The following is a list of living Australians who have been appointed knights or dames.
The list includes:
The list excludes Australian baronets.
Name | Year of birth | Year of damehood | Age | Notes |
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Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO | 1930 | 2014 | 93 | |
Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO | 1942 | 2014 | 81 | |
Dame Carol Kidu DBE AO | 1948 | 2005 | 75 | Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinean Government |
Dame Bridget Ogilvie AC DBE FRS | 1938 | 1997 | 86 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
Dame Janet Ritterman DBE | 1941 | 2002 | 82 | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government |
Dame Adrienne Stewart DNZM QSM | 1936 | 2014 | 88 | Awarded on the recommendation of the New Zealand Government |
Name | Year of birth | Year of knighthood | Age | KtB | Notes |
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Professor Sir Ed Byrne AC | 1952 | 2020 | 72 | [1] | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ] |
Professor Sir Chris Clark | 1960 | 2015 | 64 | [1] | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ] |
General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK CVO MC | 1947 | 2014 | 77 | ||
Sir Lynton Crosby AO | 1956 | 2016 | 67 | [1] | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ] |
Sir Daryl Dawson AC KBE CB KC | 1933 | 1982 | 90 | ||
Sir William Deane AC KBE KC | 1931 | 1982 | 93 | ||
Professor Sir Peter Donnelly | 1959 | 2019 | 65 | [1] | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ] |
Sir Rod Eddington AO | 1950 | 2005 | 74 | [1] | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ] |
Sir Marc Feldmann AC | 1944 | 2010 | 82 | [1] | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ] |
Sir Trevor Garland KBE AM | 1955 | 2010 | 69 | [1] | Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands Government [2] |
Sir Guy Green AC KBE CVO | 1937 | 1982 | 87 | ||
Sir William Heseltine GCB GCVO AC QSO | 1930 | 1982 | 94 | GCVO was awarded personally by HM The Queen[ citation needed ] | |
Sir Leo Hielscher AC | 1926 | 1987 | 97 | [1] | [3] |
Sir David Higgins | 1954 | 2011 | 70 | [1] | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government [4] |
Michael Hintze, Baron Hintze AM | 1953 | 2013 | 71 | [1] | Knighthood awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government. [5] [6] Made life peer in 2022. [7] |
Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK AFC | 1947 | 2015 | 77 | ||
Sir Arthur LLewellyn Jones OBE | 2024 | [1] | Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government [8] | ||
Sir William Kearney CBE | 1935 | 1982 | 89 | [1] | Awarded on the recommendation of the Papua New Guinea government [9] [10] |
Sir Frank Lowy AC | 1930 | 2017 | 93 | [1] | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government [11] |
Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE KC | 1925 | 1972 | 99 | [12] | |
Sir Graham McCamley MBE | 1932 | 1986 | 92 | [1] | [13] |
Sir Jonathan Mills AC | 1963 | 2013 | 61 | [1] | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government[ citation needed ] |
Sir Frank Moore AO | 1930 | 1983 | 93 | [1] | [14] |
Sir Eric Neal AC CVO | 1924 | 1982 | 100 | [1] | |
Professor Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE | 1931 | 1977 | 93 | [1] | |
Sir Bruce Saunders KBE | 1941/1942 | 2012 | 82/83 | Awarded on the recommendation of the Solomon Islands government [15] [16] | |
Sir Pascal Soriot | 1959 | 2022 | 65 | [1] | Awarded on the recommendation of the UK Government [17] [18] |
Sir Guy Weston | 1960 | 2021 | 64 | [1] | 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.
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This is an incomplete list of Australians who have been appointed a knight or a dame, being entitled to be known as "sir" or "dame" respectively. It includes living Australian knights and dames as well as dead appointees. The list excludes Australian baronets; they have the title sir, but are not knights per se.
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