Award Knight Bachelor
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Knight Bachelor (1902)
Knight of the Order of St. John (1903)
Queen's South Africa Medal (1901)
Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy (1895)
Order of the Medjidie, 2nd class [Ottoman Empire] (1907)
Archie Goodwin Award (2005)
Arthur Conan Doyle
3,979 works · 168,767 members

Knight Bachelor (1988)
Nobel Prize (1983)
Royal Society of Literature (Fellow, 1955)
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1965)
Royal Society of Literature (Companion of Literature, 1983)
William Golding
98 works · 68,333 members

Knight Bachelor (2000)
Samuel Eliot Morison Prize (1996)
Order of the British Empire (Officer, 1991)
BBC Reith Lecturer (1998)
Royal Society of Literature (Fellow, 1986)
John Keegan
60 works · 22,266 members

Knight Bachelor (1990)
Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1961)
Order of the British Empire (Commander) (1981)
Kingsley Amis
103 works · 19,623 members

Knight Bachelor (1912)
Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (1919)
H. Rider Haggard
283 works · 18,811 members

Knight Bachelor (1995)
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1990)
Norton Medlicott Medal (2005)
Privy Council (2009)
Royal Society of Literature (Fellow, 1977)
Guardian of Zion Award (2000)
Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize (2003)
Martin Gilbert
190 works · 16,735 members

Knight Bachelor (1998)
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1986)
Queen's Counsel (1966)
John Mortimer
168 works · 15,950 members

Knight Bachelor (2002)
Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
Royal Historical Society (Fellow)
Max Hastings
73 works · 14,313 members

Knight Bachelor (1918, declined)
Nobel Prize for Literature (1931)
Order of Merit (1929)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1929)
John Galsworthy
337 works · 11,743 members

Knight Bachelor (2003)
Science Fiction Hall Of Fame (Living Inductee, 2007)
BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema (1995)
BAFTA Fellowship (2018)
Ridley Scott
88 works · 10,617 members

Knight Bachelor (1920)
American Philosophical Society (international member; 1895)
E. A. Wallis Budge
230 works · 10,006 members

Knight Bachelor (2016)
Richard M. Weaver Award (2004)
Medal of Merit (First Class | 1998)
British Academy (Fellow, 2008)
Royal Society of Literature (Fellow, 2003)
Roger Scruton
123 works · 9,804 members

Knight Bachelor (2012)
Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge
Richard J. Evans
38 works · 9,327 members

Knight Bachelor (1603)
Peerage (Baron: 1618, Viscount:1621)
Queen's Counsel (1597)
Francis Bacon
368 works · 8,279 members

Knight Bachelor (1958)
British Academy (1957)
American Philosophical Society (1965)
Companion of Honour (1984)
Royal Society of Literature (Companion of Literature)
Steven Runciman
33 works · 6,289 members

Knight Bachelor (1957)
Life Peerage (1965)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary ∙ Literature ∙ 1961)
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1943)
C. P. Snow
52 works · 6,095 members

Knight Bachelor (2000)
Commander, Order of the British Empire (1991)
Pipe Smoker of the Year (1997)
Malcolm Bradbury
64 works · 5,660 members

Knight Bachelor (1970)
Honorary Academy Award (1943)
Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement (1970)
Songwriters Hall of Fame (1988)
Noël Coward
298 works · 5,589 members

Knight Bachelor (2006)
Order of the British Empire (Commander)
Wolfson History Prize (2002)
Barry Cunliffe
112 works · 5,247 members

Knight Bachelor (1970)
Fellow, British Academy (1952)
A. J. Ayer
48 works · 5,070 members

Knight Bachelor (1979)
British Academy (Fellow, 1971)
Order of the British Empire (Commander)
Royal Danish Academy (1975)
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (1982)
M. I. Finley
46 works · 5,063 members

Knight Bachelor (1966)
B. H. Liddell Hart
109 works · 4,989 members

Knight Bachelor (1998)
Order of the British Empire (Commander | 1994)
Kennedy Center Honors (2004)
Polar Music Prize (1995)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1994)
Elton John
312 works · 4,964 members

Knight Bachelor (1992)
Life Peerage (Baron Lloyd-Weber, 1997)
Kennedy Center Honors (2006)
Andrew Lloyd Webber
357 works · 4,883 members

Knight Bachelor (1918)
Anthony Hope
67 works · 4,451 members

Knight Bachelor (1953)
Military Cross (1917)
Distinguished Service Order (1918)
Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Letters (1966)
Herbert Read
195 works · 4,137 members

Knight Bachelor (1910)
Bard of the Cornish Gorseth (1928)
Commodore, Royal Fowey Yacht Club (1911)
Arthur Quiller-Couch
153 works · 4,036 members

Knight Bachelor (1981)
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1947)
Laurens van der Post
52 works · 3,909 members

Knight Bachelor (1969)
Royal Society of Literature (Companion of Literature)
Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1960)
Poet Laureate of England (1972)
John Betjeman
130 works · 3,888 members

Knight Bachelor (1939)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary ∙ Literature ∙ 1943)
Max Beerbohm
84 works · 3,593 members

Knight Bachelor (1705)
Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics, Cambridge
Fellow of the Royal Society
Isaac Newton
169 works · 3,394 members

Knight Bachelor (1988)
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (1993)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Antony Jay
60 works · 3,308 members

Knight Bachelor (2008)
What the Papers Say (journalist of the year | 1998)
Learned Society of Wales (fellow | 2022)
Royal Society of Literature (fellow)
Simon Jenkins
47 works · 3,271 members

Knight Bachelor (2003)
Ken Robinson
14 works · 3,036 members
- Terry Pratchett (works: 428, members: 578,261)
- Arthur Conan Doyle (works: 3,979, members: 168,767)
- Philip Pullman (works: 87, members: 150,491)
- Arthur C. Clarke (works: 860, members: 129,870)
- William Golding (works: 98, members: 68,333)
- V. S. Naipaul (works: 95, members: 25,699)
- Tom Stoppard (works: 110, members: 22,465)
- John Keegan (works: 60, members: 22,266)
- Kingsley Amis (works: 103, members: 19,623)
- Simon Schama (works: 69, members: 19,146)
- H. Rider Haggard (works: 283, members: 18,811)
- Martin Gilbert (works: 190, members: 16,735)
- John Mortimer (works: 168, members: 15,950)
- Max Hastings (works: 73, members: 14,313)
- Ernst Gombrich (works: 115, members: 13,081)
- David Attenborough (works: 264, members: 12,975)
- John Galsworthy (works: 337, members: 11,743)
- Ridley Scott (works: 88, members: 10,617)
- Ian Kershaw (works: 62, members: 10,179)
- E. A. Wallis Budge (works: 230, members: 10,006)
- Roger Scruton (works: 123, members: 9,804)
- Roger Penrose (works: 42, members: 9,773)
- Patrick Leigh Fermor (works: 25, members: 9,688)
- Richard J. Evans (works: 38, members: 9,327)
- Isaiah Berlin (works: 84, members: 9,132)
- Diarmaid MacCulloch (works: 29, members: 8,794)
- Francis Bacon (works: 368, members: 8,279)
- Nikolaus Pevsner (works: 118, members: 6,578)
- John Boardman (works: 68, members: 6,500)
- Steven Runciman (works: 33, members: 6,289)
- Fred Hoyle (works: 98, members: 6,133)
- C. P. Snow (works: 52, members: 6,095)
- Alistair Horne (works: 30, members: 5,840)
- Malcolm Bradbury (works: 64, members: 5,660)
- Noël Coward (works: 298, members: 5,589)
- Peter Shaffer (works: 32, members: 5,580)
- Barry Cunliffe (works: 112, members: 5,247)
- A. J. Ayer (works: 48, members: 5,070)
- M. I. Finley (works: 46, members: 5,063)
- B. H. Liddell Hart (works: 109, members: 4,989)
- Elton John (works: 312, members: 4,964)
- Christopher Clark (works: 16, members: 4,904)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (works: 357, members: 4,883)
- Frank Kermode (works: 67, members: 4,853)
- Anthony Hope (works: 67, members: 4,451)
- Herbert Read (works: 195, members: 4,137)
- Jonathan Sacks (works: 143, members: 4,052)
- Arthur Quiller-Couch (works: 153, members: 4,036)
- Laurens van der Post (works: 52, members: 3,909)
- John Betjeman (works: 130, members: 3,888)
- Max Beerbohm (works: 84, members: 3,593)
- Roy Strong (works: 107, members: 3,542)
- J. R. Hale (works: 31, members: 3,455)
- Martin J. Rees (works: 33, members: 3,411)
- Isaac Newton (works: 169, members: 3,394)
- Antony Jay (works: 60, members: 3,308)
- Simon Jenkins (works: 47, members: 3,271)
- V. S. Pritchett (works: 81, members: 3,089)
- R. W. Southern (works: 20, members: 3,058)
- Ken Robinson (works: 14, members: 3,036)
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