From scientists and junior doctors to charity champions and foster carers, there are more than 20 Oxfordshire names in the 2021 New Year Honours list.

Read more about some of the extraordinary people who have made the list here

Here is the Oxfordshire list in full. 

Knights Bachelor

Professor Dieter Robin Helm CBE. Chair, Natural Capital Committee. For services to the Environment, to Energy and to Utilities Policy. (Bampton)

Professor David Ian Stuart FRS. MRC Professor of Structural Biology, University of Oxford. For services to Medical Research and to the Scientific Community. (Kidlington)

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Mark Hopwood, managing director of Great Western Railway. For services to transport. (Didcot)

Michelle Ovens, founder of Small Business Britain. For services to small businesses. (Brightwell-cum-Sotwell)

Felicity Waley-Cohen, of Robert and Felicity Waley-Cohen Charitable Trust. For services to children’s medicine. (Banbury)

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Robert Buckingham, robotics director at UK Atomic Energy Authority. For services to robotic engineering. (Abingdon)

Christopher Hodges, professor of Justice Systems. For services to business and law. (Bicester)

John Liversidge. For services to victims of domestic abuse. (Witney)

William Plaistowe. For services to the care of the elderly and education. (Watlington)

Patricia Rice, chair of School Teachers’ Review Body. For services to education. (Garsington)

Eleanor Stride, professor of Biomaterials. For services to engineering. (Oxford)

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Andrew Baker. Founder, Play2Give. For services to Charity. (Didcot)

Richard Brown. For services to people with disabilities and the community in Middle Barton. (Chipping Norton)

David Earle. For voluntary and charitable services. (Banbury)

Dr Gareth Hynes. Specialty Registrar, Respiratory Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Medical Education during Covid-19. (Oxford)

Rodney Cyril James. Foster Carer, Oxfordshire County Council. For services to Fostering. (Abingdon)

Rosalie Olive James. Foster Carer, Oxfordshire County Council. For services to Fostering. (Abingdon)

Neil Weller. For services to education and skills. (Oxfordshire)

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

Debra Courtenay-Crane. Head Coach, Carterton Gymnastics Club. For services to Gymnastics and to Young People in Carterton, Oxfordshire. (North Leigh)

Thomas Croft. For services to the arts and charity during Covid-19. (Oxford)

Richard Thomas. For services to healthcare and the community in South Oxfordshire. (Finchampstead, Berkshire)

Dr Judith Ann Webb. For services to Conservation of Wildlife and Habitats in Oxfordshire. (Kidlington)

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