But he has so far failed to make it into the list despite his good relationship with the Royal Family.
Mr Beckham received an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2003 and has not received another title since.
This year, the highest award went to Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sir Kazuo Ishiguro, who was made a Companion of Honour for services to literature.
Honours were given to a host of Team GB athletes, including runner Keely Hodgkinson, who was named the 2024 BBC Sports Personality of the Year, and mountain biker Tom Pidcock, after the Paris Olympics.
There were also honours for those who campaigned on behalf of wrongfully convicted subpostmasters, after the Horizon IT scandal.
The football figure honoured this year was Gareth Southgate – England’s former manager who resigned earlier in the summer.
Creator of The Tracy Beaker series, Jacqueline Wilson, has been made a Dame Grand Cross (GBE) for services to literature, while actress Carey Mulligan and television presenter Alan Titchmarsh become Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Actor Eddie Marsan has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), and Myleene Klass has become a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Political figures were recognised for their public service, including Labour MP Emily Thornberry, who becomes a dame, and former West Midlands mayor Andy Street, who becomes a knight.
The oldest person on the list is 103-year-old World War Two Mosquito pilot Colin Bell, awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for charitable fundraising and public speaking.
The youngest recipients, both 18, are Mikayla Beames, awarded a BEM for her fundraising efforts supporting children with cancer, and para-swimmer William Ellard, made an MBE after winning gold in the S14 200m freestyle at the Paris Paralympics.