I Turned Down a Knighthood

Historical Accolades

Vote Ranking  

1

Watson and Crick

Scientist

100% (1 of 1 votes)

2

Humphrey Lyttelton

Radio Personality

100% (1 of 1 votes)

3

Gilbert Ryle

Philosopher

100% (1 of 1 votes)

4

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Composer

100% (3 of 3 votes)

5

H.G. (Herbert George) Wells

Author

100% (6 of 6 votes)

6

Ben Jonson (Writer)

Playwright

100% (1 of 1 votes)

7

Stephen Hawking

Scientist

58.95% (112 of 190 votes)

8

Larry Adler

Musician

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

9

David Bowie

Vocalist

35.29% (12 of 34 votes)

10

Peter Higgs

Scientist

31.87% (29 of 91 votes)

11

Albert Finney

Actor

25.00% (1 of 4 votes)

12

E.M. Forster

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

13

Michael Frayn

Playwright

0% (0 of 0 votes)

14

Richard Hamilton (Artist)

Artist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

15

Thomas Hardy (Writer)

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

16

David Hockney

Artist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

17

Aldous Huxley

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

18

Danny Boyle (Director)

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

19

Paul Dirac

Scientist

0% (0 of 3 votes)

20

Joseph Conrad

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

21

John Galsworthy

Author

0% (0 of 1 votes)

22

J.B. Priestley

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

23

Alan Bennett

Playwright

0% (0 of 0 votes)

24

Arnold Bennett

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

25

Roald Dahl

Author

0% (0 of 2 votes)

26

John Loudon McAdam

Inventor

0% (0 of 1 votes)

27

Inigo Jones

Architect

0% (0 of 1 votes)

28

Rabindranath Tagore

Poet

0% (0 of 0 votes)

29

Max Perutz

Scientist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

30

L.S. Lowry

Artist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

31

Anthony Powell

Author

0% (0 of 0 votes)

32

Alastair Sim

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

33

Frederick Sanger

Scientist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

34

Amartya Sen

Economist

0% (0 of 1 votes)

35

Paul Scofield

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

36

George Bernard Shaw

Playwright

0% (0 of 0 votes)

37

Henry Moore

Artist

0% (0 of 2 votes)

38

Robert Morley

Actor

0% (0 of 0 votes)

39

John Osborne

Playwright

0% (0 of 1 votes)

40

Harold Pinter

Playwright

0% (0 of 0 votes)

41

Peter O'Toole

Actor

0% (0 of 1 votes)