Awards creating Dame Commanders and Commanders of the British Empire in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours..
DBE
Miss Elizabeth Violet Blackadder, OBE. Painter. For services to the Visual Arts. (Edinburgh)
Ms Yvonne Helen Elaine Buckland. Chair, Health Development Agency. For services to Public Health. (Radway, Warwickshire)
Ms Pamela Sarah Coward. Headteacher, Middleton Technology College, Rochdale. For services to Education. (Rossendale, Lancashire)
Ms Helen Mirren. Actress. For services to Drama. (London)
Professor Julia Margaret Polak. Head, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Centre, Imperial College, London. For services to Medicine. (London, SW10)
Miss Ruth Laura Robins. Headteacher, JFS School, Brent, London. For services to Education. (London, NW1)
Mrs Anita Lucia Roddick, OBE. Founder of The Body Shop. For services to Retailing, the Environment and Charity. (West Sussex)
CBE
Christopher Nigel Banks. Chair, Learning and Skills Council's Young People's Learning Committee and Chair, London Employers' Coalition. For services to Young People and the Unemployed. (Cobham, Surrey)
John Bartle. For services to Advertising, Charity and Education. (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire)
Simon Russell Beale. Actor. For services to Drama. (London)
Edward Geoffrey Beardsall. Director, Business Development and Deputy chief executive, HM Land Registry, Lord Chancellor's Department. (Letchworth, Hertfordshire)
Robert Beckham. Director, Intellectual Property Rights, Defence Procurement Agency, Ministry of Defence. (Bristol)
Marcus de la Poer Beresford. Lately chief executive, GKN plc. For services to the Engineering Industry Worldwide. (Nr Bridport, Dorset)
Ms Christina Ann Bienkowska. Divisional manager, Strategy and Performance Division, Department for Education and Skills. (Walton-on-Thames, Surrey)
Mrs Margaret Janet Bloom. Director, Competition Enforcement, Office of Fair Trading. (London, NW3)
Dr Ian Gibb Bogle. Chair of Council, British Medical Association. For services to Medicine. (London, N8)
Derek Arnold Boothman. Non-Executive director, Remploy. For services to Disabled People and to the Accounting Profession. (Macclesfield, Cheshire)
Christopher Paul Brearley. Director, Methodology and Information, Social Services Inspectorate, Department of Health. (Selby, North Yorkshire)
Mrs Mary Teresa Breslin. Lately managing Partner, Total Engineering. For services to Business and to the community in Londonderry. (Londonderry)
Richard David Briers, OBE. Actor. For services to Drama. (London)
Alan Britten. Lately Chair, English Tourism Council. (Kew, Surrey)
Andrew Gibson Brown, QPM. Chief Constable, Grampian Police. For services to the Police. (Aberdeenshire)
James Thomas Brown. Head, Public Health Division, Health Department, Scottish Executive. (Edinburgh)
George Brumwell. General secretary, Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians and Member, Health and Safety Commission. For services to the Construction Industry. (Chessington, Surrey)
Thomas William Cain, QC. Lately First Deemster. For services to the Administration of Justice in the Isle of Man. (Kirk Michael, Isle of Man)
Andrew Robertson Campbell, OBE, JP, DL. Convenor, Dumfries and Galloway Council. For services to Local Government and to Agriculture. (Castle Douglas, Dumfries)
Miss Susan Catherine Campbell, MBE. Chief executive, Youth Sports Trust. For services to Sport. (Loughborough, Leicestershire)
Mrs Anthea Fiendley Case. Director, National Heritage Memorial Fund. For services to Heritage. (London, N1)
Alan Herbert Cherry, MBE, DL. Chairman, Countryside Properties plc and Greenwich Millennium Village Ltd. For services to Urban Regeneration and the Housebuilding Industry. (Ingatestone, Essex)
Cdr David Julian Childs. Founder, National Memorial Arboretum. (Tisbury, Wiltshire)
Richard John Clayton. Assistant Legal Adviser, Home Office. (London, W8)
William Connolly. Actor and Comedian. For services to Entertainment. (London, SW6)
Anthony Cooper. Headteacher, Aldercar Community College, Derbyshire. For services to Education. (Derby, Derbyshire)
Professor Joseph Mordaunt Crook. For services to Architectural History. (London, NW1)
James Roderick Alexander Cumming. Chief executive, Highlands and Islands Enterprise. For services to Economic Development. (Inverness, Inverness-shire)
Ms Monica Darnbrough. Director, Bioscience Unit, Department of Trade and Industry. (London, EC2Y)
Ian Frederic Hay Davison. For charitable services, especially to the Arts. (Templecombe, Somerset)
Mike Deegan. Chief executive, Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to the NHS. (Knutsford, Cheshire)
Andrew Dillon. Chief executive, National Institute for Clinical Excellence. (London, SW14)
Mrs Elizabeth Eccles. Head of Resource Allocation, Department of Health. (Shipley, West Yorkshire)
David Albert Edmonds. Director general of Telecommunications, OFTEL. (London, SW20)
Professor Kay-Tee Khaw-Fawcett. Professor of Clinical Gerontology, University of Cambridge. For services to Medicine. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)
Iain George Thomas Ferguson. Chief executive, Tate and Lyle plc. For services to the Food Industry. (Guildford, Surrey)
Simon Joseph Fraser. Founder chairman, Fibrowatt Ltd. For services to the Renewable Energy Industry. (London, W11)
Mrs Adrienne Sheila Fresko. Deputy Chair, Audit Commission. For services to Local Government and to the Health Service. (Kenley, Surrey)
William Leslie Gardner. Lately chief Veterinary Officer, Scotland, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (Dumfries)
Mrs Helen Mary Gilchrist. Principal, Bury College. For services to Further Education. (Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire)
Alan Raymond Gillespie. For services to the Northern Ireland Economy and the Commonwealth Development Corporation. (Oxshott, Surrey)
David Jon Gilmour. Songwriter, Guitarist and Singer. For services to Music. (West Sussex)
Charles Philip Graf. Lately chief executive, Trinity Mirror. For services to Regional Newspapers. (London, SE1)
Alan Thomas Grieve. Chairman, Jerwood Foundation. For services to the Arts. (Ludlow, Shropshire)
Eric Hagman. Chairman, Audit Committee, Scottish Enterprise. For services to Economic Development. (Pollockshields, Glasgow)
Peter Hampson, QPM. Chief Constable, West Mercia Police. For services to the Police. (Worcestershire)
William George Hastings, OBE. Chairman, Hastings Hotels Group. For services to the Northern Ireland Economy and the Hotel Sector. (Downpatrick, Down)
David Peter Hemery, MBE. Lately president UK Athletics. For services to Athletics. (Marlborough, Wiltshire)
Pierre Francois Horsfall, OBE. For services to the community on Jersey. (Jersey, Channel Islands)
Howell Meirion Harris Hughes. Secretary to the Church Commissioners. (Wonersh, Surrey)
Mrs Sandra Pauline Hunt. Assistant chief executive, London Borough of Newham. For services to Urban Regeneration in London. (London, N6)
George Iacobescu. Chief executive, Canary Wharf Group. For services to Regeneration and Inward Investment. (London, W1K)
Colin Ray Jackson, OBE. Athlete. For services to Sport. (South Glamorgan)
Terence Jagger. Director, Defence Evaluation Research Agency Partnering Team, Ministry of Defence. (London, W4)
Gary Jones. For services to Emergency Nursing. (Grays, Essex)
Anish Kapoor. Sculptor. For services to the Arts. (London, NW1)
Thomas Joseph Kavanagh. Secretary, Gaming Board for Great Britain. (London, SW20)
Simon John Keenlyside. Opera Singer. For services to Music. (London, WC2A)
Dr Mary Paula Jane King Kilbane. Chief executive, Eastern Health and Social Services Board. For services to Health Care in Northern Ireland. (Rostrevor, Down)
Professor Peter Thomas Kirstein. Professor of Computer Systems, University College London. For services to Internetworking Research. (London, N2)
Miss Christine Knott. Chief Officer, Greater Manchester Probation Area. For services to the Probation Service. (Lancashire)
Professor Hermione Lee. Writer and Academic. For services to Literature. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Miss Jennifer Lee Leggott. Director of Service Improvement, Planning and Nursing, Nottingham City Hospital. For services to Nursing and Midwifery. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
David Ian Lockwood. North West Area manager, HM Prison Service, Home Office. (Cumbria)
John Christopher Lowry. Chairman, Standing Dental Advisory Committee. For services to Hospital Dental Surgery. (Bolton, Lancashire)
Gerald Cyril Manning, OBE. Member, Environment Agency Board. For services to Flood Defence and to the Environment. (Tiverton, Devon)
David Arthur Ambler Marshall. Director general, Society of British Aerospace Companies. For services to Defence and Aerospace Industries. (London, SW1P)
Professor Gordon Marshall. Lately chief executive, Economic and Social Research Council. For services to Economic and Social Research. (Reading, Berkshire)
Robert Crawford Martin. For public service. (Down)
Ms Judith McClure, (Mrs Collins). Headteacher, St. George's School for Girls, Edinburgh. For services to Education in Scotland.
Iain Macleod McMillan. Director, CBI Scotland. For services to Lifelong Learning. (Falkirk, Stirling and Falkirk)
Deryk Mead. Chief executive, National Children's Homes. For services to Children. (Malvern, Worcestershire)
Dr Dorothy Carnegie Moir. Director of Public Health, NHS Lanarkshire. For services to Public Health Medicine. (Cults, Aberdeen)
James William Charles Moir, LVO. Controller, BBC Radio 2. For services to Broadcasting. (Pinner, Middlesex)
Alfred Cosier Morris, DL. Vice-Chancellor, University of the West of England. For services to Higher Education. (Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire)
Elwyn Rhys Moseley. Commissioner, Commission for Local Administration in Wales. For services to Local Government. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
Neil Christopher Munro. Director, Revenue Policy, Inland Revenue. (London, W13)
Mrs Bushra Khanum Nasir. Headteacher, Plashet School, Newham. For services to Education. (London, E11)
Professor Linda Partridge, FRS, FRS. E., Weldon Professor of Biometry, University College London, and president of the Genetics Society. For services to Evolutionary Biology. (London, N19)
David Patterson. Founder and Emeritus president, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. For services to Jewish Studies. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Howard Wesley Petch, OBE. Regional Co-ordinator, Farm Crisis Network, Yorkshire and Humber. For services to Farming and to Rural Communities in the East Riding of Yorkshire. (Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire)
Professor Colin Trevor Pillinger, FRS. Professor of Planetary Science, Open University. For services to Higher Education and to Science. (Royston, Hertfordshire)
Professor Robert Pratt. Professor of Nursing and director, Richard Wells Research Centre. For services to Nurse Education. (London, SW6)
George Richard Profit, OBE, AFC. For services to Aviation Safety. (Storrington, West Sussex)
Professor Christopher Graham Rapley. Director, British Antarctic Survey. For services to the Environmental Sciences. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)
Ian William Reeves. For services to Business and the Tomorrow's People Trust. (Nr Yeovil, Somerset)
Brian Rigby. Lately Deputy chief executive, Office of Government Commerce, HM Treasury. (Shipton under Wychwood, Oxfordshire)
Dickon Hugh Wheelwright Robinson. Director, Development and Planning, Peabody Trust. For services to Housing. (London, WC2E)
Professor Martin Oliver Roland. Professor of General Practice and director of the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, University of Manchester. For services to Medicine. (Altrincham, Cheshire)
Michael David Sherrard, QC. Director of Advocacy, Middle Temple, London. For services to the Legal Profession. (London, NW3)
Peter Anthony Smith. Lately General secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers. For services to Education. (Croydon, Surrey)
James Alexander Stephenson. Lately Chair, Advantage West Midlands. For services to Economic Regeneration, Partnership Working and Manufacturing in the West Midlands. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
Ian Stopps. Chief executive, Lockheed Martin UK Ltd. For services to the Defence and Aerospace Industries. (Twickenham, Middlesex)
John Crispian Strachan, QPM, DL. Chief Constable, Northumbria Police. For services to the Police. (Northumberland)
Gordon Matthew Sumner, (Sting). Singer and Songwriter. For services to the Music Industry. (Wilstshire)
Ms Marion Hooper Tait, (Mrs Morse) OBE. Ballet Mistress, Birmingham Royal Ballet. For services to Dance.
Miss Sarah Ann Thane. Director of Programmes and Advertising, Independent Television Commission. For services to Broadcasting. (London, W9)
Miss Yvonne Thompson. Managing director, ASAP Communications Ltd. For services to Black and Ethnic Minority Business. (London, SW9)
The Rt Rev Anthony Michael Arnold Turnbull. Lately Bishop of Durham and formerly Bishop of Rochester. For services to the Governance of the Church of England and to Regional Affairs. (Sandwich, Kent)
Derek Turner. Lately managing director, Street Management, Transport for London. For services to Transport in London. (Dartford, Kent)
Professor Gordon Alexander Bryce Waddell. For services to Social Policy and Disability Assessment. (Bishopsbriggs, Glasgow)
Ms Anne Margaret Watts, OBE. For services to Diversity. (Enfield, Middlesex)
Adrian Spencer Vaughan Williams. Headteacher, Bury St. Edmunds County Upper School, Suffolk. For services to Education. (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk)
Robert Barclay Woods. Group managing director, P&O Nedlloyd and president, Chamber of Shipping. For services to Shipping. (Nr Thatcham, Berkshire)
Mrs Charmaine Carolyn Young. Regeneration director, St. George, Berkeley Group. For services to Urban Regeneration. (Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire)