Bloomberg:
Tennis No. 1 Murray, Kinks frontman knighted in UK Honors List
30 December 2016
A total of 1,197 people, representing “the very best of our nation,” were granted awards, according to a statement from the Cabinet Office. Just over half are women, 9.3 percent are from ethnic minorities, and 8.5 percent have some form of disability, making the list “the most diverse ever,” it said.
Other notable awards include:
CBE for London School of Economics professor Paul Cheshire.
OBE for and MIT economics professor John Van Reenen