020 Brits Who Refused Knighthood and Other Honors (Photos)NO SIRFrom David Bowie to C. S. Lewis, see who didn’t want to be called ‘Sir.’Jimmy SoUpdated Jul. 13, 2017 11:05AM EDT / Published Jan. 27, 2012 5:40PM EST Getty Images ; AP Photo Getty Images ; AP Photo David BowieTerry O'Neill / Hulton Archive-Getty Images Roald DahlIan Cook / Time Life Pictures via Getty Images Evelyn WaughMark Gerson / Camera Press-Retna John LennonRichard Drew / AP Photo Alfred HitchcockAP Photo Doris LessingMartin Cleaver / AP Photo Paul DiracBoyer Viollet / Getty Images Francis CrickDaniel Mordzinski / AFP-Getty Images Lucien FreudDominic Lipinski / Landov John CleeseTerry O'Neill / Hulton Archive-Getty Images Vanessa RedgraveStuart Wilson / Getty Images L.S. LowryTony Evans / Getty Images Benjamin ZephaniahCambridge Jones / Getty Images Michael WinnerKeith Hamshere / Getty Images C.S. LewisJohn Chillingworth / Getty Images Trevor HowardMichael Ochs Archives / Gerry Images Graham GreeneKurt Hutton / Picture Post-Getty Images Jon SnowMJ Kim / Getty Images Aldous HuxleyWolf Suschitzky / Pix Inc.-Getty Images Henry MooreDavid Montgomery / Getty Images Jimmy So@jimmysoGot a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.
Getty Images ; AP Photo David BowieTerry O'Neill / Hulton Archive-Getty Images Roald DahlIan Cook / Time Life Pictures via Getty Images Evelyn WaughMark Gerson / Camera Press-Retna John LennonRichard Drew / AP Photo Alfred HitchcockAP Photo Doris LessingMartin Cleaver / AP Photo Paul DiracBoyer Viollet / Getty Images Francis CrickDaniel Mordzinski / AFP-Getty Images Lucien FreudDominic Lipinski / Landov John CleeseTerry O'Neill / Hulton Archive-Getty Images Vanessa RedgraveStuart Wilson / Getty Images L.S. LowryTony Evans / Getty Images Benjamin ZephaniahCambridge Jones / Getty Images Michael WinnerKeith Hamshere / Getty Images C.S. LewisJohn Chillingworth / Getty Images Trevor HowardMichael Ochs Archives / Gerry Images Graham GreeneKurt Hutton / Picture Post-Getty Images Jon SnowMJ Kim / Getty Images Aldous HuxleyWolf Suschitzky / Pix Inc.-Getty Images Henry MooreDavid Montgomery / Getty Images