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Artists awarded knighthoods

  • Alfred HitchcockOn the 13th of August 1899, a boy named Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in the flat above his parents' greengrocer shop at 517 High Road in Leytonstone.
  • Joseph BeaumeJoseph Beaume entered the world on the 27th of September 1796 in Marseilles. This port city provided his first view of a bustling Mediterranean harbor before…
  • Charlie ChaplinLondon, 1897. A seven-year-old boy named Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. sat at the Central London District School for paupers, his head cocked slightly to one…
  • Christopher NolanChristopher Edward Nolan was born on the 30th of July 1970 in Westminster, London. His father Brendan James Nolan worked as a creative director for an…
  • Ridley ScottRidley Scott was born on the 30th of November 1937 in South Shields. His father Francis Percy Scott served as a Colonel in the Royal Engineers during the…
  • Peter Blake (artist)Peter Blake was born on the 25th of June 1932 in Dartford, Kent. He began his formal training at the Gravesend Technical College school of art before moving…