In pictures: Entertainment figures in Queen's Birthday Honours
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Rod Stewart, who has been given an knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours, first hit the top of the charts in 1971 with Maggie May, having spent years busking and playing small gigs. Among his biggest hits are Handbags and Gladrags, Sailing, Do You Think I'm Sexy and The First Cut is the Deepest. He still tours regularly and releases albums. He was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2000 and underwent throat surgery, which he says affected his voice. He now raises funds for cancer charities.
Penelope Wilton, who becomes a dame in the honours' list, has been a familiar face on British and international screens since the early 1970s, as well as forging an award-winning stage career. She had a starring role in '80s sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles opposite Richard Briers, won stage awards for Shakespeare and Terence Rattigan plays, and more recently played the Prime Minister in Doctor Who and Isobel Crawley in Downton Abbey.
Dublin-born artist Michael Craig-Martin, who receives a knighthood, studied at the Yale School of Fine Art. He has made his name as a contemporary and conceptual artist and has exhibited around the world. As an Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths University, he is credited with fostering the talents of the Young British Artists. Among his most famous works is An Oak Tree (1973) - a glass on a shelf.
Trumpet solo Alison Balsom is a three-time Classical Brit winner and has been been praised for changing the face of brass instrument playing. The 37-year-old trained at the Guildhall School of Music and the Paris Conservatory, later becoming principal trumpet for the London Chamber Orchestra. Her OBE for services to music also recognises her passion to promote music education.
Newly named OBE recipients Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have been at the top of the TV presenting game for more than 10 years. The pair have picked up the National Television Awards best presenter trophy for 15 years in a row. They rose to fame playing PJ and Duncan in children's drama Byker Grove, before launching a pop career under their characters names. The best friends then brought their double act into presenting, firstly on ITV's Saturday morning TV on SM:TV Live and then to a host of primetime shows, including I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, Britain's Got Talent and Saturday Night Takeaway.
Over three decades, Janet Street Porter has been one of the UK's most outspoken journalists and broadcasters. Her first TV work was for LWT, before moving to the BBC as head of youth programming. She was editor of the Independent on Sunday for two years up to 2002. She has also appeared on a number of reality TV shows including I'm a Celebrity and Celebrity Masterchef. She has been a regular panellist on Loose Women since 2011 and often appears on Have I Got News for You.
Brian Blessed is a larger-than-life actor and adventurer whose booming voice is instantly recognisable. One of his earliest screen roles was as PC "Fancy" Smith on Z Cars from 1962-1965. Other TV roles include My Family and Other Animals and the Three Musketeers. An accomplished Shakespearean actor, Blessed also appeared in a number of films of the Bard's work. A keen climber, he has reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and has climbed Everest three times without reaching the summit. Among his many charitable causes are the Born Free Foundation and the PDSA.
Sonia Friedman, who receives an OBE for services to theatre, worked her way through many varied roles at the National Theatre including stage manager and head of education. She then founded her own company, staging some of the West End's biggest hits, including Book of Mormon, Bend it Like Beckham, Legally Blonde and Jerusalem. Friedman's company has been given the task of bringing Harry Potter to the stage for the two-part Cursed Child production which has just opened.
Actor Adil Ray, who receives an OBE, is best known for playing the title character in BBC One's Citizen Khan, which he created and co-writes. Starting out in pirate radio in his native Birmingham, Ray was then recruited to the BBC's Asian Network as it became a national digital station. He is a regular contributor to 5 live and has presented The One Show.
Melanie Reid has been awarded an MBE for services to journalism and people with disabilities. She has a weekly column in The Times in which she discusses her disability and the issues affecting disabled people. Before a devastating fall from a horse in 2010, she was already an accomplished journalist, writing on Scottish issues for The Herald and The Times.