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

Name Year of
birth		 Year of
damehood		 Age Notes
Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO 1942 2014 83 Australia
Dame Patricia Hewitt DBE 1948 2025 77 United Kingdom
Dame Carol Kidu DBE AO 1948 2005 77 Papua New Guinea
Dame Bridget Ogilvie AC DBE FRS 1938 1997 87 United Kingdom
Dame Janet Ritterman DBE 1941 2002 84 United Kingdom
Dame Adrienne Stewart DNZM QSM 1936 2014 90 New Zealand

Living knights

Name Year of
birth		 Year of
knighthood		 Age KtB Nominating government
Sir Robert Bates KBE 1940 2026 Papua New Guinea[1]
Professor Sir Ed Byrne AC 1952 2020 74 [2] United Kingdom
Professor Sir Chris Clark 1960 2015 66 [2] United Kingdom
General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK CVO MC 1947 2014 78 Australia
Professor Sir Ross Cranston KC 1948 2008 77 [2] United Kingdom
Sir Lynton Crosby AO 1956 2016 69 [2] United Kingdom
Sir Daryl Dawson AC KBE CB KC 1933 1982 92 Australia
Sir William Deane AC KBE KC 1931 1982 95 Australia
Sir Scott Dixon KNZM 1980 2026 45 New Zealand[1]
Professor Sir Peter Donnelly 1959 2019 66 [2] United Kingdom
Sir Rod Eddington AO 1950 2005 76 [2] United Kingdom
Sir Marc Feldmann AC 1944 2010 84 [2] United Kingdom
Sir Trevor Garland KBE AM 1955 2010 71 [2] Solomon Islands[3]
Sir William Heseltine GCB GCVO AC QSO 1930 1982 95 United Kingdom
Sir David Higgins 1954 2011 72 [2] United Kingdom[4]
Michael Hintze, Baron Hintze AM 1953 2013 72 [2] United Kingdom[5][6]
Made life peer in 2022.[7]
Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston AK AFC 1947 2015 78 Australia
Sir Arthur Llewellyn Jones OBE 2024 [2] Papua New Guinea[8]
Sir William Kearney CBE 1935 1982 91 [2] Papua New Guinea[9][10]
Sir Frank Lowy AC 1930 2017 95 [2] United Kingdom[11]
Sir Jonathan Mills AC 1963 2013 63 [2] United Kingdom
Professor Sir Gustav Nossal AC CBE 1931 1977 94 [2] Australia
Sir Bruce Saunders KBE 1941/1942 2012 83/84 Solomon Islands[12][13]
Sir Pascal Soriot 1959 2022 66 [2] United Kingdom[14][15]
Sir Guy Weston 1960 2021 65 [2] United Kingdom

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. ^ a b "New Year Honours – Papua New Guinea". The London Gazette. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q This person is a Knight Bachelor, which carries no postnominal letters.
  3. ^ London Gazette. Retrieved 21 January 2019
  4. ^ David Higgins: Knight Bachelor, London Gazette
  5. ^ "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Birthday Honours List 2013" (PDF). HM Government. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Lord Hintze". MPs and Lords. UK Parliament. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  8. ^ London Gazette 64428, B 62
  9. ^ London Gazette 49014. Retrieved 25 June 2017
  10. ^ William Kearney: NLA Catalogue; Bio, supremecourt.nt.gov.au
  11. ^ Australian Financial Review, 15 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017
  12. ^ Bruce Saunders: "SA expat knighted in the Solomon Islands", ABC North and West SA, 23 July 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2015
  13. ^ London Gazette, 15 June 2012, Supplement 5. Retrieved 22 June 2015
  14. ^ "The Queen's Birthday Honours 2022: High Awards". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  15. ^ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B2.

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