List of sporting knights and dames

• Sir Arthur Gold (1984, CBE, 1917–2001); British high 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 the British Olympic Association and of the Commonwealth Games Council, and life president of the European Athletics Association.{{cite web |last1=Pollard |first1=John |title=Campaigner Sir Arthur dies |url=https://www.times-series.co.uk/news/182557.campaigner-sir-arthur-dies/ |access-date=6 October 2023}}{{cite web |title=Sir Arthur Gold |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1395426/Sir-Arthur-Gold.html |access-date=6 October 2023}}
• Dame Marea Hartman (1994, DBE,{{London Gazette |issue=53527 |date=31 December 1993 |page=8 |supp=y}} 1920–1994); British athletics sports administrator.
• Dame Elizabeth Mary Nicholl (2023, DBE,{{London Gazette|issue=64082|supp=y|page=B8|date=17 June 2023}} born 1952); Nicholl was a British sports administrator, former netball player, chief executive of UK Sport from 2010–19, and is current president of World Netball.
• Dame Sarai-Paea Bareman (2024, {{post-nominals|country=NZL|DNZM|size=100%}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-year-honours-2024-the-full-list/MKD6GRO3SNFONISQU45WVVRK4Q/ |title=New Year Honours 2024: the full list |date=30 December 2023 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=2 January 2024}}); New Zealand association football administrator and former player, and currently chief women's football officer for FIFA.

• Sir Roger Bannister (1975, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=46444 |date=31 December 1974 |page=1 |supp=y }} 1929–2018)
• Sir Murray Halberg (1988, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=51173 |date=30 December 1987 |page=33 |supp=y }} 1933–2022)
• Sir Christopher Chataway (1995, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=54066 |date=16 June 1995 |page=1 |supp=y }} 1931–2014)
• Dame Mary Peters (2000, DBE,{{London Gazette |issue=55879 |date=19 June 2000 |page=7 |supp=y }} born 1939); Peters was appointed a Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter in 2019, becoming Lady Mary Peters.
• Sir Peter Snell (2002, redesignated KNZM from DCNZM 2009,{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/364 |title=Special Honours List|website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=21 January 2017 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/385 |title=New Year Honours List 2002 |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 }} 1938–2019)
• Dame Kelly Holmes (2005, DBE,{{London Gazette |issue=57509 |date=31 December 2004 |page=7 |supp=y }} born 1970)
• Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, Baroness Grey-Thompson (2005, DBE, born 1969); Grey-Thompson was made a Life peer in 2010.
• Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe (2006, KBE,{{London Gazette |issue=57855 |date=31 December 2005 |page=7 |supp=y }} born 1956); Coe had been made a Life peer in 2000.
• Sir John Walker (2009, KNZM,{{cite web |url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/365 |title=The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2009 |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 }} born 1952)
• Sir Mo Farah (2017, Knight Bachelor,{{cite news |last=Davies |first=Caroline |date=30 December 2016 |title=Andy Murray and Mo Farah knighted in New Year honours list |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/30/andy-murray-knighted-in-new-year-honours-list-rewarding-uk-sport-stars-mo-farah-ennis-hill |work=The Guardian |access-date=21 January 2017 }}{{London Gazette |issue=61803 |date=31 December 2016 |page=N2 |supp=y }} born 1983)
• Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill (2017, DBE,{{London Gazette |issue=61803 |date=31 December 2016 |page=N8 |supp=y }} born 1986)
• Dame Valerie Adams (2017, DNZM,{{cite web |url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/ny2017-list |title=New Year Honours List 2017|website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 }} born 1984)
• Dame Yvette Corlett Williams (2019, DNZM,{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2019 |title=Birthday Honours List 2019 |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=5 June 2019 }} 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.
• Sir Brendan Foster (2020, Knight Bachelor,{{cite news |last=Kelly |first=Mike |date=9 October 2020 |title=Arise Sir Brendan Foster of Hebburn - North East athletics legend knighted |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/arise-sir-brendan-foster-hebburn-19076498 |work=Chronicle Live |access-date=8 June 2021 }} born 1948)
• Dame Sarah Springman (2022, DBE, born 1956); British-Swiss triathlete, civil engineer, and academic, was appointed DBE for services to engineering and international sports administration.
• Dame Denise Lewis (2023, DBE,[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64125449 Notice of damehood for Denise Lewis], bbc.com. Accessed 25 January 2023. born 1972); British sports presenter, sports administrator and former track and field athlete, who specialised in the heptathlon.

• Sir Craig Reedie (2006, Knight Bachelor,United Kingdom:{{London Gazette |issue=57855 |date=31 December 2005 |pages=1–30 |supp=1}} born 1941)

• Sir Henry Cooper (2000, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=55710 |date=31 December 1999 |page=1 |supp=y }} 1934–2011)

• Dame Lisa Carrington (2022, DNZM,{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2022 |title=new Years Honours List 2022 |author= |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=6 September 2023 }} born 1989)

See List of cricketers who were knighted (30)

• Sir Hubert Opperman (1968, Knight Bachelor, 1904–1996); Opperman was perhaps best known for his cycling achievements, but his 1968 knighthood as a Knight Bachelor was in recognition of his service as Australian High Commissioner to Malta.{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1083649 |title=It's an Honour - Honours - Search Australian Honours |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=21 January 2017 }}
• Sir Chris Hoy (2009, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=58929 |date=31 December 2008 |page=1 |supp=y }} born 1976)
• Dame Sarah Storey (2013, DBE,{{London Gazette |issue=60367 |date=29 December 2012 |page=24 |supp=y }} born 1977)
• Sir Dave Brailsford (2013, Knight Bachelor,[https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/dave-brailsford-receives-knighthood-from-the-queen-33372 Dave Brailsford receives knighthood from the Queen], cyclingweekly.com. Accessed 9 July 2023. born 1964); Brailsford was Performance Director, British Cycling. Knighted for services to Cycling and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
• Sir Bradley Wiggins (2013, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=60367 |date=29 December 2012 |page=2 |supp=y }} born 1980)
• Sir Jason Kenny (2022, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette|issue=63571|supp=y|page=N8|date=1 January 2022}} born 1988)
• Dame Laura Kenny (2022, DBE, born 1992)
• Sir Mark Cavendish (2024, KBE,{{London Gazette |issue=64423 |date=15 June 2024 |page=B26 |supp=y }} born 1985)

• Sir Harry Llewellyn (1997, Knight Bachelor (1911–1999)
• Sir Mark Todd (2013, KNZM,{{cite web |url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/1121 |title=New Year Honours List 2013 |author= |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101160253/http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/1121 |archive-date=1 January 2013 }} born 1956)
• Sir Lee Pearson (2017, Knight Bachelor, born 1974)

• Dame Mary Glen-Haig (1993, DBE,{{London Gazette |issue=53153 |date=30 December 1992 |page=7 |supp=y }} 1918–2014)

See List of football personalities with British honours (15 knighthoods)

• Dame Joan 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 the New South Wales Women's Amateur Championship in 1932, 1934, and 1935.[https://www.golfnsw.org.au/tournaments/2018/12/16/818/nsw-amateur-championship/ Women's NSW Amateur Championship Honour Roll], GolfNSW.org.au. Accessed 21 June 2023.
• Sir Henry Cotton (1988, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=51171 |date=30 December 1987 |page=1 |supp=y }} 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.)
• Sir Bob Charles (1999, KNZM,{{cite web |url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/393 |title=New Year Honours List 1999 |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 }} born 1936)
• Sir Nick Faldo (2009, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=59090 |date=13 June 2009 |page=1 |supp=y }} born 1957)
• Dame Laura Davies (2014, DBE,{{London Gazette |issue=60895 |date=14 June 2014 |page=b8 |supp=y }} born 1963)
• Dame Lydia Ko (2025, DNZM,{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-year-honours-2025-the-full-list/HXG5CJOD4FE7RKA6HNK7BJO4F4/ |title=New Year Honours 2025: the full list |date=31 December 2024 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=31 December 2024}} born 1997)

• Sir Gordon Richards (1953, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=39863 |date=26 May 1953 |page=2941 |supp=y }} 1904–1986)
• Sir Jack Jarvis (1967, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=44326 |date=2 June 1967 |page=6269 |supp=y }} 1887–1968)
• Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort (1968, KCVO,{{London Gazette |issue=44484 |date=29 December 1967 |page=5 |supp=y }} 1887–1983)
• Sir Noel Murless (1977, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=47234 |date=10 June 1977 |page=7080 |supp=y }} 1910–1987)
• Sir Peter O'Sullevan (1997, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=54794 |date=13 June 1997 |page=2 |supp=y }} 1918–2015)
• Sir Michael Stoute (1997, Knight Bachelor (born 1945)
• Sir Henry Cecil (2011, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=59808 |date=11 June 2011 |page=1 |supp=y }} 1943–2013)
• Sir Tony McCoy (2016, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=61450 |date=30 December 2015 |page=N2 |supp=y }} born 1974)

• Sir Henry Segrave (1929, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=33490 |date=30 April 1929 |page=2849 }} 1896–1930)
• Sir Malcolm Campbell (1931, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=33692 |date=24 February 1931 |page=1283 }} 1885–1948)
• Sir Jack Brabham (1978, Knight Bachelor,{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1083709 |title=It's an Honour - Honours - Search Australian Honours |author= |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 }} 1926–2014)
• Sir Frank Williams (1999, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=55354 |date=31 December 1998 |page=2 |supp=y }} 1942–2021)
• Sir Stirling Moss (2000, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=55710 |date=31 December 1999 |page=2 |supp=y }} 1929–2020)
• Sir Jackie Stewart (2001, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=56237 |date=16 June 2001 |page=1 |supp=y }} born 1939)
• Sir Patrick Head (2015, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=61256 |date=13 June 2015 |page=B2 |supp=y }} born 1946)
• Sir Lewis Hamilton (2021, Knight Bachelor, born 1985)

• Sir Edmund Hillary (1953, KBE,{{London Gazette |issue=39886 |date=12 June 1953 |page=3273 |supp=y }} 1919–2008); he was appointed a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter in 1995.
• Sir John Hunt (1953, Knight Bachelor, 1910–1998); he was appointed a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter in 1979.
• Sir Chris Bonington (1996, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=54255 |date=29 December 1995 |page=1 |supp=y }} born 1934)
• Sir Graeme Dingle (2017, KNZM{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/qb2017-list |title=The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2017 |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=5 June 2017 }} born 1945)

• Dame Lois Muir (2004, redesignated DNZM from DCNZM 2009,{{cite web |url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/380 |title=The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2004 |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 }} born 1935); Muir was a New Zealand netball coach and administrator, and a former representative netball and basketball player
• Dame Noeline Taurua (2020, DNZM,{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list–2020 |title=New Years Honours List 2020 |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=31 December 2019 }} born 1968)

• Sir Steve Redgrave (2001, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=56070 |date=30 December 2000 |page=2 |supp=y }} born 1962)
• Sir Matthew Pinsent (2005, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=57509 |date=31 December 2004 |page=1 |supp=y }} born 1970)
• Dame Di Ellis (2013, DBE, 1938–2017){{cite news|title=Dame Di Ellis, former British Rowing chairman, 1938-2017|url=http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/home/110327/dame-di-ellis-former-british-rowing-chairman-1938-2017.html|accessdate=8 June 2017|agency=Henley Standard}}[http://www.sportandrecreation.org.uk/news/14-06-2013/alliance-leading-light-earns-damehood "Alliance leading light earns Damehood"], sportandrecreation.org.uk, 14 June 2013; accessed 19 June 2017.
• Sir Don Rowlands (2015, KNZM,{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2015 |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=10 June 2021 |title=New Year Honours List 2015 }} 1926–2015)
• Dame Katherine Grainger (2017, DBE, born 1975)

• Sir Wilson Whineray (1998, KNZM,{{cite web |url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/394 |title=The Queen's Birthday Honours List 1998 |author= |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 }} 1935–2012)
• Sir Brian Lochore (1999, KNZM,{{cite web |url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/392 |title=The Queen's Birthday Honours List 1999 (including Niue) |author= |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 }} 1940–2019)
• Sir Colin Meads (2001, redesignated KNZM from DCNZM 2009,{{cite web |url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/388 |title=New Year Honours List 2001 |author= |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 }} 1936–2017)
• Sir Clive Woodward (2004, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=57155 |date=31 December 2003 |page=1 |supp=y }} born 1956)
• Sir Ian McGeechan (2010, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=59282 |date=31 December 2009 |page=1 |supp=y }} born 1946)
• Sir Fred Allen (2010, KNZM,{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/158 |title=The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2010 |author= |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 }} 1920–2012)
• Sir John Graham (2011, KNZM,{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/883 |title=The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2011 |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 }} 1935–2017)
• Sir Graham Henry (2012, KNZM,{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/992 |title=New Year Honours List 2012 |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 }} born 1946)
• Sir John Kirwan (2012, KNZM,{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/1045 |title=The Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours List 2012|website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 }} born 1964)
• Sir Gordon Tietjens (2013, KNZM,{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/1169 |title=The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2013|website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 }} born 1955)
• Sir Gareth Edwards (2015, Knight Bachelor,{{cite news|title=Queen's Birthday Honours: Gareth Edwards receives knighthood |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/33109354 |work=BBC Sport |date=12 June 2015 |access-date=21 January 2017 }} born 1947)
• Sir Michael Jones (2017, KNZM, born 1965); although known as a rugby union player, Jones was knighted for services to the Pacific community and youth.
• Sir Bryan Williams (2018, KNZM,{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2018 |title=New Year Honours List 2018|website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=30 December 2017 }} born 1950)
• Sir Bill Beaumont (2019, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=62507 |date=29 December 2018 |page=N1 |supp=y }} born 1952); appointed GBE in 2024.
• Sir Graham Lowe (2019, KNZM,{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2019 |title=Birthday Honours List 2019|website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=5 June 2019 }} born 1946); although known as a rugby league coach and administrator, Lowe, co-owner of the Bradford Bulls, was knighted for services to youth and education, primarily through his work in the Lowe Foundation.
• Sir Steve Hansen (2020, KNZM,{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2020 |title=New Year Honours List 2018|website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=31 December 2019 }} born 1959)
• Sir Wayne Shelford (2021, KNZM,{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2021 |title=Birthday Honours List 2021|website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=7 June 2021 }} born 1957)
• Dame Farah Palmer (2023, DNZM, born 1972)
• Sir Wayne Smith (2023, KNZM, born 1957)

• Sir David Fagan (2016, KNZM,{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2016 |title=new Years Honours List 2016 |author= |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=10 June 2021 }} born 1961)

• Dame Sophie Pascoe (2022, DNZM,{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2022 |title=new Years Honours List 2022 |author= |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=6 September 2023 }} born 1993)

• Dame Susan Devoy (1998, DNZM,{{cite web |url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/394 |title=The Queen's Birthday Honours List 1998 |author= |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 }} born 1964)

• Sir Herbert Wilberforce (1931, Knight Bachelor, 1864-1941);{{London Gazette |issue=33675 |supp=y |page=2|date= 30 December 1930}} Wilberforce was vice-president of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club from 1911 to 1921, and president from 1921 to 1936.{{cite book|last=Little|first=Alan|title=Wimbledon Compendium 2011|year=2011|publisher=The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club|location=London|isbn=9781899039364|page=529}}
• Sir Norman Brookes (1939, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=34633 |date=6 June 1939 |page=3853 |supp=y }} 1877–1968)
• Sir Andy Murray (2017, Knight Bachelor, born 1987)
• Dame Ruia Morrison (2021, DNZM,{{cite web|url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2021|title=Birthday Honours List 2021|website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=7 June 2021 }} born 1936)

• Dame Flora Duffy (2022, DBE,{{cite web |title=New Year Honours 2022 Overseas and International List: Order of the Bath and Order of the British Empire |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-year-honours-2022-overseas-and-international-list/new-year-honours-2022-overseas-and-international-list-order-of-the-bath-and-order-of-the-british-empire |publisher=Foreign & Commonwealth Office |access-date=4 January 2022}} born 1987)

• Sir Francis Chichester (1967, KBE,{{London Gazette |issue=44241 |date=3 February 1967 |page=1299 }} 1901–1972)
• Sir Alec Rose (1968, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=44632 |date=12 July 1968 |page=7751 }} 1908–1991)
• Dame Naomi James (1979, DBE,{{London Gazette |issue=47723 |date=29 December 1978 |page=7 |supp=y }} born 1949)
• Sir James Hardy (1981, Knight Bachelor (1932–2023)
• Sir Peter Blake (1995, KBE,{{London Gazette |issue=54067 |date=16 June 1995 |page=34 |supp=y }} 1948–2001)
• Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (1995, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=54066 |date=16 June 1995 |page=2 |supp=y }} born 1939)
• Sir Durward Knowles (1996, Knight Bachelor (1917-2018)
• Sir Chay Blyth (1997, Knight Bachelor,{{London Gazette |issue=54794 |date=13 June 1997 |page=1 |supp=y }} born 1940)
• Sir Russell Coutts (2000, redesignated KNZM from DCNZM 2009,{{cite web |url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/389 |title=The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2000 (including Special List for East Timor) |author= |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 January 2017 }} born 1962)
• Dame Ellen MacArthur (2005, DBE,{{London Gazette |issue=57557 |date=11 February 2005 |page=1713 }} born 1976)
• Sir Ben Ainslie (2013, Knight Bachelor, born 1977)
• Sir Godfrey Kelly (2020, KCMG, 1928–2022)

• Sir Philip Craven (2005, Knight Bachelor, born 1950)

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

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