This is a list of people who have been appointedknights ordames in theBritish honours system or anotherCommonwealth realms honours system for their contributions to sport.

• SirArthur Gold (1984,CBE, 1917–2001); Britishhigh jumper and athletics administrator who led the British athletics team at three Olympic Games and three Commonwealth Games, and was in charge of the British team at the 1992 Winter and Summer Olympics. Chairman of theBritish Olympic Association and of theCommonwealth Games Council, and life president of theEuropean Athletics Association.^[1][2]
• DameMarea Hartman (1994,DBE,^[3] 1920–1994); British athletics sports administrator.
• DameElizabeth Mary Nicholl (2023,DBE,^[4] born 1952); Nicholl was a British sports administrator, former netball player, chief executive ofUK Sport from 2010–19, and is current president ofWorld Netball.
• DameSarai-Paea Bareman (2024,DNZM^[5]); New Zealandassociation football administrator and former player, and currently chiefwomen's football officer forFIFA.

• SirRoger Bannister (1975,Knight Bachelor,^[6] 1929–2018)
• SirMurray Halberg (1988,Knight Bachelor,^[7] 1933–2022)
• SirChristopher Chataway (1995,Knight Bachelor,^[8] 1931–2014)
• DameMary Peters (2000,DBE,^[9] born 1939); Peters was appointed aLady Companion of the Order of the Garter in 2019, becoming Lady Mary Peters.
• SirPeter Snell (2002, redesignatedKNZM fromDCNZM2009,^[10][11] 1938–2019)
• DameKelly Holmes (2005,DBE,^[12] born 1970)
• DameTanni Grey-Thompson, Baroness Grey-Thompson (2005,DBE,^[12] born 1969); Grey-Thompson was made aLife peer in 2010.
• Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe (2006,KBE,^[13] born 1956); Coe had been made aLife peer in 2000.
• SirJohn Walker (2009,KNZM,^[14] born 1952)
• SirMo Farah (2017,Knight Bachelor,^[15][16] born 1983)
• DameJessica Ennis-Hill (2017,DBE,^[15][17] born 1986)
• DameValerie Adams (2017,DNZM,^[18] born 1984)
• DameYvette Corlett Williams (2019,DNZM,^[19] 1929–2019); Williams accepted the honour and it was made effective before she died. It was not appointed posthumously despite her death before formal investiture. Unlike certain other honours, knighthoods and damehoods cannot be appointed posthumously.
• SirBrendan Foster (2020,Knight Bachelor,^[20] born 1948)
• DameSarah Springman (2022,DBE, born 1956); British-Swiss triathlete, civil engineer, and academic, was appointedDBE for services to engineering and international sports administration.^[21]
• DameDenise Lewis (2023,DBE,^[22] born 1972); British sports presenter, sports administrator and former track and field athlete, who specialised in the heptathlon.

• SirCraig Reedie (2006,Knight Bachelor,^[23] born 1941)

• SirHenry Cooper (2000,Knight Bachelor,^[24] 1934–2011)

• DameLisa Carrington (2022,DNZM,^[25] born 1989)

SeeList of cricketers who were knighted (30)

• SirHubert Opperman (1968,Knight Bachelor, 1904–1996); Opperman was perhaps best known for his cycling achievements, but his 1968 knighthood as aKnight Bachelor was in recognition of his service as Australian High Commissioner toMalta.^[26]
• SirChris Hoy (2009,Knight Bachelor,^[27] born 1976)
• DameSarah Storey (2013,DBE,^[28] born 1977)
• SirDave Brailsford (2013,Knight Bachelor,^[29] born 1964); Brailsford was Performance Director, British Cycling. Knighted for services to Cycling and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
• SirBradley Wiggins (2013,Knight Bachelor,^[30] born 1980)
• SirJason Kenny (2022,Knight Bachelor,^[21] born 1988)
• DameLaura Kenny (2022,DBE,^[21] born 1992)
• SirMark Cavendish (2024,KBE,^[31] born 1985)

• SirHarry Llewellyn (1997,Knight Bachelor (1911–1999)
• SirMark Todd (2013,KNZM,^[32] born 1956)
• SirLee Pearson (2017,Knight Bachelor,^[15][16] born 1974)
• DameCatriona Williams (2025,DNZM,

• DameMary Glen-Haig (1993,DBE,^[33] 1918–2014)

SeeList of football personalities with British honours (15 knighthoods)

• DameJoan Hood Hammond (1974,DBE, 1912–1996); Hammond was an Australian operatic soprano and singing coach as well as a champion golfer. She won the women's junior golf championship for New South Wales in 1929, and theNew South Wales Women's Amateur Championship in 1932, 1934, and 1935.^[34]
• SirHenry Cotton (1988,Knight Bachelor,^[35] 1907–1987); Cotton had accepted the knighthood and it was made effective before his death. It was not appointed posthumously despite his death before his formal investiture. (Unlike certain other honours, knighthoods and damehoods cannot be appointed posthumously.)
• SirBob Charles (1999,KNZM,^[36] born 1936)
• SirNick Faldo (2009,Knight Bachelor,^[37] born 1957)
• DameLaura Davies (2014,DBE,^[38] born 1963)
• DameLydia Ko (2025,DNZM,^[39] born 1997)

• SirGordon Richards (1953,Knight Bachelor,^[40] 1904–1986)
• SirJack Jarvis (1967,Knight Bachelor,^[41] 1887–1968)
• SirCecil Boyd-Rochfort (1968,KCVO,^[42] 1887–1983)
• SirNoel Murless (1977,Knight Bachelor,^[43] 1910–1987)
• SirPeter O'Sullevan (1997,Knight Bachelor,^[44] 1918–2015)
• SirMichael Stoute (1997,Knight Bachelor (born 1945)
• SirHenry Cecil (2011,Knight Bachelor,^[45] 1943–2013)
• SirTony McCoy (2016,Knight Bachelor,^[46] born 1974)

• SirHenry Segrave (1929,Knight Bachelor,^[47] 1896–1930)
• SirMalcolm Campbell (1931,Knight Bachelor,^[48] 1885–1948)
• SirJack Brabham (1978,Knight Bachelor,^[49] 1926–2014)
• SirFrank Williams (1999,Knight Bachelor,^[50] 1942–2021)
• SirStirling Moss (2000,Knight Bachelor,^[51] 1929–2020)
• SirJackie Stewart (2001,Knight Bachelor,^[52] born 1939)
• SirPatrick Head (2015,Knight Bachelor,^[53] born 1946)
• SirLewis Hamilton (2021,Knight Bachelor, born 1985)

• SirEdmund Hillary (1953,KBE,^[54] 1919–2008); he was appointed aKnight Companion of the Order of the Garter in 1995.
• SirJohn Hunt (1953,Knight Bachelor,^[54] 1910–1998); he was appointed aKnight Companion of the Order of the Garter in 1979.
• SirChris Bonington (1996,Knight Bachelor,^[55] born 1934)
• SirGraeme Dingle (2017,KNZM^[56] born 1945)

• DameLois Muir (2004, redesignatedDNZM fromDCNZM2009,^[10][57] born 1935); Muir was a New Zealand netball coach and administrator, and a former representative netball and basketball player
• DameNoeline Taurua (2020,DNZM,^[58] born 1968)

• SirSteve Redgrave (2001,Knight Bachelor,^[59] born 1962)
• SirMatthew Pinsent (2005,Knight Bachelor,^[60] born 1970)
• DameDi Ellis (2013,DBE, 1938–2017)^[61][62]
• SirDon Rowlands (2015,KNZM,^[63] 1926–2015)
• DameKatherine Grainger (2017,DBE,^[15][17] born 1975)

• SirBilly Boston (2025,Knight Bachelor,^[64] born 1934)

• SirWilson Whineray (1998,KNZM,^[65] 1935–2012)
• SirBrian Lochore (1999,KNZM,^[66] 1940–2019)
• SirColin Meads (2001, redesignatedKNZM fromDCNZM2009,^[10][67] 1936–2017)
• SirClive Woodward (2004,Knight Bachelor,^[68] born 1956)
• SirIan McGeechan (2010,Knight Bachelor,^[69] born 1946)
• SirFred Allen (2010,KNZM,^[70] 1920–2012)
• SirJohn Graham (2011,KNZM,^[71] 1935–2017)
• SirGraham Henry (2012,KNZM,^[72] born 1946)
• SirJohn Kirwan (2012,KNZM,^[73] born 1964)
• SirGordon Tietjens (2013,KNZM,^[74] born 1955)
• SirGareth Edwards (2015,Knight Bachelor,^[53][75] born 1947)
• SirMichael Jones (2017,KNZM,^[56] born 1965); although known as a rugby union player, Jones was knighted for services to the Pacific community and youth.
• SirBryan Williams (2018,KNZM,^[76] born 1950)
• SirBill Beaumont (2019,Knight Bachelor,^[77] born 1952); appointedGBE in2024.
• SirGraham Lowe (2019,KNZM,^[78] born 1946); although known as a rugby league coach and administrator, Lowe, co-owner of theBradford Bulls, was knighted for services to youth and education, primarily through his work in the Lowe Foundation.
• SirSteve Hansen (2020,KNZM,^[79] born 1959)
• SirWayne Shelford (2021,KNZM,^[80] born 1957)
• DameFarah Palmer (2023,DNZM, born 1972)
• SirWayne Smith (2023,KNZM, born 1957)

• SirDavid Fagan (2016,KNZM,^[81] born 1961)

• DameSophie Pascoe (2022,DNZM,^[82] born 1993)

• DameSusan Devoy (1998,DNZM,^[83] born 1964)

• SirHerbert Wilberforce (1931,Knight Bachelor, 1864-1941);^[84] Wilberforce was vice-president of theAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club from 1911 to 1921, and president from 1921 to 1936.^[85]
• SirNorman Brookes (1939,Knight Bachelor,^[86] 1877–1968)
• SirAndy Murray (2017,Knight Bachelor,^[15][16] born 1987)
• DameRuia Morrison (2021,DNZM,^[87] born 1936)

• DameFlora Duffy (2022,DBE,^[88] born 1987)

• SirFrancis Chichester (1967,KBE,^[89] 1901–1972)
• SirAlec Rose (1968,Knight Bachelor,^[90] 1908–1991)
• DameNaomi James (1979,DBE,^[91] born 1949)
• SirJames Hardy (1981,Knight Bachelor (1932–2023)
• SirPeter Blake (1995,KBE,^[92] 1948–2001)
• SirRobin Knox-Johnston (1995,Knight Bachelor,^[93] born 1939)
• SirDurward Knowles (1996,Knight Bachelor (1917-2018)
• SirChay Blyth (1997,Knight Bachelor,^[94] born 1940)
• SirRussell Coutts (2000, redesignatedKNZM fromDCNZM2009,^[10][95] born 1962)
• DameEllen MacArthur (2005,DBE,^[96] born 1976)
• SirBen Ainslie (2013,Knight Bachelor,^[30] born 1977)
• SirGodfrey Kelly (2020,KCMG, 1928–2022)

• SirPhilip Craven (2005,Knight Bachelor, born 1950)

• Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
• List of honorary British knights and dames
• Post-nominal letters

• British honours system
• Sportspeople awarded knighthoods
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• Lists of sportspeople

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