KG (1603)
King Christian V of Denmark - KG (1662)
King Frederick VI of Denmark - KG (1822)
King Christian IX of Denmark - KG (1865)
King Frederick VIII of Denmark - KG (1896), GCB, GCVO (1901), RVC (1902)
King Christian X of Denmark - KG (1914)
King Frederick IX of Denmark - KG (1951)
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark - LG (1979), GCVO, RVC (1974)
Khedive Isma'il of Egypt - GCB (1866), GCSI (1868)
Khedive Tawfiq of Egypt - GCB (1887), GCSI (1875)
Khedive Abbas II of Egypt - GCB (1892), GCMG (1891), GCVO (1900), RVC (1905)
Prince Muhammad Ali of Egypt - GCB (1937), GCMG (1900)
Sultan Husayn Kamil of Egypt - GCB (1914)
King Fuad I of Egypt - GCB (1917), RVC (1927)
Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia - GCB (1902), GCMG (1897)
Prince Makonnen Wolde Mikael of Ethiopia - KCMG (1902)
Emperor Iyasu V of Ethiopia - GCVO (1911)
Prince Kassa Hailu ze-Darge of Ethiopia - GCVO (1911), GBE (1930)
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia - KG (1954), GCB (1924), GCMG (1917), GCVO (1930), RVC (1930)
Emperor Amha Selassie of Ethiopia - GCMG (1958), GCVO (1930), GBE (1932), RVC (1965)
Princess Tenagne Worq of Ethiopia - DBE (1932)
Prince Makonnen Haile Selassie of Ethiopia - GCVO (1954)
Princess Sebla-Wangel Desta of Ethiopia - DCVO (1965)
Prince Asserate Kassa of Ethiopia - GCVO (1965)
Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici of Florence - KG (1514)
King Francis I of France - KG (1527)
King Henry II of France - KG (1551)
King Charles IX of France - KG (1564)
King Henry III of France - KG (1575)
King Henry IV of France - KG (1590)
King Louis XVIII of France - KG (1814)
King Charles X of France - KG (1825)
King Louis-Philippe of France - KG (1844)
Emperor Napoleon III of France - KG (1855)
Empress Eugénie of France - GBE (1919)
Emperor Friedrich III of Germany - KG (1858)
Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany - KG (1861)
Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany - KG (1879; removed 1915), GCVO (1899; removed 1915?), RVC (1902)
Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany - KG (1901; removed 1915)
Prince Hailu Takla-Haymaynot of Gojjam - KBE (1924)
King George I of Greece - KG (1876), GCVO (1901), RVC (1905)
King George II of Greece - KG (1938)
Prince Andrew of Greece - GCVO (1902)
King Paul of Greece - KG (1963)
Prince Nicholas of Greece - GCVO (1901)
Elector George Louis of Hanover - KG (1701; later King George I of Great Britain)
King Hussein of the Hejaz - GCB (1920)
King Ali of the Hejaz - GBE (1920)
Grand Duke Ludwig III of Hesse and by Rhine - KG (1865)
Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and by Rhine - KG (1862)
Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine - KG (1892; removed 1915), RVC (1902)
Landgrave Wilhelm IX of Hesse-Kassel - KG (1786)
Count William VI of Holland - KG (1390)
Emperor Sigismund of the Holy Roman Empire - KG (1415)
Emperor Albert II of the Holy Roman Empire - KG (1438)
Emperor Frederick III of the Holy Roman Empire - KG (1457)
Emperor Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire - KG (1489)
Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire - KG (1508)
Emperor Ferdinand I of the Holy Roman Empire - KG (1522)
Emperor Maximilian II of the Holy Roman Empire - KG (1567)
Emperor Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire - KG (1578)
Shah Nasser-al-Din of Iran (Persia) - KG (1873)
Prince Sultan Masud of Iran (Persia) - GCSI (1887)
Prince Vajihullah of Iran (Persia) - GCMG (1897)
Shah Mozaffar-al-Din of Iran (Persia) - KG (1903)
Prince Abul Fath of Iran (Persia) - GCMG (1903)
Prince Abul Husain of Iran (Persia) - GCMG (1916)
Prince Ismail of Iran (Persia) - KCSI (1916)
Prince Firuz of Iran (Persia) - GCMG (1919)
Prince Husain Quli of Iran (Persia) - GCVO (1919)
Prince Asadullah of Iran (Persia) - KCVO (1919)
Prince Muhammad Husain of Iran (Persia) - KCVO (1919)
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran - GCB (1942), RVC (1948)
Prince Yadullah of Iran - GCMG (1961)
King Faisal I of Iraq - GCB (1933), GCMG (1927), RVC (1918)
Prince Zeid of Iraq - GCVO (1956), GBE (1920)
Crown Prince Abdul Illah of Iraq - GCB (1956), GCMG (1942), GCVO (1943)
King Faisal II of Iraq - GCVO (1952), RVC (1956)
Prince Ra'ad of Iraq - GCVO (1984), KCVO (1966)
King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy - KG (1855)
King Umberto I of Italy - KG (1878)
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy - KG (1891)
Emperor Mutsuhito of Japan - KG (1905)
Emperor Yoshihito of Japan - KG (1912)
Emperor Hirohito of Japan - KG (1929; removed 1941; restored 1971), GCB, GCVO
Emperor Akihito of Japan - KG (1998)
Sultan Ibrahim of Johor - GCMG (1916), GBE (1935), KCMG (1897), KBE (1918)
Sultan Ismail of Johor - KBE (1937)
King Abdullah I of Jordan - GCMG (1935), GBE (1920), KCMG (1927)
King Hussein I of Jordan - GCB (1984), GCVO (1953), RVC (1966)
Prince Hussein of Jordan - GCVO (1966)
Prince Muhammad of Jordan - GCVO (1984)
Prince Hassan of Jordan - GCVO (1984)
Princess Basma of Jordan - GCVO (2001)
King Abdullah II of Jordan - GCB (2001), GCMG (1999), KCVO (1984)
Prince Ali of Jordan - KCVO (2001)
Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah of Kedah - KCMG (1911)
Sultan Tunku Mahmud of Kedah - KBE (1935)
Sultan Tuanku Abdul Halim of Kedah - GCB (1972)
Sultan Mohamed IV of Kelantan - KCMG (1922)
Karl, Prince Kinsky von Wchynitz und Tettau - GCVO (1905)
Emperor Gojong of Korea - GCIE (1900)
Sheikh Salim al-Mubarak al-Sabah of Kuwait - KCSI (1914), KCIE (1911)
Sheikh 'Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah of Kuwait - KCSI (1944), KCIE (1930)
Sheikh 'Abd Allah III al-Salim al-Sabah of Kuwait - GCMG (1959) KCMG (1952)
Emir Sabah III al-Salim al-Sabah of Kuwait - KCMG (1959)
Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah of Kuwait - GCB (1995), GCMG (1979)
Sultan Abdul Karim bin Fadhl bin Ali of Lahej - KCMG (1935), KCIE (1918)
Prince Charles of Leiningen - KG (1837)
Prince Eduard Victor of Liechtenstein - KCVO (1909)
Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg - KG (1972)
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg - GCVO
Sultan Mohammed Farid Didi of the Maldives - KCMG (1961)
Duke Adolf Friedrich IV of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - KG (1764)
Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Strelitz - KG (1862)
Duke Francesco I of Milan - KG (1463)
Sheikh Khazal Khan of Mohammerah - GCIE (1916), KCSI (1914), KCIE (1910)
King Nicholas I of Montenegro - GCVO, KCVO (1897)
François, Duke of Montmorency - KG (1572)
Sultan Abdelaziz of Morocco - GCB (1901)
Sultan Yusef of Morocco - GCMG (1917)
King Hassan II of Morocco - RVC (1980)
King Mohammed VI of Morocco - GCVO (1980)
King Ferdinand I of Naples - KG (1463)
King Alphonso II of Naples - KG (1493)
Yang di Pertuan Besar Tunku Mohamed of Negri Sembilan - GCMG (1931), KCMG (1916), KCVO
King Mahendra of Nepal - RVC (1961)
King Birendra of Nepal - RVC (1975)
King Gyanendra of Nepal - GCMG (1986)
Stadtholder Maurice of the Netherlands - KG (1612)
Stadtholder Frederick Henry of the Netherlands - KG (1627)
Stadtholder William II of the Netherlands - KG (1645)
Stadtholder William III of the Netherlands - KG (1653; later King William III of England)
Stadtholder William IV of the Netherlands - KG (1733)
Stadtholder William V of the Netherlands - KG (1752)
King William I of the Netherlands - KG (1814)
King William III of the Netherlands - KG (1882)
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands - LG (1944)
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands - LG (1958), RVC (1950)
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands - LG (1989), GCVO, RVC (1982)
King Haakon VII of Norway - KG (1906), GCB (1896), GCVO (1901), RVC (1902)
King Olav V of Norway - KG (1959), KT (1962), GCB (1946), GCVO (1923)
King Harald V of Norway - KG (2001), GCVO (1955)
Sultan Turki bin Said of Muscat and Oman - GCSI (1886)
Sultan Faisal bin Turki of Muscat and Oman - GCIE (1903)
Sultan Taimur bin Feisal of Muscat and Oman - KCIE (1926)
Ali bin Salim Al-Busaidy of Muscat and Oman - KBE (1932)
Sultan Said Bin Taimur of Muscat and Oman - GCMG (1956), GCIE (1945)
Sultan Qaboos of Oman - GCB (1982), GCMG (1976), GCVO (1979)
Sultan Abd-ul-Mejid I of the Ottoman Empire - KG (1856)
Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire - KG (1867)
Sultan Abdullah of Pahang - KCMG (1921)
Elector Frederick V of the Palatinate - KG (1612)
Elector Karl II of the Palatinate - KG (1680)
Sultan of Perak - GCMG, GCVO (1913)
Sultan Idris of Perak - KCMG (1921)
Sultan Raja Chulan of Perak - KBE (1930)
Sultan Yussuf Izzudin Shah of Perak - KCMG (1949)
Rajah Tuan Syed Alwi ibni Almerhum Syed Safi of Perlis - KBE (1938)
King Casimir IV of Poland - KG (1450)
King John II of Portugal - KG (1400)
Prince Pedro of Portugal - KG (1427)
King Edward of Portugal - KG (1435)
Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal - KG (1443)
King Afonso V of Portugal - KG (1447)
King John II of Portugal - KG (1482)
King Manuel I of Portugal - KG (1510)
King John VI of Portugal - KG (1822)
King Pedro V of Portugal - KG (1858)
King Luis I of Portugal - KG (1865)
King Carlos I of Portugal - KG (1895), RVC (1902)
Prince Afonso of Portugal - GCVO (1903)
Crown Prince Luis Filipe of Portugal - KG (1902)
King Manuel II of Portugal - KG (1909), GCVO (1904)
King Frederick I of Prussia - KG (1690)
King Frederick William III of Prussia - KG (1814)
King Frederick William IV of Prussia - KG (1842)
Prince Heinrich of Prussia - KG (1889; removed 1915), RVC (1902)
Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia - GCVO (1899)
Prince Eitel Friederich of Prussia - GCVO (1904)
Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia - GCVO (1904)
Prince Oskar of Prussia - GCVO (1904)
Prince Joachim of Prussia - GCVO (1904)
Henry XXX, Prince Reuss - GCVO (1900)
King Charles I of Romania - KG (1892)
King Ferdinand I of Romania - KG (1924)
King Carol II of Romania - KG (1938)
Emperor Alexander I of Russia - KG (1813)
Emperor Nicholas I of Russia - KG (1827)
Emperor Alexander II of Russia - KG (1867)
Emperor Alexander III of Russia - KG (1881)
Emperor Nicholas II of Russia - KG (1893), GCB (1916), RVC (1904)
Grand Duke Michael of Russia - KG (1902), GCVO (1901)
Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia - GCVO (1903)
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia - RVC (1987)
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia - GCB (1998)
Duke Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy - KG (1554)
Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy - KG (1902)
Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy - GCVO (1903)
Prince Victor Emmanuel of Savoy - GCVO (1903)
Prince Ferdinando of Savoy - GCVO (1903)
Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - KG (1838)
Duke Carl Eduard of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - KG (1902; removed 1915), GCVO (1901)
Duke Friderich III of Saxe-Gotha - KG (1741)
Duke Ernst Ludwig of Saxe-Gotha - KG (1790)
Duke Bernard of Saxe-Meiningen - KG (1830)
Duke John Adolphus of Saxe-Weissenfels - KG (1745)
Elector John George II of Saxony - KG (1668)
Elector John George IV of Saxony - KG (1692)
King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony - KG (1842)
King Albert of Saxony - KG (1882)
Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg - GCVO (1905)
Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg - GCVO (1904)
King James V of Scotland - KG (1535)
King James VI of Scotland - KG (1590; later King James I of England)
Sultan Hisamund Din Alam Shah of Selangor - KCMG (1938)
Sultan Salih bin Ghalib al Qu'aiti of Shihr and Mukalla - KCMG (1938)
King Philip II of Spain - KG (1554)
King Ferdinand VII of Spain - KG (1814)
King Alfonso XII of Spain - KG (1881)
King Alfonso XIII of Spain - KG (1902), GCVO (1897), RVC (1905)
King Juan Carlos I of Spain - KG (1988), RVC (1986)
King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden - KG (1627)
King Charles XI of Sweden - KG (1668)
King Frederick I of Sweden - KG (1741)
King Oscar II of Sweden - KG (1881)
King Gustav V of Sweden - KG (1905), GCVO (1905)
Prince Eugen of Sweden - GCVO (1905)
Prince Carl of Sweden - GCVO (1904)
King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden - KG (1954), GCVO (1905)
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden - GCVO (1905)
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - KG (1983), RVC (1975)
Prince Henry of Taranto - KG (1653)
King Vajiravudh of Siam (Thailand) - GCVO (1902)
King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand - RVC (1960)
Prince Seyum Mangasha of Tigray - KBE (1924)
Prince Mangasha Seyum of Tigray - GCVO (1965)
Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga - GCMG (1965), GCVO (1953), GBE (1945), DBE (1932)
King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga - GCMG (1977), GCVO (1970), KBE (1958)
Prince Wilhelm of Weid - GCVO (1904)
Duke Frederick I of Württemberg - KG (1597)
King William I of Württemberg - KG (1830)
King Karl I of Württemberg - KG (1890)
King William II of Württemberg - KG (1904; removed 1915)
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia - KG (1939)
Sultan Ali bin Said of Zanzibar - GCSI (1890)
Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar - GCSI (1894)
Sultan Khalifa bin Harub of Zanzibar - GCB (1956), GCMG (1936), GBE (1935), KCMG (1914), KBE (1919)
Sultan Abdullah bin Khalifa of Zanzibar - KBE (1959)
Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar - GCMG (1963)

Science

Guglielmo Marconi - GCVO (1914)
Raymond Sackler - KBE
Abdus Salam - KBE (1989)
James Watson - KBE (2001)

Medicine

Don Berwick - KBE (2005)
Aldo Castellani - KCMG (1928)
Ara Darzi - KBE (2002;later became a British subject)
Bruce Keogh - KBE (2003; later became a British subject)
Antonio Maria de Lancastre - KCVO (1904)
Taro Takemi - KBE

Humanitarian

`Abdu'l-Bahá - KBE (1920)
Bob Geldof - KBE (1986)
Albert Schweitzer - OM (1955)
Mother Teresa - OM (1983)
Simon Wiesenthal - KBE (2004)
Michael A. Maxwell - KBE (1998)

Sports

Pelé - KBE (1997)

Education

Frank Aydelotte - KBE (1953)
James Carruthers Ewing - KCIE (1923)

Broadcasting

Alistair Cooke - KBE (1973; he had lost British nationality in 1941)
Edward R. Murrow - KBE (1965)

Law

Arthur Lehman Goodhart - KBE (1948)
Douglas Stephen Sauvé - KBE (1936)
Friedrich Albert Hänel - KCVO (1901)

Law enforcement

Johann Ritter von Habrda - KCVO (1904)
J. Edgar Hoover - KBE (1950)
Sergei Kruglov - KBE
Louis Lépine - GCVO (1903)
Eugen Petersen - KCVO (1904)
Francisco Maria da Veiga - KCVO (1903)