List of celebrities appointed to the Order of the British Empire

This is an incomplete list of celebrities who have been awarded the Order of the British Empire.

For consistency, awards first published in the New Year's honours list on or around December 31 of a year should be listed as the following year.

Names, alphabetized by surname

A

* Peter Ackroyd (CBE 2003)
* Ian Anderson (MBE 2008)
* Judith Anderson (DBE 1960)
* Moira Anderson (OBE)
* Julie Andrews (DBE 2000)
* Christiane Amanpour (CBE 2007)
* Peggy Ashcroft (DBE 1956)
* Eileen Atkins (CBE 1990, DBE 2001)
* David Attenborough (CBE 1974)
* Richard Attenborough (CBE 1967)

B

* Steve Backley (OBE 1994)
* Angela Baddeley (CBE 1975)
* David Bailey (CBE 2001)
* Beryl Bainbridge (DBE 2000)
* Michael Ball (CBE 1997)
* Ronnie Barker (OBE 1978)
* Roy Barraclough (MBE 2006)
* Shirley Bassey (DBE 2000)
* Alan Bates (CBE, 2003)
* David Beckham (OBE 2003)
* Colin Bell (MBE 2005)
* Linda Bellos (OBE 2006)
* Floella Benjamin (OBE 2001)
* Tim Berners-Lee (KBE 2004)
* Beverley Sisters (OBE 2006)
* Sanjeev Bhaskar (OBE 2006)
* Michael Blakemore (OBE 2003)
* Brenda Blethyn (OBE 2003)
* Heston Blumenthal (OBE 2006)
* Ranjit Bolt (OBE 2003)
* Bono (Paul David Hewson) (KBE 2007)
* Jack Brabham (OBE 1967)
* Richard Briers (OBE 1989, CBE 2003)
* Johnny Briggs (MBE 2007)
* Eric Bristow (MBE 1989)
* Pierce Brosnan (OBE 2003)
* June Brown (MBE 2008)
* Richard Burton (CBE 1970)
* Darcy Bussell (OBE 1995) (CBE 2006)
* Clara Butt (DBE 1920)
* A. S. Byatt (CBE 1990, DBE 1999)

C

* Michael Caine (CBE 1993)
* Zoe Caldwell (OBE 1970)
* Joe Calzaghe (MBE 2003, CBE 2008)
* Robert Carlyle (OBE 1999)
* Averil Cameron (DBE 2006)
* Ian Carmichael (OBE 2002)
* Violet Carson (OBE 1965)
* Barbara Cartland (DBE 1992)
* Charlie Chaplin (KBE 1975)
* Elizabeth Choy (OBE 1946)
* Agatha Christie (DBE 1971)
* Eric Clapton (CBE 2004)
* Petula Clark (CBE 1998)
* Sebastian Coe (MBE 1982, OBE 1990, KBE 2006)
* Stephanie Cole (OBE 2005)
* David Coleman (OBE 1992)
* Joan Collins (OBE 1996)
* Pauline Collins (OBE 2001)
* Robbie Coltrane (OBE 2006)
* Billy Connolly (CBE 2003)
* Catherine Cookson (OBE 1985 DBE 1993)
* Gladys Cooper (DBE 1967)
* Harry H. Corbett (OBE 1976)
* Ronnie Corbett (OBE 1978)
* Andrea Corr (MBE 2005)
* Caroline Corr (MBE 2005)
* Jim Corr (MBE 2005)
* Sharon Corr (MBE 2005)
* Cicely Courtneidge (CBE 1951, DBE 1972)
* Brian Cox (CBE 2003)
* Steve Cram (MBE 1986)
* Michael Crawford (OBE 1986)
* Norman Creek (MBE 1943)
* Constance Cummings (CBE 1974)
* Peter Cushing (OBE 1989)

D

* Roger Daltrey (CBE 2004)
* Ray Davies (CBE 2004)
* Russell_T_Davies (OBE 2008)
* Steve Davis (OBE 2001)
* Elizabeth Dawn (MBE 2000)
* Christopher Dean (OBE 1999)
* Judi Dench (OBE 1970, DBE 1988)
* George Devine (CBE)
* Barbara Dickson (OBE 2002)
* Plácido Domingo (KBE 2002)
* Derek Dooley (MBE 2003)
* Betty Driver (MBE 2000)
* Daphne du Maurier (DBE 1969)
* Jacqueline DuPre (OBE)

E

* Paul Eddington (CBE 1987)
* Denholm Elliott (CBE 1988)
* Rose Elliot (MBE 1999)
* David Essex (OBE 1999)
* Anne Evans (DBE 2000)
* Edith Evans (DBE 1946)

F

* Nick Faldo (MBE 1998)
* Alex Ferguson (OBE 1984, CBE 1999)
* Barry Ferguson (MBE 2006)
* Gracie Fields (DBE 1979)
* Ralph Fiennes (OBE 1993)
* Neil Finn (OBE 1993)
* Tim Finn (OBE 1993)
* Duncan Fletcher (OBE 2006)
* Andrew Flintoff (MBE 2006)
* Margot Fonteyn (DBE 1954)
* George Formby (OBE 1946)
* Bruce Forsyth (CBE 2006)
* David Frost (OBE 1970)

G

* Sheila Gallagher (MBE 2005)
* Michael Gambon (CBE 1992)
* Lesley Garrett (CBE 2002)
* Greer Garson (CBE 1993)
* Bob Geldof (KBE 1986)
* Steven Gerrard (MBE 2007)
* Barry Gibb (CBE 2004)
* Maurice Gibb (CBE 2004)
* Robin Gibb (CBE 2004)
* Ryan Giggs (OBE 2007)
* David Gilmour (CBE 2005)
* Beryl Grey (DBE 1998)
* Richard Griffiths (OBE 2008)
* Terry Griffiths (OBE 2007)
* Rudy Giuliani (KBE 2002)
* Evelyn Glennie (OBE 1993, DBE 2007)
* Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi (KBE 1946)
* Jane Goodall (DBE 2004)
* Julie Goodyear (MBE 1996)
* Alec Guinness (CBE 1955)
* Sally Gunnell (OBE 1998)

H

* Sheila Hancock (OBE 1974)
* Robert Hardy (CBE 1981)
* Rolf Harris (CBE 2006)
* George Harrison (MBE 1965)
* Ricky Hatton (MBE 2007)
* Nigel Hawthorne (CBE 1987)
* Stephen Hawking (CBE 1982)
* Patricia Hayes (OBE 1987)
* Stephen Hendry (MBE 1994)
* Tim Henman (OBE 2004)
* Lenny Henry (CBE 1995)
* Joan Hickson (OBE 1987)
* Damon Hill (OBE)
* Wendy Hiller (OBE 1971, DBE 1975)
* Thora Hird (OBE 1983, DBE 1993)
* Alfred Hitchcock (KBE 1980)
* Jools Holland (OBE 2003)
* Ian Holm (CBE 1989)
* Kelly Holmes (DBE 2004)
* J. Edgar Hoover (KBE 1950)
* Bob Hope (KBE 1998)
* Anthony Hopkins (CBE 1987)
* Jack Howarth (MBE 1983)
* Gérard Houllier (OBE 2003)
* Emlyn Hughes (OBE 1980)
* Barry Humphries (CBE 2007)
* Rita Hunter (CBE 1980)
* John Hurt (CBE 2004)

J

* Glenda Jackson (CBE 1978)
* Derek Jacobi (CBE 1985)
* Geraldine James (OBE 2003)
* Martin Jarvis (OBE 2000)
* David Jason (OBE 1993)
* Elton John (CBE 1996)
* Celia Johnson (CBE, 1958, DBE 1981)
* Bryn Terfel Jones (CBE 2003)
* Clive Jones (CBE 2007))

K

* Miriam Karlin (OBE 1975)
* Kiri Te Kanawa (DBE 1982)
* Mathias Kauage (OBE 1998)
* Penelope Keith (OBE 1989, CBE 2007)
* Felicity Kendal (CBE 1995)
* Madge Kendal (DBE 1926)
* Deborah Kerr (CBE 1998)
* Ben Kingsley (CBE 2000 KBE 2001)
* Emma Kirkby (DBE 2007)
* Mark Knopfler (OBE 1999)

L

* Cleo Laine (OBE 1979 DBE 1997)
* Angela Lansbury (CBE 1994)
* Henrik Larsson (MBE 2006)
* Hugh Laurie (OBE 2007)
* David Lean (KBE 1984)
* Anna Lee (MBE 1982)
* Christopher Lee (CBE 2001)
* John Lennon (MBE 1965)
* Walter Lindrum (MBE 1951, OBE 1958)
* Maureen Lipman (CBE 1999)
* Mike Lithgow (OBE 1954)
* Margaret Lockwood (CBE 1980)
* Lulu (OBE 2000)
* Joanna Lumley (OBE 1995)
* Des Lynam (OBE 2008)
* Vera Lynn (OBE 1969 DBE 1975)

M

* Edith MacArthur (MBE 2000)
* Ellen MacArthur (DBE 2005)
* Nigel Mansell (OBE 1990)
* Miriam Margolyes (OBE 2002)
* Gerry Marsden (MBE 2003)
* Monica Mason (OBE 2002)
* Anna Massey (CBE 2004)
* Brian May (CBE 2005)
* John Mayall (OBE 2005)
* Alexander McCall Smith (CBE 2007)
* Paul McCartney (MBE 1965)
* Liz McColgan (MBE)
* Trevor McDonald (OBE 1992)(CBE Unknown)
* Ian McEwan (CBE 2000)
* Ian McKellen (CBE 1979, KBE 1990)
* Virginia McKenna (OBE 2004)
* Colin McRae (MBE 1996)
* Nellie Melba (DBE 1918)
* Spike Milligan (KBE 2001)
* Kylie Minogue (OBE 2008)
* Helen Mirren (DBE 2003)
* Colin Montgomerie (OBE 2005)
* Bobby Moore (OBE 1967)
* Dudley Moore (CBE 2001)
* Patrick Moore (OBE 1968, CBE 1988, KBE 2001)
* Roger Moore (CBE 1999, KBE 2003)
* Robert Morley (CBE 1957)
* Van Morrison (OBE 1996)
* Iris Murdoch (DBE 1987)
* Anne Murray (DBE 2002)
* Stuart Murray (MBE 2007)

N

* Anna Neagle (DBE 1969)
* Cathleen Nesbitt (CBE)
* Olivia Newton-John (OBE 1979)
* Trevor Nunn (CBE 2002)

O

* Des O'Connor (CBE 2008)
* Paul O'Grady (MBE 2008)
* Jamie Oliver (MBE 2003)
* Martin O'Neill (MBE 2004)
* Bill Owen (MBE 1976)
* Shefali Oza (OBE 2003)

P

* Patsy Healey (OBE 1999)
* Jimmy Page (OBE 2005)
* Elaine Paige (OBE 1995)
* Michael Palin (CBE 1999)
* Gary Pallister (OBE 1998)
* Geoffrey Palmer (OBE 2004)
* Michael Parkinson (CBE 2000)
* John Parrott (MBE 1996)
* John Peel (OBE 1998)
* Bill Pertwee (MBE 2007)
* Libor Pešek (KBE 1996)
* Mary Peters (MBE 1978 CBE 1990 DBE 2000)
* Leslie Phillips (OBE 1998, CBE 2008)
* Trevor Phillips (OBE 1999)
* Zara Phillips (MBE 2007)
* Kevin Pietersen (MBE 2006)
* Joan Plowright (CBE 1970, DBE 2004)
* Rosalind Plowright (OBE 2007)
* Sidney Poitier (KBE 1974)
* Terry Pratchett (OBE 1998)
* Margaret Price (CBE 1982 DBE 1993)
* Alain Prost (OBE 1993)
* Philip Pullman (CBE 2004)
* Om Puri (OBE 2004)

Q

* Anthony Quayle (CBE 1952)

R

* Charlotte Rampling (OBE 2000)
* Gordon Ramsay (OBE 2006)
* Esther Rantzen (OBE 1991)
* Lynn Redgrave (OBE 2001)
* Michael Redgrave (CBE 1952)
* Vanessa Redgrave (CBE 1967 DBE (refused)1999)
* Simon Rattle (CBE 1987)
* Eddi Reader (MBE 2006)
* Beryl Reid (OBE 1986)
* Cliff Richard (OBE 1980)
* Wendy Richard (MBE 2000)
* Diana Rigg (CBE 1987, DBE 1994)
* Denise Robertson (MBE 2006)
* Flora Robson (DBE 1960)
* Anita Roddick (DBE 2003)
* Jonathan Ross (OBE 2005)
* Patricia Routledge (OBE 1993, CBE 2004)
* J.K. Rowling (OBE 2000)
* Simon Russell Beale (CBE 2003)
* Margaret Rutherford (OBE 1961, DBE 1967)

* Mohammed Sabir (MBE 2006)
* Peter Sallis (OBE 2007)
* June Sarpong (MBE 2007)
* Prunella Scales (CBE 1992)
* Peter Schmeichel (MBE)
* Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (DBE 1992)
* Jane Seymour (OBE 1999)
* Alan Shearer (OBE)
* Sylvia Sims (OBE 2007)
* Jean Simmons (OBE 2003)
* Maggie Smith (CBE 1970, DBE 1990)
* Peter Snow (CBE 2006)
* Georg Solti (KBE 1971)
* Muriel Spark (DBE 1993)
* Doris Speed (OBE 1977)
* Steven Spielberg (KBE 2001)
* Dusty Springfield (OBE 1999)
* Ringo Starr (MBE 1965)
* Imelda Staunton (OBE 2006)
* Alison Steadman (OBE 2000)
* Juliet Stevenson (CBE 1999)
* Alec Stewart (MBE 1998, OBE 2003)
* Patrick Stewart (OBE 2001)
* Rod Stewart (CBE 2007)
* David Suchet (OBE 2002)
* Gordon Sumner (Sting) (CBE 2002)
* Joan Sutherland (CBE 1961, DBE 1978)
* Eric Sykes (OBE 1986, CBE 2004)

T

* Elizabeth Taylor (DBE 2000)
* Marie Tempest (DBE 1937)
* John Thaw (CBE 1994)
* Kristen Scott Thomas (OBE 2003)
* Sybil Thorndike (DBE 1931)
* Ivor Tiefenbrun (MBE 1992)
* J. R. R. Tolkien (CBE 1972)
* Jayne Torvill (OBE 1999)
* Christine Truman (MBE 2001)
* Alan Turing
* Eva Turner (DBE 1962)
* Dorothy Tutin (CBE 1967, DBE 2000)

U

* Midge Ure (OBE 2005)
* Peter Ustinov (CBE 1975)

V

* Michael Vaughan (OBE 2006)
* Julian Vereker (MBE 1995)
* Carol Vorderman (MBE 2000)

W

* Julie Walters (OBE 1999, CBE 2008)
* Zoe Wanamaker (hon CBE 2001)
* Patrick J. Watts (MBE 1999)
* Tony Warren (MBE 1994)
* Bert Weedon (OBE 2001)
* Arsène Wenger (OBE 2003)
* Rebecca West (CBE 1949 DBE 1959)
* Vivienne Westwood (OBE 1992, DBE 2006)
* Jimmy White (MBE 1999)
* June Whitfield (OBE 1985, CBE 1998)
* Billie Whitelaw (CBE 1991)
* Richard Whiteley (OBE 2004)
* May Whitty (DBE 1918)
* Jonny Wilkinson (MBE 2003, OBE 2004)
* Mark J. Williams (MBE 2004)
* Jonathan Wills (OBE 1994)
* Jacqueline Wilson (OBE 2002, DBE 2008)
* Richard Wilson (OBE 1994)
* Penelope Wilton (OBE 2004)
* Googie Withers (CBE 2002)
* Dean Windass (OBE 2000)
* Barbara Windsor (MBE 2000)
* Jeanette Winterson (OBE 2006)
* Terry Wogan (OBE 1997, KBE 2005)
* Victoria Wood (OBE 1997), CBE 2008)
* Ian Woosnam (MBE 1992, OBE 2007)
* Billy Wright (CBE 1959)
* Mark Adrian Wilson (OBE 2004)
* Philip John Wilson (OBE 2004)

Y

* Alan Yau (OBE 2006)
* Rachel Yankey (MBE 2006)

Z

* Gianfranco Zola (OBE 2004)

See also

* List of honorary British Knights
* List of football personalities with British honours