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This is a list of current honorary knights and dames of the Order of the British Empire.

Grand Cross Star of the Order of the British Empire

Honorary knights and dames

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Grand cross (GBE)

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Name Post-nominal Country Year appointed
Jordan Taher Masri GBE Jordan 1988
Hungary Zsigmond Járai GBE Hungary 1999[1]
United States George J. Mitchell GBE United States 1999[1]
Italy Nicola Mancino GBE Italy 2000[1]
Italy Luciano Violante GBE Italy 2000[1]
India Ratan Tata GBE AO India 2014[2]

Commander (KBE/DBE)

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Knight/Dame Commander Star of the Order of the British Empire

Military ranks listed denotes the awarded being in the military division.

Military rank Name Post-nominals Country Year appointed
Tunisia Mohamed Ennaceur KBE Tunisia 1980[3]
Jordan Daoud Hanania KBE Jordan 1984
Republic of Ireland Bob Geldof KBE Ireland 1986
Austria Alfred Brendel KBE Austria 1989
Thailand Anand Panyarachun KBE Thailand 1996
Brazil Clóvis Carvalho KBE Brazil 1997[1]
Brazil Teotonio Vilela Filho KBE Brazil 1997[1]
Brazil Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira KBE Brazil 1997[1]
Brazil José Israel Vargas KBE Brazil 1997[1]
Germany Jürgen Gehrels KBE Germany 1997[1]
Mozambique Graça Machel DBE Mozambique 1997[4]
France Jacques de Larosière KBE France 1998[1]
General Germany Klaus Naumann KBE Germany 1998
Japan Nobuhiko Kawamoto KBE Japan 1998[1]
United States William J. Perry KBE United States 1998[1]
Lieutenant General Hungary Lajos Urban KBE Hungary 1999[1]
Italy Bruno Ferrante KBE Italy 2000[1]
Italy Francesco Rutelli KBE Italy 2000[1]
Italy Gabriele Albertini KBE Italy 2000[1]
Italy Giovanna Melandri DBE Italy 2000[1]
Italy Riccardo Muti KBE Italy 2000[1]
Italy Sergio Mattarella KBE Italy 2000[1]
General Italy Mario Arpino KBE Italy 2000[1]
Italy Paolo Peluffo KBE Italy 2000[1]
Admiral Italy Sergio Biraghi KBE Italy 2000[1]
General United States Wesley Clark KBE United States 2000[1]
General United States Hugh Shelton KBE United States 2001[1]
United States Louis V. Gerstner Jr. KBE United States 2001[1]
United States Steven Spielberg KBE United States 2001[1]
United States Alan Greenspan KBE United States 2002[1]
Republic of Ireland Ann Murray DBE Ireland 2002[1]
United States James Watson KBE United States 2002[5]
Republic of Ireland Niall FitzGerald KBE Ireland 2002[1]
Spain Plácido Domingo KBE Spain 2002[1]
United States Rudy Giuliani KBE United States 2002[1]
Japan Hiroshi Kitamura KBE Japan 2003[1]
Ghana Sam E. Jonah KBE Ghana 2003[1]
France Noël Forgeard KBE France 2004[1]
France Bernard Kouchner KBE France 2004[1]
France Philippe Douste-Blazy KBE France 2004[1]
France Jean-François Lamour KBE France 2004[1]
France Dominique Perben KBE France 2004[1]
France Gilles de Robien KBE France 2004[1]
Kuwait Yusef Abdullah Al-Awadi KBE Kuwait 2004[1]
Poland Waldemar Dąbrowski KBE Poland 2004[1]
South Korea Han Seung-soo KBE South Korea 2004[1]
Spain Esperanza Aguirre DBE Spain 2004[1]
United States Murray Perahia KBE United States 2004[1]
General United States Tommy Franks KBE United States 2004[1]
Malta Lawrence Gonzi KBE Malta 2004[1]
Japan Katsuhiko Machida KBE Japan 2005[1]
United States Bill Gates KBE United States 2005[1]
United States Donald Berwick KBE United States 2005[1]
Japan Fujio Cho KBE Japan 2006[1]
Brazil Carlos Ghosn KBE Brazil 2006[1]
Germany Klaus Schwab KBE Germany 2006[1]
Admiral United States Frank Bowman KBE United States 2006[1]
United States Franklin Miller KBE United States 2006[1]
General United States T. Michael Moseley KBE United States 2006[1]
Netherlands Ben Verwaayen KBE Netherlands 2007[6]
Republic of Ireland Bono KBE Ireland 2007[7]
France Jean-Pierre Garnier KBE France 2008[8]
Malaysia Tiong Hiew King KBE Malaysia 2009[9]
India Arun Sarin KBE India 2010[10]
Qatar Moza bint Nasser DBE Qatar 2010[10]
Argentina Daniel Barenboim KBE Argentina 2011[11]
France Louis Gallois KBE France 2011[12]
Republic of Ireland Ray O'Rourke KBE Ireland 2011[12]
France Bernard Arnault KBE France 2012[13]
Japan Kotaro Ono KBE Japan 2012[13]
United States Mark Pigott KBE United States 2012[13]
Belgium Jean Stéphenne KBE Belgium 2013[14]
Japan Hisashi Hieda KBE Japan 2013[14]
South Korea Choi Mun-kee KBE South Korea 2013[14]
South Korea Yoon Sang-jick KBE South Korea 2013[14]
United Arab Emirates Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi DBE United Arab Emirates 2013[14]
United Arab Emirates Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan KBE United Arab Emirates 2013[14]
United Arab Emirates Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan KBE United Arab Emirates 2013[14]
United Arab Emirates Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum KBE United Arab Emirates 2013[14]
United States Melinda Gates DBE United States 2013[14]
Admiral France Édouard Guillaud KBE France 2014[2]
Japan Haruo Naito KBE Japan 2014[2]
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel KBE Saudi Arabia 2014[2]
United States Michael Bloomberg KBE United States 2014[2]
United States John Franklyn Mars KBE United States 2014[2]
Austria Hermann Hauser KBE Austria 2015[15]
France Xavier Rolet KBE France 2015[15]
Republic of Ireland Mark Getty KBE Ireland 2015[15]
Republic of Ireland Martin Naughton KBE Ireland 2015[15]
Spain Ana Botín DBE Spain 2015[15]
Mexico Aurelio Nuño Mayer KBE Mexico 2015[15]
Mexico Claudia Ruiz Massieu DBE Mexico 2015[15]
Mexico Emilio Chuayffet KBE Mexico 2015[15]
Mexico Pedro Joaquín Coldwell KBE Mexico 2015[15]
Mexico Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal KBE Mexico 2015[15]
Mexico Juan José Guerra Abud KBE Mexico 2015[15]
Mexico Luis Videgaray Caso KBE Mexico 2015[15]
General Mexico Roberto Miranda Moreno KBE Mexico 2015[15]
United States Kevin Spacey KBE United States 2015[15]
General United States Martin Dempsey KBE United States 2016[16]
Republic of Ireland Edna O'Brien DBE Ireland 2017[17]
Netherlands Paul Polman KBE Netherlands 2017[17]
Republic of Ireland Pauline Philip DBE Ireland 2017[17]
United States Ralph Lauren KBE United States 2017[17]
Thailand Vitit Muntarbhorn KBE Thailand 2018[18]
Netherlands Alexander Rinnooy Kan KBE Netherlands 2018[18]
Malaysia Francis Yeoh KBE Malaysia 2019[19]
The Gambia Tumani Corrah KBE The Gambia 2019[19]
General United States Joseph Dunford KBE AO United States 2020[20]
Finland Esa-Pekka Salonen KBE Finland 2020[20]
United States Philip Bobbitt KBE United States 2021[21]
Costa Rica Christiana Figueres KBE Costa Rica 2022[22]
United States Robert Iger KBE United States 2022[22]
United States John Williams KBE United States 2022[22]
Malaysia Jeffrey Cheah KBE AO Malaysia 2023[23]
Russia Vladimir Jurowski KBE Russia 2024[24]
Singapore Wei Shen Lim KBE Singapore 2024[24]
India Sunil Mittal KBE India 2024[24]
United States Stephen A. Schwarzman KBE United States 2024[24]
General United States Mark Milley KBE United States 2024[24]
France Pierre Joxe KBE France

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