- Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock Kbe
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13 1899 – April 29 1980) was a highly influential British-born film director and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and thriller genres. He directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades, from the silent film era, through the invention of talkies, to the colour era. Hitchcock was among the most consistently successful and publicly recognizable directors in the world during his lifetime, … - Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft he has held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and he remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8% of the common stock. "Forbes" magazine's list of The World's Billionaires has ranked him as the richest person in the world since 1995, … - Ba U
U Ba U KBE (1887 - 1963) was a lawyer, High Court judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma (1948-1952), and President of Burma from 16 March 1952 to 13 March 1957. He was a member of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League. Ba U served as a judge under British, Japanese and Burmese rule. He wrote an autobiography, "U Ba, My Burma: The Autobiography of a President" (New York: Taplinger, 1958). It contains little in the way of a discussion of public issues. - Roger Moore
Sir Roger George Moore, CBE (born 14 October 1927) is an English actor known for his suave and witty demeanour. He may be best known for portraying two British action heroes, Simon Templar in the television series "The Saint" from 1962 to 1969, and James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985. He has been a UNICEF ambassador since 1991. - Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Xenon Geldof, KBE, known as Bob Geldof (born 5 October 1951), is an Irish singer, songwriter, actor and political activist - Tim Berners-Lee
Sir Tim Berners-Lee Founder of the World Wide Web - Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director and producer. Spielberg is a three-time Academy Award winner and is the highest grossing filmmaker of all time, with an estimated net worth of $3 billion. As of 2006, "Premiere" listed him as the most powerful and influential figure in the motion picture industry. "TIME" named him in the '100 Greatest People of the Century'. - Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE (born 20 July 1919) is a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay were the first people to climb to the summit of Mount Everest and return safely - a feat they achieved on 29 May 1953. They were taking part in the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. - Bob Hope
Bob Hope, KBE (May 29 1903 - July 27 2003), was an English-born American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies, and in performing tours for U.S. Military personnel, well known for his good natured humor and career longevity. - Paul Getty
Sir John Paul Getty KBE (September 7, 1932 - April 17, 2003) was a wealthy American-born British philanthropist and book-collector. He was the son of Jean Paul Getty, Sr. (1892-1976), one of the richest men in the world at the time, and his wife Anne Rork. The family's wealth was the result of the oil business founded by George Franklin Getty. At birth he was given the name Eugene Paul Getty, but in later life he adopted, and was better known by, … - William Deane
Sir William Patrick Deane, AC, KBE (born 4 January 1931), Australian judge and 22nd Governor-General of Australia, was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He was educated at Catholic schools including St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill and at the University of Sydney, where he graduated in arts and law. In addition, he also attended the Hague Academy of International Law. After graduation he worked in the federal Attorney-General's Department in Canberra, … - Ninian Stephen
Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, KG, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, QC (born 15 June 1923) is an eminent Australian. He is a former High Court judge and was the 20th Governor-General of Australia. - Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. KBE (April 16, 1889 - December 25, 1977), better known as Charlie Chaplin, was an English comedy actor. Chaplin became one of the most famous performers as well as a notable director and musician in the early to mid Hollywood cinema era. He is considered to be one of the finest mimes and clowns ever caught on film and has greatly influenced performers in this field. - John Polkinghorne
Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne, KBE, FRS, PhD, ScD, MA, (born October 16, 1930 in Weston-super-Mare, England) is a British particle physicist and theologian. He has written extensively on matters concerning science and faith, and was awarded the Templeton Prize in 2002. - Gerard Brennan
Sir Francis Gerard Brennan, AC KBE, QC (布仁立爵士) (born 22 May, 1928), was an Australian lawyer, judge and 10th Chief Justice of Australia. He is father to Jesuit priest and lawyer Frank Brennan. Born in Rockhampton, he was educated at Downlands College in Queensland and in 1951 he was admitted to the Queensland Bar. Sir Gerard was appointed a QC in Queensland in 1965 and subsequently in New South Wales, Northern Territory, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. - Anthony Mason
Sir Anthony Frank Mason AC, KBE, QC (born 1925), Australian judge and Royal Australian Air Force officer, was the ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, sitting on the bench of the High Court from 1972 to 1995. - Robert Worcester
Sir Robert Worcester , a Governor of the English Speaking Union, is the Founder of MORI (Market & Opinion Research International), London, and now an International Director of Ipsos Group, Paris, and Chairman of the Ipsos Public Affairs Research Advisory Board. He is a Past-President of the World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR). - Niall Fitzgerald
Niall Fitzgerald (KBE) is an Irish businessman. Niall FitzGerald became the Chairman of Reuters in October 2004, having spent over thirty years with Unilever in a variety of commercial and financial jobs in several countries. In the early 1980’s he became CEO of Unilever’s foods business in South Africa and thereafter returned to London as Unilever Group Treasurer. - Terry Wogan
Sir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE DL (born August 3 1938, in Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland), more commonly known as Terry Wogan, is a radio and television broadcaster who has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the United Kingdom (UK) for most of his career. He has been a leading media personality in the United Kingdom since the late 1960s, and is often referred to as a "national treasure". - Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin of Stoke d'Abernon, OM, KBE (April 22, 1916 – March 12, 1999) was an American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. Though born in New York City, New York, he would later become a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and in 1985, Great Britain. - Robert Fulton
Lieutenant General Sir Robert Fulton, KBE, RM (born 1948) is a British Royal Marines career military officer, and the Governor of Gibraltar since September 2006. Born in 1948, he was educated at Eton College and the University of East Anglia. Fulton joined the Royal Marines in 1972. After serving as a junior officer for a number of years he was appointed to the Staff College at Warminster. - Harry Gibbs
Sir Harry Talbot Gibbs, AC, GCMG, KBE, QC (17 February 1917 - 25 June 2005) was Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1981 to 1987 after serving as a member of the High Court between 1970 and 1981. He was known as one of Australia's leading federalist judges although he presided over the High Court when decisions such as Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen in 1982 and Commonwealth v Tasmania expanded the powers of the Commonwealth at the expense of the states. - Guy Green
The Hon. Sir Guy Stephen Montague Green, AC, KBE, CVO, (born July 26, 1937 in Launceston, Tasmania) was the Governor of Tasmania from 1995 to 2003. Guy Green had been Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania from 1973 until 2003, the culmination of a distinguished career in law in Tasmania, which saw him serve as a Magistrate from 1971 to 1973. He was also heavily involved in the University of Tasmania, serving as Chancellor before his appointment as Governor. - Keith Park
Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park, GCB, KBE, MC and Bar, DFC, RAF (15 June 1892 - 6 February 1975) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in World War II. Park was in tactical command during two of the most significant air battles in the European theatre in World War II, the Battle of Britain and the Battle of Malta. - John Anderson
Sir John Anderson KBE was the Chief Executive and Director of ANZ National Bank Limited and, will become the next chair of Television New Zealand as of April 2006. He was awarded the NZ Commemoration Medal in 1990 and was knighted in 1994. Throughout his career, Anderson has overseen mergers with the Rural Bank - first with the Countrywide Bank, later National Bank and most recently, ANZ. - Spike Milligan
Terence Alan Milligan KBE (16 April 1918-27 February 2002), known as Spike Milligan, was an Irish writer, artist, musician, humanitarian, comedian, and poet. He played the piano, trumpet, guitar and saxophone and was the creator, the principal writer and a performing member of "The Goon Show". - David Steel
David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, KT, KBE, PC (born 31 March 1938) is a British and Scottish politician and a Liberal Democrat member of the UK House of Lords. He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1976 until its 1988 merger with the Social Democratic Party that formed the Liberal Democrats, and was briefly joint interim leader of the new party, then known as the Social and Liberal Democrats. - Frank Whittle
Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, FRS, Hon FRAeS (1 June 1907-9 August 1996) was an English Royal Air Force officer and is seen as the father of jet propulsion. By the end of the war, Whittle's efforts resulted in engines that would lead the world in performance through the end of the decade. Whittle and Hans von Ohain met after the war and initially Whittle was angry with him as he felt Ohain had stolen his ideas. - Donald Tsang
born October 7, 1944) has been the Chief Executive of Hong Kong since 2005. A civil servant since 1967, Tsang had occupied various positions in finance and trade in the Hong Kong Civil Service, and was appointed Financial Secretary of Hong Kong in 1995, becoming the first ethnic Chinese to hold the position in the British colonial administration. - Alex Ferguson
Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson CBE (born 31 December 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United F.C. He has won more trophies than any other manager in the history of English football and has been in charge of Manchester United for more than 1,000 matches. With 20 years under his belt, he is the second-longest serving manager in the history of Manchester United after Sir Matt Busby. - Paddy Ashdown
Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, GCMG, KBE, PC, (born 27 February1941), commonly known as Paddy Ashdown, is a British politician. A former leader of the Liberal Democrats, until August 1999 he was the international community's High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 27 September 2002 to 30 May 2006. A gifted polyglot, Ashdown is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and other languages. - Carlos Ghosn
Carlos Ghosn is CEO of Renault and Nissan Motors. He is largely credited with turning around Nissan. As an outsider in charge of one of Japan's largest companies, Ghosn has been extremely successful. He was voted Man of the Year 2003 by "Fortune" magazine's Asian edition and is also on the board of Alcoa, Sony, and IBM. Ghosn became CEO of Renault, Nissan's partner and shareholder, in 2005, succeeding Louis Schweitzer, while remaining CEO of Nissan as well. - John George
Sir John Clarke George, KBE, CStJ (16 October, 1901 - 14 October, 1972) was a British coalminer and politician. He was one of a very small band of Conservative Members of Parliament to have been working miners. - Ian McKellen
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, KBE (born May 25, 1939) is a veteran English stage and screen actor, the recipient of a Tony Award and two Oscar nominations. McKellen is best known to moviegoers in recent years for his roles as Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy and as Magneto in the "X-Men" trilogy. His work has spanned genres from serious Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. - Sidney Poitier
Sir Sidney Poitier KBE, (born February 20 1927), is an Academy Award-winning Bahamian American actor, film director, and activist. He broke through as a star in acclaimed performances in American films and plays, which, by consciously defying racial stereotyping, gave a new dramatic credibility for black actors to mainstream film audiences in the Western world. - Bernard Haitink
Bernard Johan Herman Haitink CH KBE (b. March 4, 1929) is a Dutch conductor, born in Amsterdam, the son of Willem Haitink and Anna Haitink. He studied music at the conservatoire in Amsterdam. He played the violin in orchestras before taking courses in conducting under Ferdinand Leitner in 1954 and 1955. Haitink became second conductor of the Netherlands Radio Union Orchestra in 1955. He took the post of chief conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic in 1957. - Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke KBE (November 20, 1908 - March 30, 2004) was a British-American journalist and broadcaster. Born in England, he became a naturalized American citizen, and lived in New York City with his family for most of his adult life. - Murray Perahia
Murray Perahia KBE (b. April 19, 1947) is a distinguished American concert pianist. He is also a respected conductor. His recordings are characterized by a consistent quality of sound, technique and interpretation and a careful attention to dynamic and stylistic details. - Richard Williams
Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams KBE CB DSO RAAF (3 August, 1890-7 February, 1980) is widely considered to be the "father" of the Royal Australian Air Force. He was the first military pilot to be trained in Australia, and became the first Chief of Air Staff of the RAAF in 1921. - André Previn
André Previn KBE (b. April 6 1929) is a German-born, American Academy Award and Grammy Award winning pianist, conductor, and composer. He first came to prominence by arranging and composing Hollywood film scores since 1948.
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