Knights Bachelor

Russian-British physicist known for graphene work

English painter (1723–1792)

British astronomer (1915–2001)

English adventure novelist (1856–1925)

British actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

English physicist, Nobel prize winner

British architect (born 1935)

Scottish racing driver

British chemist and physicist (1832-1919)

Sir Tom Stoppard was a British playwright and screenwriter. He wrote for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covered the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical bases of society. Stoppard, a playwright of the Royal National Theatre, was one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation and was critically compared with William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. He was knighted for his contribution to theatre in 1997 and awarded the Order of Merit in 2000.

Welsh singer (born 1940)

British actor (1940–2023)

English biochemist

English physiologist and biophysicist (1917–2012)

British theatre composer (born 1948)

Sir Stephen John Fry is an English actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He began his career on the sketch comedy series Alfresco (1983–1984) and the sitcom Blackadder (1986–1989), before gaining recognition as part of the comedy duo Fry and Laurie alongside Hugh Laurie, appearing together in A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989–1995) and Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993). His later television roles include Kingdom (2007–2009), Bones (2007–2017), and It's a Sin (2021). Fry was the original host of the comedy panel show QI (2003–2016), for which he was nominated for six British Academy Television Awards. In 2006, the British public ranked Fry number 9 in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars.

German-British biochemist (1900-1981)

Scottish actor and comedian

British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1890–1962)

English politician (1828–1908)

British chemist and biophysicist

Prince of Wales (1330-1376)

British actor (1940–2017)

English biochemist and crystallographer (1917–1997)

Jewish-German-born British biochemist (1906–1979)

English-brazilian biologist (1915–1987)

British film director (1908–1991)

British chemist (1939-2016)

British economist (1904-1989)

English physical chemist (1897-1967)

British stage and film director (born 1965)

British politician (1872-1967)

British statesman who founded Singapore (1781-1826)

British filmmaker (1944–2020)

Scottish association football player and manager

British geologist (1797–1875)

British chemist (1920–2002)

English association football player and manager (1933-2009)

British biochemist (1907-1997)

Scottish astronomer and mathematician (1781–1868)

Scottish doctor and pharmacologist (1924–2010)

English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (1875–1968)

English poet, courtier, diplomat (1554-1586)

British chemist (1883-1950)

English chemist (1886-1975)

British mathematician and astronomer (1877 – 1946)

English novelist, poet, critic and teacher (1922-1995)

British developmental biologist (1933–2025)

British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)

British novelist

German-British biophysicist (1911–2003)

British actor and theatre director (1904-2000)

English organic chemist (1918–1998)

British actor (1931–2020)

Scottish chemist and physicist (1842–1923)

Anglo-Welsh philologist and scholar of ancient India (1746-1794)

British actor (1908–1990)

British biochemist (1941-)

English physicist known for magnetic resonance imaging

British singer (born 1940)