# List of honorary British knights and dames

{{listdev}} not ready for new entries just yet Many people have been created honorary knights or dames by the British crown. There are also those that have been appointed to two comparable orders, the Order of Merit and the Order of the Companions of Honour, and those that have had conferred on them the decoration of the Royal Victorian Chain; none of these carries pre-nominal styles.

## Honorary awards
### Use of pre-nominal styles and post-nominal initials

An honorary award is one made to a person who is not a citizen of a Commonwealth realm. He or she cannot use the pre-nominal style of 'Sir' or 'Dame', but can use the post-nominal letters (after their names), subject to the prevailing conventions in his or her own country. If such a person later acquires citizenship of a Commonwealth realm, then any honorary awards usually become substantive, and in the case of knights and dames they can begin to use the pre-nominal styles. However this is not automatic. The person must be dubbed by the King or his delegate in order to be entitled to use the pre-nominal style. If the knighthood is in an order which has a special class for honorary knighthoods, a change to a regular class of knighthoods is also required.

### Loss of citizenship of a British realm

Citizens of a country which was a full part of the British Empire or Commonwealth when they received the honour (i.e. who were British subjects at the time), were substantive knights or dames, not honorary. The knighthood does not become honorary, and the person may choose to use his or her title(s), after their country becomes a republic. Citizens of British protectorates and mandated territories usually received honorary awards. Notable exceptions were rulers of the Indian princely states and their subjects, who were de jure British protected persons and not British subjects, but who received substantive knighthoods.

### Annulment and restoration

In certain circumstances, an honorary award may be annulled (i.e. revoked). The effect is that, officially, the person is considered never to have been given the award, their name is erased from the order's register, and they are required to return all insignia. This happens when the Sovereign issues a signed and sealed ordinance cancelling and annulling the appointment. This is not common and in practice only occurs where the recipient has engaged in serious detrimental activities, e.g. following a conviction for serious crimes, or for hostile acts against the United Kingdom. In rare circumstances, an annulled award may later be restored by the Sovereign. Details of known annulments and restorations are annotated in the table below.

### Order of the Garter terminology

The Order of the Garter uses terminology different from that of most other British orders. 'Stranger/Extra Knights Companion of the Garter' and 'Stranger/Extra Ladies Companion of the Order of the Garter' are the equivalent of 'Honorary Knights' and 'Honorary Dames' in other orders. As with other orders, the pre-nominal styles 'Sir' and 'Lady' are not used by Extra Knights and Extra Ladies. Revoked appointments are said to be 'degraded' rather than 'annulled'; the effect, however, is the same.

## Arts and entertainment

List of honorary British Knights and Dames :
| Name | Nationality | Honour | Year | Category | Notes |
| Daniel Barenboim | Argentina / Israel | KBE | 2011 | Arts/entertainment | Pianist and conductor |
| Jorge Luis Borges | Argentina | KBE | 1964 | 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. |
| Bob Iger | United States | KBE | 2022 | Arts/entertainment | Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Disney Company; awarded "for services to the UK/US relations." |
| 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 | |
| Sidney Poitier | Bahamas/United States | KBE | 1974 | Arts/entertainment | Actor, director, activist and ambassador. |
| 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 | |
| Esa-Pekka Salonen | Finland | KBE | 2020 | Arts/entertainment | Conductor and composer, awarded for services to music and UK-Finland relations. |
| 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. |
| John Williams | United States | KBE | 2022 | Arts/entertainment | Conductor, composer, and pianist; awarded for "services to film music" |
| 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" |

## Politics and government

List of honorary British Knights and Dames :
| Name | Nationality | Honour | Year | Category | Notes |
| Ali Abu Al-Ragheb | Jordan | GCMG | 2001 | Politics/government | Prime Minister of Jordan |
| Valdas Adamkus | Lithuania | GCB | 2006 | Politics/government | President of Lithuania |
| Martti Ahtisaari | Finland | GCB | 1995 | Politics/government | President of Finland |
| Prince Bola Ajibola | Nigeria | KBE | 1989 | Politics/government | Attorney-General and Minister of Justice of Nigeria, 1985–1991 |
| Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji | Nigeria | KBE | 1989 | Politics/government | Minister of Budget and Planning of Nigeria, 1988–1990 |
| Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, 17th Duke of Alba de Tormes | Spain | GCVO | 1902 | Politics/government | |
| Giuliano Amato | Italy | GCMG | 2000 | Politics/government | Prime Minister of Italy |
| Emeka Anyaoku | Nigeria | GCVO | 2000 | Politics/government | |
| Count d'Arnoso | Portugal | KCVO | tbd | Politics/government | Private Secretary to the King of Portugal. Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1903. see pt:Bernardo Pinheiro Correia de Melo |
| Count d'Arnoso | Portugal | GCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Private Secretary to the King of Portugal. |
| Franz Joseph von Auersperg | Austria | GCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | Privy Councillor and Chamberlain to The Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary. |
| Joseph Avenol | France | KBE | 1921 | Politics/government | |
| Antonio Jose d'Avila | Portugal | KCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Lord Mayor of Lisbon |
| Ayub Khan | Pakistan | RVC | tbd | Politics/government | |
| Ayub Khan | Pakistan | GCMG | 1960 | Politics/government | (Field Marshal) President of Pakistan |
| Ibrahim Babangida | Nigeria | GCB | 1989 | Politics/government | President of Nigeria |
| Hastings Banda | Malawi | GCB | 1985 | Politics/government | President of Malawi |
| Miguel Barbosa Huerta | Mexico | KBE | 2015 | Politics/government | |
| August Graf Bellegarde | Austria-Hungary | KCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Master of the Household to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary. |
| Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt | German Empire | GCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | On the occasion of royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany |
| Hermann Baron von Bilfinger | Württemberg | GCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | General Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty the King of Württemberg On the occasion of royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany |
| Anatol, Count Biogot de Saint-Quentin | Austria-Hungary | GCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | Major General Anatol was Comptroller to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary. |
| Robert, Count de Bourboulon | Bulgaria | GCVO | 1905 | Politics/government | Lord Chamberlain to the Prince of Bulgaria |
| Henri, Marquis de Breteuil | France | KCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | |
| George H. W. Bush | United States | GCB | 1993 | Politics/government | President of the United States |
| Felipe Calderón | Mexico | GCB | 2009 | Politics/government | President of Mexico |
| Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Brazil | GCB | 1997 | Politics/government | President of Brazil |
| Nicolae Ceauşescu | Romania | GCB | 1978 | Politics/government | Annulled 1989 |
| Anson Chan | China | GCMG | 2002 | Politics/government | |
| Chentung Liang-Cheng | China | KCMG | 1897 | Politics/government | |
| Chentung Liang-Cheng | China | KCVO | 1909 | Politics/government | |
| Cherif Pasha | Egypt | GCSI | 1878 | Politics/government | |
| Claude Cheysson | France | GCMG | | Politics/government | |
| Jacques Chirac | France | GCB | 1996 | Politics/government | President of France |
| Eduard Graf Choloniewski Myszka | Austria | KCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Master of the Ceremonies to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary |
| Emilio Chuayffet | Mexico | KBE | 2015 | Politics/government | |
| Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | Italy | GCB | 2000 | Politics/government | President of Italy |
| Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz | Poland | GCMG | 2004 | Politics/government | Prime Minister of Poland |
| Marie Louise Coleiro Preca | Malta | GCMG | 2015 | Politics/government | President of Malta |
| Prospero Colonna (politician) | Italy | GCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | (Prince of Sonnino) Syndic of Rome |
| Abel Combarieu | France | GCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Secretary General and Chief of the Household of the President of France |
| Émile Combes | France | GCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | President of the Council |
| Emil Constantinescu | Romania | GCMG | 2000 | Politics/government | President of Romania |
| Francesco Cossiga | Italy | GCB | 1990 | Politics/government | President of Italy |
| Artur da Costa e Silva | Brazil | GCB | 1968 | Politics/government | President of Brazil |
| René Coty | France | GCB | 1957 | Politics/government | President of France |
| Charles, Count Coudenhove | Austria-Hungary | GCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | Governor of Bohemia |
| Philippe Crozier | France | KCVO | 1898 | Politics/government | |
| Christian Frederik, Count Danneskjold-Samsöe | Denmark | GCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | |
| Théophile Delcassé | France | GCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Johan Deuntzer | Denmark | GCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | |
| Alphonse Deville | France | GCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | President of the Municipal Council |
| Porfirio Díaz | Mexico | GCB | 1906 | Politics/government | President of Mexico |
| Lamberto Dini | Italy | GCMG | 2000 | Politics/government | Prime Minister of Italy |
| Willem Drees | Netherlands | GCMG | | Politics/government | |
| Luis Echeverría | Mexico | GCB | 1973 | Politics/government | President of Mexico |
| António Ramalho Eanes | Portugal | GCB | 1978 | Politics/government | President of Portugal |
| António Ramalho Eanes | Portugal | RVC | 1985 | Politics/government | President of Portugal |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | United States | GCB | 1957 | Politics/government | President of the United States |
| Gustavus Ernest of Erbach-Schönberg | Württemberg | KCVO | 1898 | Politics/government | |
| Gustavus Ernest of Erbach-Schönberg | Württemberg | GCVO | 1900 | Politics/government | |
| Walter Asmus Charles Frederick Eberhard, Baron von Esebeck | German Empire | KCVO | 1909 | Politics/government | Deputy Master of the Horse to the German Emperor, King of Prussia. |
| Mustafa Fahmi | Egypt | GCMG | 1898 | Politics/government | Prime Minister of Egypt |
| Luiz Coutinho Borges de Medeiros, Marquis of Fayal | Portugal | GCVO | 1909 | Politics/government | Lord in Waiting |
| Tassilo, Count Festétics de Tolna | tbd | GCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | |
| Antonio, Count of Figueiro | tbd | GCVO | 1905 | Politics/government | |
| Gianfranco Fini | Italy | GCMG | 2005 | Politics/government | Deputy Prime Minister of Italy |
| Tom Foley | United States | KBE | 1995 | Politics/government | Speaker of the House of Representatives |
| Vicente Fox | Mexico | GCMG | 2002 | Politics/government | President of Mexico |
| Eduardo Frei Montalva | Chile | GCB | 1965 | Politics/government | President of Chile |
| Arturo Frondizi | Argentina | GCMG | 1960 | Politics/government | President of Argentina |
| Alberto Fujimori | Peru | GCMG | 1998 | Politics/government | President of Peru |
| Eduardo Galhardo | Portugal | KCIE | 1901 | Politics/government | Governor-General of Portuguese India |
| Count Romeo Gallenga-Stuart | Italy | KBE | tbd | Politics/government | Under-Secretary for Press and Propaganda, for fostering good relations between Italy and Great Britain. |
| Joachim Gauck | Germany | GCB | 2015 | Politics/government | President of Germany |
| Maumoon Abdul Gayoom | Maldives | GCMG | 2000 | Politics/government | |
| Count Cesare Gianotti | Italy | GCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Master of the Household to the King of Italy |
| Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | France | GCB | 1976 | Politics/government | President of France |
| Ernesto Geisel | Brazil | GCB | 1976 | Politics/government | President of Brazil |
| Rudolph W. Giuliani | United States | KBE | 2002 | Politics/government | Federal prosecutor; two-term Mayor of New York City. |
| Balbino Giuliano | Italy | GBE | 1930 | Politics/government | Minister of Public Education |
| Diego Gómez Pickering | Mexico | KCVO | 2015 | Politics/government | |
| Árpád Göncz | Hungary | KCMG | 1991 | Politics/government | President of Hungary |
| Árpád Göncz | Hungary | GCB | 1999 | Politics/government | President of Hungary |
| Agenor Graf Goluchowski von Goluchowo | Austria-Hungary | GCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Minister of the Imperial and Royal House and Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| Alan Greenspan | United States | KBE | 2002 | Politics/government | Chairman of the Federal Reserve |
| Giovanni Gronchi | Italy | GCB | 1961 | Politics/government | President of Italy |
| Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal | Mexico | KBE | 2015 | Politics/government | |
| Juan José Guerra Abud | Mexico | KBE | 2015 | Politics/government | |
| Leopold Baron von Gudenus | Austria-Hungary | KCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Oberjagermeister to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary |
| Abdullah Gül | Turkey | GCB | 2008 | Politics/government | President of Turkey |
| Xanana Gusmão | East Timor | GCMG | 2003 | Politics/government | 3rd President of East Timor |
| John Ritter von Habrda | Austria-Hungary | KCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | Commissioner of Police, Vienna |
| Han Seung-soo | South Korea | KBE | 2004 | Politics/government | |
| Václav Havel | Czech Republic | GCB | 1996 | Politics/government | |
| Gustav Heinemann | West Germany | GCB | 1972 | Politics/government | President of West Germany |
| Count Basil Hendrikov | tbd | GCVO | 1909 | Politics/government | |
| Roman Herzog | Germany | GCB | 1998 | Politics/government | President of Germany |
| Sassoon Effendi Heskail | Iraq | KBE | tbd | Politics/government | Minister of Finance |
| Harri Holkeri | Finland | KBE | 1999 | Politics/government | |
| François Hollande | France | GCB | 2014 | Politics/government | President of France |
| Mohammed Ikramullah | Pakistan | KCMG | 1961 | Politics/government | |
| Toomas Hendrik Ilves | Estonia | GCB | 2006 | Politics/government | President of Estonia |
| Ito Yukichi | Japan | KCVO | 1905 | Politics/government | |
| Dato Onn Bin Jaafar | Malaya | KBE | 1953 | Politics/government | Member for Home Affairs, Federation of Malaya |
| Muhammad Hasan Jan | tbd | GCVO | tbd | Politics/government | |
| Martin Baron von Jenisch | tbd | GCVO | 1908 | Politics/government | |
| Pedro Joaquín Coldwell | Mexico | KBE | 2015 | Politics/government | |
| Bhim Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal | KCVO | tbd | Politics/government | |
| Bhim Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal | KCSI | 1917 | Politics/government | Subsequently, promoted GCSI in 1931. |
| Bhim Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal | GCSI | 1931 | Politics/government | |
| Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal | KCIE | 1917 | Politics/government | Subsequently, promoted GCIE. |
| Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal | GCIE | tbd | Politics/government | |
| Juddha Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal | GCSI | 1935 | Politics/government | |
| Franz Jonas | Austria | GCB | 1969 | Politics/government | President of Austria |
| Kang Young-Hoon | South Korea | KBE | 1995 | Politics/government | |
| Kajetan von Kapos-Mére | Austria-Hungary | KCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Second Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vienna |
| Hamid Karzai | Afghanistan | GCMG | 2003 | Politics/government | |
| Aberra Kassa (Dejazmatch) | Ethiopia | KBE | 1932 | Politics/government | Son of Ras Kassa Hailu, handed over to the Italians (by Ras Hailu Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam), who shot him & his brother dead immediately after capture. |
| Urho Kekkonen | Finland | GCB | 1969 | Politics/government | President of Finland |
| Edward Kennedy | United States | KBE | 2009 | Politics/government | U.S. Senator from Massachusetts |
| Erich Graf Kielmansegg | Austria-Hungary | KCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Governor of Lower Austria. Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1904. |
| Erich Graf Kielmansegg | Austria-Hungary | GCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | Governor of Lower Austria |
| Kim Dae-jung | South Korea | GCB | 1999 | Politics/government | President of South Korea on the occasion of a royal visit to South Korea. |
| Kim Dae-jung | South Korea | GCMG | tbd | Politics/government | |
| Helmut Kohl | Germany | GCMG | tbd | Politics/government | |
| Horst Köhler | Germany | GCB | 2004 | Politics/government | President of Germany |
| Martin Charles Augustus Kirschner | German Empire | KCVO | 1909 | Politics/government | Chief Burgomaster of Berlin |
| Julius Benedictus, Count Krag Juel Vind Frijs | Denmark | KCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | Promoted from CVO. |
| Magens Christian, Count Krag Juel Vind Frijs | Denmark | KCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | |
| Juscelino Kubitschek | Brazil | GBE | 1956 | Politics/government | President of Brazil |
| John Kufuor | Ghana | GCB | 2007 | Politics/government | President of Ghana |
| Husein Kuli Khan | tbd | KCIE | 1902 | Politics/government | |
| Pier Francesco, Marchese di Lajatico | Italy | KCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Crown Equerry to the King of Italy |
| Pierre-Olivier Lapie | France | KBE | tbd | Politics/government | |
| Alfred, Marquis de Lau d'Allemand | tbd | KCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | |
| Dom José d'Almeida Corrêa de Sá, 6th Marquis of Lavradio | Portugal | GCVO | 1909 | Politics/government | Private Secretary to King Manuel II of Portugal |
| Lee Kuan Yew | Singapore | CH | 1970 | Politics/government | Prime minister of Singapore |
| Lee Kuan Yew | Singapore | GCMG | 1972 | Politics/government | Prime minister of Singapore |
| Aleksander Kwaśniewski | Poland | GCB | 1996 | Politics/government | President of Poland |
| Aleksander Kwaśniewski | Poland | GCMG | 1996 | Politics/government | President of Poland |
| Hans Ritter von Lex | West Germany | KBE | 1961 | Politics/government | Former state secretary in the west German Interior Ministry, for services to Anglo-German relations. |
| Wenceslau de Lima | Portugal | GCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Francisco Craveiro Lopes | Portugal | GCB | 1955 | Politics/government | President of Portugal |
| Richard Lugar | United States | KBE | 2013 | Politics/government | Former U.S. Senator from Indiana |
| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Brazil | GCB | 2006 | Politics/government | President of Brazil |
| Joseph Luns | Netherlands | GCMG | | Politics/government | |
| Joseph Luns | Netherlands | CH | 1971 | Politics/government | |
| Heinrich Graf Lützow zu Drey Lützow | Austria | KCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | First Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Vienna. |
| Ferenc Mádl | Hungary | GCMG | 2002 | Politics/government | |
| Sayyed Abdelrahman el-Mahdi | tbd | KBE | 1926 | Politics/government | |
| Mohammed Pasha Mahmud | tbd | GCMG | 1929 | Politics/government | |
| Nelson Mandela | South Africa | OM | 1995 | Politics/government | |
| Claudia Ruiz Massieu | Mexico | DBE | 2015 | Politics/government | |
| Matsukata Masayoshi | Japan | GCMG | 1902 | Politics/government | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Thabo Mbeki | South Africa | GCMG | 2000 | Politics/government | President of South Africa |
| Thabo Mbeki | South Africa | GCB | 2007 | Politics/government | President of South Africa |
| José Antonio Meade Kuribreña | Mexico | KCMG | 2015 | Politics/government | |
| Ferdinand Meldahl | Denmark | GCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | |
| Carlos Menem | Argentina | GCMG | 1998 | Politics/government | President of Argentina |
| Stjepan Mesić | Croatia | GCMG | 2001 | Politics/government | President of Croatia |
| Paul Metternich | German Empire | GCVO | 1901 | Politics/government | |
| Andreas Michalakopoulos | Greece | KBE | tbd | Politics/government | |
| Mirza Hussein Khan | Iran | GCSI | 1873 | Politics/government | |
| George J. Mitchell | United States | GBE | 1999 | Politics/government | Former U.S. Senator from Maine, Majority Leader, Deputy President pro tempore |
| François Mitterrand | France | GCB | 1984 | Politics/government | |
| François Mitterrand | France | RVC | 1992 | Politics/government | |
| Mobutu Sese Seko | Zaire | GCB | 1973 | Politics/government | President of Zaire |
| Alfred Moisiu | Albania | GCMG | 2003 | Politics/government | President of Albania |
| Joachim Moltke | Denmark | GCVO | 1896 | Politics/government | |
| Felipe, Duke of Montellano | Spain | GCVO | 1905 | Politics/government | |
| Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo | Austria-Hungary | GCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Second Lord Steward to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary. |
| Kengo Mori | Japan | KBE | 1927 | Politics/government | Financial Commissioner to the Imperial Japanese Government in London, Paris and New York. |
| Robert Mugabe | Zimbabwe | GCB | 1994 | Politics/government | Annulled 2008 |
| Joseph Muscat | Malta | KCMG | 2015 | Politics/government | |
| Benito Mussolini | Italy | GCB | 1923 | Politics/government | Annulled 1940 |
| Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha | Egypt | GCMG | 1920 | Politics/government | |
| Ibrahim Nasir | Maldives | KBE | 1972 | Politics/government | President of the Republic of Maldives |
| Nawaz Sharif | Pakistan | GCMG | 1997 | Politics/government | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| Nursultan Nazarbayev | Kazakhstan | GCMG | 2000 | Politics/government | President of Kazakhstan |
| Constantin Freiherr von Neurath | Germany | GCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | Lord Chamberlain to His Majesty The King of Württemberg |
| Aurelio Nuño Mayer | Mexico | KBE | 2015 | Politics/government | |
| Olusegun Obasanjo | Nigeria | GCB | 2003 | Politics/government | President of Nigeria |
| Sadako Ogata | Japan | DCMG | 2011 | Politics/government | Served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as the Chairman of the UNICEF Executive Board and as the President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency. |
| Waldemar Oldenburg | Denmark | KCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | |
| Hussein Fakhry Pasha | Egypt | KCMG | 1902 | Politics/government | Minister of Public Works for service in connection with the building of the Aswan Dam |
| Nubar Pasha | Egypt | GCSI | 1896 | Politics/government | |
| Saba Pasha | Egypt | KCMG | 1907 | Politics/government | Upon his retirement from the post of Postmaster-General in Egypt |
| Safvet Pasha | tbd | GCSI | 1878 | Politics/government | |
| Park Geun-hye | South Korea | GCB | 2013 | Politics/government | President of South Korea |
| Enrique Peña Nieto | Mexico | GCB | 2015 | Politics/government | President of Mexico |
| Manuel Augusto Pereira da Cunha | Portugal | KCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Civil Governor of Lisbon |
| Shimon Peres | Israel | GCMG | 2008 | Politics/government | 9th President of Israel |
| Hassan Pirnia | Iran | GCMG | 1907 | Politics/government | |
| Georges Pompidou | France | GCB | 1972 | Politics/government | President of France |
| Byron Price | United States | KBE | 1948 | Politics/government | Director of the Office of Censorship |
| Husain Khan Qazvini | tbd | GCSI | 1873 | Politics/government | |
| Mahdi Quli Khan-e Qajar Quyunlu | tbd | KCMG | 1889 | Politics/government | |
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | India | OM | 1963 | Politics/government | |
| Tunku Abdul Rahman | Malaysia | CH | 1961 | Politics/government | 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia |
| Cyril Ramaphosa | South Africa | GCB | 2022 | Politics/government | 5th President of South Africa. Awarded on occasion of 2022 state visit. |
| Fidel V. Ramos | Philippines | GCMG | 1995 | Politics/government | |
| Anders Fogh Rasmussen | Denmark | KCMG | 2015 | Politics/government | Secretary-General of NATO |
| Tun Abdul Razak | Malaysia | GCMG | 1972 | Politics/government | |
| Ronald Reagan | United States | GCB | 1989 | Politics/government | President of the United States |
| Carl Baron von der Recke | tbd | KCVO | 1905 | Politics/government | |
| Eck Baron von Reischach | Württemberg | GCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | Lord Chamberlain to the Queen of Wurtemberg On the occasion of royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany |
| Hugo Freiherr von Reischach | tbd | KCVO | 1897 | Politics/government | |
| Oswald Baron von Richthofen | German Empire | GCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Riyad Pasha | Egypt | GCMG | 1889 | Politics/government | Prime Minister of Egypt |
| Charles de Rocca-Serra | tbd | KCMG | 1917 | Politics/government | |
| Ernst von Röder | tbd | KCVO | 1902 | Politics/government | |
| Roh Moo-hyun | South Korea | GCB | 2004 | Politics/government | |
| Carlos Roma du Bocage | Portugal | GCVO | 1909 | Politics/government | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| F. W. F. Rosenstand | Denmark | KCVO | 1901 | Politics/government | Chamberlain and Secretary to the King of Denmark |
| Hussein Roshdy Pasha | Egypt | GCMG | 1914 | Politics/government | Prime Minister of Egypt |
| Friedrich von Ruexleben | tbd | KCVO | 1905 | Politics/government | |
| Dean Rusk | United States | KBE | 1976 | Politics/government | Former Secretary of State for contribution to Anglo-American friendship |
| Mohamed Said Pasha | Egypt | GCMG | 1912 | Politics/government | Prime Minister of Egypt |
| Saionji Kinmochi | Japan | GCMG | 1906 | Politics/government | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Juan Manuel Santos | Colombia | GCB | 2016 | Politics/government | President of Colombia |
| Antonio Vasco de Mello Silva Cezar e Menezes, Count of Sabugosa | Portugal | GCVO | 1909 | Politics/government | Lord Steward |
| Abd al-Muhsin as-Sa'dun | Iraq | KCMG | 1926 | Politics/government | |
| Mohammed Said Pasha | tbd | GCMG | 1912 | Politics/government | |
| Saito Momotaro | tbd | GCVO | 1905 | Politics/government | |
| Mariano, Duke of Santo Mauro | Spain | GCVO | 1905 | Politics/government | Lord in Waiting to the King of Spain |
| Giuseppe Saragat | Italy | GCB | 1969 | Politics/government | President of Italy |
| Nicolas Sarkozy | France | GCB | 2008 | Politics/government | President of France |
| Walter Scheel | West Germany | GCB | 1978 | Politics/government | President of West Germany |
| Maurice Schumann | France | GCMG | 1972 | Politics/government | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Justin de Selves | France | GCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Prefect of Seine |
| Fernando Eduardo de Serpa Pimentel | Portugal | KCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | (Captain) Aide-de-Camp |
| Eduard Shevardnadze | Georgia | GCMG | 2000 | Politics/government | |
| Said Shoucair Pasha | tbd | KBE | 1924 | Politics/government | |
| Ismail Sirry Pasha | tbd | KCMG | 1913 | Politics/government | |
| Duke of Sotomayor | Spain | GCVO | 1902 | Politics/government | Great Chamberlain to the King of Spain |
| Georges de Staal | tbd | GCVO | 1902 | Politics/government | |
| Frank-Walter Steinmeier | Germany | GCB | 2023 | Politics/government | President of Germany |
| Dirk Stikker | Netherlands | GBE | 1951 | Politics/government | |
| Dirk Stikker | Netherlands | GCVO | 1958 | Politics/government | |
| Karl Friedrich von Strenge | tbd | KCVO | 1899 | Politics/government | |
| Suharto | Indonesia | GCB | 1974 | Politics/government | |
| Cevdet Sunay | Turkey | KCB | 1967 | Politics/government | |
| Tony Tan | Singapore | GCB | 2014 | Politics/government | President of Singapore |
| Count Tarouca | Portugal | GCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | Chamberlain to the King of Portugal. Attached to King Edward VII. |
| Clément Thomas | France | GCIE | 1893 | Politics/government | Governor of French India |
| Nicholas Thon | tbd | KCVO | tbd | Politics/government | Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1905. |
| Nicholas Thon | tbd | GCVO | 1905 | Politics/government | |
| Gaston Thorn | Luxembourg | GCVO | | Politics/government | |
| Gaston Thorn | Luxembourg | GCMG | | Politics/government | |
| Josip Broz Tito | Yugoslavia | GCB | 1972 | Politics/government | |
| Tommaso Tittoni | Italy | GCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | |
| Ali El Tom | tbd | KBE | 1926 | Politics/government | |
| Essad Pasha Toptani | Albania | KCMG | 1916 | Politics/government | |
| Karl Prince Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg | tbd | GCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | |
| Alexander Trepoff | Russian Empire | KCMG | 1916 | Politics/government | Minister of Transport later Prime Minister of Russian Empire awarded in recognition of the construction of the Murman Coast Railway. |
| Danilo Türk | Slovenia | GCB | 2008 | Politics/government | |
| Manuel Valls | France | GCMG | 2014 | Politics/government | Prime Minister of France |
| Umberto Vattani | Italy | GCMG | 2000 | Politics/government | |
| Simone Veil | France | DBE | 1998 | Politics/government | Holocaust survivor; lawyer and politician who served as France's Minister of Health between 1993 and 1995. |
| Luis Videgaray Caso | Mexico | KBE | 2015 | Politics/government | |
| Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | Iceland | GCMG | 1982 | Politics/government | President of Iceland |
| Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | Iceland | GCB | 1990 | Politics/government | President of Iceland |
| Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | Latvia | GCB | 2006 | Politics/government | President of Latvia |
| Antonio Villaça | Portugal | GCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Wenceslau Ramirez de Villa-Urrutia | Spain | GCVO | 1905 | Politics/government | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Richard von Weizsäcker | Germany | GCB | 1992 | Politics/government | President of Germany |
| Youssef Wahba | Egypt | GCMG | 1919 | Politics/government | Prime Minister of Egypt |
| Count Carl Wachtmeister | Sweden | KCVO | 1908 | Politics/government | Minister of Foreigh Affairs |
| Kurt Waldheim | Austria | GCMG | 1969 | Politics/government | Austrian Foreign Minister |
| Lech Wałęsa | Poland | GCB | 1991 | Politics/government | President of Poland |
| John Warner | United States | KBE | 2009 | Politics/government | U.S. Senator from Virginia |
| Rudolf de Weede | Netherlands | KCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | Lord Chamberlian to Her Majesty the Queen Mother of the Netherlands, on the occasion of the royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany |
| Caspar Weinberger | United States | GBE | 1988 | Politics/government | U.S. Secretary of Defense |
| Richard von Weizsäcker | Germany | RVC | 1992 | Politics/government | |
| John Gilbert Winant | United States | OM | 1947 | Politics/government | U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom |
| August von Wöllwarth-Lauterburg | Württemberg | GCVO | 1900 | Politics/government | |
| Robert Worcester | United States | KBE | 2004 | Politics/government | Became a British national in 2005 and his knighthood became substantive. |
| Ketema Yifru | Ethiopia | KCMG | 1965 | Politics/government | |
| Giuseppe Zanardelli | Italy | GCVO | 1903 | Politics/government | President of the Council |
| Jose Zarco de Camara, Count of Ribeira Grande | Portugal | GCVO | 1904 | Politics/government | |
| Ernesto Zedillo | Mexico | GCMG | 1998 | Politics/government | President of Mexico |
| Zulfikar Pasha | Egypt | KBE | 1920 | Politics/government | |
| Mallam Yahaya | Nigeria | KBE | 1953 | Politics/government | Emir of Gwandu |
| Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono | Indonesia | GCB | 2012 | Politics/government | President of Indonesia |
| Raja Uda Raja Muhammad | Malaya | KBE | 1953 | Politics/government | Menteri Besar of the State of Selangor |
| Jacob Zuma | South Africa | GCB | 2010 | Politics/government | President of South Africa |

## Diplomatic

List of honorary British Knights and Dames :
| Name | Nationality | Honour | Year | Category | Notes |
| Abderrahman bin Abdelsadok | Morocco | KCVO | 1903 | Diplomatic | Governor of Fez, Special Envoy from the Sultan of Morocco. |
| Henry Angst | Switzerland | KCMG | 1906 | Diplomatic | British Consul-General in Zurich. |
| Walter Annenberg | United States | KBE | 1976 | Diplomatic | United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1969–1974, for contribution to Anglo-American friendship. |
| Jacques Arnavon | France | KBE | 1938 | Diplomatic | |
| Frants Ernst Bille | Denmark | GCVO | 1904 | Diplomatic | Danish Minister in London |
| Antonio Chiaramonte Bordonaro | Italy | GBE | 1930 | Diplomatic | |
| Hugh Bullock | United States | KBE | 1957 | Diplomatic | President, Pilgrims of the United States, 1955–1996; previously appointed Honorary OBE in 1946 |
| Hugh Bullock | United States | GBE | 1976 | Diplomatic | |
| Paul Cambon | France | GCVO | 1903 | Diplomatic | French Ambassador in London. |
| André Clasen | Luxembourg | GCVO | 1968 | Diplomatic | Luxembourg Ambassador |
| Timoor al-Daghistani | tbd | GCVO | 2001 | Diplomatic | |
| John W. Davis | United States | GBE | 1953 | Diplomatic | Former Ambassador to the Court of Saint James and President of the Pilgrims of the United States. |
| Lewis Williams Douglas | United States | GBE | 1957 | Diplomatic | United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1947–1950 |
| Hermann von Eckhardtstein | German Empire | KCVO | 1902 | Diplomatic | First Secretary German Embassy in London |
| Aimé-Joseph de Fleuriau | France | GCVO | 1921 | Diplomatic | French Ambassador to the Court of Saint James. |
| Léon Geoffray | France | GCVO | 1908 | Diplomatic | |
| Diego Gómez Pickering | Mexico | KCVO | 2015 | Diplomatic | |
| Lloyd Carpenter Griscom | United States | KCMG | 1919 | Diplomatic | |
| Slavko Grouitch | Serbia | KBE | tbd | Diplomatic | |
| Gunnar Hägglöf | Sweden | GCVO | tbd | Diplomatic | |
| Hayashi Tadasu | Japan | GCVO | 1905 | Diplomatic | |
| Pedro Felipe Iñiguez | Chile | KCVO | 1919 | Diplomatic | Chilean Special Mission |
| Louis Joxe | France | KBE | 1952 | Diplomatic | Head of the cultural relations department of the Foreign Ministry for services to British cultural issues. |
| Count de Lalaing | Belgium | GCVO | 1915 | Diplomatic | Belgium Minister in London. |
| Ferdinand de Lesseps | France | GCSI | 1870 | Diplomatic | |
| Li Ching Fong | China | KCVO | 1896 | Diplomatic | Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1909. |
| Li Ching Fong | China | GCVO | 1909 | Diplomatic | Chinese Minister in London |
| Li Hung Chang | China | GCVO | 1896 | Diplomatic | |
| Dimitry Metaxas | tbd | GCVO | 1905 | Diplomatic | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty The King of the Hellenes at the Court of St. James's. |
| Armand Mollard | France | KCVO | 1903 | Diplomatic | Director of Protocole |
| Nazir ul Mulk | Persia | GCMG | 1897 | Diplomatic | |
| Willem J. Oudendyk | Netherlands | KCMG | tbd | Diplomatic | Netherlands Minister in Russia and China |
| Alberto Pansa | Italy | GCVO | 1903 | Diplomatic | Italian Ambassador to London |
| Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Peru | GCMG | 1991 | Diplomatic | 5th Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| Wilfried Platzer | Austria | GCVO | tbd | Diplomatic | |
| Luis Polo de Bernabé | Spain | GCVO | 1905 | Diplomatic | Spanish Ambassador to the Court of Saint James. |
| Muhsin Rais | Iran | GCVO | 1948 | Diplomatic | Iranian Ambassador |
| Rodrigo Saavedra y Vinent, 2nd Marques de Villalobar | Spain | KCVO | tbd | Diplomatic | Spanish minister in Brussels 1913-1921 |
| Sergey Sazonov | Russia | GCB | 1916 | Diplomatic | |
| Comte de Serionne | tbd | KCMG | 1917 | Diplomatic | Agent Superieur of the Suez Canal Company |
| Kamalesh Sharma | India | GCVO | 2016 | Diplomatic | Commonwealth Secretary-General |
| Marquis de Soveral | Portugal | GCMG | 1897 | Diplomatic | |
| Marquis de Soveral | Portugal | GCVO | 1902 | Diplomatic | |
| Ismael Tocornal | Chile | GCVO | 1919 | Diplomatic | Head of the Chilean Special Mission |
| Dimitri Tzokoff | Bulgaria | KCVO | 1905 | Diplomatic | |

## Military

List of honorary British Knights and Dames :
| Name | Nationality | Honour | Year | Category | Notes |
| Jean-Marie Charles Abrial | France | KCB | 1940 | Military | (Admiral) Commandant-en-Chef des Forces Maritimes du Nord, for his services in connection with the withdrawal of the Allied forces from Dunkirk |
| Alfredo Acton | Italy | KCB | tbd | Military | (Admiral) |
| Christian Henrik Arendrup | Denmark | GCVO | 1904 | Military | (Major General) |
| Gustav Carl Heinrich Ferdinand Emil von Arnim | German Empire | GCVO | 1900 | Military | (General) |
| Henry H. Arnold | United States | GCB | 1945 | Military | (General of the Army) Chief of Staff, United States Army Air Force |
| Felice Avogadro dei Conti di Quinto | Italy | GCVO | 1904 | Military | (Lieutenant-General) Inspector of Cavalry, Italian Army |
| Viktor Balck | Sweden | KCMG | tbd | Military | |
| Edouard Barrera | France | KCVO | 1897 | Military | (Vice-Admiral) Commander-in-Chief and Maritime Prefect of Brest |
| José de Bascaran y Federico | Spain | GCVO | 1905 | Military | (General) Chief of the Military Household |
| Friedrich Count von Baudissin | German Empire | KCVO | 1904 | Military | (Rear-Admiral, Imperial German Navy) Aide-de-Camp to the German Emperor, attached to King Edward VII |
| Anton Baron von Bechtolsheim | Austria-Hungary | GCVO | 1903 | Military | (General of Cavalry) Captain of the Tranbenten and Infantry Companies of the Life Guards, attached to King Edward VII |
| Prince Konstantin Belosselsky-Belozersky | Russia | GCVO | 1909 | Military | (Lieutenant General) Adjutant General to the Czar of Russia |
| John Biddle | United States | KCB | 1918 | Military | (Major-General) Commanding United States troops in the United Kingdom |
| Georges Blanchard | France | KCB | 1940 | Military | (General) in recognition of distinguished service in operations in Belgium and Northern France |
| Tasker H. Bliss | United States | GCMG | 1918 | Military | (General) Chief of Staff of the United States Army and United States representative at Versailles |
| Leopoldo Boado y Montes | Italy | KCVO | 1905 | Military | (Rear Admiral) |
| Friedrich von Bock und Polack | German Empire | GCVO | 1904 | Military | (Lieutenant-General) Commander 9th Army Corps |
| Petar Bojović | Serbia | GCMG | 1918 | Military | (Field Marshal) Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Army |
| Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère | France | KCB | 1915 | Military | (Admiral) Commander of French naval forces in the Mediterranean |
| Omar Bradley | United States | KCB | tbd | Military | (General of the Army) Commander of the 12th Army Group, Chief of Staff of the United States Army and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| Guilherme Augusto de Brito Capello | Portugal | KCVO | 1902 | Military | |
| Hermenegildo de Brito Capello | Portugal | KCVO | 1903 | Military | (Rear-Admiral) Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty the King of Portugal. Attached to His Majesty King Edward VII. Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1904. |
| Hermenegildo de Brito Capello | Portugal | GCVO | 1904 | Military | (Rear-Admiral) Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty the King of Portugal. |
| Herrmann von Broizem | German Empire | GCVO | 1904 | Military | (General) Commander of XIIth Army Corps, German Army |
| Karl Baron von Bronn | Austria-Hungary | KCVO | 1909 | Military | (Colonel) Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary |
| Charles George, Baron von Bronn | Austria-Hungary | KCVO | 1909 | Military | (Lieutenant-Colonel) Equerry to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary |
| Ugo Brusati | Italy | GCVO | 1903 | Military | (General) First Aide-de-Camp to the King of Italy |
| Wilhelm Büchsel | German Empire | GCVO | 1904 | Military | (Vice-Admiral) Chief of Staff Imperial German Navy |
| Karl von Bülow | German Empire | GCVO | 1909 | Military | (General) Commander 3rd Army Corps |
| Luigi Cadorna | Italy | GCB | 1915 | Military | (Marshal of Italy) Chief of Staff of the Italian Army |
| François Certain Canrobert | France | GCB | tbd | Military | (Marshal of France) Commander of French forces in the Crimean War |
| Luis Gomez Carreño | Chile | KCVO | 1919 | Military | (Admiral) Chilean Special Mission |
| Ivan Chaghin | Russia | KCVO | 1909 | Military | (Rear Admiral) Commander of the Imperial yacht Standart |
| Chiang Kai-shek | China | GCB | 1942 | Military | (Generalissimo) Leader of Nationalist China |
| Mark W. Clark | United States | KBE | 1944 | Military | (General) Commander 5th Army and 15th Army Group |
| Wesley Clark | United States | KBE | 2000 | Military | (General) NATO Supreme Allied Commander |
| Henri de la Croix | France | GCVO | 1903 | Military | (General) Attached to King Edward VII |
| Martin Dempsey | United States | KBE | 2016 | Military | (General) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| Alphons, Count zu Dohna | German Empire | KCVO | 1909 | Military | (Major-General) Commander of the Cavalry Division of the Guards. |
| William Joseph Donovan | United States | KBE | tbd | Military | (Major General) Head of the OSS, precursor to the CIA |
| James Doolittle | United States | KCB | 1944 | Military | (Lieutenant-General) Commander 8th US Army Air Force |
| A. M. J. Dor de Lastours | France | KCMG | 1915 | Military | |
| Antonio Duartt e Silva | Portugal | KCVO | 1903 | Military | (Colonel) Commanding Portuguese Cavalry Regiment No. 3 |
| Émile Dubois | France | GCVO | 1903 | Military | Chief of the Military Household of the President of France |
| Joseph Dunford | United States | KBE | 2020 | Military | (General) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. |
| Charles John George von Eisendecher | German Empire | GCVO | 1904 | Military | (Vice-Admiral) |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | United States | GCB | 1945 | Military | (General of the Army) Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force and President of the United States |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | United States | OM | 1945 | Military | (General of the Army) Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force. |
| Maximilian von Engelbrechten | German Empire | KCVO | 1904 | Military | (Colonel) Commander 36th Infantry Brigade |
| François Ernest Fournier | France | GCVO | 1903 | Military | (Admiral) Attached to King Edward VII |
| Prince Louis Esterházy | Spain | GCVO | 1902 | Military | Lieutenant-General |
| Marie-Pierre de Fauque de Jonquières | France | KCMG | 1915 | Military | |
| Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral | Portugal | KCVO | 1903 | Military | (Rear-Admiral) President of the Royal Geographical Society, Lisbon |
| Max Fischel | German Empire | KCVO | 1904 | Military | (Rear-Admiral, Imperial German Navy) Admiral Superintendent of the Dockyard, Kiel |
| Ferdinand Foch | France | GCB | 1914 | Military | (Marshal of France) Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces |
| Ferdinand Foch | France | OM | 1918 | Military | (Marshal of France) Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces |
| Benoit de Formel de la Laurencie | France | KBE | 1940 | Military | (General) in recognition of distinguished service in operations in Belgium and Northern France. |
| Tommy Franks | United States | KBE | 2004 | Military | (General) Commander of United States Central Command |
| Giovanni Frigerio | Italy | GCVO | 1903 | Military | (Vice-Admiral) Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Mediterranean Squadron, Naples |
| Fukushima Yasumasa | Japan | KCB | tbd | Military | (General) |
| Jean-Louis Georgelin | France | KBE | 2014 | Military | (General) Great Chancellor of the Legion of Honour |
| William C. Gorgas | United States | KCMG | 1920 | Military | (Major General) Surgeon General of the United States Army |
| Emile Guépratte | France | KCB | 1916 | Military | |
| Albert Guérisse | Belgium | KBE | tbd | Military | (Major General) Leader of the Belgian Resistance |
| Alexis Hagron | tbd | KCVO | 1898 | Military | |
| Henry Kent Hewitt | United States | KCB | 1945 | Military | (Admiral) Commander of Allied Amphibious Forces at the Normandy Invasion |
| William F. Halsey, Jr. | United States | KBE | tbd | Military | (Fleet Admiral) Commander of the 3rd Fleet |
| Olaf M. Hustvedt | United States | KBE | tbd | Military | (Vice Admiral) Commander of US Navy forces in Operation Leander |
| Leopold Ritter von Jedina | tbd | KCVO | 1903 | Military | (Rear-Admiral) attached to King Edward VII. |
| Joseph Joffre | France | GCB | tbd | Military | (Marshal of France) Chief of the French General Staff |
| Joseph Joffre | France | GCVO | 1914 | Military | (Marshal of France) Chief of the French General Staff |
| Joseph Joffre | France | OM | 1919 | Military | (Marshal of France) Chief of the French General Staff |
| Kamio Mitsuomi | Japan | GCMG | 1915 | Military | (General) Commander of allied land forces at the Siege of Tsingtao |
| Kato Sadakichi | Japan | GCMG | 1915 | Military | (Admiral) Commander of Japanese naval forces at the Siege of Tsingtao |
| Gustav von Kessel | German Empire | GCVO | 1901 | Military | |
| Alan Goodrich Kirk | United States | KCB | 1943 | Military | (Admiral) Commander of US Naval Amphibious Forces in the Mediterranean and at the Normandy Invasion |
| Hans von Koester | German Empire | GCVO | 1904 | Military | (Admiral) Commander-in-Chief and Inspector General of the Imperial German Navy |
| Wenzel Freiherr Kotz von Dobrz | Austria-Hungary | GCVO | 1904 | Military | Privy Councillor and Chamberlain to His Imperial Majesty The Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary |
| Marian Kukiel | Poland | KCB | tbd | Military | (Major General) Commander of the 1st Polish Corps |
| Johan Laidoner | Estonia | KCMG | tbd | Military | (General) Commander-in-Chief of the Estonian Army |
| Jean de Lattre de Tassigny | France | GCB | 1952 | Military | (Général d'Armée) Commander of the First French Army and the French Far East Expeditionary Corps |
| John C. H. Lee | United States | KCB | 1945 | Military | (Lt. General), Commanding General, United States Army Services of Supply, European Theater of Operations, United States Army |
| J. M. E. G. Lefevre | France | KCMG | 1915 | Military | |
| André Lemonnier | France | KCB | tbd | Military | |
| Waldemar Edward Lemvigh | Denmark | KCVO | 1904 | Military | Colonel |
| Milans del Bosch y Carrio Joaquin Mario Leon | Spain | KCVO | 1905 | Military | (Colonel) Aide-de-Camp to the King of Spain |
| Edward Mann Lewis | United States | KCMG | 1919 | Military | (Major General) Commanded 30th Infantry Division in WWI |
| Edward Mann Lewis | United States | KCB | 1919 | Military | (Major General) Commanded 30th Infantry Division in WWI |
| Rudolf Prince von und zu Liechtenstein | Austria-Hungary | GCVO | 1903 | Military | First Lord Steward and Acting Master of the Horse to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary. |
| Alfred von Loewenfeld | German Empire | KCVO | 1902 | Military | Subsequently, promoted GCVO in 1905. |
| Alfred von Loewenfeld | German Empire | GCVO | 1905 | Military | |
| Douglas MacArthur | United States | GCB | 1943 | Military | (General of the Army) |
| Comte de Maigret | France | KCVO | 1899 | Military | |
| Pio Carlo di Majo | Italy | KCVO | 1903 | Military | (Major-General) Aide-de-Camp to King of Italy, attached to King Edward VII. |
| Mikhail Malinin | Soviet Union | KBE | 1945 | Military | (Colonel-General) |
| Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim | Finland | GBE | 1938 | Military | (Marshal of Finland) |
| Peyton March | United States | GCMG | 1918 | Military | (General) Chief of the General Staff, United States Army |
| Nogi Maresuke | Japan | GCB | 1911 | Military | |
| Peter Markoff | tbd | GCVO | 1905 | Military | |
| Wolf, Baron Marschall | German Empire | KCVO | 1909 | Military | (Major-General) Attached to King George VII |
| George Marshall | United States | GCB | 1945 | Military | (General of the Army) Chief of Staff, United States Army |
| Rodolphe Maton | Belgium | KBE | 1955 | Military | |
| Hugo Graf Mensdorff-Pouilly | German Empire | KCVO | 1904 | Military | |
| Roberto Miranda Moreno | Mexico | KBE | 2015 | Military | |
| Živojin Mišić | Serbia | KCB | 1915 | Military | (Field Marshal) Chief of the Supreme Command of the Serbian Army |
| Živojin Mišić | Serbia | GCMG | 1916 | Military | (Field Marshal) Chief of the Supreme Command of the Serbian Army |
| Helmuth von Moltke the Younger | German Empire | KCVO | 1901 | Military | (Colonel General) Chief of the German General Staff |
| Anne de Montmorency | France | KG | 1532 | Military | (Marshal of France) |
| François, Duke of Montmorency | France | KG | 1572 | Military | (Marshal of France) |
| Enrico Morin | Italy | GCVO | 1903 | Military | (Vice-Admiral) Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| Edward von Müller | German Empire | GCVO | 1897 | Military | |
| François de Négrier | France | GCVO | 1898 | Military | |
| Chester W. Nimitz | United States | GCB | 1945 | Military | (Fleet Admiral) Commander of the Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Area |
| Hély d'Oissel | France | KCB | 1915 | Military | |
| Kuwashi Okazawa | Japan | GCVO | tbd | Military | |
| Oyama Iwao | Japan | OM | 1906 | Military | |
| Eduard Graf Paar | Austria-Hungary | GCVO | 1903 | Military | (General of Cavalry) Senior Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary |
| Adolf Palander | German Empire | GCVO | 1908 | Military | |
| Alexander Papagos | Greece | GBE | 1941 | Military | (General) Commander-in-chief allied forces in Greece during the Albanian campaign |
| Mason Patrick | United States | KBE | 1918 | Military | (Major General) Chief of US Army Air Service |
| George S. Patton | United States | KBE | tbd | Military | (General) Commander of the United States 3rd Army |
| Ettore Pedotti | Italy | GCVO | 1903 | Military | (General) Commander Xth Army Corps, attached to King Edward VII |
| John J. Pershing | United States | GCB | 1918 | Military | (General of the Armies of the United States) Commander-in-Chief United States Expeditionary Force in France |
| Philippe Pétain | France | GCMG | tbd | Military | (Marshal of France) |
| Johan Pitka | Estonia | KCMG | 1920 | Military | (Rear Admiral) Commander-in-Chief of the Estonian Navy |
| Nobile Porro | Italy | GCMG | 1915 | Military | |
| Colin Powell | United States | KCB | 1993 | Military | (General) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Security Advisor and Secretary of State |
| Karl Freiherr von Röder | German Empire | KCVO | 1904 | Military | |
| Hugh Rodman | United States | KCB | 1918 | Military | (Admiral) Commander of Battleship Division Nine and the United States Pacific Fleet |
| Konstantin Rokossovsky | Soviet Union | KCB | 1945 | Military | (Marshal of the Soviet Union) |
| Tomás António Garcia Rosado | Portugal | KCMG | tbd | Military | |
| Sa Zhenbing | Qing Dynasty | KCMG | 1909 | Military | |
| Dedo Charles Henry von Schenck | German Empire | GCVO | 1909 | Military | (Lieutenant-General) Commander 2nd Division of the Guards |
| Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. | United States | KCB | 1991 | Military | (General) Commander of United States Central Command and coalition forces during Operation Desert Storm |
| Brent Scowcroft | United States | KBE | 1993 | Military | (Lieutenant General) National Security Advisor |
| Baron von Seckendorff | German Empire | GCVO | 1904 | Military | (Vice-Admiral) Master of the Household to Prince Henry of Prussia |
| Antonin de Selliers de Moranville | Belgium | KCB | tbd | Military | Commander-in-Chief |
| Fernando de Serpa Pimentel | Portugal | KCVO | 1909 | Military | (Captain) |
| William Hood Simpson | United States | KBE | 1945 | Military | (Lieutenant General) Commanding General, 9th United States Army |
| William S. Sims | United States | GCMG | 1918 | Military | (Admiral) Commander of United States Naval Forces in Europe |
| Rudolf Carl von Slatin | Austria-Hungary | KCMG | 1900 | Military | Lieutenant-General (Egyptian Army) |
| Rudolf Carl von Slatin | Austria-Hungary | KCVO | 1909 | Military | Inspector-General of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan |
| Leighton W. Smith, Jr. | United States | KBE | 1997 | Military | (Admiral) Commander of NATO Forces in Southern Europe |
| Levering Smith | United States | KBE | 1962 | Military | (Vice Admiral) Led the Polaris Missile effort to win the Cold War |
| Walter Bedell Smith | United States | KCB | 1944 | Military | (General) Chief of Staff of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force |
| Walter Bedell Smith | United States | GBE | 1945 | Military | (General) Chief of Staff of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force and Director of the CIA |
| Carl Spaatz | United States | KBE | 1944 | Military | (General) Commander of United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe, Strategic Air Command and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force |
| Carl Spaatz | United States | GBE | 1945 | Military | (General) Commander of the 8th Air Force, Strategic Air Command and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force |
| George Owen Squier | United States | KCMG | 1919 | Military | (Major General) Chief of the Signal Corps |
| Stepa Stepanović | Serbia | GCMG | 1918 | Military | |
| Joseph Strauss | United States | KCMG | 1918 | Military | |
| Tamemoto Kuroki | Japan | GCMG | tbd | Military | |
| Tanaka Giichi | Japan | KCMG | tbd | Military | |
| Tanaka Giichi | Japan | GBE | tbd | Military | |
| William L. Timlin | tbd | KBE | 1990 | Military | |
| Alfred von Tirpitz | German Empire | GCVO | 1904 | Military | (Admiral) Minister of Marine |
| Togo Heihachiro | Japan | GCVO | tbd | Military | Admiral |
| Togo Heihachiro | Japan | OM | 1906 | Military | Admiral |
| Guido von Usedom | German Empire | KCMG | 1906 | Military | Imperial German Navy |
| Guido von Usedom | German Empire | GCVO | 1909 | Military | Vice-Admiral, Imperial German Navy |
| Emilio Vaglia | Italy | GCVO | 1903 | Military | (General) Lord Steward to the King of Italy |
| Frederick Otto Wahle | Saxony | KCVO | 1904 | Military | (Major-General) Commanding Royal Saxon Field Engineers |
| Yamagata Aritomo | Japan | OM | 1906 | Military | |
| Nikolai Yermoloff | Russia | KCVO | 1905 | Military | (Major-General) Military Attache to the Imperial Russian Embassy, London |
| George Zachariae | Denmark | KCVO | 1901 | Military | (Rear-Admiral) Royal Danish Navy |
| Georgy Zhukov | Soviet Union | GCB | 1945 | Military | (Marshal of the Soviet Union) Commander of the 1st Belorussian Front |

## Business

List of honorary British Knights and Dames :
| Name | Nationality | Honour | Year | Category | Notes |
| Angela Ahrendts | United States | DBE | 2013 | Business | Chief executive of Burberry plc. Became a British national in 2023 and damehood became substantive. |
| Auguste-Louis-Albéric, Prince d'Arenberg | France | GCSI | 1909 | Business | Member of the Institute of France, President of the Suez Canal Company |
| Ariyoshi Yoshiya | Japan | KBE | tbd | Business | Chairman of the Japanese Shipowners Association |
| Bernard Arnault | France | KBE | 2012 | Business | Founder, Chairman and Chief executive of LVMH. |
| André Bénard | France | KBE | 1991 | Business | Chairman, Eurotunnel, 1986–1994 |
| Antonin Besse | France | KBE | tbd | Business | |
| Ana Patricia Botín | Spain | DBE | 2015 | Business | Chairman of Santander Bank |
| Henri Deterding | Netherlands | KBE | 1920 | Business | |
| Sierd Sint Eriks | Netherlands | KBE | 1961 | Business | Managing director of Mullard Ltd for valuable services to British official interests. |
| Niall FitzGerald | Ireland | KBE | 2002 | Business | |
| Bill Gates | United States | KBE | 2004 | Business | Chairman of Microsoft and Corbis and Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in recognition of his business skills and for his work on poverty reduction. |
| Lou Gerstner | United States | KBE | tbd | Business | |
| Paul Getty | United States | KBE | 1987 | Business | Became a British national in 1997 and knighthood became substantive. |
| Carlos Ghosn | Brazil-France-Lebanon | KBE | 2006 | Business | |
| Cecil H. Green | United States | KBE | 1991 | Business | He lost British nationality upon becoming a US citizen before 1949. |
| Hermann Hauser | Austria | KBE | 2015 | Business | |
| Yii Ann Hii | Philippines | KBE | | Business | Became a British national on 3 July 2012. |
| Kazuo Inamori | Japan | KBE | 2019 | Business | |
| Sam E. Jonah | Ghana | KBE | 2003 | Business | |
| Kim Sang Man | South Korea | KBE | 1981 | Business | Publisher |
| Gerrit Klijnstra | Netherlands | KBE | 1973 | Business | |
| Jonkheer Loudon | Netherlands | KBE | 1960 | Business | President of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and senior managing director of the Royal Dutch/Shell group in recognition of his important contributions to the national economy and to British interests abroad. |
| Akio Morita | Japan | KBE | 1993 | Business | |
| Lewis Mumford | United States | KBE | 1975 | Business | For services to town planning in Great Britain. |
| Hiroaki Nakanishi | Japan | KBE | 2015 | Business | Chief executive of Hitachi Corporation |
| Martin Naughton | Ireland | KBE | 2015 | Business | |
| Masaru Shinchi | tbd | KBE | 2002 | Business | |
| Paul Rykens | Netherlands | KBE | 1959 | Business | |
| Edgar Sengier | Belgium | KBE | 1956 | Business | President of the permanent committee of the Union Minière du Haut Katanga for valuable services to Britain and to Anglo-Belgian relations. |
| Antonio Joaquim Simoes de Almeida | Portugal | KCVO | 1903 | Business | President of the Commercial Association of Lisbon |
| Ralf Speth | Germany | KBE | 2015 | Business | Chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover |
| Chandrika Prasad Srivastava | India | KCMG | 1990 | Business | |
| Peter Sutherland | Ireland | KCMG | 2004 | Business | |
| Basil Zaharoff | Greece | GBE | 1918 | Business | |
| Basil Zaharoff | Greece | GCB | 1919 | Business | |
| Jamshed Jiji Irani | India | KBE | 2007 | Business | Former President of British Steel and Iron Research Association, Tata Steel |

## Religion

List of honorary British Knights and Dames :
| Name | Nationality | Honour | Year | Category | Notes |
| Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi | Anglo-Egyptian Sudan | KBE | 1926 | Religion | Imam of the Ansar |
| Zaki Badawi | Egypt | KBE | 2004 | Religion | |
| Billy Graham | United States | KBE | 2001 | Religion | |
| Gilbert John Helmer | Bohemia | KCVO | 1909 | Religion | Abbot of Tepl on occasion of the King's visit to Marienbad, Helmer did not receive the honour of Knighthood. |
| Sheikh Ali bin Salim | Kenya | KBE | 1929 | Religion | Leader of the Arab community and member of the legislature |
| Yeghishe Tourian | Palestine | KBE | 1930 | Religion | Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem |

## European royalty

List of honorary British Knights and Dames :
| Name | Nationality | Honour | Year | Category | Notes |
| Prince Wilhelm I | Albania | GCVO | 1914 | Royalty | |
| King Alfonso V | Aragon | KG | 1450 | Royalty | |
| King Ferdinand II | Aragon | KG | 1480 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Francis I | Austria-Hungary | KG | 1814 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Franz Joseph I | Austria-Hungary | KG | 1867 | Royalty | Degraded 1915 |
| Emperor Franz Joseph I | Austria-Hungary | RVC | 1904 | Royalty | Annulled 1915 |
| Emperor Charles I | Austria-Hungary | GCVO | tbd | Royalty | |
| Crown Prince Rudolf | Austria-Hungary | KG | 1887 | Royalty | |
| Archduke Charles | Austria-Hungary | GCB | 1834 | Royalty | |
| Archduke Friedrich | Austria-Hungary | GCB | 1842 | Royalty | Originally appointed 1841, but only invested as CB at that time |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Austria-Hungary | GCB | 1901 | Royalty | |
| Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Austria-Hungary | KG | 1902 | Royalty | |
| Archduke Ludwig Victor | Austria-Hungary | GCVO | 1903 | Royalty | |
| Archduke Leopold Salvator | Austria-Hungary | GCVO | 1903 | Royalty | |
| Archduke Franz Salvator | Austria-Hungary | GCVO | 1903 | Royalty | |
| Archduke Rainer Ferdinand | Austria-Hungary | GCVO | 1903 | Royalty | |
| Archduke Friedrich | Austria-Hungary | GCB | 1904 | Royalty | |
| Archduke Eugen | Austria-Hungary | GCVO | 1908 | Royalty | |
| Archduke Joseph August | Austria-Hungary | GCVO | 1908 | Royalty | |
| King Leopold I | Belgium | KG | 1816 | Royalty | |
| King Leopold I | Belgium | GCB | 1816 | Royalty | |
| King Leopold II | Belgium | KG | 1866 | Royalty | |
| King Albert I | Belgium | KG | 1914 | Royalty | |
| King Albert I | Belgium | GCB | tbd | Royalty | |
| King Leopold III | Belgium | KG | 1935 | Royalty | |
| King Leopold III | Belgium | RVC | 1937 | Royalty | |
| King Leopold III | Belgium | GCVO | tbd | Royalty | |
| King Baudouin I | Belgium | KG | 1963 | Royalty | |
| King Albert II | Belgium | GCVO | 1966 | Royalty | |
| Prince Charles | Belgium | GCVO | tbd | Royalty | |
| Emperor Pedro II | Brazil | KG | 1871 | Royalty | |
| Duke John V | Brittany | KG | 1375 | Royalty | |
| King Ferdinand I | Bulgaria | GCVO | 1904 | Royalty | |
| King Ferdinand I | Bulgaria | GCB | 1905 | Royalty | |
| Prince Alexander | Bulgaria | GCB | 1879 | Royalty | Civil |
| Prince Alexander | Bulgaria | GCB | 1886 | Royalty | Military |
| Duke Charles the Bold | Burgundy | KG | 1468 | Royalty | |
| King Philip I | Castile | KG | 1503 | Royalty | |
| King Eric VII | Denmark | KG | 1404 | Royalty | |
| King John | Denmark | KG | 1493 | Royalty | |
| King Frederick II | Denmark | KG | 1578 | Royalty | |
| King Christian IV | Denmark | KG | 1603 | Royalty | |
| King Christian V | Denmark | KG | 1662 | Royalty | |
| King Frederick VI | Denmark | KG | 1822 | Royalty | |
| King Christian IX | Denmark | GCB | 1863 | Royalty | |
| King Christian IX | Denmark | KG | 1865 | Royalty | |
| King Christian IX | Denmark | RVC | 1904 | Royalty | |
| King Frederik VIII | Denmark | GCB | 1888 | Royalty | |
| King Frederik VIII | Denmark | KG | 1896 | Royalty | |
| King Frederik VIII | Denmark | GCVO | 1901 | Royalty | |
| King Frederik VIII | Denmark | RVC | 1902 | Royalty | |
| King Christian X | Denmark | GCVO | 1901 | Royalty | |
| King Christian X | Denmark | GCB | 1908 | Royalty | |
| King Christian X | Denmark | KG | 1914 | Royalty | |
| King Frederik IX | Denmark | KG | 1951 | Royalty | |
| King Frederik IX | Denmark | RVC | 1957 | Royalty | |
| King Frederik IX | Denmark | GCVO | tbd | Royalty | |
| King Frederik IX | Denmark | GCB | tbd | Royalty | |
| Queen Margrethe II | Denmark | RVC | 1974 | Royalty | |
| Queen Margrethe II | Denmark | LG | 1979 | Royalty | |
| Prince Valdemar | Denmark | GCB | 1901 | Royalty | |
| Prince Harald | Denmark | GCVO | 1901 | Royalty | |
| Prince Gustav | Denmark | GCVO | 1908 | Royalty | |
| Prince Aage | Denmark | GCVO | tbd | Royalty | |
| Prince Axel | Denmark | GCVO | tbd | Royalty | |
| Prince Georg | Denmark | KCVO | tbd | Royalty | |
| Prince consort Henrik | Denmark | GCB | 2000 | Royalty | |
| Prince consort Henrik | Denmark | GCMG | 1979 | Royalty | |
| Prince consort Henrik | Denmark | GCVO | 1974 | Royalty | |
| Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici | Florence | KG | 1514 | Royalty | |
| King Francis I | France | KG | 1527 | Royalty | |
| King Henry II | France | KG | 1551 | Royalty | |
| King Charles IX | France | KG | 1564 | Royalty | |
| King Henry III | France | KG | 1575 | Royalty | |
| King Henry IV | France | KG | 1590 | Royalty | |
| King Louis XVIII | France | KG | 1814 | Royalty | |
| King Charles X | France | KG | 1825 | Royalty | |
| King Louis Philippe I | France | KG | 1844 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Napoleon III | France | KG | 1855 | Royalty | |
| Empress Eugénie | France | GBE | 1919 | Royalty | |
| Prince Napoléon-Jérôme | France | GCB | 1855 | Royalty | |
| Prince Aribert | Anhalt | GCB | 1891 | Royalty | |
| Prince Luitpold | Bavaria | GCB | 1901 | Royalty | |
| Prince Luitpold | Bavaria | KG | 1911 | Royalty | |
| Crown Prince Rupprecht | Bavaria | GCVO | tbd | Royalty | |
| Prince Ferdinand | Bavaria | GCVO | 1907 | Royalty | |
| Prince Leopold | Bavaria | GCVO | 1907 | Royalty | |
| Prince Georg | Bavaria | GCVO | 1908 | Royalty | |
| Prince Konrad | Bavaria | GCVO | 1908 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Friedrich II | Baden | GCVO | 1905 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Friedrich I | Baden | KG | 1906 | Royalty | |
| Prince Francis Joseph | Battenberg | GCVO | 1897 | Royalty | |
| Prince Francis Joseph | Battenberg | KCB | 1896 | Royalty | |
| Elector Frederick William | Brandenburg | KG | 1654 | Royalty | |
| Duke William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Brunswick or Hanover | KG | 1450 | Royalty | |
| Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick-Bevern | Brunswick or Hanover | KG | 1759 | Royalty | |
| Duke George William of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Brunswick or Hanover | KG | 1690 | Royalty | |
| Elector George Louis | Brunswick or Hanover | KG | 1701 | Royalty | Later King George I of Great Britain |
| Prince George Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Brunswick or Hanover | KG | 1706 | Royalty | Later King George II of Great Britain |
| Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Brunswick or Hanover | KG | 1765 | Royalty | |
| Duke William of Brunswick-Lüneburg | Brunswick or Hanover | KG | 1831 | Royalty | |
| Duke Christian of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | Brunswick or Hanover | KG | 1624 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Wilhelm I | German Empire | GCB | 1857 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Wilhelm I | German Empire | KG | 1861 | Royalty | Upon becoming King of Prussia. |
| Emperor Frederick III | German Empire | KG | 1858 | Royalty | Upon becoming a son-in-law of Queen Victoria whilst a Prince of Prussia. |
| Emperor Frederick III | German Empire | GCB | 1883 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Wilhelm II | German Empire | KG | 1879 | Royalty | Degraded 1915 |
| Emperor Wilhelm II | German Empire | GCVO | 1899 | Royalty | Annulled 1915 |
| Emperor Wilhelm II | German Empire | RVC | 1902 | Royalty | Annulled 1915 |
| Crown Prince Wilhelm | German Empire | KG | 1901 | Royalty | Degraded 1915 |
| Crown Prince Wilhelm | German Empire | RVC | 1904 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Frederick Augustus II | German Empire | GCVO | 1907 | Royalty | |
| Prince Wilhelm | German Empire | GCB | 1843 | Royalty | |
| Prince Waldemar | German Empire | GCB | 1846 | Royalty | |
| Prince Friedrich Karl | German Empire | GCB | 1878 | Royalty | |
| Prince George Victor | German Empire | GCB | 1882 | Royalty | |
| Prince Heinrich | German Empire | KG | 1889 | Royalty | Degraded 1915 |
| Prince Heinrich | German Empire | RVC | 1902 | Royalty | Annulled 1915 |
| Prince Friedrich Leopold | German Empire | GCVO | 1899 | Royalty | |
| Prince Friedrich | German Empire | GCB | 1904 | Royalty | |
| Prince Eitel Friederich | German Empire | GCVO | 1904 | Royalty | |
| Prince August Wilhelm | German Empire | GCVO | 1904 | Royalty | |
| Prince Oskar | German Empire | GCVO | 1904 | Royalty | |
| Prince Joachim | German Empire | GCVO | 1904 | Royalty | |
| Prince Adalbert | German Empire | GCVO | 1909 | Royalty | |
| Prince William | German Empire | GCVO | 1904 | Royalty | On the occasion of royal wedding of Prince Alexander of Teck and Princess Alice of Albany |
| Prince Alexis | German Empire | GCVO | 1904 | Royalty | |
| Prince Karl Anton | German Empire | GCVO | 1907 | Royalty | |
| Prince Albert | German Empire | GCB | tbd | Royalty | |
| Prince Friedrich | German Empire | GCVO | tbd | Royalty | |
| Duke Peter Alexandrovich | German Empire | GCVO | 1908 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Ludwig III of Hesse and by Rhine | Hesse | KG | 1865 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and by Rhine | Hesse | KG | 1862 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine | Hesse | KG | 1887 | Royalty | Degraded 1915 |
| Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse and by Rhine | Hesse | KG | 1892 | Royalty | Degraded 1915 |
| Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse and by Rhine | Hesse | RVC | 1902 | Royalty | Annulled 1915 |
| Landgrave Wilhelm IX of Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel | Hesse | KG | 1786 | Royalty | |
| Landgrave Alexander Frederick | Hesse | GCVO | 1907 | Royalty | |
| Prince Ernest Frederick of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld | Hesse | GCB | 1835 | Royalty | |
| Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine | Hesse | GCB | 1885 | Royalty | |
| Prince Heinrich of Hesse and by Rhine | Hesse | GCB | 1892 | Royalty | |
| Prince Frederick Charles | Hesse | GCB | 1897 | Royalty | |
| Landgrave Louis William of Hesse-Homburg | Hesse | GCB | 1836 | Royalty | |
| Karl, Prince Kinsky von Wchynitz und Tettau | Kinsky | GCVO | 1905 | Royalty | |
| Prince Charles | Leiningen | KG | 1837 | Royalty | |
| Elector Frederick V | The Palatinate | KG | 1612 | Royalty | |
| Elector Karl II | The Palatinate | KG | 1680 | Royalty | |
| King Frederick I | Prussia | KG | 1690 | Royalty | |
| King Frederick William III | Prussia | KG | 1814 | Royalty | |
| King Frederick William IV | Prussia | KG | 1842 | Royalty | |
| Henry XXX, Prince Reuss | Reuss | GCVO | 1900 | Royalty | |
| Duke Ernst I | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | KG | 1838 | Royalty | |
| Duke Ernest II | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | KG | 1844 | Royalty | |
| Duke Carl Eduard | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | GCVO | 1901 | Royalty | Annulled 1915 |
| Duke Carl Eduard | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | KG | 1902 | Royalty | Degraded 1915 |
| Duke Friderich III | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | KG | 1741 | Royalty | |
| Duke Ernst Ludwig | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | KG | 1790 | Royalty | |
| Prince Ferdinand | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | GCB | 1839 | Royalty | |
| Prince Philipp | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | GCB | 1885 | Royalty | |
| Prince Philipp | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | GCVO | 1906 | Royalty | |
| Duke Bernhard II | Saxe-Meiningen | KG | 1830 | Royalty | |
| Duke Bernhard III | Saxe-Meiningen | GCB | 1887 | Royalty | |
| Prince Bernhard | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | GCB | 1830 | Royalty | |
| Duke John Adolphus | Saxe-Weissenfels | KG | 1745 | Royalty | |
| Elector John George II | Saxony | KG | 1668 | Royalty | |
| Elector John George IV | Saxony | KG | 1692 | Royalty | |
| King Frederick Augustus II | Saxony | KG | 1842 | Royalty | |
| King Albert | Saxony | KG | 1882 | Royalty | |
| Prince Adolphus I | Schaumburg-Lippe | GCB | 1882 | Royalty | |
| Prince Adolf | Schaumburg-Lippe | GCB | tbd | Royalty | |
| Prince Johann | Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | GCVO | 1901 | Royalty | |
| Prince Albert Christian Adolphus Eugene | Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | GCVO | 1904 | Royalty | |
| Duke Friedrich Ferdinand | Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | GCVO | 1905 | Royalty | |
| Prince Wilhelm | Wied also the Royal House of Albania | GCVO | 1904 | Royalty | |
| King William I | Württemberg | GCB | 1815 | Royalty | |
| King William I | Württemberg | KG | 1830 | Royalty | |
| King Karl I | Württemberg | KG | 1890 | Royalty | |
| King William II | Württemberg | KG | 1904 | Royalty | Degraded 1915 |
| Duke Frederick I | Württemberg | KG | 1597 | Royalty | |
| Duke Albrecht | Württemberg | GCVO | 1907 | Royalty | |
| Prince Ernst I of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | Württemberg | GCB | 1848 | Royalty | |
| Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | Württemberg | GCB | 1867 | Royalty | |
| Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | Württemberg | GCVO | 1907 | Royalty | |
| Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | Württemberg | GCB | 1897 | Royalty | |
| King George I | Greece | KG | 1876 | Royalty | |
| King George I | Greece | GCVO | 1901 | Royalty | |
| King George I | Greece | RVC | 1905 | Royalty | |
| King Constantine I | Greece | GCB | 1895 | Royalty | |
| King Constantine I | Greece | RVC | 1902 | Royalty | |
| King George II | Greece | GCVO | 1909 | Royalty | Appointed when Prince George of Greece visited |
| King George II | Greece | KG | 1938 | Royalty | |
| King Paul | Greece | GCVO | 1937 | Royalty | |
| King Paul | Greece | KG | 1963 | Royalty | |
| Prince George | Greece | GCB | 1900 | Royalty | |
| Prince George | Greece | GCVO | tbd | Royalty | |
| Prince Nicholas | Greece | GCVO | 1901 | Royalty | |
| Prince Andrew | Greece | GCVO | 1902 | Royalty | |
| Prince Christopher | Greece | GCVO | 1909 | Royalty | |
| Count William VI | Holland | KG | 1390 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Sigismund | Holy Roman Empire | KG | 1415 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Albert II | Holy Roman Empire | KG | 1438 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Frederick III | Holy Roman Empire | KG | 1457 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Maximilian I | Holy Roman Empire | KG | 1489 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Charles V | Holy Roman Empire | KG | 1508 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Ferdinand I | Holy Roman Empire | KG | 1522 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Maximilian II | Holy Roman Empire | KG | 1567 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Rudolf II | Holy Roman Empire | KG | 1578 | Royalty | |
| King Victor Emmanuel II | Italy | KG | 1855 | Royalty | |
| King Umberto I | Italy | KG | 1878 | Royalty | |
| King Victor Emmanuel III | Italy | KG | 1891 | Royalty | Expelled in 1941 |
| King Victor Emmanuel III | Italy | RVC | 1903 | Royalty | |
| King Victor Emmanuel III | Italy | GCB | 1916 | Royalty | |
| King Umberto II | Italy | RVC | 1935 | Royalty | |
| Prince Rudolf | Liechtenstein | GCB | 1903 | Royalty | |
| Prince Eduard Victor | Liechtenstein | KCVO | 1909 | Royalty | Prefect of Marienbad |
| Grand Duke Jean | Luxembourg | KG | 1972 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Henri | Luxembourg | GCVO | 1976 | Royalty | |
| Duke Adolphus Frederick IV | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | KG | 1764 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | GCB | 1848 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | KG | 1862 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick V | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | GCB | 1877 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick V | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | KG | 1911 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick VI | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | GCB | tbd | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Adolphus Frederick VI | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | GCVO | 1911 | Royalty | |
| Duke Francesco I | Milan | KG | 1463 | Royalty | |
| King Nicholas I | Montenegro | GCVO | 1897 | Royalty | |
| King Ferdinand I | Naples | KG | 1463 | Royalty | |
| King Alphonso II | Naples | KG | 1493 | Royalty | |
| Stadtholder Maurice | The Netherlands | KG | 1612 | Royalty | |
| Stadtholder Frederick Henry | The Netherlands | KG | 1627 | Royalty | |
| Stadtholder William II | The Netherlands | KG | 1645 | Royalty | |
| Stadtholder William III | The Netherlands | KG | 1653 | Royalty | Later King William III of England |
| Stadtholder William IV | The Netherlands | KG | 1733 | Royalty | |
| Stadtholder William V | The Netherlands | KG | 1752 | Royalty | |
| King William I | The Netherlands | KG | 1814 | Royalty | |
| King William I | The Netherlands | GCB | 1815 | Royalty | |
| King William III | The Netherlands | KG | 1882 | Royalty | |
| King Willem-Alexander | The Netherlands | KG | 2018 | Royalty | |
| Queen Wilhelmina | The Netherlands | LG | 1944 | Royalty | |
| Queen Juliana | The Netherlands | RVC | 1950 | Royalty | |
| Queen Juliana | The Netherlands | LG | 1958 | Royalty | |
| Queen Beatrix | The Netherlands | GCVO | 1958 | Royalty | |
| Queen Beatrix | The Netherlands | RVC | 1982 | Royalty | |
| Queen Beatrix | The Netherlands | LG | 1989 | Royalty | |
| Prince Consort Henry | The Netherlands | GCB | 1907 | Royalty | |
| Prince Consort Bernhard | The Netherlands | GCB | 1958 | Royalty | |
| Prince Consort Bernhard | The Netherlands | GCVO | tbd | Royalty | |
| Prince Consort Bernhard | The Netherlands | GBE | tbd | Royalty | |
| King Haakon VII | Norway | GCB | 1896 | Royalty | |
| King Haakon VII | Norway | GCVO | 1901 | Royalty | |
| King Haakon VII | Norway | RVC | 1902 | Royalty | |
| King Haakon VII | Norway | KG | 1906 | Royalty | |
| King Olav V | Norway | GCVO | 1923 | Royalty | |
| King Olav V | Norway | GCB | 1946 | Royalty | |
| King Olav V | Norway | RVC | 1955 | Royalty | |
| King Olav V | Norway | KG | 1959 | Royalty | |
| King Olav V | Norway | KT | 1962 | Royalty | |
| King Harald V | Norway | GCVO | 1955 | Royalty | |
| King Harald V | Norway | RVC | 1994 | Royalty | |
| King Harald V | Norway | KG | 2001 | Royalty | |
| King Casimir IV | Poland | KG | 1450 | Royalty | |
| King John I | Portugal | KG | 1400 | Royalty | |
| Prince Pedro | Portugal | KG | 1427 | Royalty | |
| King Edward | Portugal | KG | 1435 | Royalty | |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | Portugal | KG | 1443 | Royalty | |
| King Afonso V | Portugal | KG | 1447 | Royalty | |
| King John II | Portugal | KG | 1482 | Royalty | |
| King Manuel I | Portugal | KG | 1510 | Royalty | |
| King John VI | Portugal | KG | 1822 | Royalty | |
| King Pedro V | Portugal | KG | 1858 | Royalty | |
| King Luís I | Portugal | KG | 1865 | Royalty | |
| King Carlos I | Portugal | KG | 1895 | Royalty | |
| King Carlos I | Portugal | RVC | 1902 | Royalty | |
| Infante Alphonso, Duke of Oporto | Portugal | GCVO | 1903 | Royalty | |
| Crown Prince Luís Filipe | Portugal | KG | 1902 | Royalty | |
| King Manuel II | Portugal | GCVO | 1904 | Royalty | |
| King Manuel II | Portugal | KG | 1909 | Royalty | |
| King Charles I | Romania | KG | 1892 | Royalty | |
| King Ferdinand I | Romania | GCB | 1892 | Royalty | |
| King Ferdinand I | Romania | KG | 1924 | Royalty | |
| King Carol II | Romania | KG | 1938 | Royalty | |
| King Michael I | Romania | GCVO | 1941 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Alexander I | Russia | KG | 1813 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Nicholas I | Russia | KG | 1827 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Alexander II | Russia | KG | 1867 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Alexander III | Russia | KG | 1881 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Nicholas II | Russia | KG | 1893 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Nicholas II | Russia | RVC | 1904 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Nicholas II | Russia | GCB | 1916 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich | Russia | GCB | 1901 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich | Russia | KG | 1902 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich | Russia | GCVO | 1901 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Vladimir | Russia | GCVO | 1903 | Royalty | |
| Grand Duke Nicholas | Russia | GCB | 1915 | Royalty | |
| Duke Emmanuel Philibert | Savoy | KG | 1554 | Royalty | |
| Prince Emanuele Filiberto | Savoy | KG | 1902 | Royalty | |
| Prince Luigi Amedeo | Italy (Savoy) | GCVO | 1903 | Royalty | |
| Prince Victor Emmanuel | Italy (Savoy) | GCVO | 1903 | Royalty | |
| Prince Ferdinando | Italy (Savoy) | GCVO | 1903 | Royalty | |
| Prince Tommaso | Italy (Savoy) | GCVO | 1903 | Royalty | |
| King James V | Scotland | KG | 1535 | Royalty | |
| King James VI | Scotland | KG | 1590 | Royalty | Later King James I of England |
| King Philip II | Spain | KG | 1554 | Royalty | |
| King Ferdinand VII | Spain | KG | 1814 | Royalty | |
| King Alfonso XII | Spain | KG | 1881 | Royalty | |
| King Alfonso XIII | Spain | GCVO | 1897 | Royalty | |
| King Alfonso XIII | Spain | KG | 1902 | Royalty | |
| King Alfonso XIII | Spain | RVC | 1905 | Royalty | |
| King Juan Carlos I | Spain | RVC | 1986 | Royalty | |
| King Juan Carlos I | Spain | KG | 1988 | Royalty | |
| King Felipe VI | Spain | GCVO | 1988 | Royalty | |
| King Felipe VI | Spain | KG | 2017 | Royalty | |
| King Gustavus Adolphus | Sweden | KG | 1627 | Royalty | |
| King Charles XI | Sweden | KG | 1668 | Royalty | |
| King Frederick I | Sweden | KG | 1741 | Royalty | |
| King Oscar II | Sweden and Norway | KG | 1881 | Royalty | |
| King Gustav V | Sweden | GCB | 1901 | Royalty | |
| King Gustav V | Sweden | KG | 1905 | Royalty | |
| King Gustav V | Sweden | RVC | 1908 | Royalty | |
| King Gustaf VI Adolf | Sweden | GCB | 1905 | Royalty | |
| King Gustaf VI Adolf | Sweden | GCVO | 1905 | Royalty | |
| King Gustaf VI Adolf | Sweden | RVC | 1923 | Royalty | |
| King Gustaf VI Adolf | Sweden | KG | 1954 | Royalty | |
| Prince Carl | Sweden and Norway | GCVO | 1904 | Royalty | |
| Prince Eugen | Sweden | GCVO | 1905 | Royalty | |
| Prince Vilhelm | Sweden | GCVO | 1905 | Royalty | |
| Prince Gustaf Adolf | Sweden | GCVO | tbd | Royalty | |
| King Carl XVI Gustaf | Sweden | RVC | 1975 | Royalty | |
| King Carl XVI Gustaf | Sweden | KG | 1983 | Royalty | |
| Prince Bertil | Sweden | GCB | 1956 | Royalty | |
| Prince Henry | Taranto | KG | 1653 | Royalty | |
| Prince Carlos | Two Sicilies | GCB | 1903 | Royalty | |
| King Alexander I | Yugoslavia | GCB | tbd | Royalty | |
| King Alexander I | Yugoslavia | RVC | tbd | Royalty | |
| King Alexander I | Yugoslavia | GCVO | tbd | Royalty | |
| Prince Paul | Yugoslavia | RVC | 1934 | Royalty | |
| Prince Paul | Yugoslavia | GCVO | tbd | Royalty | |
| Prince Paul | Yugoslavia | KG | 1939 | Royalty | |

## Asian, African and Oceanian royalty

List of honorary British Knights and Dames :
| Name | Nationality | Honour | Year | Category | Notes |
| Amir Abdur Rahman Khan | Afghanistan | GCSI | 1885 | Royalty | |
| Amir Abdur Rahman Khan | Afghanistan | GCB | 1893 | Royalty | |
| Prince Nasrullah Khan | Afghanistan | GCMG | 1896 | Royalty | |
| King Habibullah Khan | Afghanistan | GCMG | 1896 | Royalty | |
| King Habibullah Khan | Afghanistan | GCB | 1907 | Royalty | |
| King Amanullah Khan | Afghanistan | RVC | 1928 | Royalty | |
| Queen Soraya Tarzi | Afghanistan | GBE | 1928 | Royalty | |
| Prince Muhammad Hasan | Afghanistan | GCVO | 1928 | Royalty | |
| Princess Razia Begum | Afghanistan | DBE | 1928 | Royalty | |
| Princess Bibi Khurd | Afghanistan | DBE | 1928 | Royalty | |
| King Mohammed Zahir Shah | Afghanistan | RVC | 1971 | Royalty | |
| Prince Zalmai Mahmud Khan Ghazi | Afghanistan | GCVO | 1971 | Royalty | |
| Prince 'Abdu'l Wali Khan | Afghanistan | GCVO | 1971 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa | Bahrain | KCIE | 1919 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah | Bahrain | KCIE | 1935 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Salman ibn Hamad Al-Khalifa | Bahrain | KCIE | 1943 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Salman ibn Hamad Al-Khalifa | Bahrain | KCMG | 1952 | Royalty | |
| Emir Isa ibn Salman al-Khalifa | Bahrain | KCMG | 1964 | Royalty | Promoted GCMG in 1979. |
| Emir Isa ibn Salman al-Khalifa | Bahrain | GCMG | 1979 | Royalty | |
| Emir Isa ibn Salman al-Khalifa | Bahrain | GCB | 1984 | Royalty | |
| King Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah | Bahrain | KCMG | 1979 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Muhammad ibn Mubarak al-Khalifa | Bahrain | GCMG | 1984 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Muhammad ibn Khalifa ibn Hamad al-Khalifa | Bahrain | GBE | 1984 | Royalty | |
| Maharaja Ugyen Wangchuk | Bhutan | KCIE | 1905 | Royalty | |
| Maharaja Ugyen Wangchuk | Bhutan | KCSI | 1911 | Royalty | |
| Maharaja Ugyen Wangchuk | Bhutan | GCIE | 1921 | Royalty | |
| Maharaja Jigme Wangchuck | Bhutan | KCIE | 1930 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Muhammad Jamalul Alam II | Brunei | KCMG | 1920 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin | Brunei | KBE | 1949 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III | Brunei | KCMG | 1953 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin III | Brunei | GCVO | 1972 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah | Brunei | GCMG | 1972 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah | Brunei | GCB | 1992 | Royalty | |
| Pengiran Anak Idris | Brunei | KCVO | 1992 | Royalty | |
| Prince Jefri Bolkiah | Brunei | GCVO | 1992 | Royalty | |
| Prince Muhammad Bolkiah | Brunei | GCMG | 1998 | Royalty | |
| Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah | Brunei | GCVO | 1998 | Royalty | |
| Prince Tsai Hsun | China | GCB | 1909 | Royalty | Chief Administrator of the Chinese Admiralty on the visit of the Chinese Naval Commission to the United Kingdom |
| Khedive Isma'il | Egypt | GCB | 1866 | Royalty | |
| Khedive Isma'il | Egypt | GCSI | 1868 | Royalty | |
| Khedive Tawfiq | Egypt | GCSI | 1875 | Royalty | |
| Khedive Tawfiq | Egypt | GCB | 1887 | Royalty | |
| Khedive Abbas II | Egypt | GCMG | 1891 | Royalty | |
| Khedive Abbas II | Egypt | GCB | 1892 | Royalty | |
| Khedive Abbas II | Egypt | GCVO | 1900 | Royalty | |
| Khedive Abbas II | Egypt | RVC | 1905 | Royalty | |
| Prince Muhammad Ali | Egypt | GCMG | 1900 | Royalty | |
| Prince Muhammad Ali | Egypt | GCB | 1937 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Hussein Kamel | Egypt | GCB | 1914 | Royalty | |
| King Fuad I | Egypt | GCB | 1917 | Royalty | |
| King Fuad I | Egypt | RVC | 1927 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Menelek II | Ethiopia | GCMG | 1897 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Menelek II | Ethiopia | GCB | 1902 | Royalty | |
| Prince Makonnen Wolde Mikael | Ethiopia | KCMG | 1902 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Iyasu V | Ethiopia | GCVO | 1911 | Royalty | |
| Prince Kassa Hailu ze-Darge | Ethiopia | GCVO | 1911 | Royalty | |
| Prince Kassa Hailu ze-Darge | Ethiopia | GBE | 1930 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Haile Selassie | Ethiopia | GCMG | 1917 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Haile Selassie | Ethiopia | GCB | 1924 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Haile Selassie | Ethiopia | GCVO | 1930 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Haile Selassie | Ethiopia | RVC | 1930 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Haile Selassie | Ethiopia | KG | 1954 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Amha Selassie | Ethiopia | GCVO | 1930 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Amha Selassie | Ethiopia | GBE | 1932 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Amha Selassie | Ethiopia | GCMG | 1958 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Amha Selassie | Ethiopia | RVC | 1965 | Royalty | |
| Princess Tenagne Worq | Ethiopia | DBE | 1932 | Royalty | |
| Prince Makonnen Haile Selassie | Ethiopia | GCVO | 1954 | Royalty | |
| Princess Sebla-Wangel Desta | Ethiopia | DCVO | 1965 | Royalty | |
| Prince Asserate Kassa | Ethiopia | GCVO | 1965 | Royalty | |
| Sobhuza II | eSwatini (Swaziland) | KBE | 1966 | Royalty | Ngwenyama of Swaziland. |
| Prince Hailu Takla-Haymaynot | Gojjam | KBE | 1924 | Royalty | |
| King Hussein | Hejaz | GCB | 1920 | Royalty | |
| King Ali | Hejaz | GBE | 1920 | Royalty | |
| Shah Nasser-al-Din | Iran (Persia) | KG | 1873 | Royalty | |
| Prince Sultan Masud | Iran (Persia) | GCSI | 1887 | Royalty | |
| Prince Vajihullah | Iran (Persia) | GCMG | 1897 | Royalty | |
| Shah Mozaffar-al-Din | Iran (Persia) | KG | 1903 | Royalty | |
| Prince Abul Fath | Iran (Persia) | GCMG | 1903 | Royalty | |
| Prince Abul Husain | Iran (Persia) | GCMG | 1916 | Royalty | |
| Prince Ismail | Iran (Persia) | KCSI | 1916 | Royalty | |
| Prince Firuz | Iran (Persia) | GCMG | 1919 | Royalty | |
| Prince Husain Quli | Iran (Persia) | GCVO | 1919 | Royalty | |
| Prince Asadullah | Iran (Persia) | KCVO | 1919 | Royalty | |
| Prince Muhammad Husain | Iran (Persia) | KCVO | 1919 | Royalty | |
| Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Iran (Persia) | GCB | 1942 | Royalty | |
| Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Iran (Persia) | RVC | 1948 | Royalty | |
| Prince Yadullah | Iran (Persia) | GCMG | 1961 | Royalty | |
| Prince Faisal | Hejaz | RVC | 1918 | Royalty | Later King Faisal of Iraq |
| King Faisal I | Iraq | GCMG | 1927 | Royalty | |
| King Faisal I | Iraq | GCB | 1933 | Royalty | |
| Prince Zeid | Iraq | GBE | 1920 | Royalty | |
| Prince Zeid | Iraq | GCVO | 1956 | Royalty | |
| Crown Prince Abdul Illah | Iraq | GCMG | 1942 | Royalty | |
| Crown Prince Abdul Illah | Iraq | GCVO | 1943 | Royalty | |
| Crown Prince Abdul Illah | Iraq | GCB | 1956 | Royalty | |
| King Faisal II | Iraq | GCVO | 1952 | Royalty | |
| King Faisal II | Iraq | RVC | 1956 | Royalty | |
| Prince Ra'ad | Iraq | KCVO | 1966 | Royalty | |
| Prince Ra'ad | Iraq | GCVO | 1984 | Royalty | |
| Prince Zeid | Iraq | KCMG | 2019 | Royalty | |
| Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi | Japan | GCVO | 1909 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Mutsuhito | Japan | KG | 1905 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Yoshihito | Japan | KG | 1912 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Hirohito | Japan | KG | 1929 | Royalty | Degraded 1941, but restored to the honour in 1971. |
| Emperor Hirohito | Japan | GCB | 1921 | Royalty | Annulled 1941 |
| Emperor Hirohito | Japan | GCVO | 1921 | Royalty | Annulled 1941 |
| Emperor Akihito | Japan | KG | 1998 | Royalty | |
| Prince Arisugawa Takehito | Japan | GCB | 1902 | Royalty | |
| Prince Fushimi Sadanaru | Japan | GCB | 1907 | Royalty | |
| Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu | Japan | GCVO | 1909 | Royalty | |
| Prince Nashimoto Morimasa | Japan | GCVO | 1909 | Royalty | |
| Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito | Japan | RVC | 1918 | Royalty | |
| Prince Nobuhito | Japan | RVC | 1930 | Royalty | |
| Prince Yasuhito | Japan | RVC | 1937 | Royalty | |
| King Abdullah I | Jordan | GBE | 1920 | Royalty | |
| King Abdullah I | Jordan | KCMG | 1927 | Royalty | |
| King Abdullah I | Jordan | GCMG | 1935 | Royalty | |
| King Hussein I | Jordan | GCVO | 1953 | Royalty | |
| King Hussein I | Jordan | RVC | 1966 | Royalty | |
| King Hussein I | Jordan | GCB | 1984 | Royalty | |
| Prince Hussein | Jordan | GCVO | 1966 | Royalty | |
| Prince Muhammad | Jordan | GCVO | 1984 | Royalty | |
| Prince Hassan | Jordan | GCVO | 1984 | Royalty | |
| Princess Basma | Jordan | GCVO | 2001 | Royalty | |
| King Abdullah II | Jordan | KCVO | 1984 | Royalty | |
| King Abdullah II | Jordan | GCMG | 1999 | Royalty | |
| King Abdullah II | Jordan | GCB | 2001 | Royalty | |
| Prince Ali | Jordan | KCVO | 2001 | Royalty | |
| Emperor Gojong | Korea | GCIE | 1900 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Mubarak bin Sabah Al-Sabah | Kuwait | KCIE | 1911 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Mubarak bin Sabah Al-Sabah | Kuwait | KCSI | 1914 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Kuwait | KCIE | 1930 | Royalty | Promoted from CIE. |
| Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Kuwait | KCSI | 1944 | Royalty | Promoted from CSI. |
| Sheikh Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah | Kuwait | KCMG | 1952 | Royalty | Promoted GCMG in 1959. |
| Sheikh Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah | Kuwait | GCMG | 1959 | Royalty | |
| Emir Sabah III al-Salim al-Sabah | Kuwait | KCMG | 1959 | Royalty | |
| Emir Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah | Kuwait | KCMG | 1979 | Royalty | |
| Emir Jaber III bin-Ahmad I al-Sabah | Kuwait | GCMG | 1979 | Royalty | |
| Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah | Kuwait | GCB | 1995 | Royalty | |
| Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Kuwait | GCB | 2012 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Abdul Karim bin Fadhl bin Ali | Lahej | KCIE | 1918 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Abdul Karim bin Fadhl bin Ali | Lahej | KCMG | 1935 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Ibrahim | Johor (Malaysia) | KCMG | 1897 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Ibrahim | Johor | GCMG | 1916 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Ibrahim | Johor | KBE | 1918 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Ibrahim | Johor | GBE | 1935 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Ismail | Johor | KBE | 1937 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah | Kedah (Malaysia) | KCMG | 1911 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Tunku Mahmud | Kedah | KBE | 1935 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Tuanku Abdul Halim | Kedah | GCB | 1972 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Mohamed IV | Kelantan (Malaysia) | KCMG | 1922 | Royalty | |
| Yang di Pertuan Besar Muhammad (1888-1933) | Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) | KCMG | 1916 | Royalty | CMG 1894 |
| Yang di Pertuan Besar Muhammad (1888-1933) | Negeri Sembilan | KCVO | 1925 | Royalty | |
| Yang di Pertuan Besar Muhammad (1888-1933) | Negeri Sembilan | GCMG | 1931 | Royalty | |
| Yang di Pertuan Besar Abdul Rahman (1933-1960) | Negeri Sembilan | KCMG | 1934 | Royalty | |
| Yang di Pertuan Besar Abdul Rahman (1933-1960) | Negeri Sembilan | GCMG | 1957 | Royalty | Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1957-1960) |
| Yang di Pertuan Besar Jaafar (1967-2008) | Negeri Sembilan | GCB | 1998 | Royalty | Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1994-1999) |
| Sultan Abdullah (1917-1932) | Pahang (Malaysia) | KCMG | 1921 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Abu Bakar (1932-1974) | Pahang (Malaysia) | KCMG | 1935 | Royalty | CMG 2.1.1933 |
| Sultan Abu Bakar (1932-1974) | Pahang (Malaysia) | GCMG | 1953 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Idris Shah I (1887-1916) | Perak | KCMG | 1892 | Royalty | CMG 2.10.1884 |
| Sultan Idris Shah I | Perak | GCMG | 1901 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Idris Shah I | Perak (Malaysia) | GCVO | 1913 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Abdul Jalil (1916-1918) | Perak | KCMG | 1917 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Iskandar | Perak (1918–1938) | KCMG | 1921 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Iskandar | Perak | KCVO | 1924 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Iskandar | Perak | GCMG | 1933 | Royalty | |
| Raja Chulan of Perak | Federated Malay States | KBE | 1930 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (1938–1948) | Perak | KBE | 1937 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah | Perak | KCMG | 1939 | Royalty | CMG in 1924 |
| Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah | Perak | KCMG | 1949 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Azlan Shah | Perak | GCB | 1989 | Royalty | |
| Rajah Tuan Syed Alwi ibni Almerhum Syed Safi | Perlis (Malaysia) | KBE | 1938 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Sulaiman | Selangor (Malaysia) | KCMG | 1912 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Sulaiman | Selangor | GCMG | 1929 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Sulaiman | Trengganu (Malaysia) | KCMG | 1922 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Ismail | Trengganu (Malaysia) | KCMG | 1951 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Mohammed Farid Didi | The Maldives | KCMG | 1961 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Khazal Khan | Mohammerah | KCIE | 1910 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Khazal Khan | Mohammerah | KCSI | 1914 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Khazal Khan | Mohammerah | GCIE | 1916 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Abdelaziz | Morocco | GCB | 1901 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Kapil Talwalkar | Morocco | GCB | 1914 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Yusef | Morocco | GCMG | 1917 | Royalty | |
| King Hassan II | Morocco | RVC | 1980 | Royalty | |
| King Mohammed VI | Morocco | GCVO | 1980 | Royalty | |
| Princess Lalla Aicha | Morocco | DCVO | 1980 | Diplomatic | Ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom from 1965 to 1969, for her contributions to Anglo-Moroccan relations. |
| Jang Bahadur | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GCB | 1858 | Royalty | |
| Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GCB | 1905 | Royalty | |
| Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GCVO | 1911 | Royalty | |
| Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GCMG | 1919 | Royalty | |
| Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | KCVO | 1911 | Royalty | |
| Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GCMG | 1931 | Royalty | |
| Sher Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | KBE | 1919 | Royalty | |
| Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GBE | 1919 | Royalty | |
| Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GCVO | 1946 | Royalty | |
| Padma Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GBE | 1920 | Royalty | |
| Tej Shamsher Jang Bahdur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | KBE | 1924 | Royalty | |
| Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | KBE | 1924 | Royalty | |
| Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GBE | 1937 | Royalty | |
| Bahadur Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GBE | 1934 | Royalty | |
| Bahadur Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | KCB | 1945 | Royalty | |
| Krishna Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | KBE | 1937 | Royalty | |
| Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GCB | 1939 | Royalty | |
| Singha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | KBE | 1942 | Royalty | |
| Nir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | KBE | 1945 | Royalty | |
| Nir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GCVO | 1961 | Royalty | |
| Kiran Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | KBE | 1945 | Royalty | |
| Kiran Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | KCVO | 1961 | Royalty | |
| Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GBE | 1945 | Royalty | |
| Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GCB | 1950 | Royalty | |
| Shankar Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | KBE | 1946 | Royalty | |
| Shankar Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GBE | 1949 | Royalty | |
| Subarna Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GCVO | 1960 | Royalty | |
| Arjun Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | KCVO | 1961 | Royalty | |
| Samrajya Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | KCVO | 1961 | Royalty | |
| Nara Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | KCVO | 1961 | Royalty | |
| Jagdish Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GBE | 1980 | Royalty | |
| Preksha Rajya Lakshmi Devi | Nepal – Rana Dynasty | GCVO | 1986 | Royalty | |
| Prince Himalaya Pratap Bir Bikram Shah | Nepal – Shah Dynasty | GBE | 1953 | Royalty | |
| Prince Himalaya Pratap Bir Bikram Shah | Nepal – Shah Dynasty | GCMG | 1961 | Royalty | |
| Prince Basundhara Bir Bikram Shah | Nepal – Shah Dynasty | GCMG | 1961 | Royalty | |
| King Mahendra | Nepal – Shah Dynasty | RVC | 1961 | Royalty | |
| King Birendra | Nepal – Shah Dynasty | RVC | 1975 | Royalty | |
| King Gyanendra | Nepal – Shah Dynasty | GCMG | 1986 | Royalty | |
| Prince Dhirendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva | Nepal – Shah Dynasty | GCMG | 1986 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Turki bin Said | Oman | GCSI | 1886 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Faisal bin Turki | Oman | GCIE | 1903 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Taimur bin Feisal | Oman | KCIE | 1926 | Royalty | |
| Ali bin Salim Al-Busaidy | Oman | KBE | 1932 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Said Bin Taimur | Oman | GCIE | 1945 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Said Bin Taimur | Oman | GCMG | 1956 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Qaboos bin Said | Oman | GCMG | 1976 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Qaboos bin Said | Oman | GCVO | 1979 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Qaboos bin Said | Oman | GCB | 1982 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Qaboos bin Said | Oman | RVC | 2010 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Haitham bin Tariq | Oman | GCVO | 2010 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Haitham bin Tariq | Oman | GCMG | 2021 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Abdulmejid I | Ottoman Empire | KG | 1856 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Abdulaziz | Ottoman Empire | KG | 1867 | Royalty | |
| Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani | Qatar | GCMG | 1997 | Royalty | |
| Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani | Qatar | GCB | 2010 | Royalty | |
| Sheikha Moza bint Nasser | Qatar | DBE | tbd | Royalty | |
| King Abdulaziz | Saudi Arabia | KCSI | 1914 | Royalty | |
| King Abdulaziz | Saudi Arabia | KBE | 1916 | Royalty | |
| King Abdulaziz | Saudi Arabia | GCIE | 1920 | Royalty | |
| King Abdulaziz | Saudi Arabia | KCB | 1935 | Royalty | |
| King Faisal | Saudi Arabia | RVC | 1967 | Royalty | |
| King Khalid | Saudi Arabia | RVC | 1981 | Royalty | |
| King Fahd | Saudi Arabia | RVC | 1987 | Royalty | |
| King Abdullah | Saudi Arabia | GCB | 1998 | Royalty | |
| King Abdullah | Saudi Arabia | RVC | 2007 | Royalty | |
| Prince Khalid | Saudi Arabia | KCB | 1991 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah | Selangor | KCMG | 1938 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Salih bin Ghalib al Qu'aiti | Shihr and Mukalla | KCMG | 1938 | Royalty | |
| King Vajiravudh | Thailand (formerly Siam) | GCVO | 1902 | Royalty | |
| King Bhumibol Adulyadej | Thailand (formerly Siam) | RVC | 1960 | Royalty | |
| King Vajiralongkorn | Thailand (formerly Siam) | GCVO | 1996 | Royalty | |
| Princess Sirindhorn | Thailand (formerly Siam) | GCVO | 1996 | Royalty | |
| Princess Chulabhorn | Thailand (formerly Siam) | GCVO | 1996 | Royalty | |
| Prince Seyum Mangasha | Tigray | KBE | 1924 | Royalty | |
| Prince Mangasha Seyum | Tigray | GCVO | 1965 | Royalty | |
| Queen Salote Tupou III | Tonga | DBE | 1932 | Royalty | |
| Queen Salote Tupou III | Tonga | GBE | 1945 | Royalty | |
| Queen Salote Tupou III | Tonga | GCVO | 1953 | Royalty | |
| Queen Salote Tupou III | Tonga | GCMG | 1965 | Royalty | |
| King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV | Tonga | KBE | 1958 | Royalty | |
| King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV | Tonga | GCVO | 1970 | Royalty | |
| King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV | Tonga | GCMG | 1977 | Royalty | |
| Bey Muhammad III as-Sadiq | Tunis | GCB | 1865 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi | GCB | 2010 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan | United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi | KCMG | 2013 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | United Arab Emirates – Dubai | GCMG | 2010 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi | GCMG | 2010 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan | United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi | KBE | 2013 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi | KBE | 2013 | Royalty | |
| Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum | United Arab Emirates – Dubai | KBE | 2013 | Royalty | |
| Sheikha Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi | United Arab Emirates – Sharjah | DBE | 2013 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Ali bin Said | Zanzibar | GCSI | 1890 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini | Zanzibar | GCSI | 1894 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Khalifa bin Harub | Zanzibar | KCMG | 1914 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Khalifa bin Harub | Zanzibar | KBE | 1919 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Khalifa bin Harub | Zanzibar | GBE | 1935 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Khalifa bin Harub | Zanzibar | GCMG | 1936 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Khalifa bin Harub | Zanzibar | GCB | 1956 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Abdullah bin Khalifa | Zanzibar | KBE | 1959 | Royalty | |
| Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah | Zanzibar | GCMG | 1963 | Royalty | |

## Professional, humanitarian and exploration

List of honorary British Knights and Dames :
| Name | Nationality | Honour | Year | Category | Notes |
| `Abdu'l-Bahá | Iran (Persia) | KBE | 1920 | Humanitarian | Head of the Bahá'í Faith, award for humanitarian works in Palestine during World War I. |
| Winthrop W. Aldrich | United States | GBE | 1947 | Finance | |
| Akito Arima | Japan | KBE | 2002 | Science | Nuclear physicist |
| Frank Aydelotte | United States | KBE | 1953 | Education | Upon his retirement as Secretary of the American Rhodes Trust. |
| Denton Ward Baird | tbd | GCVO | 1934 | Law enforcement | |
| Paul Bruce Beeson | United States | KBE | 1973 | Medicine | Nuffield Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, 1965–1974 |
| Donald Berwick | United States | KBE | 2005 | Medicine | Awarded for his efforts to help reform Britain's National Health Service. |
| Michael Bloomberg | United States | KBE | 2014 | Philanthropy. |
| Philip Bobbitt | United States | KBE | 2021 | Law | For contributions to UK/US relations and to public life Later became a British national and his knighthood became substantive. |
| Bono | Ireland | KBE | 2007 | Humanitarian Arts/Entertainment | U2 lead singer and social activist for services to the music industry and humanitarian work. |
| Vannevar Bush | United States | KBE | 1948 | Science | Head of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) during World War II |
| Aldo Castellani | Italy | KCMG | 1928 | Medicine | Director of Tropical Medicine at the Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Putney Heath. |
| Alistair Cooke | United States | KBE | 1973 | Broadcasting | Broadcaster for his outstanding contribution to Anglo-American mutual understanding Lost his British nationality in 1941 upon becoming a United States citizen. |
| Francisco Maria da Veiga | Portugal | KCVO | 1903 | Law enforcement | |
| Ara Darzi | Iraq | KBE | 2002 | Medicine | Became a British national later in 2002 and his knighthood became substantive. |
| Filippo de Filippi | Italy | KCIE | 1916 | Exploration | |
| Bertram de Nully Cruger | United States | KBE | tbd | Finance | |
| James Caruthers Rhea Ewing | United States | KCIE | 1923 | Education | Former Principal of the Forman College, Lahore, Punjab. |
| Christiana Figueres | Costa Rica | DBE | 2022 | Humanitarian (Climate change) | Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2010-2016. |
| Gilberto Freyre | Brazil | KBE | 1971 | Anthropology/Sociology | |
| Melinda Gates | United States | DBE | 2013 | Humanitarian | |
| Bob Geldof | Ireland | KBE | 1986 | Humanitarian | While prominent in music, his award was for humanitarian work. |
| Nizam ud-din Khan Ghaffari | tbd | KCMG | 1903 | Finance | |
| Arthur Lehman Goodhart | United States | KBE | 1948 | Law | |
| Johann Ritter von Habrda | Austria | KCVO | 1904 | Law enforcement | Commissioner of Police, Vienna |
| Martin Hairer | Austria | KBE | 2016 | Science | |
| Friedrich Albert Hänel | German Empire | KCVO | 1901 | Law | Geheimer Justizrath |
| Sven Hedin | Sweden | KCIE | 1909 | Exploration | Geographer and traveller has explored Persia, Mesopotamia, Khorasan and Turkestan, Tibet, the Gobi Desert, and other wild regions. |
| J. Edgar Hoover | United States | KBE | 1950 | Law enforcement | Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for helpful collaboration and cooperation during the past 25 years. |
| Mohammed Jameel | Saudi Arabia | KBE | 2014 | Philanthropy | For philanthropic activities and support for the development of the arts and culture in the UK. |
| Angelina Jolie | United States, Cambodia | DCMG | 2014 | Humanitarian | For services to the United Kingdom's foreign policy and for campaigning to end sexual violence in war zones. |
| Bruce Keogh | Zimbabwe | KBE | 2003 | Medicine | Later became a British national and his knighthood became substantive. |
| Bernard Kouchner | France | KBE | 2004 | Humanitarian | Co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières. |
| Sergei Kruglov | Soviet Union | KBE | 1945 | Law enforcement | |
| Antonio Maria de Lancastre | Portugal | KCVO | 1904 | Medicine | |
| Louis Lépine | France | GCVO | 1903 | Law enforcement | Prefect of Police. |
| Graça Machel | Mozambique/South Africa | DBE | 1997 | Humanitarian | |
| Marchese Guglielmo Marconi | Italy | GCVO | 1914 | Science | |
| Paul Mellon | United States | KBE | 1974 | Humanitarian | Philanthropist known as a patron of British art |
| Edward R. Murrow | United States | KBE | 1965 | Broadcasting | Broadcaster in recognition of outstanding services in furthering Anglo-American friendship and understanding. |
| Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pelé) | Brazil | KBE | 1997 | Sports | Awarded in his capacity as Brazil's sports minister |
| Eugen Petersen | Denmark | KCVO | 1904 | Law enforcement | |
| José Martins Pinheiro Neto | Brazil | KBE | 1987 | Law | |
| Peter Piot | Belgium | KCMG | 2016 | Medicine | |
| Xavier Rolet | France | KBE | 2015 | Finance | Chief executive of the London Stock Exchange |
| Risto Ryti | Finland | KCVO | 1934 | Finance | Chairman of the Bank of Finland for service of great merit to Anglo-Finnish relations. He later became Prime Minister and President of Finland. |
| Mortimer Sackler | United States | KBE | 1995 | Science | Pharmaceutical entrepreneur and philanthropist, for contributions to the sciences and to philanthropy. Brother of Raymond Sackler, KBE and husband of Dame Theresa Sackler. |
| Raymond Sackler | United States | KBE | 1995 | Science | Pharmaceutical entrepreneur and philanthropist, for contributions to the sciences, arts and astronomy. |
| Abdus Salam | Pakistan | KBE | 1989 | Science | For Professor Salam's inspiration behind the foundation of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics |
| Douglas Stephen Sauvé | tbd | KBE | 1936 | Law | |
| Albert Schweitzer | France | OM | 1955 | Humanitarian | Philosopher, musician and missionary. |
| Helen Suzman | South Africa | DBE | 1989 | Humanitarian | Anti-apartheid activist |
| Taro Takemi | Japan | KBE | tbd | Medicine | |
| Mother Teresa | India | OM | 1983 | Humanitarian | |
| Rick Trainor | United States | KBE | 2010 | Education | Principal of King's College London. Took British nationality later in 2010 and knighthood became substantive. |
| James D. Watson | United States | KBE | 2001 | Science | Co-discoverer of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick |
| Elie Wiesel | United States | KBE | 2006 | Humanitarian | |
| Simon Wiesenthal | Austria | KBE | 2004 | Humanitarian | Award for a lifetime of service to humanity and for work at the Simon Wiesenthal Center. |

## Sport

List of honorary British Knights and Dames :
| Name | Nationality | Honour | Year | Category | Notes |
| Pelé | Brazil | KBE | 1997 | Sport | Footballer and three-time World Cup winner. |
| Jacques Rogge | Belgium | KCMG | 2014 | Sport | 8th President of the IOC, in recognition of his commitment to the Olympic movement and his role in the success of London 2012. |

## Abbreviations

The following are listed in order of precedence:
List of orders with post-nominals :
| Serial | Postnom. | Description |
| First Class |||
| 1a | KG | Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter |
| 1b | LG | Lady Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter |
| 2 | KT | Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle |
| 3 | GCB | Knight (or Dame) Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath |
| 4 | OM | Member of the Order of Merit |
| 5 | GCSI | Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India |
| 6 | GCMG | Knight (or Dame) Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George |
| 7 | GCIE | Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire |
| N/A | RVC | Recipient of the Royal Victorian Chain |
| 8 | GCVO | Knight (or Dame) Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order |
| 9 | GBE | Knight (or Dame) Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire |
| 10 | CH | Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour |
| 11a | KCB | Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath |
| 11b | DCB | Dame Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath |
| 12 | KCSI | Knight Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India |
| 13a | KCMG | Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George |
| 13b | DCMG | Dame Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George |
| 14 | KCIE | Knight Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire |
| 15a | KCVO | Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
| 15b | DCVO | Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
| 16a | KBE | Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire |
| 16b | DBE | Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire |