List of current honorary knights and dames of the Order of the British Empire

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This is a list of current honorary Knights and Dames of the Order of the British Empire.

Honorary Knights and Dames Grand Cross

Name Post-nominal Country Year appointed
Jordan Taher al-Masri GBE Jordan 1988
Hungary Zsigmond Járai GBE Hungary 1999
United States George J. Mitchell GBE United States 1999
Italy Nicola Mancino GBE Italy 2000
Italy Luciano Violante GBE Italy 2000
India Ratan Tata GBE India 2014

Honorary Knights and Dames Commander

Military ranks listed denotes the awarded being in the military division.

Military rank Name Post-nominals Country Year appointed
Netherlands Bernard Haitink CH KBE Netherlands 1977
Tunisia Mohamed Ennaceur KBE Tunisia 1980
Jordan Daoud Hanania KBE Jordan 1984
Republic of Ireland Bob Geldof KBE Ireland 1986
Netherlands Lodewijk Christiaan van Wachem KBE Netherlands 1988
Austria Alfred Brendel KBE Austria 1989
Lieutenant General United States Brent Scowcroft KBE United States 1993
United States Lodwrick Cook KBE United States 1994
United States James Wolfensohn KBE AO United States 1995
Japan Shoichiro Toyoda KBE Japan 1995
Thailand Anand Panyarachun KBE Thailand 1996
Czech Republic Libor Pešek KBE Czech Republic 1996
Brazil Pelé KBE Brazil 1997
Brazil Sergio Silva Amaral KBE Brazil 1997
Brazil Clóvis Carvalho KBE Brazil 1997
Brazil Teotonio Vilela Filho KBE Brazil 1997
Brazil Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira KBE Brazil 1997
Brazil José Israel Vargas KBE Brazil 1997
Germany Jürgen Gehrels KBE Germany 1997
India Jamshed Jiji Irani KBE India 1997
Mozambique Graça Machel DBE Mozambique 1997
Admiral United States Leighton W. Smith Jr. KBE United States 1997
France Jacques de Larosière KBE France 1998
General Germany Klaus Naumann KBE Germany 1998
Japan Nobuhiko Kawamoto KBE Japan 1998
United States William Perry KBE United States 1998
Lieutenant General Hungary Lajos Urban KBE Hungary 1999
Italy Bruno Ferrante KBE Italy 2000
Italy Francesco Rutelli KBE Italy 2000
Italy Gabriele Albertini DBE Italy 2000
Italy Giovanna Melandri DBE Italy 2000
Italy Riccardo Muti KBE Italy 2000
Italy Sergio Mattarella KBE Italy 2000
General Italy Mario Arpino KBE Italy 2000
Italy Paolo Peluffo KBE Italy 2000
Admiral Italy Sergio Biraghi KBE Italy 2000
General United States Wesley Clark KBE United States 2000
General United States Hugh Shelton KBE United States 2001
United States Louis V. Gerstner Jr. KBE United States 2001
United States Steven Spielberg KBE United States 2001
Japan Akito Arima KBE Japan 2002
United States Alan Greenspan KBE United States 2002
United States James Watson KBE United States 2002
Republic of Ireland Niall FitzGerald KBE Ireland 2002
Spain Plácido Domingo KBE Spain 2002
United States Rudy Giuliani KBE United States 2002
Japan Hiroshi Kitamura KBE Japan 2003
Ghana Sam E. Jonah KBE Ghana 2003
France Noël Forgeard KBE France 2004
France Bernard Kouchner KBE France 2004
France Philippe Douste-Blazy KBE France 2004
France Jean-François Lamour KBE France 2004
France Dominique Perben KBE France 2004
France Gilles de Robien KBE France 2004
Japan Fujio Cho KBE Japan 2004
Kuwait Yusef Abdullah Al-Awadi KBE Kuwait 2004
Poland Waldemar Dąbrowski KBE Poland 2004
South Korea Han Seung-soo KBE South Korea 2004
Spain Esperanza Aguirre DBE Spain 2004
Sweden Håkan Mogren KBE Sweden 2004
United States Murray Perahia KBE United States 2004
General United States Tommy Franks KBE United States 2004
Malta Lawrence Gonzi KBE Malta 2004
Admiral France Christian Brac de La Perrière KBE France 2005
Japan Katsuhiko Machida KBE Japan 2005
United States Bill Gates KBE United States 2005
United States Donald Berwick KBE United States 2005
Brazil Carlos Ghosn KBE Brazil 2006
Germany Klaus Schwab KBE Germany 2006
Sweden Hans Rausing KBE Sweden 2006
Admiral United States Frank Bowman KBE United States 2006
United States Franklin Miller KBE United States 2006
General United States T. Michael Moseley KBE United States 2006
Netherlands Ben Verwaayen KBE Netherlands 2007
Republic of Ireland Bono KBE Ireland 2007
France Jean-Pierre Garnier KBE France 2008
Captain United States John Warner KBE United States 2009
Malaysia Tiong Hiew King KBE Malaysia 2009
India Ratan Naval Tata KBE India 2009
India Arun Sarin KBE India 2010
Qatar Moza bint Nasser DBE Qatar 2010
Argentina Daniel Barenboim KBE Argentina 2011
France Louis Gallois KBE France 2011
Republic of Ireland Ray O'Rourke KBE Ireland 2011
France Bernard Arnault KBE France 2012
Republic of Ireland Ann Murray DBE Ireland 2012
Germany Uta Frith DBE Germany 2012
Japan Kotaro Ono KBE Japan 2012
United States Mark Pigott KBE United States 2012
Belgium Jean Stéphenne KBE Belgium 2013
Japan Hisashi Hieda KBE Japan 2013
Japan Minoru Makihara KBE Japan 2013
South Korea Choi Mun-kee KBE South Korea 2013
South Korea Yoon Sang-jick KBE South Korea 2013
United Arab Emirates Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi DBE United Arab Emirates 2013
United Arab Emirates Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan KBE United Arab Emirates 2013
United Arab Emirates Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan KBE United Arab Emirates 2013
United Arab Emirates Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum KBE United Arab Emirates 2013
United States Angela Ahrendts DBE United States 2013
United States Melinda Gates DBE United States 2013
Admiral France Édouard Guillaud KBE France 2014
General France Jean-Louis Georgelin KBE France 2014
Japan Haruo Naito KBE Japan 2014
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel KBE Saudi Arabia 2014
United States Michael Bloomberg KBE United States 2014
United States John Franklyn Mars KBE United States 2014
Austria Hermann Hauser KBE Austria 2015
France Xavier Rolet KBE France 2015
Republic of Ireland Mark Getty KBE Ireland 2015
Republic of Ireland Martin Naughton KBE Ireland 2015
Japan Hiroaki Nakanishi KBE Japan 2015
Spain Ana Botín DBE Spain 2015
Mexico Aurelio Nuño Mayer KBE Mexico 2015
Mexico Claudia Ruiz Massieu DBE Mexico 2015
Mexico Emilio Chuayffet KBE Mexico 2015
Mexico Miguel Barbosa Huerta KBE Mexico 2015
Mexico Pedro Joaquín Coldwell KBE Mexico 2015
Mexico Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal KBE Mexico 2015
Mexico Juan José Guerra Abud KBE Mexico 2015
Mexico Luis Videgaray Caso KBE Mexico 2015
General Mexico Roberto Miranda Moreno KBE Mexico 2015
United States Kevin Spacey KBE United States 2015
General United States Martin Dempsey KBE United States 2016
Republic of Ireland Edna O'Brien DBE Ireland 2017[1]
Netherlands Paul Polman KBE Netherlands 2017[1]
Republic of Ireland Pauline Philip DBE Ireland 2017[1]
United States Ralph Lauren KBE United States 2017[1]
Thailand Vitit Muntarbhorn KBE Thailand 2018
Japan Kazuo Inamori KBE Japan 2019
Malaysia Francis Yeoh KBE Malaysia 2019
The Gambia Tumani Corrah KBE The Gambia 2019
General United States Joseph Dunford KBE United States 2020[2]
France Pierre Joxe KBE France

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Honorary awards" (PDF). gov.uk. 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Honorary awards". gov.uk. 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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