Honorary Graduates 1989 to present
2015
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Fiona Prowie | DSc | |
| Professor Martin Hyland | DSc | |
| HRH Princess Sarvath El Hassan | EdD | |
| Dr Cary Adams | DHealth | |
| Lord Rees of Ludlow | LLD | |
| Rob Law MBE | DEng | |
| Dr Betty Chan Po-King | LLD | |
| Professor Jonathan Bradshaw CBE, FBA | LLD | |
| Dr Nigel Stein | DEng | |
| Dr Christopher Jones | DSc | |
| Professor George Whitesides | DSc | |
| Professor Jean Bartunek | DBA | |
| Justin Webb | DLitt | |
| Gilbert Passin | DEng | |
| Dr Frank Carter Duckworth MBE | DSc | |
| Professor John Dudley | DSc | |
| Margaret Elizabeth 'Maggie' Philbin | DSc | |
| Lawrie McMenemy MBE | LLD |
2014
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE | LLD | |
| Mr Jem Finer | DArts | |
| Sir Peter Hendy CBE | DEng | |
| Baroness Sheila Hollins | LLD | |
| Baroness Ruth Lister CBE | LLD | |
| Ms Sara Miller McCune | DLitt | |
| Ms Jan Paterson MBE | LLD | |
| Mr Andrew Ritchie MBE | DEng | |
| Professor Sir Adam Roberts | DLitt | |
| Professor Jeff Thompson CBE | EdD | |
| Ms Faith Wainwright MBE | DEng | |
| Professor Yonghua Song MBE | DEng | |
| Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock | DSc | |
| Tim Hollingsworth | LLD | |
| David Carpenter | DBA | |
| Lieutenant General Sir Robert Fry | LLD | |
| Professor Gordon McVie | MD | |
| Robert Randall | MA |
2013
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Malcolm Arnold OBE | EdD | |
| Mr Tony Best | DEng | |
| Air Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton GBE | DSc | |
| Mr Ron Dennis CBE | DEng | |
| Mr Graham Hoare | DEng | |
| Mr Andrew Moss | DBA | |
| His Royal Highness The Earl Of Wessex | LLD | |
| Ms Beatrice Mtetwa | LLD | |
| Dr Colin Murray-Parkes OBE | LLD | |
| Professor Michael Otlet | DEng | |
| Professor David Phillips CBE | LLD | |
| Professor Gordon Plotkin | Dsc | |
| The Rt Revd Peter Price | LLD | |
| Mr Philip Pullman OBE FRSL | DArts | |
| Sir Peter Ricketts KCMG | LLD | |
| Miss Ellie Simmonds OBE | LLD | |
| Professor David Spiegelhalter OBE FRS | DSc | |
| Professor Dr Sarah Spingman CBE FREng | DSc |
2012
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs Del Davies | MA | |
| David Embleton | DSc | |
| Christopher Holmes MBE | LLD | |
| Antonio Horta-Osório | LLD | |
| Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Mohamed Salleh bin Mohamed Yasin | DSc | |
| Howard Nicholson | LLD | |
| Professor Jim Norton | LLD | |
| Professor Dr Christiane Nusslein-Volhard | MD | |
| Mr Eric Parry | DArts | |
| Roger Pedder | LLD | 2015 |
| Professor Teresa Rees CBE | LLD | |
| Lord Bernard Ribeiro | DEng | |
| Ian Sutherland | MA | |
| Professor John Westwick | DSc |
2011
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| His Excellency Mr Khalil Al Foulathi | LLD | |
| Dr Peter Bonfield | DEng | |
| Professor Rod Flower FRS | LLD | |
| Robin Grove-White | DSc | |
| Ms Margaret Heffernan | DBA | |
| Dr Thomas Lonngren | DSc | |
| Mr Donald McCullin | DArts | |
| Sir Keith Mills | LLD | |
| Professor Datuk Dr Mohd Mydin bin Mohd Musa | MD | |
| Dame Linda Partridge | DSc | |
| Mr Bharat Shah | DBA | |
| Sir Roger Singleton | LLD | |
| Clive Stafford Smith OBE | LLD |
2010
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Fazle Hasan Abed KCMG | LLD | |
| Mr Anthony Beevor FRSL | DLitt | |
| Dr Jean J Botti | DEng | |
| Mr Andrew Brownsword | DArts | |
| Mr Toby Churchill | DEng | |
| Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE | LLD | |
| Professor Ian Jamieson | LLD | |
| Dr Simon Thurley | LLD | |
| Midge Ure OBE | LLD | |
| Roger Porkess | EdD | |
| Marcus du Sautoy OBE | DSc |
2009
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Craigie Aitchison CBE | DArts | December 2009 |
| Mr David Bull | LLD | |
| Ms Sue Duncan | DSc | |
| Mr Justin King | DBA | |
| Dr Krisana Kraisintu | DSc | |
| Professor Anthony Rees | DSc | |
| The Hon Mrs Mary Robinson | LLD | |
| Mr Brian Roper MBE | DBA | May 2014 |
| Dame Nancy Rothwell | LLD | |
| Mr Martin Sadler | DSc | |
| Mr Ed Smith | LLD | |
| Florence Muringi Wambugu | DSc | |
| Mr William (Bill) Whiteley | DEng |
2008
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Nicholas Barton | DHealth | |
| Sir Ian Botham OBE | LLD | |
| Dr Stephen J Charlton | DEng | |
| Dr Stephanie Cook MBE | DM | |
| Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham KBE | DEng | |
| Mr John Grimshaw CBE | DEng | |
| Mr Neil Holloway | DSc | |
| Professor George Lunt OBE | DSc | |
| Ms Joanna Macgregor | DMus | |
| Professor Richard Mawditt OBE | LLD | |
| Sir David McMurtry CBE | DEng | |
| Lord Sainsbury of Turville | DSc | |
| Mr Bob Wigley | DBA |
2007
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Michael Dickson MBE | DEng | |
| Dr Ed Gilby | DSc | |
| Sir Julian Horn-Smith | LLD | |
| Dr Stephen Huckvale | DEng | |
| Mr Raymond Kelvin | DBA | |
| Professor Rod Morgan | LLD | |
| Mr James Sherwin | LLD | |
| Mr Sergio Viaggio | LLD | |
| Professor John Willis | DSc |
2006
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Sir John Chisholm | DEng | |
| U A Fanthorpe CBE | DLitt | April 2009 |
| Sir Christopher Gent | LLD | |
| Sir Peter Hall | LLD | |
| The Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws QC | EdD | |
| Lord Joel Joffe | LLD | |
| Sir Terence Matthews | DEng | |
| Dr Raymond Schinazi | DSc | |
| Dame Stephanie Shirley | LLD | |
| Sir David Varney | LLD | |
| Mr Philip Williamson | DBA |
2005
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Bruno Buchberger | DSc | |
| Professor Sir Martin Evans FMedSci FRS | DSc | |
| Dr Brian Ford | DSc | |
| Mr Iain Gilmour Gray | DEng | |
| Professor Dame Julia Higgins DBE FRS FREng | DSc | |
| Professor Judith Howard CBE FRS | DSc | |
| Professor Ron Johnston FBA AcSS | DLitt | |
| Sir Stuart Lipton | LLD | |
| Mr Simon Murray CBE | LLD | |
| Dame Cicely Saunders | LLD | July 2005 |
| Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ONZ AC DBE | DMus | |
| Professor Sir David Watson | EdD | February 2015 |
| Ms Jacqueline Wilson OBE | DLitt |
2004
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Sir David Brown FIEE FREng | DEng | |
| The Rt Hon Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss GBE PC | LLD | |
| Mr Michael Eavis | DArts | |
| Dr Adam Hart-Davis | DLitt | |
| Dame Louise N Johnson DBE FRS | DSc | September 2012 |
| Professor Betty Johnson | DSc | September 2003 |
| Professor Stephen Lillicrap | DSc | |
| Mr Edward Luttwak | LLD | |
| The Rt Hon Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve CBE FMedSci FBA | DLitt | |
| Mr Luke Rittner | DArts | |
| Dr Horst Schulte | DEng |
2003
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Sir Christopher Frayling | DArts | |
| Professor Nigel Hitchin DPhil FRS | DSc | |
| Dr Peter King | DMus | |
| The Rt Rev'd the Lord Bishop of Rochester | DLitt | |
| Ms Sara Parkin OBE | LLD | |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Patten of Barnes CH PC | LLD | |
| Mr Terry Pratchett OBE | DLitt | March 2015 |
| Mr Jeremy Thring DL | LLD | |
| Professor George Walker OBE | EdD |
2002
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Briggs | LLD | |
| The Rt Rev'd Michael Doe | LLD | |
| Professor Malcolm Frazer | EdD | |
| Sir Robert Hill KBE FREng FIMechE | DEng | |
| Dr DeAnne Julius CBE | LLD | |
| Sir John Keegan OBE FRSL | DLitt | August 2012 |
| Mr Ken Loach | DArts | |
| Sir Paul Nurse FRS | DSc | |
| Ms Dava Sobel | DLitt |
2001
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| The Rt Hon The Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon KBE PC | LLD | |
| Mr David Beeton CBE | MA | |
| Sir CK Chow | DEng | |
| Mr John Coles CB FREng RCNC | DEng | |
| Sir Christopher Evans OBE PhD CBiol FIBiol CChem FRSE | DSc | |
| Dame Rosalyn Higgins DBE JSD FBA QC | LLD | |
| Mr Bob Holman | LLD | |
| Sir Ian McKellen CBE | DArts | |
| Mr Tan Sri Kishu Tirathrai | MBA | |
| Professor David VandeLinde | LLD |
2000
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Mr James Dyson CBE | DEng | |
| Professor Trevor Jones CBE FRSC FPS | DSc | |
| Professor Joseph Rykwert | DSc | |
| Dr Donald Turner | DSc | |
| Ms Carol Vorderman MBE | MA |
1999
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Ms Anna Coote | DLitt | |
| Mr John Hersee | MSc | May 2005 |
| Mr Brian Jones | MA | |
| Mr Dick King-Smith OBE | MA | January 2011 |
| Dame Anita Roddick DBE | LLD | September 2007 |
| Sir Nigel Wicks GCB CVO CBE | LLD | |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Williamson of Horton GCMG CB | LLD | |
| Mr Jen (B) Tan Sir Dato' Zain Hashim | MBA |
1998
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Derek Birkin TD CCMI FRSA | LLD | |
| Yang Berbahgia Datuk Khoo Eng Choo | MBA | July 2013 |
| Mr David J M Cornwell | DLitt | |
| Sir Richard Giordano KBE | LLD | |
| Mr Ian Hay Davison CBE | LLD | |
| Mr David Hempleman-Adams OBE | MA | |
| Ms Bel Mooney | DLitt | |
| Dr Aung San Suu Kyi | LLD | |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Simon of Highbury CBE | LLD | |
| The Rt Rev'd Dr James Thompson | DLitt | September 2003 |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Tugendhat | LLD |
1997
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Hanan Ashrawi | LLD | |
| Mrs Celia Bonham Christie | MA | October 2005 |
| Professor Jean-Pierre Changeu | DSc | |
| Sir Neil Cossons OBE | DLitt | |
| Professor Sir David Davies CBE FRS FREng | DSc | |
| Mr Brian McElney | MA | |
| Mr Anthony Wakefield | MA | April 1998 |
| Professor Lewis Wolpert CBE DIC FRS FRSL | DSc | |
| Professor Iannis Xenakis | DMus | February 2001 |
1996
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Yang Mulia Raja Badiozaman | LLD | 2001 |
| Sir Bryan Carsberg | LLD | |
| Ms Mary Fedden OBE RA RWA | DLitt | 2012 |
| Mr Peter Gabriel | DMus | |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Hunt of Chesterton CB FRS | DSc | |
| Sir Ian Hunter | DMus | September 2003 |
| Mr Nick Park CBE | DArts | |
| Mr George C Porter | MA |
1995
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Mr William Bowen | MA | November 1995 |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Brittan of Spennithorne PC QC DL | LLD | January 2015 |
| Sir Jack Cater | LLD | April 2006 |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Lewis of Newnham FRS FRSC | DSc | July 2014 |
| Mr Colin Maggs MBE | MA | |
| Sir Donald Maitland GCMG OBE | LLD | August 2010 |
| Lord George Porter DSc | LLD | September 2002 |
| Dr Anthony Powell | DLitt | March 2000 |
| Sir Alan Rudge FRS FREng | DSc | |
| Mr Peter Sutherland Hon KCMG | LLD |
1994
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Prof Eur Ing Wolfgang Backe | DSc | |
| Ms Emma Kirkby OBE | DMus | |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Mackay of Clashfern KT PC FRSE | LLD | |
| Professor Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS | DSc | |
| Mr Mervyn Peters | MA | March 2010 |
| Lord David Phillips of Ellesmere | DSc | February 1999 |
| Dr Richard Roberts | DSc | |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Rogers of Riverside | DSc | |
| Mr Jack Rowell OBE | LLD |
1993
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Quazi Faruque Ahmed | LLD | |
| Dr David Fishlock OBE | DSc | September 2009 |
| Ms Amelia Freedman MBE FRAM | DMus | |
| Sir Denys Henderson KT MA LLB LLD | LLD | |
| Sir Tony Hoare FRS FREng | DSc | |
| Sir Robin Ibbs KBE | LLD | July 2014 |
| Mr Edgard Pisani | LLD | |
| Mr Ivor V Powell | MA | November 2012 |
| Professor Rodney Quayle | DSc | February 2006 |
| The Hon Raymond Seitz | LLD | |
| Sir Peter Shaffer CBE FRSL | DLitt | |
| Sir John Wills | DLitt | August 1998 |
1992
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Ungku Aziz | DLitt | |
| The Rt Rev and Rt Hon The Lord Carey of Clifton PC | LLD | |
| Mrs Marjorie Reeves | DLitt | December 2003 |
| Professor Peter Scott | LLD | |
| Sir Wilfred Thesiger | DLitt | August 2003 |
| Professor Klaus Von Klitzing | DSc |
1991
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Buerk | MA | |
| Dr Charles Clarke | LLD | April 2003 |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Cuckney | DSc | October 2008 |
| Professor Sir Roger Elliott FRS | DSc | |
| Mr Nigel Kennedy | DLitt | |
| Dr Richard Laws CBE FRS | DSc | |
| Sir Robert Malpas CBE FREng FIChemE | DSc | |
| Dr Leonard Medlock | LLD | April 2013 |
| The Rt Hon Baroness Perry of Southwark | LLD | |
| Dr Whitty Whitmore | LLD | January 2004 |
1990
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Alexander Elkin | LLD | November 2001 |
| Dr Hermann Hauser CBE | DSc | |
| Professor Peter Jost CBE CEng FIMMechE FM | DSc | |
| Dr Geoffrey Kellaway | DSc | September 2013 |
| Sir Alistair Morton | LLD | September 2004 |
| Professor John Postgate FRS FIBiol | DSc | October 2014 |
| Dr Norman Sartorius MD | DSc |
1989
| Honorary Graduate | Degree conferred | Deceased |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Thomas Benjamin | DSc | August 1995 |
| Mr John F Coates DSc OBE | DSc | July 2010 |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge | LLD | July 2012 |
| Professor John Morrison | DLitt | October 2000 |
| Mrs Barbara Robertson | MA | April 2002 |
| Mr Alan R Rousell | DSc | |
| The Rt Hon The Earl of Snowdon GCVO | LLD |
