List of honorary British knights and dames
Professional, humanitarian and exploration
Table:
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
[132]

Frank Aydelotte
United States
KBE
1953
Education
Upon his retirement as Secretary of the American Rhodes Trust.[133]

Denton Ward Baird
tbd
GCVO
1934
Law Enforcement
[citation needed]

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.[134]

Michael Bloomberg
United States
KBE
2014
Philanthropy.[135]

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[136]

Aldo Castellani
Italy
KCMG
1928
Medicine
Director of Tropical Medicine at the Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Putney Heath.[137]

Alistair Cooke
United States
KBE
1973
Broadcasting
Broadcaster for his outstanding contribution to Anglo-American mutual understanding[138] Lost his British nationality in 1941 upon becoming a United States citizen.[N 2]

Francisco Maria da Veiga
Portugal
KCVO
1903
Law Enforcement
[17]

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.[139]

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[140]

Martin Hairer
Austria
KBE
2016
Science

Friedrich Albert Hänel
German Empire
KCVO
1901
Law
Geheimer Justizrath[69]

Sven Hedin
Sweden
KCIE
1909
Exploration
Geographer and traveller has explored Persia, Mesopotamia, Khorasan and Turkestan, Tibet, the Gobi Desert, and other wild regions.[141]

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.[142]

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.[143][144][145]

Bruce Keogh
Zimbabwe
KBE
2003
Medicine
Later became a British national and his knighthood became substantive.

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.[18]

Graça Machel
Mozambique/South Africa
DBE
1997
Humanitarian

Marchese Guglielmo Marconi
Italy
GCVO
1914
Science
[146]

Paul Mellon
United States
KBE
1974
Humanitarian
Philanthropist known as a patron of British art[147]

Edward R. Murrow
United States
KBE
1965
Broadcasting
Broadcaster in recognition of outstanding services in furthering Anglo-American friendship and understanding.[148]

Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pelé)
Brazil
KBE
1997
Sports
Awarded in his capacity as Brazil's sports minister[149]

Eugen Petersen
Denmark
KCVO
1904
Law Enforcement
[3]

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.[150]

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[151]

Douglas Stephen Sauvé
tbd
KBE
1936
Law

Albert Schweitzer
France
OM
1955
Humanitarian
Philosopher, musician and missionary.[152]

Helen Suzman
South Africa
DBE
1989
Humanitarian
Anti-apartheid activist[153]

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[154]

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.

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