The Queen has named her list of worthy recipients for her birthday honours in her Platinum Jubilee year.
Famous recipients include an MBE for footballers Gareth Bale and James Milner and an OBE for former England and Manchester United man Rio Ferdinand.
Author Ian Rankin has been given a knighthood, while there's a damehood for former Northern Ireland First Minister Arlene Foster
To be part of the Queen's honours list is no mean feat and those awarded by Her Majesty are in for a grand day when receiving their special recognitions.
Anything from knighthoods to MBEs are given out to Britain's best sports stars, charity workers, politicians, authors and anyone else of significance.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "The honours she confers this week reflect many of those qualities that have been invaluable from all different walks of life and to communities across the UK.
"I pay tribute to all of this year’s winners. Their stories of courage and compassion are an inspiration to us all."
The below is not a full list of the honours, which can be seen here. So who are your local heroes?
Who received an honour from the Queen?
A list by region includes some incredible athletes and scientists including Rio Ferdinand and actor Damian Lewis.
Local heroes include those from emergency services and NHS workers who saved lives during the Covid pandemic.
London
- Clare Balding, services to sport and charity - CBE
- Stella McCartney, services to fashion - CBE
- Rio Ferdinand, services to football and charity - OBE
- Damian Lewis, Actor and Co-founder, Feed NHS - CBE
- Richard Webb-Stevens, London Ambulance Service - Queen's Ambulance Service Medal
- Dame Marina Warner, services to humanities - Companion of Honour
- Timothy Gray, lately, Detective Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Service - Queen's Police Medal
- James McAllister, Constable, Metropolitan Police Service - Queen's Police Medal
- Michael Wallace, Constable, Metropolitan Police Service - Queen's Police Medal
- Victoria Washington, lately, Detective Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Service - Queen's Police Medal
- Christine Gilbert, services to young people and charity - Damehood
- Karen Jones, services to business and hospitality - Damehood
- Lady Susan Sainsbury, services to the arts - Damehood
- Nigel Patrick Gray Boardman, services to the legal profession - Knighthood
- Sir Salman Rushdie, services to literature - Companion of Honour
- Bradley Fried, Chair, Court of the Bank of England - Knighthood
- Stephen Hough, services to music - Knighthood
- Isaac Julien, services to diversity in art - Knighthood
- Rohinton Kalifa, Chair, Network International - Knighthood
- Professor Steven Powis, National Medical Director - Knighthood
- Stephen Timms MP - Knighthood
Midlands
- Cherylene Camps, East Midlands Ambulance Service - Queen's Ambulance Service Medal
- Alex Griffiths, young carer since the age of five - British Empire Medal
- Antony Ashton, Sergeant, West Midlands Police - Queen's Police Medal
- Rachel Barber, Deputy Chief Constable, Nottinghamshire Police - Queen's Police Medal
- Matthew Evans, Constable, West Midlands Police - Queen's Police Medal
- Karen Geddes, lately, Superintendent, West Midlands Police - Queen's Police Medal
- Ian McDonald, Constable, Northamptonshire Police - Queen's Police Medal
- Timothy Needham, Superintendent, Civil Nuclear Constabulary
- Moeen Ali, cricket - OBE
- Nicholas Coleridge, services to museums and publishing - Knighthood
- Dr Andrew Goddard, services to health - Knighthood
- Jeremy Wright MP - Knighthood
North East and Yorkshire
- Catherine Hankinson, Assistant Chief Constable, West Yorkshire Police - Queen's Police Medal
- Lisa Winward, Chief Constable, North Yorkshire Police - Queen's Police Medal
- Martyn Oliver, services to education - Knighthood
- Professor John Barrett, services to climate change assessment - OBE
East of England
- William Jephson, Deputy Chief Constable, Hertfordshire Constabulary - Queen's Police Medal
- Dr Ruth Beverley, services to nursing, midwifery and the NHS - Damehood
- Professor Clare Grey, services to science - Damehood
North West
- James Milner, services to football and charity - MBE
- Mike Summerbee, services to football and charity - OBE
- Councillor Stuart Parker, worked to open Chester’s Storyhouse Theatre - MBE
- Councillor Samantha Dixon, worked together to open Chester’s Storyhouse Theatre - MBE
- Timothy Murrell, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service - Queen's Fire Service Medal
- Elena and Ruben Evans-Guillen, 11-year-old Warrington twins who raised nearly £50,000 for the NHS - British Empire Medal
- Clifton John Williams, lately, Detective Chief Inspector, Merseyside Police - Queen's Police Medal
- Dame Susan Ion, nuclear engineer - Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
- Julian Matthew Hartley, services to healthcare - Knighthood
South West
- Michael Crennell, Avon Fire and Rescue Service - Queen's Fire Service Medal
- Angela Redgrave, founder and Principal of the Bristol School of Dancing - British Empire Medal
- Glen Mayhew, Assistant Chief Constable, Devon and Cornwall Police - Queen's Police Medal
- Alexis Bowater, worked to erect a statue of Nancy Astor - OBE
At 104, Angela Redgrave is the oldest recipient on the list.
South East
- Tracey Crouch MP - CBE
- Luther Blissett, services to football and charity - OBE
- Stephen Owen-Hughes, Surrey Fire and Rescue Service - Queen's Fire Service Medal
- Neil Odin, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service - Queen's Fire Service Medal
- Sir Quentin Blake, services to his illustration - Companion of Honour
- Simon Nelson, Superintendent, Sussex Police
- Dr Ann Limb, Chair, The Scout Association - Damehood
- Maria Miller MP - Damehood
- Professor Fiona Powrie, services to medical science - Damehood
- Professor Louise Richardson - services to higher education - Damehood
- Professor Michael Arthur, services to higher education - Knighthood
- Professor Peter Bruce, services to science - Knighthood
Northern Ireland
- Arlene Foster MP - Damehood
- Fionnuala Jay-O'Boyle, services to the community - Damehood
- Alwyn Wilson, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service - Queen's Ambulance Service Medal
- Grahame Wilson Sillery, Detective Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland - Queen's Police Medal
- Richard Taylor, Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland - Queen's Police Medal
- Darren Welsh, Sergeant, Police Service of Northern Ireland - Queen's Police Medal
Scotland
- Professor Sally Mapstone, services to higher education - Damehood
- Iain Livingstone, Chief Constable, Police Service of Scotland - Knighthood
- Dr James Milne, services to business - Knighthood
- Ian Rankin, author - Knighthood
- Professor Aziz Sheikh, services to Covid-19 research - Knighthood
- James Walker, services to the food industry - Knighthood
- Milli Smith, Olympic Curling - MBE
- Victoria Wright, Olympic Curling - MBE
- Hailey Duff, Olympic Curling - MBE
- Jennifer Dodds, Olympic Curling - MBE
- Eve Muirhead, Olympic Curling - OBE
- Neil Simpson, Paralympic super-G skier - MBE
- Andrew Simpson, Paralympic super-G skier - MBE
- Dr Richard Tipper, services to science and the public understanding of climate change - MBE
Wales
- Gareth Bale, services to football and charity - MBE
- Robert Price, Welsh Ambulance Service - Queen's Ambulance Service Medal
- Patricia Husselbee, 64 years of service to the Royal British Legion in Newport - British Empire Medal
- Pamela Kelly, Chief Constable, Gwent Police - Queen's Police Medal
- Nia Griffith MP - Damehood
- Dr Paul Phillips, services to further education - Knighthood
Overseas
Overseas recipients of Queen's honours include a knighthood for Professor David MacMillan, a professor of chemistry at Princeton University in the US
The successful chemist won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2021 for some called 'organocatalysis', which helps develop the "enabled the rapid construction of new drugs and materials".
Other recipients include the violinist and journalist Clemency Burton-Hill, who has presented on BBC Radio 3. She has been given an MBE.
