Living Australian knights and dames

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

The list includes:

The list excludes Australian baronets.

Living dames

NameYear of
birth		Year of
damehood		AgeNotes
Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO1942201483 Australia
Dame Patricia Hewitt DBE1948202577 United Kingdom
Dame Carol Kidu DBE AO1948200577 Papua New Guinea
Dame Janet Ritterman DBE1941200284 United Kingdom
Dame Adrienne Stewart DNZM QSM1936201490 New Zealand

Living knights

NameYear of
birth		Year of
knighthood		AgeKtBNominated by
Sir Robert Bates KBE19402026 Papua New Guinea[1]
Professor Sir Ed Byrne AC1952202074[2] United Kingdom
Professor Sir Chris Clark1960201566[2] United Kingdom
General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK CVO MC1947201479 Australia
Professor Sir Ross Cranston KC1948200878[2] United Kingdom
Sir Lynton Crosby AO1956201670[2] United Kingdom
Sir Daryl Dawson AC KBE CB KC1933198292 Australia
Sir William Deane AC KBE KC1931198295 Australia
Professor Sir Peter Donnelly1959201967[2] United Kingdom
Sir Rod Eddington AO1950200576[2] United Kingdom
Sir Marc Feldmann AC1944201084[2] United Kingdom
Sir Trevor Garland KBE AM1955201071 [2] Solomon Islands[3]
Sir William Heseltine GCB GCVO AC QSO1930198296 Elizabeth II[4]
Sir David Higgins1954201172[2] United Kingdom[5]
Michael Hintze, Baron Hintze AM1953201373[2] United Kingdom[6][7]
Made life peer in 2022.[8]
Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK AFC1947201579 Australia
Sir Arthur Llewellyn Jones OBE2024[2] Papua New Guinea[9]
Sir William Kearney CBE1935198291[2] Papua New Guinea[10][11]
Sir Frank Lowy AC1930201795 [2] United Kingdom[12]
Sir Jonathan Mills AC1963201363[2] United Kingdom[13]
Professor Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE1931197795[2] Australia
Sir Bruce Saunders KBE1941/1942201283/84 Solomon Islands[14][15]
Sir Pascal Soriot1959202267 [2] United Kingdom[16][17]
Sir Guy Weston1960202166[2] United Kingdom[18]

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

Notes

  1. ↑ "New Year Honours – Papua New Guinea". The London Gazette. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 This person is a Knight Bachelor, which carries no postnominal letters.
  3. ↑ London Gazette. Retrieved 21 January 2019
  4. ↑ "KCVO - Heseltine". London Gazette. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
  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. ↑ "Sir Jonathan MILLS Companion of the Order of Australia". Governor General of Australia. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
  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.
  17. ↑ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B2.
  18. ↑ "Guy Weston - Knight Bachelor". London Gazette. Retrieved 4 May 2026.

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