In 2012, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, following in the footsteps of his father, who was knighted by the queen's great-grandfather, King Edward VII.
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Hurt was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in December 2014.
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Seven All Blacks have been knighted, compared with three Britons.
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It's more like a title, like being knighted or something.
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In 2012 he was knighted for his services to literature.
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The next year, he was knighted for his humanitarian work.
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Mr. Masire was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1991.
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In 1993, the Queen knighted the senior Bush at Buckingham Palace.
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Stewart's been on a rocky road since being knighted last October.
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On April 12, 2010, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands knighted Mrs.
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In 1992 she was knighted by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
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He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of England in 2010.
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Thirty did so in the UK. And he was knighted in 1996.
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Then in 1993, the Queen knighted the elder Bush at Buckingham Palace.
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Mr. Wesker was knighted in 2006 for his contributions to the theater.
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"The world has knighted you worthy of such a thing," he added.
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"It means a lot actually," he told the BBC of being knighted.
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They're not lawyers knighted by the establishment; not descendants of a liberal dynasty.
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Blunt declared that he would like to be knighted, and Princess Bea obliged.
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Sir Michael Caine was appointed CBE in 1992 and then knighted in 2000.
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Sir Ian McKellan was appointed CBE in 1979 and was knighted in 1991.
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Triesman said Leoz requested to be knighted and Warner wanted £2.5 million in bribes.
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He had been knighted, too, though he did not care to use the title.
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Goodwin was knighted for transforming a Scottish retail lender into a global banking force.
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One possibility is if you were being knighted and would now be called SIR.
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I asked Nicholson to clarify: The rapper Drake is also a knighted British explorer?
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Chris Pugh, self-knighted medieval Welsh archer and keeper of the ancient Cymru spirit.
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Amid this upheaval, Mr. Alston was knighted by the queen, gratifying under the circumstances.
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She has not been knighted, as Murray was at the end of last year.
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Sir Patrick Stewart was appointed an OBE in 2001 and was knighted in 2010.
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Mr. Richardson's father was knighted by King Edward VII, son of Queen Victoria, and Mr. Richardson himself was knighted in 22001 by Edward's great-granddaughter, Elizabeth II. "My father was totally fascinating and rather impressive," Mr. Richardson told The Guardian in 292.
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Last night during a private ceremony, I was knighted into the band as Uncle Jonas.
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The entrepreneur, once known as 'king of the high street' was knighted by Queen Elizabeth.
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Brienne's there too, as Head of the Kingsguard, along with a freshly-knighted Ser Podrick.
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After his authorship of the monograph The History of Java, Raffles was knighted in 1817.
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Perkin was knighted in 1906 and a special "Perkin Medal" was created in his honor.
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He juuuust caught up to Paul less than 2 months ago when HE got knighted.
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In 2014, he was knighted by the Duke of Cambridge in the Queen's Birthday Honors.
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That same year he was also knighted by Queen Elizabeth for his contributions to film.
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He was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1998 and knighted in 2014.
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Knighted by the queen in 1987, Mr. Davies (pronounced Davis) was also a respected conductor.
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In 1999, he was made a Commander of the British Empire and was knighted in 2003.
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Jean Chrétien wasn't winning any pageants, and Alexander MacKenzie wasn't even sexy enough to be knighted.
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The band's second NME award win, for example, knighted Karen O as 2010's Hottest Woman.
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He was made a Commander of the British Empire in 21996 and was knighted in 22002.
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For a man knighted for services to business and charitable giving, it was a humbling embarrassment.
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Sir Anthony Hopkins became a CBE in 1987 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1993.
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After being knighted, Sir Stewart gave the credit to a former English teacher who encouraged him.
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If the Queen knighted me, it would be less of an honor than being onstage with BTS.
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The queen knighted him in 2003 as a commendation for his charity work for UNICEF and Kiwanis.
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Brienne was knighted by Jaime (sob, sob), which brings their complex mutual admiration to a natural end.
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In fact, the knighted artist is best-known for designing the sleeve for The Beatles' iconic Sgt.
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By the way, Murray is reportedly the first tennis player EVER to be knighted ... Pretty cool, right???
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In 2003, he was knighted for his services to the film industry and to Anglo-German relations.
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He previously taught at U.C.L.A. and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to science.
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He was a fellow of the Royal Society, London, and knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1993.
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In May 2012, Ive was knighted in Buckingham Palace by Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth II's only daughter.
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Indeed, Mr Naipaul wrote more than 30 books, for which he won a Nobel prize and was knighted.
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He was knighted in 2008, and promoted to Brigadier on Monday morning during a ceremony at the zoo.
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Though Green was knighted for his services to British industry in 2006, he is no stranger to furore.
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Dr. Sackler was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 21969 for his contributions to science and the arts.
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He was knighted in 1983 and made a grand officer of the French Legion of Honor in 2011.
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According to The Telegraph, the Edinburgh Zoo bird is a knighted honorary member of the King of Norway's Guard.
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McCartney was knighted 21 years ago and Tuesday's ceremony came 53 years after the Beatles received MBEs in 1965.
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Take our quiz to discover if you should be knighted for your in-depth knowledge of all things royal!
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He was knighted in 1999, the year United achieved a treble by winning those three trophies in one season.
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Former world No. 1 Andy Murray was officially knighted by Prince Charles on Thursday at Buckingham Palace in London.
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That's why London eatery Firedog should be commended—if not just all-out knighted—for its anti-avocado efforts.
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To thank them for saving her kingdom, Queen Alianor (Emilie Cocquerel) knighted the young novices as Lavinia looked on.
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Mr. Tate, who was knighted in April for his services to music, cut an unusual figure on the stage.
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He then served three terms as New York City mayor and in 22007 was honorarily knighted by Queen Elizabeth.
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He was also president of the Econometric Society and of the Royal Economic Society and was knighted in 1997.
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They also allegedly showed Beckham's anger at not being knighted by the Queen after receiving an OBE in 2013.
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Kate then flew to the Netherlands for her first solo foreign trip on Tuesday, while William knighted Sir Rod Stewart.
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Singer Rod Stewart scored a very coveted accessory at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday when he was knighted by Prince William.
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Kate then flew to the Netherlands for her first solo foreign trip on Tuesday, while William knighted Sir Rod Stewart.
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Ringo Starr, 77, became the second Beatles band member to receive the honor, 21 years after Paul McCartney was knighted.
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He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2014 and spoke to PEOPLE about his role in The Elephant Man.
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Dr. Oz, known mostly because of Oprah Winfrey, who knighted him "America's Doctor," has a large and devoted fan base.
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He was knighted in 24, and was married for the second time in 2008, to Cristiana Sorrell, an Italian economist.
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He said some incantatory nonsense and knighted me, marking my induction into the camp's most exclusive club: the Camper's Council.
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It's a start, but can the recently knighted Barry Gibb do anything to put the group on more people's radars?
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Casement was knighted by George V in 1911 for exposing abuse at Belgium's rubber plantations in the Congo, Time reports.
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In a statement to EW, Connery spoke of his friendship with his fellow knighted actor, who assumed the role in 1972.
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The couple divorced in 1981 and Hall, who was knighted in 1977, married American opera singer Maria Ewing in February 1982.
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One oft-cited post shows people who were gifted AirPods at Christmas being knighted as new "members" of the cultural elite.
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He lives in King's Landing now with Tyrion, the freshly knighted Podrick (+5 promotion points), and his newly appointed Small Council.
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Accompanied by his wife, Barbara Bach, Ringo was knighted by Prince William with a ceremonial sword to become Sir Richard Starkey.
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Green was knighted in 2006 and in 2010 Prime Minister David Cameron commissioned him to report on efficiency savings in government.
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"I feel like I'm being knighted," the drag queen said of the accolade on Friday's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
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A former editor of The Times and the Sunday Times of London, Evans was knighted for services to journalism in 103.
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As the knighted family CFO (chief financial officer), it was my responsibility to come up with a plan for the prenup.
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And finally: he raised a middle finger to tradition and corrected a gross injustice as he formally knighted Ser Brienne of Tarth.
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If Bowie turned down the chance to be knighted by the Queen, perhaps the rebel wouldn't have bothered to collect an award.
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Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich just got knighted by his home country of Denmark; specifically, by the very metal-sounding Order of Dannebrog.
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Sir Roger Scruton, a newly knighted English philosopher, tries to make sense of it in his latest book, "The Ring of Truth".
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The knighted London native is frequently spotted at clubs and lives in San Francisco, not terribly far from Apple&aposs Cupertino headquarters.
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Last appearance: 8.6, "The Iron Throne"Officially knighted by Jaime Lannister, Brienne appeared on the series finale wearing upgraded bright-gold armor.
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"I've always believed the web is for everyone," wrote Tim Berners-Lee, the well-known (and knighted) creator of the World Wide Web.
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Of course, it's debatable why it took so long for the 77-year-old Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer to get knighted.
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He was knighted for the feat of creating the World Wide Web, in what was surely the most justifiable knighting since Heath Ledger.
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Informed that he would have to call Hamilton 'Sir Lewis' if the Briton were to be knighted, 22-year-old Verstappen sounded doubtful.
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A decorated soldier in World War II, he helped reshape the study of war and was knighted in 1986 for his academic work.
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Singer Elton John, who was knighted in 22017, becomes a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to music.
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Knighted for their contributions to industry, they had, like the Sassoons of Bombay, started out as silk and opium traders to China before diversifying.
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Hamilton, by far his country's most successful racing driver with twice as many titles as the knighted great Jackie Stewart, doubted that would happen.
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According to the Chicago Tribune, the "Westworld" actor said he was "a bit numb" when being knighted because he was overwhelmed with the honor.
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At face value, it's just echoing the phrase Jaime Lannister uses to refer to the newly knighted Ser Brienne of Tarth (played by Gwendoline Christie).
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In 1994 Zeffirelli, who directed several productions at London's Covent Garden, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his "valuable services to British performing arts".
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He was knighted in 2000 after growing WPP from a small company, Wire and Plastics Products, to a dominant ad company with over 200,000 employees.
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Artist Richard Long was among those knighted by Queen Elisabeth II. He was among several art world figures on the Queen's New Year's Honours list.
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In the last few minutes of the episode, Brienne doesn't note herself as being the first woman to be knighted in the history of Westeros.
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In 1994, Zeffirelli, who directed several productions at London's Covent Garden, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his "valuable services to British performing arts".
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He was knighted in 2007, served as the provost of the Royal College of Art in London and is one of the country's richest men.
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And this final season also saw a woman get knighted by a room full of her delighted male peers in blatant defiance of old traditions.
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The 72-year-old Irish musician, who was knighted in 2016, has always had roots planted in early jazz, jump blues and midcentury R&B.
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Architect David Adjaye and photographer Don McCullin were knighted as part of the Queen of England's New Year Honors, while artist Chris Ofili received a CBE.
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Hytner was knighted for his service to drama in 2010, no small accomplishment for a gay, Jewish boy from Didsbury, a middle-class suburb of Manchester.
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Starmer is a barrister who served as a senior public prosecutor before entering parliament, and was knighted in 23 for services to law and criminal justice.
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"I think Michael figured that if he were knighted, all the child-abuse rumors would go away," said Alana Scott, a longtime assistant to Mr. Gallin.
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Sir Patrick Stewart is 75 years old, X-Men's Professor X, Star Trek's Captain Jean-Luc Picard and he has been knighted by the Queen of England.
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BRIENNE OF TARTH: Played by Gwendoline Christie - who also appeared in the recent "Star Wars" films - she was the first woman knighted in the show's Seven Kingdoms.
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The cathedral is the first major project in Africa by the Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye, who was knighted last year for his services to his field.
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All of the iThings define Jony Ive's legacy and helped get Ive knighted "for services to design and enterprise" by Princess Anne at Buckingham Palace in 2012.
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"There has been zero innovation in this market for over 60 years," said Mr. Dyson, 68, a billionaire who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 272.
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Along the way, he raced hot-air balloons, started a space tourism company, turned a Caribbean island into a private oasis and was knighted at Buckingham Palace.
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He spent 27 years working as an art advisor for the Royals, and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his service in that role in 1956.
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Knighted the Video Game "Player of the Century," Mitchell has held world records in Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Centipede and Burger Time.
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But the group also still has nearly 9 million monthly listeners on Spotify — more than four times the number boasted by 5 Seconds of Summer, their knighted successor.
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Once it has been knighted to serve as an arm of the state, Big Tech cannot be cut down to size if it is to perform those duties.
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It's a very different view from former Prime Minister and staunch monarchist, Tony Abbott, who controversially knighted the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, on Australia Day in 2015.
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Other tributes John has received for his civic work include a lifetime achievement award from the Rockefeller Foundation in 2013 and being knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1998.
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Now aged 83 and knighted by Queen Elizabeth, he is haunted by what he has witnessed and prefers to train his lens on the landscapes of rural Somerset.
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Clark, 67, an influential industry figure who was knighted by his native Britain in 2014, deflected questions about whether he planned to retire, saying "I am still here".
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He retired to his family's 25-acre estate near Cape Town in 2014, four years after he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the Bahamas.
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He retired to his family's 25-acre estate near Cape Town in 2014, four years after he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the Bahamas.
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In 2009 he was knighted by New Zealand, and in 2012 he was one of 24 inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall of Fame.
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Jony Ive, Apple's longtime chief design officer who was knighted by the British government in 2012, said in June he was leaving the company to become an outside contractor.
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In 2014, when Wiggins won silver in the team pursuit at the Commonwealth Games many questioned whether gold in Rio was a step too far for the knighted sportsman.
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The author of His Dark Materials, the beloved British fantasy trilogy about the adventures of the preteen heroine Lyra Belacqua, was knighted in May for his services to literature.
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Martin was nominated for an Oscar for his score in A Hard Day's Night, was knighted in 1996, and joined the American Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.
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It was "like the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger going over to London and getting knighted," said Oliver Grant, a founding member of the group who is known as Power.
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In 1977 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. Mr. Hall's concern as a director was always for the rhythm of the language and the truth behind the words.
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The intimate messages show his anger at not being knighted by the Queen and raise questions about his commitment to UNICEF, the charity for which he is an ambassador.
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"It's the greatest honor I've ever had, or am likely to have, in my life and I am very quietly but so ecstatically happy," he said of being knighted.
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Among them was his foul-mouthed reaction when he found out he was not going to be knighted and his reluctance to donate his own money to a charity project.
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Armor Day and 'Amour for Armor' (Saturday and Sunday) While you need weighty qualifications to be knighted in Britain, it will be a lot easier in the Bronx this weekend.
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"Although he's a sort of friend of mine, I don't think he's presidential," Stewart said on Tuesday, after being knighted by Prince William in London, according to the Daily Mail.
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He recorded "Mustang Sally" as Sir Mack Rice in 1965 (he was knighted by the record's producer, Andre Williams), and it reached No. 15 on the Billboard R&B chart.
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He is the only singer to have topped the UK singles chart in five consecutive decades, from the 50s to the 90s, and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1995.
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Mr. Richard, who was knighted as Sir Cliff Richard in 1995 and who spends much of his time at residences in Barbados and Portugal, was in Portugal at the time.
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Last but not least, in a legitimately heartwarming scene, Jaime knighted his old pal Brienne in front of the supportive crew of Tormund, Tyrion, Pod, and that Onion Knight fella.
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For starters, "John Richardson: At Home" (Rizzoli, $65, 224 pp.), looks at the eight sumptuous spaces that the knighted Picasso biographer and art historian has occupied over his 95 years.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Olympic athlete Mo Farah, tennis star Andy Murray, actor Mark Rylance, comedian Ken Dodd and Kinks musician Ray Davies have been knighted in Queen Elizabeth's New Year's Honors List.
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Yassaie, who was knighted by Britain three years ago for services to technology, said he was proud of helping build Imagination from small beginnings into a leading provider of graphics processors.
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Aside from being knighted in 1985, he appeared with Queen Elizabeth in the documentary The Queen's Green Planet, which highlighted projects throughout the world linked to the Queen's Commonwealth Canopy Project.
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Christopher Chope, 71, a veteran politician who was knighted this year, blocked the bill proposed by opposition Liberal Democrat parliamentarian Wera Hobhouse that was widely supported in the House of Commons.
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To the outside world, Naipaul was an emblem of civilization: an Oxford graduate, author of many prize-winning books, and, after he was knighted in 1990, titled nobility: Sir V.S. Naipaul.
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Knighted Sir Antonio Pappano five years ago, he has been the music director of the Royal Opera at Covent Garden in London, one of the world's most important companies, since 2002.
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While drinking with her buddies (including a guy so horny he was literally drinking out of a horn), Brienne ends up being officially knighted by her personal favorite knight, Ser Jaime Lannister.
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He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 2006 for services to the retail industry and in 2010 the then prime minister David Cameron commissioned him to report on efficiency savings in government.
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Soames, 71, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 2014, has represented the electoral area of Mid Sussex, south of London, since 1997 having previously been Member of Parliament for nearby Crawley.
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His subjects were also decorated at random: two small boys in the crowd at his coronation were knighted, and a woman was declared queen of her street, receiving a gold-dipped flower.
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The singer — who was knighted for his services to music and charity in 2016 — revealed the news at a special Prostate Project fundraiser alongside former Faces bandmates Ronnie Wood and Kenny Jones.
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The 71-year old, who began the hugely successful pop group with brothers Maurice and Robin in 1958, was knighted by Prince Charles as part of the Queen Elizabeth's New Year's Honours list.
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In 2002 Mr. Miller was knighted "for services to music and the arts," though, characteristically, he said he wished it had been for the services to science that he had failed to deliver.
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If Mr. Hodgkin never quite rose to the celebrity rank of Lucian Freud or David Hockney, by the time he was knighted, in 1992, he stood at the threshold of "living treasure" status.
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Queen Elizabeth II knighted him in 2000 with a tap of her sword on his shoulders, the highest honor among a raft of awards he has received for his business acumen throughout the years.
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Chairman Lowy, a holocaust survivor-turned-knighted property billionaire, will retire from the company he co-founded in 1960, and his sons Steven and Peter, will retire from their positions as co-chief executives.
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What Mr. Hopkins, a knighted Emmy and Oscar winner, is doing in a "Transformers" movie is unclear, but he brings a goofy dignity to the enterprise that elevates this chapter over its recent brethren.
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Hamilton's fans can point to a lack of consistency with Wimbledon tennis champion Andy Murray, Olympic athlete Mo Farah, Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins and cricketer Alastair Cook all knighted while still active.
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He was knighted in 21958 and served in one of Britain's most prestigious academic chairs as the Regius Professor of Modern History, a position awarded to him by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 21960.
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The former Boomtown Rats singer was given an honorary knighted in 1986 in recognition of his charity work, including organizing the 1985 Live Aid concert to help those suffering from starvation and disease in Ethiopia.
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He became a scientist's scientist — almost a classic nerd, by his own description — and one of the towering figures in molecular biology, knighted and honored with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 22002.
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Well... The "Knight" of the episode's title turns out to be Brienne, who has in all her time on the series never been knighted, because that's not something women can do in the Seven Kingdoms.
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