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.
The awards GBE and KBE confer the title 'Sir', and DBE confers the title 'Dame', providing the recipient has nationality of a state where the British monarch serves as head of state.
Names, alphabetized by surname
A
* Peter Ackroyd (CBE 2003)
* (OBE 2002)
* Vic Akers (OBE 2010)
* Thomas Allen (CBE 1989)
* Ian Anderson (MBE 2008)
* Judith Anderson (DBE 1960)
* Moira Anderson (OBE 1970)
* Julie Andrews (DBE 2000)
* Christiane Amanpour (CBE 2007)
* Kenneth Armitage (CBE 1969)
* Peter Armitage (MBE 2011)
* Peggy Ashcroft (CBE 1951, 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)
* Janet Baker (CBE 1970, DBE 1976)
* Duncan Bannatyne (OBE 2008)
* Frederick Grant Banting (KBE 1934)
* Ronnie Barker (OBE 1978)
* Roy Barraclough (MBE 2006)
* Shirley Bassey (CBE 1993, DBE 1999)
* Alan Bates (CBE, 2003)
* Simon Russell Beale (CBE 2003)
* Cecil Beaton (CBE 1956)
* David Beckham (OBE 2003)
* Adrian Beers (MBE 1989)
* Colin Bell (MBE 2005)
* Linda Bellos (OBE 2006)
* Floella Benjamin (OBE 2001)
* Tim Berners-Lee (KBE 2004)
* Raymond Bessone (OBE 1982)
* Beverley Sisters (OBE 2006)
* Sanjeev Bhaskar (OBE 2006)
* Cilla Black (OBE 1997)
* Michael Blakemore (OBE 2003)
* Brenda Blethyn (OBE 2003)
* Heston Blumenthal (OBE 2006)
* Ranjit Bolt (OBE 2003)
* Bono (Paul David Hewson) (honorary KBE 2007)
* Elizabeth Bowen (CBE 1948)
* Jack Brabham (OBE 1967)
* Paul Brand (CBE 1961)
* Ross Brawn (OBE 2009)
* Alfred Brendel (honorary KBE 1989)
* Richard Briers (OBE 1989, CBE 2003)
* Johnny Briggs (MBE 2007)
* Eric Bristow (MBE 1989)
* Pierce Brosnan (honorary OBE 2003)
* June Brown (MBE 2008)
* Tim Brooke-Taylor (OBE 2011)
* Dora Bryan (OBE 1996)
* Bill Bryson (honorary OBE 2006)
* Frank Macfarlane Burnet (KBE 1969)
* Donnie Burns (MBE 1998)
* Richard Burton (CBE 1970)
* Darcy Bussell (OBE 1995, CBE 2006)
* Clara Butt (DBE 1920)
* Jenson Button (MBE 2009)
* A. S. Byatt (CBE 1990, DBE 1999)
C
* Michael Caine (CBE 1993)
* Zoe Caldwell (OBE 1970)
* John Cale (OBE 2010)
* Joe Calzaghe (MBE 2003, CBE 2008)
* Averil Cameron (DBE 2006)
* Sydney Camm (CBE 1953)
* Robert Carlyle (OBE 1999)
* Ian Carmichael (OBE 2003)
* Harry Carpenter (OBE 1991)
* Tony Carr (MBE 2010)
* Violet Carson (OBE 1965)
* Barbara Cartland (DBE 1992)
* Mike Catt (OBE 2011)
* 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)
* Ian Mackintosh (MBE 1976)
* Royston Maldoom (OBE 2005)
* Nigel Mansell (OBE 1990)
* Miriam Margolyes (OBE 2002)
* Gerry Marsden (MBE 2003)
* John Martyn (OBE 2009)
* 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 1992)
* Don McCullin (CBE 1993)
* Trevor McDonald (OBE 1992)
* Graeme McDowell (MBE 2011)
* Julie Walters (OBE 1999, CBE 2008)
* Zoë Wanamaker (CBE 2001)
* Tony Warren (MBE 1994)
* Howard Webb (MBE 2010)<ref name=bbc2011/>
* Bert Weedon (OBE 2001)
* Arsène Wenger (honorary OBE 2003)
* Rebecca West (CBE 1949, DBE 1959)
* Lee Westwood (OBE 2011)
* Vivienne Westwood (OBE 1992, DBE 2006)
* Jimmy White (MBE 1999)
* John Whitaker (MBE 2011)
* June Whitfield (OBE 1985, CBE 1998)
* Billie Whitelaw (CBE 1991)
* Richard Whiteley (OBE 2004)
* May Whitty (DBE 1918)
* James Herriot (OBE 1979)
* Jonny Wilkinson (MBE 2003, OBE 2004)
* Tom Wilkinson (OBE 2005)
* Mark 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)
* Barbara Windsor (MBE 2000)
* Henry Winkler (OBE 2011)
* Jeanette Winterson (OBE 2006)
* Terry Wogan (OBE 1997, KBE 2005)
* Victoria Wood (OBE 1997, CBE 2008)
* Edward Woodward (OBE 1978)
* Ian Woosnam (MBE 1992, OBE 2007)
* Billy Wright (CBE 1959)
Y
* Alan Yau (honorary OBE 2006)
* Rachel Yankey (MBE 2006)
Z
* Catherine Zeta-Jones (CBE 2010)
* Gianfranco Zola (honorary OBE 2004)

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