Order of the British Empire

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**The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire**, urdhër nderi i themeluar në vitin 1917 nga Mbretëria e Bashkuar. Urdhëri u jepet si shtetasëve britanikë ashtu edhe qytetarëve të huaj.

Urdhëri ka 5 klasa:

:* **Knight or Dame Grand Cross (GBE)**
:* **Knight or Dame Commander (KBE or DBE)**
:* **Commander (CBE)**
:* **Officer (OBE)**
:* **Member (MBE)**

## Mbajtës të urdhërit (Listë jo e plotë) 
### KBE / DBE 

#### KBE 
* Tim Berners-Lee KBE 2004
* Richard Branson KBE 1999
* Alfred Brendel KBE 1989 
* George Bush (sen.)
* Charlie Chaplin KBE 1975
* Winston Churchill KBE 
* Nicolae Ceauşescu KBE 1978
* Wesley Clark KBE 2000
* Sean Connery KBE 2000
* Ralf Dahrendorf KBE 1982
* Hammer DeRoburt KBE 1982 
* Henri Deterding KBE 1920
* Plácido Domingo KBE 2002
* Antal Doráti KBE 1983 
* Douglas Fairbanks jr. KBE 1949 
* Tommy Franks KBE 2004 
* Stephen Fry KBE 1994
* Bill Gates KBE 2005 
* Naum Gabo KBE 1973
* Bob Geldof KBE 
* Rudolph Giuliani
* Billy Graham 
* Alan Greenspan KBE 2002
* Harri Holkeri KBE 1999
* J. Edgar Hoover KBE 1950
* Bob Hope KBE 1998
* Elton John CBE 1997, KBE 1998
* Tom Jones KBE 2005
* Paul McCartney MBE 1965, KBE 1997
* Ian McKellen KBE 1990
* Yehudi Menuhin KBE 1965
* Spike Milligan KBE 2001
* Roger Moore CBE 1999, KBE 2003
* Robert Mugabe KBE 1994 
* Lewis Mumford KBE 1975 
* Edward R. Murrow KBE 1965 
* Nursultan Nasarbajew KBE 2002 
* Pelé KBE 1998
* Murray Perahia KBE 2004 
* Tim Rice KBE 1994 
* Arthur Rubinstein KBE 1977 
* Dean Rusk KBE 1976 
* Abdus Salam KBE 1989 
* Georg Solti KBE 1971 
* Steven Spielberg KBE 
* James Watson KBE 2001 
* Simon Wiesenthal KBE 2004 
* Franco Zeffirelli KBE 2004

#### DBE 
* Julie Andrews DBE 2000
* Shirley Bassey DBE 1999
* Antonia S. Byatt CBE 1990, DBE 1999
* Agatha Christie DBE 1971
* Daphne du Maurier DBE 1969
* Jane Goodall DBE 2004
* Kelly Holmes DBE 2004
* Kiri Te Kanawa DBE 1982
* Ellen MacArthur DBE 2005
* Helen Mirren DBE 2003
* Diana Rigg CBE 1987, DBE 1994
* Margaret Rutherford OBE 1961, DBE 1967
* Maggie Smith DBE 1990
* Elizabeth Taylor DBE 1999 
 

### CBE 
* Petula Clark CBE 1998
* Billy Connolly CBE 2003
* Roger Daltrey CBE 2004
* Ray Davies CBE 2004
* Ron Dennis CBE
* David Gilmour CBE 2003
* Zaha Hadid CBE 2002
* Stephen Hawking CBE 1982
* Ian Holm CBE 1989
* Jonathan Ive CBE 2005
* Brian May CBE 2005
* Michael Palin CBE 1 janar 2000
* Sting CBE 2003
* Billy Wright CBE 1959

### O.B.E. 
* David Beckham O.B.E.
* Edward Gordon Craig O.B.E.
* Steve Davis O.B.E. 2001
* Edward Fox O.B.E. 2002
* Steve Grand O.B.E. 2000
* Emlyn Hughes O.B.E. 1980 
* Peter Molyneux O.B.E. 2005
* Olivia Newton-John O.B.E. 1979
* John Peel O.B.E. 1998
* Pierce Brosnan O.B.E. 
* Terry Pratchett O.B.E. 1998
* Patrick Stewart O.B.E. 2001
* Bert Trautmann O.B.E. 2004
* Midge Ure O.B.E. 2005
* Victoria Beckham O.B.E. 2017

### MBE 
* J.E. Casely Hayford MBE 1919
* George Harrison MBE 1965
* Stephen Hendry MBE 1994
* John Lennon MBE 1965 - 1969
* Jamie Oliver MBE 2003
* John Parrott MBE 1996
* Ringo Starr MBE 1965
* Jimmy White MBE 1999
* Mark Williams MBE 2004

## Lidhje të jashtme 
* Faqja zyrtare të *The Monarchy Today* (anglisht)