List of honorary British knights and dames
Arts and entertainment

List of honorary British knights and dames

Section Title: Arts and entertainment
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Name	Nationality	Honour	Year	Category	Notes

Daniel Barenboim	Argentina / Israel	KBE	2011	Arts/Entertainment	Pianist and conductor

Jorge Luis Borges	Argentina	KBE	tbd	Arts/Entertainment	Poet and writer

Alfred Brendel	Austria	KBE	1989	Arts/Entertainment	Pianist

Julien Cain	France	KBE	1952	Arts/Entertainment	Administrator-general of the Bibliothèque nationale de France for services to British cultural issues. see also fr:Julien Cain

Ralf Dahrendorf	Germany	KBE	1982	Arts/Entertainment	Became a British national in 1988

Christian Conrad Sophus, Count Danneskiold-Samsøe	Denmark	KCVO	1904	Arts/Entertainment

Anna Morpurgo Davies	Italy	DBE	2000	Arts/Entertainment

Plácido Domingo	Spain	KBE	2002	Arts/Entertainment	Opera singer; awarded for contributions to music and charity work

Antal Doráti	Hungary	KBE	1983	Arts/Entertainment

Maurice Druon	France	KBE	1999	Arts/Entertainment	Previously appointed Honorary CBE in 1988.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.	United States	KBE	1949	Arts/Entertainment	In recognition of his work on behalf of Anglo-American amity, particularly as chairman in the United States of the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe.

Naum Gabo	Soviet Union	KBE	1973	Arts/Entertainment

Mark Getty	United States	KBE	2015	Arts/Entertainment

Bernard Haitink	Netherlands	CH	2002	Arts/Entertainment	Musical director of the Royal Opera House

Bernard Haitink	Netherlands	KBE	1977	Arts/Entertainment	Principal Conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra for his enormous contribution to the artistic life of this country

Bob Hope	United States	KBE	1998	Arts/Entertainment	Entertainer, for contribution to Anglo-American friendship He had lost British nationality in 1920.

Magnus Magnusson	Iceland	KBE	1989	Arts/Entertainment

Ferdinand Meldahl	Denmark	GCVO	1904	Arts/Entertainment	Chamberlain to the King of Denmark and Vice President of the Royal Academy of Arts, Copenhagen.

Yehudi Menuhin	United States/ Switzerland	KBE	1965	Arts/Entertainment	Became a British national in 1985. Appointed a substantive Member of the Order of Merit in 1987.

Spike Milligan	Ireland	KBE	2001	Arts/Entertainment	Comedian, awarded for services to entertainment

Ettore Modigliani	Italy	KBE	1930	Arts/Entertainment

Arnaldo Momigliano	Italy	KBE	1974	Arts/Entertainment

Ann Murray	Ireland	DBE	2002	Arts/Entertainment	For services to music.

Riccardo Muti	Italy	KBE	2000	Arts/Entertainment

Eugene Ormandy	United States	KBE	1976	Arts/Entertainment	Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, for contribution to Anglo-American friendship

Ignacy Jan Paderewski	Poland	GBE	1925	Politics/Government Arts/Entertainment

Roberto Paribeni	Italy	KBE	1930	Arts/Entertainment

Murray Perahia	United States	KBE	2004	Arts/Entertainment	Pianist, awarded for his services to music

Libor Pešek	Czech Republic	KBE	1996	Arts/Entertainment

Mario Praz	Italy	KBE	1962	Arts/Entertainment

André Previn	United States	KBE	1996	Arts/Entertainment

Mstislav Rostropovich	United States	KBE	1987	Arts/Entertainment	In 1990 he regained Russian citizenship, and held dual US/Russian citizenship.

Arthur Rubinstein	United States	KBE	1977	Arts/Entertainment

Ravi Shankar	India	KBE	2001	Arts/Entertainment

Georg Solti	Germany	KBE	1971	Arts/Entertainment	Musical Director, Covent Garden Opera Company Became a British national in 1972 and knighthood became substantive.

Kevin Spacey	United States	KBE	2015	Arts/Entertainment	Previously appointed Honorary CBE in 2010.

Steven Spielberg	United States	KBE	2001	Arts/Entertainment	Award-winning director credited with "doubling of cinema admission in the UK since the early 1980s"

William Trevor	Ireland	KBE	2002	Arts/Entertainment	Previously appointed Honorary CBE in 1977.

Terry Wogan	Ireland	KBE	2005	Arts/Entertainment	Took British nationality in 2005 and knighthood became substantive. Held dual British/Irish citizenship.

James Wolfensohn	United States/Australia	KBE	1995	Arts/Entertainment	Born an Australian citizen, but relinquished this when he became an American citizen in 1980. In 2010, he regained his Australian citizenship.

Franco Zeffirelli	Italy	KBE	2004	Arts/Entertainment	Stage and screen director; awarded for his "valuable services to British performing arts"

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In 1983, Doráti was an honorary Knight of the British Empire (KBE).

final_sentence: In 1983, Doráti was an honorary Knight of the British Empire (KBE).