 He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 16 December 1996.In 2010, Stewart was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama.Patrick Stewart was born on 13 July 1940 in Mirfield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, to Gladys (née Barrowclough), a weaver and textile worker, and Alfred Stewart (1905–1980), a regimental sergeant major in the British Army.