List of sporting knights and dames
- List of sporting knights and dames
A list of sports people to have been knighted for their contribution to sport.
Cricket
See List of knighted cricketers
Football
See List of football personalities with British honours
Athletics
*Roger Bannister 1975 (born 1929)
*Christopher Chataway 1995 (born 1931)
*Mary Peters 2000 (born 1939)
*Kelly Holmes 2005 (born 1970)
*Tanni Grey-Thompson 2005 (born 1969)
*Seb Coe 2006 (born 1956) Life Peer 2000
Boxing
*Henry Cooper 2000 (born 1934)
Golf
*Henry Cotton 1987 (1907-1987)
*Bob Charles (NZ) 1999 (born 1936) KNZM
Horse Racing
*Gordon Richards 1953 (1904–1988)
*Peter O'Sullevan 1997 (born 1918)
Rowing
*Steve Redgrave 2001 (born 1962)
*Matthew Pinsent 2005 (born 1970)
Rugby
*Wilson Whineray (NZ) 1998 (born 1935) KNZM
*Brian Lochore (NZ) 1999 (born 1940) KNZM
*Clive Woodward 2004 (born 1956)
Motor Racing
*Henry Segrave 1929 (1896-1930)
*Malcolm Campbell 1931 (1885-1948)
*Jack Brabham (Aus) 1979 (born 1926)
*Frank Williams 1999 (born 1942)
*Sterling Moss 2000 (born 1929)
*Jackie Stewart 2001 (born 1939)
Mountaineering
*Edmund Hillary (NZ) 1953 (1919-2008)
*John Hunt 1953 (1910-1988) Life Peer 1966
*Chris Bonnington 1996 (born 1934)
quash
*Susan Devoy (NZ) 1998 (born 1964) DNZM
Yachting
*Francis Chichester 1967 (1901–1972)
*Alec Rose 1968 (1908-1991)
*Naomi James (NZ) 1979 (born 1949)
*Robin Knox-Johnston 1995 (born 1939)
*Peter Blake (NZ) 1995 (1948–2001)
*Chay Blyth 1997 (born 1940)
*Ellen Macarthur 2005 (born 1976)
ee also
* List of celebrities who have been awarded the Order of the British Empire
* United Kingdom order of precedence
* List of honorary British Knights
* Post-nominal letters
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