The 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours were awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June. The Queen's Birthday Honours for the United Kingdom were announced on 16 June; the honours for New Zealand were announced on 5 June and for Australia on 12 June.

The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour. They are arranged by the country (in order of precedence) whose ministers advised the Queen on the appointments, then by honour with grades, i.e. Knight/Dame Grand Cross, Knight/Dame Commander etc., and then by divisions, i.e. Civil, Diplomatic and Military as appropriate.

United Kingdom Below are the individuals appointed by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of the United Kingdom with honours within her own gift, and with the advice of the Government for other honours.

George Cross (GC) Dominic Charles Troulan, QGM. For saving lives during the Westgate Shopping Mall terrorist attack in Kenya in 2013.

George Medal (GM) Bernard Carter Kenny. For his assistance to Jo Cox MP. PC Keith Palmer (deceased), Metropolitan Police. For confronting an armed terrorist to protect others and Parliament.

Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) Sir Terence Orby Conran. For services to Design. Sir Mark Philip Elder, CBE, Musical Director, The Hallé Orchestra. For services to Music. Dame Beryl Elizabeth Grey, DBE. For services to Dance. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Musician. For services to Music. Joanne Kathleen Rowling, OBE, Author. For services to Literature and Philanthropy. Dame Vera Stephanie Shirley, DBE, FREng, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. For services to the IT Industry and Philanthropy. Delia Ann Smith, CBE, Cook and Writer. For services to Cookery. Nicholas Herbert, Baron Stern of Brentford, FRS, FBA. For services to Economics, International Relations and Tackling Climate Change. Sir John Edward Sulston, FRS. For services to Science and Society.

Knight Bachelor George Benjamin, CBE – Composer, Conductor and Performer. For services to Music. Leonard Blavatnik – For services to Philanthropy. Mark Boleat – Lately chairman, Policy and Resources Committee, City of London Corporation. For services to the Financial Services Industry and to Local Government in London. Billy Connolly, CBE – For services to Entertainment and charity. Professor Charles Godfray, CBE – Hope Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford. For services to Scientific Research and for Scientific Advice to Government. Professor Simon Lovestone – Professor of Translational Neuroscience, University of Oxford. For services to Neuroscience Research. Dr. John Menzies Low, CBE – Chief Executive, Charities Aid Foundation. For charitable services. Frank Lowy AC – Chairman, Westfield Corporation. For services to business and philanthropy Professor Anton Muscatelli, FRSE – Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Glasgow. For services to Economics and Higher Education. Trevor Steven Pears CMG – Executive Chairman of the Pears Family Charitable Foundation. For services to philanthropy. Professor Graham John Thornicroft – Consultant Psychiatrist and Professor of Community Psychiatry, King's College London. For services to Mental Health. His Hon. Peter Thornton – Lately Chief Coroner of England and Wales. For services to the Administration of Justice and the Coroner Service. John Timpson, CBE – For services to Business and Fostering. Malcolm Conrad Walker, CBE – Chairman and Chief Executive, Iceland Frozen Food. For services to Retailing, Entrepreneurship and charity. Professor Mir Saeed Zahedi, OBE FREng – Technical Director, Chas A Blatchford & Sons. For services to Engineering and Innovation. Professor Alimuddin Zumla – Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University College London. For services to Public Health and Protection from Infectious Disease.

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath Knight / Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB) Military Division Royal Navy Vice Admiral Simon Robert Lister, C.B., O.B.E., C026152P. Civil Division Claire Elizabeth Clancy, Chief Executive and Clerk, National Assembly for Wales. For public service in Wales. Thomas Whinfield Scholar, Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury. For public service. Christopher Stephen Wormald, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health. For public service.

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) Military Division Royal Navy Surgeon Vice Admiral Alasdair James Walker, O.B.E., Q.H.S., C025111J. Rear Admiral Simon Paul Williams, C.V.O., C026810R. British Army Major General Mark Jarvis Gaunt, 520645. Major General John Robert Patterson, 518170. Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Malcolm Andrew John Brecht, CBE, Royal Air Force, 5204296N. Air Vice-Marshal Edward Jackson Stringer, C.B.E., Royal Air Force, 5204227Q. Civil Division Janet Mary Aiston – Director, Wealthy and Mid-Sized Business Compliance, HM Revenue and Customs. For services to Tax Payers and Tax Collection. Janice Lindsay Hartley – Implementation and Delivery Director, Universal Credit, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to the Development of Universal Credit. Tyson Julian Hepple – Director, Immigration and Protection. For services to the Home Office. Diana Frances Luchford – Lately Crime Director, Home Office. For services to Reducing Crime and to Public Order. Jon Lyle – Chief Executive, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. For services to Defence. Peter Neil Milledge – Lately Counsel to the Chairman of Committees, House of Lords. For services to the House of Lords. Peter Hugh Gordon Schofield – Lately Director General, Housing and Planning, Department for Communities and Local Government. For services to Housing and Planning.

The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Knight / Dame Commander of The Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (KCMG/DCMG) Jonathan Michael Howard Faull – Former Director General in the European Commission. For services to UK relations with the European Union. Shan Morgan, CMG – Former Deputy Permanent Representative, UK Representation to the European Union. For services to the UK's interests in the European Union.

Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG) Asif Ahmad – HM Ambassador, Manila, Philippines. For services to British interests in South East Asia Madeline Alessandrí – Director, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. For services to British foreign policy Edward Bannister, QC – former Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Commercial Court Judge. For services to justice in the Eastern Caribbean Mark Bowden – Former United Nations Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme Representative for Afghanistan. For services to humanitarian assistance Dr. Carolyn Browne – HM Ambassador, Astana, Kazakhstan. For services to British foreign policy Christine Mary Chinkin – Director, Centre for Women, Peace and Security, London School of Economics and Political Science. For services to advancing women's human rights worldwide Howard Drake, OBE – High Commissioner, Ottawa, Canada. For services to UK/Canada relations Matthew Kidd – High Commissioner, Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus. For services to UK/Cyprus relations Stephen Lillie – Lately Director, Asia Pacific, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. For services to UK relations with the Asia Pacific region Charles Tito Powell – Director, Real Instituto Elcano. For services to UK/Spanish relations Mark Leslie Stephens – Former British Council Country Director, Egypt, now Regional Director, South Asia. For services to UK/Egypt cultural relations

Royal Victorian Order

Knight / Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO/DCVO) Dr. Laurence Howard, OBE, JP, Lord Lieutenant of Rutland Mark Henry Hudson, Chairman, Duchy of Lancaster Council The Rt Hon. The Baroness Gretton, Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire Dr. Ingrid Mary Roscoe, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) Martin Dudley Beaumont – Member, Duchy of Lancaster Council Simon George Francis Graham Berry – Clerk of the Royal Cellars Victoria Lindsay Legge-Bourke, LVO – formerly Lady-in-Wainting to The Princess Royal Joseph Willoughby David Clarke, LVO – For services as Regional Director of the Americas, The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation Mark Edward Trehearne Davies – Trustee, Ascot Authority Margaret Annie Geddes Dunnett – Lord Lieutenant of Caithness Mark Murray Leishman, LVO – Private Secretary to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall Georgiana Louise Osborne – Lord Lieutenant of Angus Clare Nancy Russell – Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire Paul Chandrasekharan Sabapathy, CBE – formerly Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) Antigoni Christodoulou, MVO – Comptroller, the Duke and Duchess of Kent's Household Caroline Claire, Comtesse de Guitaut, MVO – Senior Curator of Decorative Arts, Royal Collection Trust Richard Robert Gledson – Resident Factor, Balmoral estate David Simon Hutson, MVO – Keeper of the Archives and Secretary, Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall Brigadier David James Innes, OBE – formerly Lieutenant, The Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard Michael Uvedale Lambert – Honorary Secretary, the Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth Tosanbanmi Efua Eva Williams – Deputy Communications Secretary to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall Lesley Ann Wolfenden – company secretary, Business in the Community and The Prince′s Countryside Fund

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) Diana Joan Barrett – formerly Assistant House Manager, Government House, Perth, Western Australia Ann Butcher – Land Agent′s Secretary, Sandringham estate Janet Byrne – Programme Co-ordinator, Household of Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy Claire Elizabeth Chorley – Paintings Conservator, Royal Collection Trust Sergeant Arthur James Harington Clyne – Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Royalty Protection Richard William Hubert Codman – RVM Farm Foreman, Sandringham estate Caroline Creer – Head of Private Secretary′s Office Secretariat, Royal Household Mary Jane Goodchild – Volunteer, The Prince's Trust Mark Geoffrey (Jack) Hargreaves – formerly Head Coachman, Royal Mews Kathryn Jane Jones – Senior Curator of Decorative Arts, Royal Collection Trust Charlotte Elizabeth Martin – Secretary, Lord Chamberlain's Office Kathleen Craig Mason – Clerk to the Lieutenancy of Tweeddale Rebecca Anne Priestley – Private Secretary to The Duchess of Cambridge Antony Kevin Rabey, RVM – Butler to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall Inspector William Benedict Renshaw – Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Royalty Protection Philip Rhodes – Senior Page of the Chambers, Master of the Household's Department Peter Geraint Richards – Head Forester, Duchy of Cornwall Sian Ellis Williams – For services to the Lieutenancy of Gwynedd

Royal Victorian Medal (RVM)

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (RVM*)

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) Sir Michael David Rawlins, Chair, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. For services to the Safety of Medicines, Healthcare and Innovation. Professor Sir David John Weatherall, Regius Professor of Clinical Medicine Emeritus, The Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford. For services to Medicine.

Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE/DBE) Civil