Discover recipients of Honorary Degrees and Awards made by the University between 1949 and 2024.
2024 - Darroch, Kim
2024 - Gowman, Alison
2024 - Percaya, Desra
2024 - Sambo Dorough, Dalee
2022 - Barton, Mike
2022 - Black, Jill
2022 - Senior, Robert
2022 - Thornton, Sara
2022 - Waller, Mark
2021 - Rose, Alison
2021 - Russell, Alderman William Anthony Bowater
2020 - Kelly, Chris
2019 - Gillespie, Robert
2019 - Hughes, Anthony (Lord)
2018 - McFarlane, Lord Justice Andrew
2018 - Shepherd, Wendy
2015 - Logan, Gabrielle Nicole
2015 - Shaw, Peter Alan
2014 - Laithwaite, Barbara
2014 - Laithwaite, Tony
2013 - Amos, Valerie Ann
2013 - Brindley, Lynne
2013 - Hassan, Hussein Hamed Sayed
2013 - Jahjaga, Atifete
2013 - Lampl, Peter
2013 - Schomburg, Wolfgang
2012 - Vine, Jeremy Guy
2012 - Wilson, Charles
2011 - Hussain, Amjad Mazhar
2011 - Strauss, Andrew John
2010 - Croisdale-Appleby, David
2009 - Dannatt, Francis Richard (General Sir)
2009 - Edwards, Jonathan David
2009 - Fedden, Mary
2009 - Hann, Judith
2009 - Monk, Richard
2008 - Al-Misnad, Sheikha Abdulla
2007 - Adams, Richard John
2007 - Adulyadej, His Majesty King Bhumibol
2007 - Alagiah, George
2007 - Ariyaratne, Vinya
2007 - Pillay, H.E. Judge Navanethem
2007 - Senaratne, Ranjith
2006 - Foster, Derek, Rt Hon Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland
2006 - Greenwood, William John Heaton
2006 - Heesom, Alan John
2006 - Rittner, Dr Luke Philip Hardwick
2005 - Bridge, Dr John
2005 - Holtham, Rev Nicholas Roderick
2005 - Stiglitz, Professor Joseph
2005 - Wanless, Sir Derek
2004 - Bryson, Bill
2003 - Mimpriss, Peter
2003 - Scheele, Sir Nicholas V
2003 - Smit, Timothy Bartiel
2002 - Ebsworth, Professor Evelyn Algernon Valentine
2002 - Foster of Thames Bank, Lord (Norman Robert)
2002 - Holliday, Sir Frederick (George Thomas)
2002 - Odgen, Sir Peter James
2002 - Sen, Professor Amartya Kumar
2001 - Hayward, John Charles Frederick
2001 - Lester, Anthony Paul, Lord Lester of Herne Hill
2001 - Pinsent, Sir Matthew Clive
2001 - Sedley, The Rt Hon Sir Stephen (John)
2000 - Hall, Professor Stuart McPhail
2000 - Handy, Professor Charles Brian
1999 - Cowdrey of Tonbridge - Michael Colin Baron
1999 - Stewart, Ian Macfarlane
1998 - Evans, Dr Harold Matthew
1998 - Kang, Jin-ku
1998 - Wales, His Royal Highness The Prince of
1997 - Fujii, Hiroaki
1997 - Hawley, Sir Donald (Frederick)
1997 - Jarab, Professor Josef
1997 - Marshall, Sir Colin (Marsh)
1997 - Russell, Sir George
1996 - Arata, Toshio
1996 - Danby, Miss Susan
1996 - Redgrave, Sir Steven Geoffrey
1996 - Sterling, Jeffrey Maurice, Lord Sterling of Plaistow
1996 - Tu, The Hon Mrs Elsie
1995 - Eccles, Diana Catherine, The Lady Eccles of Moulton
1995 - Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich
1995 - Hall, Sir John
1995 - Higgins, Professor Rosalyn
1995 - Lalumière, Mme Catherine
1995 - Phelps, Howard Thomas Henry Middleton
1995 - Theis, Professor Dr Adolf
1994 - Fujimoto, Shiro
1994 - Seitz, Raymond George Hardenbergh
1993 - de la Billière, General Sir Peter (Edgar de la Cour)
1993 - Genscher, Dr Hans-Dietrich
1992 - Brittan, Rt Hon Sir Leon
1992 - Davico, Léon
1992 - Dearing of Kingston upon Hull, Lord (Ronald)
1992 - Waite, Terence Hardy
1992 - Yakovlev, Aleksander Nikolayevich
1991 - Gaines, William Louis
1990 - El-Hassan bin Talal of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, HRH Crown Prince
1989 - Romanzi, Carmine Alfredo
1989 - Short, Edward Watson, Baron Glenamara of Glenridding
1989 - Slynn, The Hon Sir Gordon (Lord Slynn of Hadley)
1989 - Whitelaw of Penrith, William Stephen Ian, Viscount
1988 - Vernon, David Harvey
1987 - Atkinson, Frank
1985 - McClelland, Professor William Grigor
1985 - Ramphal, Sir Shridath Surendranath (Sonny)
1963 - Thompson, William
1961 - Hare, Arthur
1961 - Kent, His Royal Highness the Duke of
1957 - Hall, Alexander Hislop
1951 - Edinburgh, His Royal Highness the Duke of
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2020 - Sentamu, Dr John (Archbishop of York)
2015 - Welby, Justin
2013 - Duffy, Eamon
2011 - Lash, Nicholas Langrishe Alleyne
2009 - Dudley-Smith, Timothy
2008 - Williams, The Most Rev'd and Right Honourable Rowan Douglas
2007 - Blue, Rabbi Lionel
2007 - Wright, The Right Reverend Nicholas Thomas
2006 - Kasper, Cardinal Walter
2003 - Turnbull, The Rt Rev Michael
2002 - Arnold, John Robert
1999 - Polkinghorne, The Rev Canon John Charlton
1998 - Brümmer, Professor Vincent
1994 - Paul, Rev Toomas
1993 - Baelz, The Very Rev. Peter Richard
1993 - Carey, The Most Rev'd and Right Honourable George Leonard, Baron Carey of Clifton
1990 - Vermes, Professor Geza
1987 - Jenkins, Right Rev David Edward
1985 - Hengel, Martin
1975 - Habgood, The Most Rev'd and Right Honourable John Stapylton
1967 - Käsemann, Ernst
2024 - Davies, Hunter
2024 - Ovenden, Richard
2023 - Malcolm, Claire
2022 - Goodison, Lorna
2022 - Hall, Edith
2022 - Riley, Charlotte
2022 - Tennant, Neil
2022 - Timms, Henry
2021 - Thoits, Mary
2020 - Collins, Sir Kevan
2018 - Childs, Commander David
2018 - Morrill, Rev. Professor John
2018 - Ruffer, Jonathan
2017 - Motion, Sir Andrew
2016 - Garlick, George
2016 - Hollins, Sheila
2013 - Beynon, Huw
2013 - Sharratt, Michael
2012 - Barker, Joanna
2012 - Baxter, Biddy
2012 - Bokova, Irina Georgieva
2012 - Inshaw, David
2012 - Pullman, Phillip
2011 - Wrightson, Keith Edwin
2010 - Amin, Hamidullah
2010 - Aston, Michael Antony
2010 - Eagleton, Terry
2009 - Constantine, David
2009 - Stewart, Lady Mary Florence Elinor
2008 - Lawson, Fenwick Justin John
2008 - Lendrum, Christopher
2008 - Sproxton, David
2005 - Stevenson, Anne
2005 - Wells, Emeritus Professor Stanley William
2002 - Blacker, Thetis
1999 - Miller, Sir Jonathan Wolfe
1998 - Barker, Pat
1998 - Griffiths, Richard Thomas
1998 - James, PD (Baroness James of Holland Park)
1997 - Hardy, Dr (Timothy Sydney) Robert
1996 - Caro, Sir Anthony
1996 - Kitaj, Ronald B
1995 - Angelou, Dr Maya
1995 - Midgley, Mary Beatrice
1995 - Reynolds, Dr Barbara
1995 - Steiner, Professor George
1994 - Zinneman, Fred
1992 - Hill, Richard Leslie
1992 - Jackson, Glenda May
1992 - Ustinov, Sir Peter Alexander
1991 - Boulton, Professor James Thompson
1991 - Byatt, Dame Antonia Susan
1990 - Lessing, Doris May
1988 - Wiseman, Timothy Peter
1987 - Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel Bernard
1986 - Quirk, Sir (Charles) Randolph
1984 - Dover, Sir Kenneth James
1984 - McManners, The Rev John
1983 - Shirley, Dr John William
1971 - Blondel, Jacques
1971 - Lambton, Ann Katharine Swynford
1969 - Southern, Sir Richard (William)
2024 - Connolly, Sarah
2019 - Boden, Jon
2014 - Lancelot, James Bennett
2013 - Johnson, Graham Rhodes
2013 - Weir, Gillian
2012 - Rutter, John Milford
2007 - MacMillan, Jame Loy
2007 - Manning, Jane
2007 - Payne, Anthony
2006 - Barber, Chris
2005 - Carter, Peter
2003 - Hickox, Richard Sidney
2003 - Pärt, Arvo
1998 - Glennie, Evelyn Elizabeth Ann
1995 - LeFanu, Professor Nicola Frances
1995 - Solti, Sir George
1994 - Davies, Sir Peter Maxwell
1993 - Rothwell, Miss Evelyn, Lady Barbirolli
1991 - Armstrong, Miss Sheila Ann
1991 - Joubert, John Herman Pierre
1990 - Takemitsu, Toru
1989 - Lyttelton, Humphrey Richard Adeane
1988 - Allen, Sir Thomas
1983 - Lutoslawski, Witold
1982 - Arnold, Malcom
1982 - Hye-Ku, Lee
1982 - Te Kanawa, Dame Kiri
1980 - Rosen, Charles
2024 - Bradshaw, Margaret
2024 - Imafidon, Anne-Marie
2024 - Timpson, James
2022 - Bosanquet, Maggie
2022 - Croft, Simon
2022 - Sykes, Benj
2020 - Vest, Barbara
2019 - Garman, Professor Elspeth
2019 - Hunt, Neil
2019 - Simmons, Professor Michelle
2018 - Das, Professor Veena
2019 - Terrill, Chris
2017 - Taylor, John C
2016 - Doré, Anthony George
2016 - Hunter, Carl Stephen Patrick
2015 - Bawa, Ahmed Cassim
2014 - Buikstra, Jane Ellen
2014 - Oyawoye, Mosobalaje Olaloye
2013 - Higgs, Peter Ware
2013 - Lucas, Adetokunbo Oluwole
2013 - Phillips, David
2012 - Cheshire, Brent
2011 - Liao, Donald Poon-huai
2010 - Swan, Robert Charles
2009 - Ormerod, Paul
2009 - Wolfson of Marylebone, Lord
2008 - Barrow, John
2008 - Calman, Sir Kenneth
2008 - Church, Michael Anthony
2008 - Wright, Sir Nicholas
2007 - Arbuthnott, John Peebles
2007 - Bell Burnell, Professor dame Jocelyn
2007 - Broers, Lord Alec
2007 - Fothergill, Alastair David William
2007 - Greenwood, Philippa Gwyneth
2007 - Strathern, Professor Dame Marilyn
2007 - Tomlinson, Sir Michael
2007 - White, Simon
2006 - Harrison, Geoffrey Ainsworth
2006 - Sternberg, Robert J
2005 - Dawkins, Professor Richard, FRS
2005 - Goodfellow, Julia
2005 - Pattison, Sir John
2005 - Roberts, Professor Sir Gareth Gwyn
2004 - Kroto, Sir Harold
2003 - Nurse, Sir Paul
2002 - Ellis, Professor Richard Salisbury
2002 - Irvine, Sir Donald
2002 - Kouchner, Bernard
2002 - Walton of Detchant, Lord (James Nicholas)
2001 - Rhind, Professor David William
2001 - Wolfendale, Professor Sir Arnold (Whittaker)
2000 - Cowey, Professor Alan
2000 - Hoffmann, Professor Roald
2000 - Serre, Professor Jean-Pierre
2000 - Stoppard, Dr Miriam
1999 - Laming, William Herbert, Lord Laming of Tewin
1999 - Rees, Professor Sir Martin
1998 - Anderson, Dr Robert Geoffrey William
1998 - Freeman, Professor Raymond
1998 - Ogilvie, Dame Bridget Margaret
1997 - Malpas, Dr Robert
1996 - Burns, Sir Terence
1996 - Harrison, Sir Terence
1996 - Hawley, Dr Robert
1996 - Lewis, Professor Sir Jack, Baron Lewis of Newnham
1995 - Bellamy, Professor David James
1995 - Cramp, Professor Rosemary Jean
1995 - Rhodes, Professor Frank Harold Trevor
1995 - Saunders, Dame Cicely Mary Strode
1994 - Kao, Professor Charles Kuon
1994 - Southwood, Sir Thomas Richard Edmund
1993 - Stone, Professor (Francis) Gordon (Albert)
1992 - Cadogan, Professor Sir John (Ivan George)
1991 - Higginson, Sir Gordon (Robert)
1991 - Holdgate, Sir Martin (Wyatt)
1990 - Troels-Smith, Jorgen
1990 - Zeeman, Sir (Erik) Christopher
1989 - Haggett, Professor Peter
1989 - Joachain, Charles Jean
1988 - Olah, Professor George Andrew
1986 - Blashford-Snell, John Nicholas
1986 - Rooke, Sir Denis (Eric)
1984 - Allen, Professor Sir Geoffrey
1983 - Rosenfeld, Arthur Hinton
1982 - Attenborough, Sir David (Frederick)
1982 - Catterall, Mary
1981 - Blume, Helmut
1979 - Yang, Professor Chen Ning
1976 - Atiyah, Professor (Sir) Michael Francis
1974 - Heilbronner, Edgar
1974 - Rossi, Bruno
1972 - Siegbahn, Kai Manne Börje
1970 - Mason, (Sir) Basil John
1968 - Skempton, Alec Westley
1963 - Bucher, Walter Hermann
1963 - Ewing, William Maurice
1963 - Kräusel, Richard
1955 - Gebbie, John Ramsay
1951 - Simpson, George Gaylord
1946 - Leitch, Sir George
1963 - Lundstrom, Anders
2019 - Bacon, Gordon
2014 - Young, Robert
2013 - West, Kenneth
2008 - Anson, Dorothy Ann
2004 - Rolling, Malcolm G
1999 - Connolly, Cynthia Ann
1997 - Wood, Edward Ralph
1995 - Halpin, Joseph
1994 - Guy, Hilda
1992 - Robson, Councillor J Donald
1991 - Proctor, John
1990 - Young, John
1987 - Tait, Ruth Mary
1985 - Christie, Cyril
1985 - Ogden, David Edgar Foster
1981 - Eschbach, Franz
1977 - Henderson, Robert Lawson
1971 - Watson, Ronald
1962 - Withers, Monica Mary
1961 - Crawley, James
1960 - Donkin, Winifred Cotterill
1959 - Medsforth, Samuel
1957 - Hope, James Kenneth
1955 - Atkinson, John
1955 - Patterson, Edwin Frederick
1957 - Hossack, Frederic Albert
2011 - Carr, Carol Ann
1968 - Hocking, Charles
1967 - Whitfield, Oliver
1963 - Hoyos, Fabriciano Alexander
1958 - Archbold, John
1954 - Bäckström, David Johannes
1951 - Bertie, Sophie Christie
2017 - Tickell, Kathryn
2005 - Crookes, David
1993 - Dodd, Gordon John
2019 - Laszlo, Damon de
2017 - Catty, Rob
2012 - Fildes, Gary
2009 - Lancaster, Rev Ronald
2008 - Caygill, Thomas
2008 - Hudspeth, Derek
2004 - Harris, G W (Bill)
1999 - Warner, Audrey
1998 - Jobling, Dennis
1992 - Hutchinson, John Fenwick
1991 - Evetts, Leonard Charles
1986 - Daly, Ralph
1978 - Dunn, Thomas Cecil
1976 - Spencer, Robert
1961 - Barrett, Stanley George
1995 - Cooper, Angela (jointly with the University of Teesside)
1952 - Houstoun, Robert Henry Follett
1952 - Temperley, George William
1949 - Hill, Barton Parkinson
2006 - Ablett, Peter
2001 - Blakey, David
2000 - Marchant, Eddie
2019 - Layton, Robert
2018 - Harvey, Margaret
2018 - Howard, Judith
2018 - Unsworth, Anthony
2017 - Thomas, David
2017 - Watson, John Richard
2016 - Chambers, Richard
2016 - Simmons, Ian
2015 - Martin, Alan Douglas
2015 - Rhodes, Peter J
2014 - Emeleus, Henry
2014 - Knight, David M
2013 - Bott, Martin
2013 - Moss, Ann
2012 - Prestwich, Michael
2011 - Cramp, Rosemary Jean
2011 - Wolfendale, Professor Sir Arnold (Whittaker)
2010 - Doyle, A Ian
2010 - Etchells, Ruth
2022 - Banks, Robert
2022 - Shearer, Michael
2022 - Yan, Ziqing
2021 - Hunter, Carl Stephen Patrick
2021 - Kumar, Smiti
2021 - Roberts, Richard
2021 - Wilson, Charles
2020 - Barker, Joanna
2020 - Misra, Rashmi
2019 - Robertson, Chuck
2019 - Ellison-Taylor, Ian
2018 - Hillery, Mark
2018 - Ogden, Peter
2016 - Groves, Lilian
2016 - Salaun, Patrick
2016 - Wang, Ocean
2013 - Gregory, Stephen
2012 - Dyson, Henry
2010 - Barker, Graham
2010 - Klein, Robert Dale
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