Birthday Honours: Famous names on the 2019 list
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More than 1,000 people have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
The majority of recipients are people who have undertaken outstanding work in their communities. But here are some of the better-known names.
Olivia Colman
Occupation: Actress - Oscar and Bafta winning star of The Favourite
Honour: CBE for services to drama
Quote: "I'm totally thrilled, delighted and humbled to be in the company of these incredible people, most of whom have been nowhere near as visible as I have, but should be - and hopefully now will be. It's such an honour"
Bear Grylls
Occupation: Adventurer, Chief Scout and television presenter
Honour: OBE for services to young people, the media and charity
Quote: "This really is a huge honour and it's something, if I'm honest, that I never expected to happen.
"But I really do feel it's a team effort, this award is for every one of those incredible Scout volunteers... so if you're a Scout volunteer, congratulations, we share this one together"
M.I.A. (Mathangi Arulpragasam)
Occupation: Rapper, singer and songwriter
Honour: MBE for services to music
Elvis Costello
Occupation: Musician, songwriter - Released more than 25 albums from My Aim Is True in 1977 to Look Now in 2018
Honour: OBE for services to music
Quote: "I am happy to accept this very surprising honour...
"As a good lad, who likes to do what will make his Mam most proud, I knew that I must put old doubts and enmities aside and muster what little grace I possess...
"Even so, it is hard to receive anything named for the 'British Empire', and all that term embodies, without a pause for reflection"
Lee Child
Occupation: Author of the Jack Reacher series
Honour: CBE for services to literature
Quote: "Someone read my books and enjoyed them enough to put my name forward for this great honour, which in itself is all a writer could ask for"
Ama Agbeze
Occupation: Netball player. Captain of the England women's team when they won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Honour: OBE for services to netball
Quote: "I didn't get here by myself; so for all the team mates, opposition, coaches, volunteers, parents and family, pseudo parents and family, chauffeurs, piggy banks, packed lunch makers, umpires, managers, friends, doubters, officials, supporters, fans, teachers, and anyone that I have missed who has helped me personally, or played, promoted or supported netball or someone else in netball in any way congratulations"
Simon Russell Beale
Occupation: Actor known for his Shakespearean roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. Winner of two Bafta TV awards and two Laurence Olivier awards
Honour: Knighthood for services to drama
Quote: "It is a very great honour and I think my mother, were she alive, would be very proud"
Rachel Whiteread
Occupation: Sculptor, the first woman to win the Turner Prize in 1993
Honour: Damehood for services to art
Joanna Trollope
Occupation: Author of The Rector's Wife and A Village Affair
Honour: CBE for services to literature
Griff Rhys Jones
Occupation: Comedian, writer, actor and presenter, who became a household name in the 1980s with Not The Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones
Honour: OBE for services to the National Civic Society Movement, charity and entertainment
Quote: "Thank you for all the lovely tweets re my OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. I'm absolutely thrilled to receive it"
Alfie Boe
Occupation: Singer and actor known for his role in the musical Les Miserables
Honour: OBE for services to music and charity
Quote: "The news is out! I am truly honoured... Thank you"
Georgia Hall
Occupation: Golfer who won the 2018 British Open
Honour: MBE for services to golf
Quote: "I am unbelievably honoured to be receiving an MBE.
"It's a huge boost for my confidence ahead of a busy summer of tournaments and I think it's so awesome for women's golf to be recognised in this way"
1,073Recipients
75%Given for work in the community
508 Women (47%)
10.4%BAME background
920OBEs, MBEs or BEMs
153Dames, Knights or CBEs
Need a reminder of what the acronyms mean? Read our guide to the honours