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So Blessed!
on 6/2/10 6:17 am

Sir Patrick Stewart knighted today!

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b183809_sir_patrick_stewart_ boldly_goes_under.html?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstori es&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_t opstories

LEE
on 6/2/10 6:27 am

He is so regal, he can wear knighthood well.

Salty Pickle a.k.a. Lee

(deactivated member)
on 6/2/10 6:44 am, edited 6/2/10 6:45 am - Fair Play, CA

RNY on 09/15/04

Thanks...I found this very interesting...( I like Sir Stewart) and was curious if there have been any

ninja knights. At first when I googled...."Black British Knight" all it gave me was

BUT I found this page....hummmmmm....NEAT....I did not know that Sidney Poitier was a Knight.

Knight of the British Empire

HONOR

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Male analogue of Dame of the British Empire.

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Abdu'l-Bahá	Religion	`23-May-1844`	`28-Nov-1921`	Baha'i leader
Ralph Abercromby	Military	`7-Oct-1734`	`28-Mar-1801`	British general
Edward P. Abraham	Chemist	`10-Jun-1913`	`8-May-1999`	Cephalosporins
Lord Acton	Historian	`10-Jan-1834`	`19-Jun-1902`	British historian
Edmund Allenby	Military	`23-Apr-1861`	`14-May-1936`	Defeated the Turks in WWI
Kingsley Amis	Novelist	`16-Apr-1922`	`22-Oct-1995`	Lucky Jim
Norman Angell	Economist	`26-Dec-1872`	`7-Oct-1967`	The Great Illusion
Walter Annenberg	Business	`13-Mar-1908`	`1-Oct-2002`	Media mogul, created TV Guide
David Arculus	Business	`1946`		Chairman of Severn Trent, 1998-2004
Ove Arup	Engineer	`16-Apr-1895`	`1988`	Danish civil engineer
Paddy Ashdown	Politician	`27-Feb-1941`		Leader of Liberal Democrats, 1988-99
Herbert Henry Asquith	Head of State	`12-Sep-1852`	`15-Feb-1928`	UK Prime Minister, 1908-16
Michael Atiyah	Mathematician	`22-Apr-1929`		Atiyah-Singer index theorem
David Attenborough	Naturalist	`8-May-1926`		Life on Earth
Richard Attenborough	Film Director	`29-Aug-1923`		Gandhi
Francis Bacon	Philosopher	`22-Jan-1561`	`9-Apr-1626`	Novum Organum
Robert Baden-Powell	Military	`22-Feb-1857`	`8-Jan-1941`	Founder of the Boy Scout movement
Stanley Baker	Actor	`8-Feb-1927`	`28-Jun-1976`	Knights of the Round Table
Michael Balcon	Film/TV Producer	`19-May-1896`	`17-Oct-1977`	Eealing Studios
Roger Bannister	Track and Field	`23-Mar-1929`		First to run a four-minute mile
Frederick G. Banting	Scientist	`14-Nov-1891`	`21-Feb-1941`	Discovered insulin
Alan Bates	Actor	`17-Feb-1934`	`27-Dec-2003`	Basil in Zorba the Greek
David Bates	Astronomer	`18-Nov-1916`	`5-Ja*****`	Atmospheric and interstellar physics
Max Beerbohm	Critic	`24-Aug-1872`	`20-May-1956`	Caricaturist, Seven Men
David Bell	Business	`?`		CEO of Financial Times Group, 1993-2005
Tim Berners-Lee	Computer Programmer	`8-Jun-1955`		Inventor of the World Wide Web
Sir Walter Besant	Author	`14-Aug-1836`	`9-Jun-1901`	All Sorts and Conditions of Men
Henry Bessemer	Inventor	`19-Jan-1813`	`15-Mar-1898`	Bessemer process to manufacture steel
John Betjeman	Poet	`28-Aug-1906`	`19-May-1984`	Summoned By Bells
James W. Black	Scientist	`14-Jun-1924`		Propranolol and cimetidine
James Blyth	Business	`8-May-1940`		Chairman of Diageo, 2000-08
John R. H. Bond	Business	`c. 1942`		Chairman, HSBC Holdings, 1998-2004
David Bowie	Musician	`8-Jan-1947`		Ziggy Stardust
Don Bradman	Cricket	`27-Aug-1908`	`25-Feb-2001`	Greatest batsman of all time
Lawrence Bragg	Physicist	`31-Mar-1890`	`1-Jul-1971`	Bragg's Law of diffraction
William Bragg	Physicist	`2-Jul-1862`	`12-Mar-1942`	Analyzed crystal structures
Richard Branson	Business	`18-Jul-1950`		Founder of Virgin chain
Harry Brittain	Journalist	`24-Dec-1873`	`9-Jul-1974`	Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society
John Browne	Business	`20-Feb-1948`		CEO of British Petroleum, 1995-2007
Sir Thomas Browne	Author	`19-Oct-1605`	`19-Oct-1682`	Pseudodoxia Epidemica
Edward Bullard	Physicist	`21-Sep-1907`	`3-Apr-1980`	Continental drift, magnetic fields
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton	Novelist	`25-May-1803`	`18-Jan-1873`	The Last Days of Pompeii
Frank Macfarlane Burnet	Scientist	`3-Sep-1899`	`31-Aug-1985`	Acquired immunological tolerance
Terence Burns	Business	`13-Mar-1944`		Chairman of Marks & Spencer
Sir Richard Burton	Explorer	`19-Mar-1821`	`20-Oct-1890`	Translated The Arabian Nights
George H.W. Bush	Head of State	`12-Jun-1924`		41st US President, 1989-93
Colin Campbell	Military	`20-Oct-1792`	`24-Aug-1863`	Commander-in-chief of India
Menzies Campbell	Politician	`22-May-1941`		Leader, Liberal Democrats
Henry Campbell-Bannerman	Head of State	`7-Sep-1836`	`22-Apr-1908`	UK Prime Minister, 1905-08
Roger Casement	Activist	`1-Sep-1864`	`3-Aug-1916`	Irish revolutionary, gay diarist
William Castell	Business	`c. 1948`		CEO of GE Healthcare
George Cayley	Inventor	`27-Dec-1773`	`8-Dec-1854`	Father of aeronautics
James Chadwick	Physicist	`20-Oct-1891`	`24-Jul-1974`	Discovered the neutron
Ernst B. Chain	Scientist	`19-Jun-1906`	`12-Aug-1979`	Discovered penicillin
Charlie Chaplin	Actor	`16-Apr-1889`	`25-Dec-1977`	Silent film comedian
John Charnley	Doctor	`29-Aug-1912`	`5-Aug-1982`	Hip replacement surgery
John Chisholm	Business	`c. 1946`		Chairman of QinetiQ
Winston Churchill	Head of State	`30-Nov-1874`	`24-Jan-1965`	WWII Prime Minister of England
Wesley Clark	Military	`23-Dec-1944`		Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000
Arthur C. Clarke	Novelist	`16-Dec-1917`	`19-Mar-2008`	2001: A Space Odyssey
Thomas Cochrane	Military	`14-Dec-1775`	`31-Oct-1860`	Rear Admiral, invented the smoke screen
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John Compton	Head of State	`29-Apr-1925`	`7-Sep-2007`	Many-time Prime Minister of St. Lucia
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Alistair Cooke	Journalist	`20-Nov-1908`	`29-Mar-2004`	Alistair Cooke's America
Sir Eyre Coote	Military	`1726`	`28-Apr-1783`	British soldier, fought Hyder Ali
Alan Cottrell	Scientist	`17-Jul-1919`		Metallurgist at Cambridge
Noel Coward	Playwright	`16-Dec-1899`	`26-Mar-1973`	Design for Living
Stafford Cripps	Politician	`24-Apr-1889`	`21-Apr-1952`	Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1947-50
Donald G. Cruickshank	Government	`c. 1942`		Director-General of Oftel, 1993-98
Hugh Cudlipp	Business	`28-Aug-1913`	`17-May-1998`	British news magnate
Henry Dale	Scientist	`9-Jun-1875`	`23-Jul-1968`	Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter
George Darwin	Astronomer	`9-Jul-1845`	`7-Dec-1912`	Evolution of the Sun-Earth-Moon system
Howard J. Davies	Business	`c. 1951`		Director, London School of Economics
Crispin Davis	Business	`c. 1949`		CEO of Reed Elsevier
Everard Digby	Criminal	`16-May-1578`	`30-Jan-1606`	Gunpowder Plot
E. C. Dodds	Scientist	`13-Oct-1899`	`16-Dec-1973`	Diethylstilbestrol
Placido Domingo	Singer	`21-Jan-1941`		Tenorissimo!
Antal Doráti	Conductor	`9-Apr-1906`	`13-Nov-1988`	Conductor, Minneapolis Symphony, 1949-60
Alec Douglas-Home	Head of State	`2-Jul-1903`	`9-Oct-1995`	UK Prime Minister, 1963-64
Kenneth Dover	Scholar	`11-Mar-1920`	`7-Mar-2010`	Greek Homosexuality
Arthur Conan Doyle	Novelist	`22-May-1859`	`7-Jul-1930`	Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Francis Drake	Explorer	`c. 1540`	`28-Jan-1596`	Defeated Spanish Armada
Frank W. Dyson	Astronomer	`8-Jan-1868`	`25-May-1939`	Six pips on the BBC
James Dyson	Inventor	`2-May-1947`		Dyson vacuum cleaner
Lawrence Eagleburger	Government	`1-Aug-1930`		US Secretary of State, 1992-93
John Eccles	Scientist	`27-Jan-1903`	`2-May-1997`	Membrane potential of nerves
Arthur Eddington	Astronomer	`28-Dec-1882`	`22-Nov-1944`	Eddington luminosity
Rod Eddington	Business	`2-Jan-1950`		CEO of British Airways, 2000-05
Anthony Eden	Head of State	`12-Jun-1897`	`14-Jan-1977`	UK Prime Minister, 1955-57
Edward Elgar	Composer	`2-Jun-1857`	`23-Feb-1934`	Pomp and Cir**tance
Martin Evans	Scientist	`1-Jan-1941`		Embryonic stem cells
George Everest	Explorer	`4-Jul-1790`	`1-Dec-1866`	Namesake of Mt. Everest
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.	Actor	`9-Dec-1909`	`7-May-2000`	Sinbad the Sailor
Nick Faldo	Golf	`18-Jul-1957`		Winner of 6 Major tournaments
Richard Fanshawe	Poet	`1608`	`16-Jun-1666`	Translator of Camões
Antony Fisher	Activist	`1915`	`Jul-1988`	Libertarian think-tank founder
Ronald Fisher	Mathematician	`17-Feb-1890`	`29-Jul-1962`	Analysis of variance and covariance
Niall FitzGerald	Business	`13-Sep-1945`		Chairman of Reuters
Alexander Fleming	Scientist	`6-Aug-1881`	`11-Mar-1955`	Discovered penicillin
John Ambrose Fleming	Engineer	`29-Nov-1849`	`19-Apr-1945`	Invented the vacuum tube
Howard Florey	Scientist	`24-Sep-1898`	`21-Feb-1968`	Discovered penicillin
Tom Foley	Politician	`6-Mar-1929`		Speaker of the House, 1989-95
Norman Foster	Architect	`1-Jun-1935`		Architect of the Gherkin
T. R. Fraser	Scientist	`5-Feb-1841`	`4-Jan-1920`	Made poison and venom into medicine
David Frost	Journalist	`7-Apr-1939`		BBC's Breakfast with Frost
John H. Gaddum	Scientist	`31-Mar-1900`	`30-Jun-1965`	Drug antagonism
James Galway	Musician	`8-Dec-1939`		Flute virtuoso
Bill Gates	Business	`28-Oct-1955`		Co-Founder of Microsoft
Bob Geldof	Musician	`5-Oct-1951`		Live Aid, Boomtown Rats
Christopher Gent	Business	`10-May-1948`		CEO of Vodafone, 1997-2003
Louis V. Gerstner	Business	`1-Mar-1942`		CEO of IBM, 1993-2002
J. Paul Getty, Jr.	Business	`7-Sep-1932`	`17-Apr-2003`	Heir to the Getty Oil fortune
Carlos Ghosn	Business	`9-Mar-1954`		CEO of Nissan and Renault
John Gielgud	Actor	`14-Apr-1904`	`21-May-2000`	Prospero's Books
William Golding	Novelist	`19-Sep-1911`	`19-Jun-1993`	Lord of The Flies
Eugene Goossens III	Conductor	`24-May-1893`	`13-Jun-1962`	Cincinnati Symphony, 1931-46
Billy Graham	Religion	`7-Nov-1918`		Televangelist
Clive W.J. Granger	Economist	`4-Sep-1934`	`27-May-2009`	Granger causality
Alan Greenspan	Economist	`6-Mar-1926`		Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006
Alec Guinness	Actor	`2-Apr-1914`	`5-Aug-2000`	Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars
Bernard Haitink	Conductor	`4-Mar-1929`		Conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir William Rowan Hamilton	Mathematician	`3-Aug-1805`	`2-Sep-1865`	Inventor of Quaternions
Arthur Harden	Chemist	`12-Oct-1865`	`17-Jun-1940`	Enzymes of sugar fermentation
Rex Harrison	Actor	`5-Mar-1908`	`2-Jun-1990`	My Fair Lady
Basil Liddell Hart	Military	`31-Oct-1895`	`29-Jan-1970`	Military strategist
John Harvey-Jones	Business	`16-Apr-1924`	`9-Jan-2008`	Chairman of ICI, 1982-87
Norman Haworth	Chemist	`19-Mar-1883`	`19-Mar-1950`	Carbohydrates and vitamin C
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King Henry VIII	Royalty	`28-Jun-1491`	`28-Jan-1547`	King of England, 1509-47
Rowland Hill	Inventor	`3-Dec-1795`	`27-Aug-1879`	Invented the postage stamp
Edmund Hillary	Explorer	`20-Jul-1919`	`11-Jan-2008`	First to summit Mt. Everest
Peter B. Hirsch	Scientist	`16-Jan-1925`		Electron microscopy in metallurgy
Alan L. Hodgkin	Scientist	`5-Feb-1914`	`20-Dec-1998`	Electrical impulses in nerves
Ian Holm	Actor	`12-Sep-1931`		Time Bandits
John Holmes	Diplomat	`29-Apr-1951`		UN Under Sec. Gen. for Humanitarian Affairs
Frederick Hopkins	Scientist	`20-Jun-1861`	`16-May-1947`	Discovered vitamins
Sir John Hotham	Politician	`?`

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