Gareth Southgate, Stephen Fry and Sadiq Khan among New Year Honours
Myleene Klass, Keely Hodgkinson and victims of the Post Office scandal have also been honoured
Arise Sir Stephen Fry, Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Sir Gareth Southgate! The actor, author, and ex-England football manager are among the many who have been recognised in the New Year's Honours list.
Fry, Southgate and London mayor Sadiq Khan have all been knighted while the creator of The Tracy Beaker series, Jacqueline Wilson, has been made a Dame Grand Cross (GBE) for services to literature.
Actress Sarah Lancashire has been given a CBE for services to drama, after roles in Happy Valley and Last Tango In Halifax, while Alan Titchmarsh has also been given a CBE.
Actor Eddie Marsan has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and Myleene Klass has become a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Runner Keely Hodgkinson and victims of the Post Office scandal are also among the more than 1,200 people from across the UK receiving honours.
Honours for Team GB athletes
A number of athletes have been recognised after Team GB won 65 medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, while Team ParalympicsGB won 124 medals, including 49 gold medals, finishing in second place in the final medals table.
An MBE for Keely Hodgkinson caps a year in which she claimed gold in the 800 metres at the Paris Olympics, successfully defended her European title, and set a new British record of one minute 54.61 seconds that made her the sixth fastest woman in history.
Two-time Olympic champion Tom Pidcock, 25, is made an OBE, having won gold in mountain biking, while Paralympian Hannah Cockroft becomes a CBE after coming first in the T34 100m and 800m in the French capital.
Other honoured gold-medallists include swimmer Duncan Scott (OBE), sailor Ellie Aldridge (MBE) and rowers Lola Anderson, Hannah Scott, Lauren Henry and Georgie Brayshaw (all MBE).
Post Office Horizon victims recognised
There are also honours for those who campaigned on behalf of wrongfully convicted subpostmasters, after the Horizon IT scandal.
Lee Castleton, Jo Hamilton, Christopher Head and Seema Misra are made OBEs for services to justice.
Hundreds of sub-postmasters were wrongly convicted of fraud, theft, and false accounting over more than a decade, leading to job losses, ruined reputations and imprisonment.
A public inquiry found that the faulty Horizon software caused these false accusations and £500 million has been paid to 3,300 victims through various compensation schemes so far.
Knighthoods for Fry, Southgate and Khan
Sir Stephen Fry, known for acting and hosting quiz show QI, was recognised for services to mental health awareness, the environment and charity.
Since 2011, he has been president of mental health charity Mind and supported the conservation group Fauna and Flora International, of which the Prince of Wales is patron.
Sir Stephen told the PA news agency that he felt “startled and enchanted” after receiving the letter informing him of the knighthood and that it was “wonderful” to see the charities get recognition.
Sir Gareth, 54, is knighted for services to association football, after leading the Three Lions to the finals of Euro 2020 and 2024, and the semi-final of the 2018 World Cup.
He resigned after England’s 2-1 final defeat to Spain in July, having fallen just short of glory in every tournament during his eight-year stint.
Meanwhile, Sir Sadiq, 54, was honoured for political and public service, having been the capital’s mayor since 2016.
He said: “I am truly humbled to have received a knighthood in the King’s New Year Honours.
“I couldn’t have dreamed when growing up on a council estate in south London that I would one day be mayor of London.
Other well-known faces receive honours
Creator of The Tracy Beaker series, Jacqueline Wilson, has been made a Dame Grand Cross (GBE) for services to literature, while actress Carey Mulligan and television presenter Alan Titchmarsh become Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Titchmarsh, 75, said telling his wife and daughters about the honour was a “teary moment”.
The top gong goes to Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, who was made a Companion of Honour for services to literature.
Actor Eddie Marsan has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and Myleene Klass becomes a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Former F1 driver and broadcaster Martin Brundle is made an OBE and former Scotland and Liverpool footballer Alan Hansen has been made an MBE.
Political figures were recognised for their public service, including Labour MP Emily Thornberry, who becomes a dame, and former West Midlands mayor Andy Street, who becomes a knight.
Oldest and youngest people getting honours
The oldest person on the list is 103-year-old Colin Bell, a World War Two Mosquito pilot who was awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for charitable fundraising and public speaking.
Former RAF navigator George Kelly, 101, is made an MBE for his services to the Royal British Legion (RBL) and RAF veterans, while 100-year-old Roy Gibson receives a BEM having been the first director general of the European Space Agency.
The youngest recipients, both 18, are Mikayla Beames, awarded a BEM for her fundraising efforts supporting children with cancer, and para-swimmer William Ellard, made an MBE after winning gold in the S14 200m freestyle at the Paris Paralympics.
Sir Stephen Fry
Sir Stephen Fry was recognised for services to mental health awareness, the environment and charity.
Sir Gareth Southgate
Sir Gareth, 54, is knighted for services to association football, after leading the Three Lions to the finals of Euro 2020 and 2024, and the semi-final of the 2018 World Cup.
Sir Sadiq Khan
Meanwhile, Sir Sadiq, 54, was honoured for political and public service, having been the capital's mayor since 2016.
Myleen Klass MBE
Myleene Klass becomes a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).