| FERGUSON | Alex -, former football manager who was knighted in 1999 (8) |
| RICHARD | Entrepreneur who was knighted in 1999, Sir _ Branson (7) |
| HODGSON | Roy, ex-England football manager who was appointed head coach of Watford FC in 2022 (7) |
| BRIANCLOUGH | Former football manager who claimed "I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one" |
| RATTIGAN | Terence ___ (1911 - 77), London-born playwright who was knighted in 1971 (8) |
| DOMENECH | Raymond .. ...... , former Mulhouse and Lyon manager who was in charge of the France national football team from 2004-10 (8) |
| ALECROSE | English sailor who was knighted in 1968 after completing a single-handed circumnavigation of the globe |
| REDKNAPP | Former football manager set to make an appearance in EastEnders this summer (5,8) |
| JOETORRE | Manager who was NL MVP in 1971 |
| BOBBYCOX | Braves manager who was ejected 161 times in his career: 2 wds. |
| SHERWOOD | Former football manager of Villa and Forest? (8) |
| BLISS | Composer and conductor who was knighted in 1950 and appointed Master of the Queen's Music in 1953 in succession to Sir Arnold Bax (5) |
| TREVORBROOKING | Former West Ham United and England midfielder who was knighted in 2004 |
| FABRICANT | Michael ---, former Tory MP for Lichfield who was knighted in 2023 (9) |
| VIVRICHARDS | Former West Indies cricketer who scored over 100 first-class centuries, knighted in 1999 (3,8) |
| HOBBS | Jack ---, English cricketer known as 'The Master' who was knighted in 1953 (5) |
| ATTENBOROUGH | David - - -, broadcaster and naturalist who was knighted in 1985 (12) |
| HORDERN | Michael, stage and film actor who was knighted in 1983 (7) |
| BRAGG | Surname of the Australian born British physicist who was knighted in 1941 (5) |
| ISAAC | Newton who was knighted in 1705 |
