# Living Australian knights and dames

The following is a list of living Australians who have been appointed knights or dames.
The list includes:
* Knights and dames of the Order of Australia
* Knights and dames of an Order of Chivalry under the British Imperial Honours system, including
** Order of the British Empire
** Royal Victorian Order
** Order of St Michael and St George
** Order of the Bath
** Order of the Garter
* Knights Bachelor (there is no female counterpart).
The list excludes Australian baronets.

## Living dames

| Name | Year of birth | Year of damehood | Age | Notes |
| Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO | 1930 | 2014 | 94 | |
| Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO | 1942 | 2014 | 82 | |
| Dame Patricia Hewitt DBE | 1948 | 2025 | 76 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
| Dame Carol Kidu DBE AO | 1948 | 2005 | 76 | Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinean Government |
| Dame Bridget Ogilvie AC DBE FRS | 1938 | 1997 | 86 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
| Dame Janet Ritterman DBE | 1941 | 2002 | 83 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
| Dame Adrienne Stewart DNZM QSM | 1936 | 2014 | 89 | Awarded on the recommendation of the New Zealand Government |

## Living knights

| Name | Year of birth | Year of knighthood | Age | Notes |
| Professor Sir Ed Byrne AC | 1952 | 2020 | 72 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
| Professor Sir Chris Clark | 1960 | 2015 | 64 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
| General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK CVO MC | 1947 | 2014 | 77 | |
| Professor Sir Ross Cranston KC | 1948 | 2008 | 76 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
| Sir Lynton Crosby AO | 1956 | 2016 | 68 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
| Sir Daryl Dawson AC KBE CB KC | 1933 | 1982 | 91 | |
| Sir William Deane AC KBE KC | 1931 | 1982 | 94 | |
| Professor Sir Peter Donnelly | 1959 | 2019 | 65 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
| Sir Rod Eddington AO | 1950 | 2005 | 75 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
| Sir Marc Feldmann AC | 1944 | 2010 | 83 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
| Sir Trevor Garland KBE AM | 1955 | 2010 | 70 | Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands Government |
| Sir Guy Green AC KBE CVO | 1937 | 1982 | 87 | |
| Sir William Heseltine GCB GCVO AC QSO | 1930 | 1982 | 94 | GCVO was awarded personally by HM The Queen |
| Sir Leo Hielscher AC | 1926 | 1987 | 98 | |
| Sir David Higgins | 1954 | 2011 | 71 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
| Michael Hintze, Baron Hintze AM | 1953 | 2013 | 71 | Knighthood awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government. Made life peer in 2022. |
| Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK AFC | 1947 | 2015 | 77 | |
| Sir Arthur Llewellyn Jones OBE | | 2024 | | Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government |
| Sir William Kearney CBE | 1935 | 1982 | 90 | Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government |
| Sir Frank Lowy AC | 1930 | 2017 | 94 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
| Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE KC | 1925 | 1972 | 99 | |
| Sir Graham McCamley MBE | 1932 | 1986 | 93 | |
| Sir Jonathan Mills AC | 1963 | 2013 | 61 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
| Sir Eric Neal AC CVO | 1924 | 1982 | 101 | |
| Professor Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE | 1931 | 1977 | 93 | |
| Sir Bruce Saunders KBE | 1941/1942 | 2012 | 82/83 | Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands government |
| Sir Pascal Soriot | 1959 | 2022 | 65 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
| Sir Guy Weston | 1960 | 2021 | 64 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
Note 1: In 1981 as Prince of Wales, King Charles III was awarded a substantive knighthood of the Order of Australia (AK), despite not being an Australian (this required an amendment to the Constitution of the Order of Australia). He has been the Sovereign Head of the Order of Australia since his accession to the throne on 8 September 2022.