Now on the UK Honors List: Ringo Starr

The list covers the full spectrum of British society, honouring politicians, civil servants, academics, charity workers, scout and guide leaders, a bell-ringer and a beekeeper

Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was knighted in the UK’s New Year’s Honors List, which also makes awards to former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Britain’s first astronaut, Helen Sharman.
 
Starr — whose real name is Richard Starkey — is awarded a knighthood two decades after the only other surviving Beatle, Paul McCartney, was honoured. McCartney in June was made a Companion of Honour, an award limited to 65 members at any one time. In the latest list, that order is filled for the first time, with broadcaster Melvyn Bragg and the author and historian Antonia Fraser made companions.