Below is a list of Honorary Freemen of the City of Birmingham.
The City of Birmingham, England has granted Honorary Freedom to individuals and military organisations since 1888. Designation as a Freeman of the City is an honorary title and, subject to a two-thirds majority of the Council, is granted to persons of distinction and those who have rendered eminent services to the City. The following have received this honour (up to 1998):
Joseph Chamberlain MP, 20 March 1888
Philip Henry Muntz JP, 23 October 1888
Thomas Avery JP, 4 October 1892
George Dixon MP, 4 January 1898
John Thackray Bunce JP, 7 March 1899
Earl Roberts VC KG OM, 1 January 1901
Edward Lawley Parker JP, 31 October 1904
Jesse Collings MP, 13 June 1911
William Kenrick JP, 13 June 1911
Frances Corder Clayton JP, 2 July 1912
Charles Gabriel Beale Beale JP, 2 July 1912
Sir William Henry Bowater JP, 4 January 1916
William Moris Hughes, 22 May 1916
David Lloyd George OM MP, 5 February 1921
Earl Balfour KG OM, 22 June 1922
Sir George Hamilton Kenrick, 25 September 1923
Sir David Brooks GBE JP, 25 September 1923
Sir Austen Chamberlain KG PC MP, 22 February 1926
Barrow Cadbury JP, 6 May 1932
Neville Chamberlain PC MP, 6 May 1932
John Henry Lloyd MA JP, 6 May 1932
Ernest Martineau CMG DL, 11 July 1938
William Adlington Cadbury, 11 July 1938
Wilfred Byng Kenrick, 11 July 1938
Henry James Sayer JP, 11 July 1938
Jan Christiaan Smuts CH KC, 19 May 1944
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill CH FRS MP, 31 October 1946
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1946
Clement R. Attlee CH MP, 18 October 1947
Sir William J. Slim KCB, 18 October 1947
Sir F. H. C. Wiltshire MC, 18 October 1947
H. Barrow, 12 April 1949
Mrs. A. M. Howes MBE JP, 16 April 1955
Sir Barry V. Jackson, 16 April 1955
Sir S. Vernon, 16 April 1955
Sir T. B. Pritchett MC DL, 7 May 1960
Sir A. Bradbeer JP, 7 May 1960
268 Regiment, Royal Artillery TA, 4 June 1966
Sir Francis. F. Griffin, 2 May 1970
H. Watton CBE JP, 2 May 1970
35th Signal Regiment, 12 September 1970
E. W. Horton JP, 15 September 1973
E. E. Mole OBE JP, 15 September 1973
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, 7 May 1975
HMS Birmingham, 11 May 1978
Sir N. B. A. Bosworth CBE, 4 December 1982
Sir George Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury, 4 December 1982
Julius Silverman MP, 4 December 1982
Queen's Own Hussars, 4 October 1983
Mrs. M. A. Brown CBE JP, 25 October 1986
Mrs. F. M. Cocks OBE JP, 25 October 1986
Sir Reginald E. Eyre, 23 February 1991
Baron Howell of Aston Manor, 23 February 1991
Sir Simon D. Rattle CBE, 1 October 1996
Miss L. Clayton, 1 October 1996
Cllr. Peter Hollingworth JP, 2011
