Living Australian knights and dames

The following is a list of living Australians who have been appointed knights or dames.

The list includes:

• Knights and dames of the Order of Australia
• Knights and dames of an Order of Chivalry under the British Imperial Honours system, including
  • Order of the British Empire
  • Royal Victorian Order
  • Order of St Michael and St George
  • Order of the Bath
  • Order of the Garter
• Knights Bachelor (there is no female counterpart).

The list excludes Australian baronets.

Living dames

Name	Year of birth	Year of damehood	Age	Notes
Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO	1930	2014	95
Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO	1942	2014	83
Dame Patricia Hewitt DBE	1948	2025	77	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Dame Carol Kidu DBE AO	1948	2005	77	Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinean Government
Dame Bridget Ogilvie AC DBE FRS	1938	1997	87	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Dame Janet Ritterman DBE	1941	2002	84	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government
Dame Adrienne Stewart DNZM QSM	1936	2014	90	Awarded on the recommendation of the New Zealand Government

Living knights

Name	Year of birth	Year of knighthood	Age	KtB	Notes
Sir Robert Bates KBE		2025			Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government [1]
Professor Sir Ed Byrne AC	1952	2020	73	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Professor Sir Chris Clark	1960	2015	65	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK CVO MC	1947	2014	78
Professor Sir Ross Cranston KC	1948	2008	77	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Sir Lynton Crosby AO	1956	2016	69	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Sir Daryl Dawson AC KBE CB KC	1933	1982	92
Sir William Deane AC KBE KC	1931	1982	95
Sir Scott Dixon KNZM	1980	2025	45		Awarded on the recommendation of the New Zealand Government [3]
Professor Sir Peter Donnelly	1959	2019	66	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Sir Rod Eddington AO	1950	2005	76	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Sir Marc Feldmann AC	1944	2010	84	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Sir Trevor Garland KBE AM	1955	2010	71	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands Government [4]
Sir William Heseltine GCB GCVO AC QSO	1930	1982	95		GCVO was awarded personally by HM The Queen[ citation needed ]
Sir David Higgins	1954	2011	72	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government [5]
Michael Hintze, Baron Hintze AM	1953	2013	72	[2]	Knighthood awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government. [6] [7] Made life peer in 2022. [8]
Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK AFC	1947	2015	78
Sir Arthur Llewellyn Jones OBE		2024		[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government [9]
Sir William Kearney CBE	1935	1982	91	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government [10] [11]
Sir Frank Lowy AC	1930	2017	95	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government [12]
Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE KC	1925	1972	100		[13]
Sir Jonathan Mills AC	1963	2013	62	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ]
Professor Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE	1931	1977	94	[2]
Sir Bruce Saunders KBE	1941/1942	2012	83/84		Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands government [14] [15]
Sir Pascal Soriot	1959	2022	66	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government [16] [17]
Sir Guy Weston	1960	2021	65	[2]	Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government

Note 1: In 1981 as Prince of Wales, King Charles III was awarded a substantive knighthood of the Order of Australia (AK), despite not being an Australian (this required an amendment to the Constitution of the Order of Australia). He has been the Sovereign Head of the Order of Australia since his accession to the throne on 8 September 2022.

See also

• Australian knights and dames, which includes both living and deceased persons
• Australian peers and baronets
• List of knights and dames of the Order of Australia
• Order of Australia
• Australian honours system
• Living New Zealand dames and knights

Notes

1. "New Year Honours – Papua New Guinea". The London Gazette. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
2. This person is a Knight Bachelor, which carries no postnominal letters.
3. "New Year Honours – Papua New Guinea". The London Gazette. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
4. London Gazette. Retrieved 21 January 2019
5. David Higgins: Knight Bachelor, London Gazette
6. "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 1.
7. "Birthday Honours List 2013" (PDF). HM Government. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
8. "Lord Hintze". MPs and Lords. UK Parliament. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
9. London Gazette 64428, B 62
10. London Gazette 49014. Retrieved 25 June 2017
11. William Kearney: NLA Catalogue; Bio, supremecourt.nt.gov.au
12. Australian Financial Review, 15 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017
13. Anthony Mason: KBE, 22 September 1972, It's an Honour; AC, 26 January 1988, It's an Honour
14. Bruce Saunders: "SA expat knighted in the Solomon Islands", ABC North and West SA, 23 July 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2015
15. London Gazette, 15 June 2012, Supplement 5. Retrieved 22 June 2015
16. "The Queen's Birthday Honours 2022: High Awards". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2022.^{[ title missing ]}
17. "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B2.