Although knights no longer fight as elite warriors, the act of knighting, or being given knighthood by a king or queen, still exists. The most well-known example of knighting today are tapping the shoulders of the person being knighted with the flat side of a sword. People who are alive today who have been given knighthood include Bill Gates, Clint Eastwood, Michael Caine, as well as former U.S. president, the late George H.W. Bush.