Past figures honoured have included Albert Einstein, Max Planck, General Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery, and more recently Mother Teresa, Barbara Castle and Nelson Mandela. HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother was the first woman to be honoured, in 1948.
Selected honorands by theme
In more recent years, recipients have included:
Royalty
- Their Majesties The King and Queen of Spain (1988)
Heads of State, political and international leaders
- His Excellency António Guterres (2021)
- His Excellency Ban Ki-moon (2016)
- Senator George Mitchell (2010)
- The Baroness Williams of Crosby (2009)
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India (2006)
- President Kim Dae-Jung of South Korea (2001)
- Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany (1998)
- President Cardoso of Brazil (1997)
- The Baroness Boothroyd (1994)
- President Richard von Weizsacker of Germany (1994)
- President Shankar Sharma of India (1993)
- President Mary Robinson of Eire (1991)
- His Excellency Perez de Cuellar (1989)
Leadership and public service
- The Baroness (Doreen) Lawrence of Clarendon (2019)
- Lord (Adair) Turner of Ecchinswell (2017)
- The Baroness (Tanni) Grey-Thompson (2016)
Law
- Justice Albie Sachs (2014)
- The Lord Judge (2012)
- Judge Shirin Ebadi (2011)
- The Baroness Hale of Richmond (2005)
- The Lord Woolf (2002)
- The Baroness Butler-Sloss (2000)
- Dame Rosalyn Higgins (1996)
- Sir Robert Jennings (1993)
- The Lord Mackay of Clashfern (1989)
Science and mathematics
- Dr (Dame) Jane Goodall (2019)
- Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft (2018)
- Sophie Wilson (2017)
- The Lord Rees of Ludlow (2014)
- Dr Catherine Cesarsky (2014)
- Professor Daniel Kahneman (2013)
- Professor Ada Yonath (2013)
- Professor Roger Tsien (2012)
- Professor Peter Higgs (2012)
- Sir Andrew Wiles (2010)
- Professor Elizabeth Blackburn (2009)
- Sir John Gurdon (2007)
- Professor Edward Witten (2006)
- Professor Carl Djerassi (2005)
- Sir Paul Nurse (2003)
- Sir John Sulston (2003)
- Sir Robert Edwards (2001)
- The Honourable Miriam Rothschild (1999)
- Sir Aaron Klug (1998)
- Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1996)
- Professor Stephen Hawking (1989)
Religion
- Rabbi The Baroness (Julia) Neuberger (2015)
- Anita Lasker Wallfisch (2011)
- His Highness The Aga Khan (2009)
- Archbishop John Sentamu (2008)
- Archbishop Rowan Williams(2006)
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1999)
- Chief Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks (1993)
Arts, humanities and economics
- Professor Marilynne Robinson (2019)
- Sir Mark Elder (2019)
- Professor Ira Katznelson (2018)
- Professor Joanna MacGregor (2016)
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner (2015)
- Sir Ian McKellen (2014)
- Professor Joseph Stiglitz (2013)
- Dame Hilary Mantel (2013)
- Mario Vargas Llosa (2013)
- Alfred Brendel (2012)
- Sir Trevor Nunn (2011)
- Sir Geoffrey Hill (2010)
- Professor Amartya Sen (2009)
- Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (2009)
- The Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve (2007)
- David Hockney (2007)
- The Lord Stern (2007)
- Dame Margaret Drabble (2006)
- Dr Louis Cha (2005)
- Sir Quentin Blake (2004)
- Sir Peter Hall (2003)
- Dame Antonia Byatt (1999)
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (1997)
- Dr Jonathan Miller (1996)
- Professor Noam Chomsky (1995)
- Bridget Riley (1995)
- Jessye Norman (1989)
Business and industry
- Dame Stephanie Shirley (2017)
- The Baroness (Helena) Morrissey (2016)
- Dr Yusuf Hamied (2014)
- Ratan Tata (2010)
- Bill and Melinda Gates (2009)
- Gordon Moore (1999)
- Sir Paul Judge (1995)
- Sir John Bradfield (1992)
List of all honorands since 1977
2024
Honorary graduates for 2024
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Carol Black |
Doctor of Medical Science |
2024 |
| Stephen Stahl |
Doctor of Medical Science |
2024 |
| Adele Diamond |
Doctor of Science |
2024 |
| Carol Robinson |
Doctor of Science |
2024 |
| Kip Thorne |
Doctor of Science |
2024 |
| Michael Ignatieff |
Doctor of Letters |
2024 |
| Murray Perahia |
Doctor of Music |
2024 |
2023
Honorary graduates for 2023
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Stephen J Toope |
Doctor of Law |
2023 |
| Ravinder Maini |
Doctor of Medical Science |
2023 |
| Chris Frith |
Doctor of Science |
2023 |
| Julia Slingo |
Doctor of Science |
2023 |
| John C Taylor |
Doctor of Science |
2023 |
| Linda Colley |
Doctor of Letters |
2023 |
| Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley |
Doctor of Letters |
2023 |
| Chi-chi Nwanoku |
Doctor of Music |
2023 |
2022
Honorary graduates for 2022
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Kwame Anthony Appiah |
Doctor of Letters |
2022 |
| Wole Soyinka |
Doctor of Letters |
2022 |
2021
Honorary graduates for 2021
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| António Guterres |
Doctor of Law |
2021 |
| Edith Heard* |
Doctor of Science |
2021 |
| Roger Penrose* |
Doctor of Science |
2021 |
| Elizabeth Jane Robertson* |
Doctor of Science |
2021 |
| John Ernest Walker* |
Doctor of Science |
2021 |
| Henry Louis Gates Jr* |
Doctor of Letters |
2021 |
| Simon Michael Schama* |
Doctor of Letters |
2021 |
| Alison May Smith* |
Doctor of Letters |
2021 |
| Judith Weir* |
Doctor of Music |
2021 |
Exceptionally, degrees formally conferred in absence but then celebrated ceremonially in 2022
2020
No degrees conferred
2019
Honorary graduates for 2019
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Baroness (Doreen) Lawrence of Clarendon |
Doctor of Law |
2019 |
| Rosemary Cramp |
Doctor of Science |
2019 |
| Jane Goodall |
Doctor of Science |
2019 |
| Michael Levitt |
Doctor of Science |
2019 |
| Angus Deaton |
Doctor of Letters |
2019 |
| Marilynne Robinson |
Doctor of Letters |
2019 |
| Mark Elder |
Doctor of Music |
2019 |
| Joan Winterkorn |
Master of Arts |
2019 |
2018
Honorary graduates for 2018
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Leszek Borysiewicz |
Doctor of Law |
2018 |
| Frances Ashcroft |
Doctor of Medical |
2018 |
| Emmanuelle Marie Charpentier |
Doctor of Science |
2018 |
| Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
Doctor of Science |
2018 |
| Michael Edwards |
Doctor of Letters |
2018 |
| Robert Evans |
Doctor of Letters |
2018 |
| Ira Katznelson |
Doctor of Letters |
2018 |
| Joyce Reynolds |
Doctor of Letters |
2018 |
2017
Honorary graduates for 2017
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Malcolm Grant |
Doctor of Law |
2017 |
| Lord (Adair) Turner of Ecchinswell |
Doctor of Law |
2017 |
| Jean-Marie Lehn |
Doctor of Science |
2017 |
| Eric Maskin |
Doctor of Science |
2017 |
| Janet Rossant |
Doctor of Science |
2017 |
| Stephanie Shirley |
Doctor of Science |
2017 |
| Sophie Wilson |
Doctor of Science |
2017 |
| Manuel Castells |
Doctor of Letters |
2017 |
2016
Honorary graduates for 2016
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Ban Ki-moon |
Doctor of Law |
2016 |
| Baroness (Tanni) Grey-Thompson |
Doctor of Law |
2016 |
| Helena Morrissey |
Doctor of Law |
2016 |
| Keith Peters |
Doctor of Medical |
2016 |
| Jonathan Ive |
Doctor of Science |
2016 |
| Nicholas Hytner |
Doctor of Letters |
2016 |
| Nicholas Serota |
Doctor of Letters |
2016 |
| Joanna MacGregor |
Doctor of Music |
2016 |
| Hugh Duberly |
Master of Arts |
2016 |
| Susan Edwards |
Master of Arts |
2016 |
2015
Honorary graduates for 2015
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Baroness (Julia) Neuberger |
Doctor of Divinity |
2015 |
| Hisashi Owada |
Doctor of Law |
2015 |
| James Mirrlees |
Doctor of Science |
2015 |
| Michael Rawlins |
Doctor of Science |
2015 |
| Neil MacGregor |
Doctor of Letters |
2015 |
| Paula Rego |
Doctor of Letters |
2015 |
| Judith Jarvis Thomson |
Doctor of Letters |
2015 |
| John Eliot Gardiner |
Doctor of Music |
2015 |
2014
Honorary graduates for 2014
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Albie Sachs |
Doctor of Law |
2014 |
| Catherine Cesarsky |
Doctor of Science |
2014 |
| Yusuf Hamied |
Doctor of Science |
2014 |
| Dan McKenzie |
Doctor of Science |
2014 |
| Lord (Martin) Rees of Ludlow |
Doctor of Science |
2014 |
| Ian McKellen |
Doctor of Letters |
2014 |
| Mitsuko Uchida |
Doctor of Music |
2014 |
| Joy Seddon |
Master of Arts |
2014 |
2013
Honorary graduates for 2013
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Daniel Kahneman |
Doctor of Science |
2013 |
| Joseph Stiglitz |
Doctor of Science |
2013 |
| Harold Varmus |
Doctor of Science |
2013 |
| Ada Yonath |
Doctor of Science |
2013 |
| John Elliott |
Doctor of Letters |
2013 |
| Hilary Mantel |
Doctor of Letters |
2013 |
| Jonathan Spence |
Doctor of Letters |
2013 |
| Mario Vargas Llosa |
Doctor of Letters |
2013 |
2012
Honorary graduates for 2012
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Lord (Igor) Judge |
Doctor of Law |
2012 |
| Brigitte Askonas |
Doctor of Science |
2012 |
| Uta Frith |
Doctor of Science |
2012 |
| Richard Gardner |
Doctor of Science |
2012 |
| Peter Higgs |
Doctor of Science |
2012 |
| Roger Tsien |
Doctor of Science |
2012 |
| Phillip King |
Doctor of Letters |
2012 |
| Alfred Brendel |
Doctor of Music |
2012 |
| Raymond Murphy |
Master of Arts |
2012 |
2011
Honorary graduates for 2011
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Anita Lasker Wallfisch |
Doctor of Divinity |
2011 |
| Shirin Ebadi |
Doctor of Law |
2011 |
| Martin John Evans |
Doctor of Law* |
2011 |
| Alison Fettes Richard |
Doctor of Law |
2011 |
| Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus |
Doctor of Science |
2011 |
| Peter Mansfield |
Doctor of Science |
2011 |
| Trevor Nunn |
Doctor of Letters |
2011 |
| Colin Davis |
Doctor of Music |
2011 |
2010
Honorary graduates for 2010
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| George John Mitchell |
Doctor of Law |
2010 |
| Ratan Naval Tata |
Doctor of Law |
2010 |
| Louise Napier Johnson |
Doctor of Science |
2010 |
| Andrew John Wiles |
Doctor of Science |
2010 |
| Geoffrey William Hill |
Doctor of Letters |
2010 |
| Richard Sennett |
Doctor of Letters |
2010 |
| Harrison Birtwistle |
Doctor of Music |
2010 |
| Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie |
Doctor of Music |
2010 |
2009
Honorary graduates for 2009
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| His Highness Prince Karim al Hussaini Aga Khan |
Doctor of Divinity |
2009 |
| Melinda French Gates |
Doctor of Law |
2009 |
| William Henry Gates III |
Doctor of Law |
2009 |
| Baroness (Shirley) Williams of Crosby |
Doctor of Law |
2009 |
| Elizabeth Helen Blackburn |
Doctor of Science |
2009 |
| Wallace Smith Broecker |
Doctor of Science |
2009 |
| Peter Robert Crane |
Doctor of Science |
2009 |
| Amartya Kumar Sen |
Doctor of Letters |
2009 |
| Wang Gungwu |
Doctor of Letters |
2009 |
| Peter Maxwell Davies |
Doctor of Music |
2009 |
| Allan Brigham |
Master of Arts |
2009 |
| Miles Hunt-Davis |
Master of Arts |
2009 |
2008
Honorary graduates for 2008
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu |
Doctor of Divinity |
2008 |
| David Gross |
Doctor of Science |
2008 |
| Ralph Harry Robins |
Doctor of Science |
2008 |
| Herman Waldmann |
Doctor of Science |
2008 |
| Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood |
Doctor of Music |
2008 |
2007
Honorary graduates for 2007
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Hans Martin Blix |
Doctor of Law |
2007 |
| Ann Cotton |
Doctor of Law |
2007 |
| Baroness (Onora Sylvia) O'Neill of Bengarve |
Doctor of Law |
2007 |
| Nicholas Herbert Stern |
Doctor of Science |
2007 |
| John Bertrand Gurdon |
Doctor of Science |
2007 |
| Richard Erskine Frere Leakey |
Doctor of Letters |
2007 |
| David Hockney |
Doctor of Letters |
2007 |
| (Muriel) Claire Tomalin |
Doctor of Letters |
2007 |
2006
Honorary graduates for 2006
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Rowan Douglas Williams |
Doctor of Divinity |
2006 |
| Mervyn Allister King |
Doctor of Law |
2006 |
| Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele |
Doctor of Law |
2006 |
| Manmohan Singh |
Doctor of Law |
2006 |
| Charles Marstiller Vest |
Doctor of Law |
2006 |
| Edward Witten |
Doctor of Science |
2006 |
| Ahmed Zewail |
Doctor of Science |
2006 |
| Margaret Drabble |
Doctor of Letters |
2006 |
2005
Honorary graduates for 2005
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Baroness (Brenda Marjorie) Hale of Richmond |
Doctor of Law |
2005 |
| Brian Edward Urquhart |
Doctor of Law |
2005 |
| Carl Djerassi |
Doctor of Science |
2005 |
| Louis Cha |
Doctor of Letters |
2005 |
| David Crystal |
Doctor of Letters |
2005 |
| David Hare |
Doctor of Letters |
2005 |
2004
Honorary graduates for 2004
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Margaret Joan Anstee |
Doctor of Law |
2004 |
| Lord (Alec Nigel) Broers |
Doctor of Law |
2004 |
| Howard Robert Horvitz |
Doctor of Science |
2004 |
| David John Weatherall |
Doctor of Science |
2004 |
| Quentin Saxton Blake |
Doctor of Letters |
2004 |
| Peter Robert Lamont Brown |
Doctor of Letters |
2004 |
| David Lockwood |
Doctor of Letters |
2004 |
| John Philip William Dankworth |
Doctor of Music |
2004 |
| Cleo Laine |
Doctor of Music |
2004 |
2003
Honorary graduates for 2003
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Olga Kennard |
Doctor of Law |
2003 |
| Stroud Francis Charles (Toby) Milsom |
Doctor of Law |
2003 |
| Alan Graham Macdiarmid |
Doctor of Science |
2003 |
| Paul Maxime Nurse |
Doctor of Science |
2003 |
| John Edward Sulston |
Doctor of Science |
2003 |
| Anthony Mark David Gormley |
Doctor of Letters |
2003 |
| Peter Reginald Frederick Hall |
Doctor of Letters |
2003 |
| John Adams |
Doctor of Music |
2003 |
2002
Honorary graduates for 2002
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Harry Kenneth Woolf |
Doctor of Law |
2002 |
| Rhoda Mary Dorsey |
Doctor of Law |
2002 |
| Mary Brenda Hesse |
Doctor of Science |
2002 |
| Richard Timothy Hunt |
Doctor of Science |
2002 |
| Marjorie McCallum Chibnall |
Doctor of Letters |
2002 |
| Bernard Arthur Owen Williams |
Doctor of Letters |
2002 |
2001
Honorary graduates for 2001
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Sydney Brenner |
Doctor of Law |
2001 |
| Kim Dae-Jung |
Doctor of Law |
2001 |
| Mamphele Aletta Ramphele |
Doctor of Law |
2001 |
| Robert Geoffrey Edwards |
Doctor of Science |
2001 |
| Samuel Frederick Edwards |
Doctor of Science |
2001 |
| John Anthony Pople |
Doctor of Science |
2001 |
| Margaret Attwood |
Doctor of Letters |
2001 |
| Michael Frayn |
Doctor of Letters |
2001 |
| David Kellogg Lewis |
Doctor of Letters |
2001 |
2000
Honorary graduates for 2000
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Peter Michael Beckwith |
Doctor of Law |
2000 |
| Elizabeth Butler-Sloss |
Doctor of Law |
2000 |
| Edward Alan John George |
Doctor of Law |
2000 |
| Brenda Milner |
Doctor of Law* |
2000 |
| Elias James Corey |
Doctor of Science |
2000 |
| Gurdev Singh Khush |
Doctor of Science |
2000 |
| Denis Rooke |
Doctor of Science |
2000 |
| Tom Stoppard |
Doctor of Letters |
2000 |
| Alexander Goehr |
Doctor of Music |
2000 |
| David Rubio |
Master of Arts |
2000 |
1999
Honorary graduates for 1999
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Desmond Mpilo Tutu |
Doctor of Divinity |
1999 |
| Li Ka-Shing |
Doctor of Law |
1999 |
| Sadako Ogata |
Doctor of Law |
1999 |
| Miriam Louisa Rothschild |
Doctor of Science |
1999 |
| César Milstein |
Doctor of Science |
1999 |
| Gordon Moore |
Doctor of Science |
1999 |
| Antonia Susan Byatt |
Doctor of Letters |
1999 |
| Jürgen Habermas |
Doctor of Letters |
1999 |
| Colin Alexander St John Wilson |
Doctor of Letters |
1999 |
| Sheila Overhill |
Master of Arts |
1999 |
1988
Honorary graduates for 1988
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Baroness (Barbara Anne) Castle of Blackburn |
Doctor of Law |
1998 |
| Helmut Kohl |
Doctor of Law |
1998 |
| Aaron Klug |
Doctor of Law |
1998 |
| Raymond Sackler |
Doctor of Law |
1998 |
| Rita Levi-Montalcini |
Doctor of Science |
1998 |
| Anne Laura McLaren |
Doctor of Science |
1998 |
| Natalie Zemon Davis |
Doctor of Letters |
1998 |
| Henry William Rawson Wade |
Doctor of Letters |
1998 |
1997
Honorary graduates for 1997
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Wolfhart Ulrich Pannenburg |
Doctor of Divinity |
1997 |
| Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
Doctor of Law |
1997 |
| John Cowdery Kendrew |
Doctor of Law |
1997 |
| David John Sainsbury |
Doctor of Law |
1997 |
| David Glyndwr Tudor Williams |
Doctor of Law |
1997 |
| Ray Milton Dolby |
Doctor of Science |
1997 |
| Clifford Geertz |
Doctor of Letters |
1997 |
| Helen Hennessy Vendler |
Doctor of Letters |
1997 |
| Kiri Te Kanawa |
Doctor of Music |
1997 |
| Michael James Petty |
Master of Arts |
1997 |
1996
Honorary graduates for 1996
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Anthony of Sourozh |
Doctor of Divinity |
1996 |
| Alan Howard Cotterell |
Doctor of Law |
1996 |
| Rosalyn Higgins |
Doctor of Law |
1996 |
| Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela |
Doctor of Law |
1996 |
| Arthur Gregory George Marshall |
Doctor of Law |
1996 |
| Hamish Walter Hyslop Maxwell |
Doctor of Law |
1996 |
| Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell |
Doctor of Science |
1996 |
| Anthony Hewish |
Doctor of Science |
1996 |
| Jonathan Wolfe Miller |
Doctor of Letters |
1996 |
| Winton Basil Dean |
Doctor of Music |
1996 |
1995
Honorary graduates for 1995
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Paul Rupert Judge |
Doctor of Law |
1995 |
| Lord (Peter Raymond) Oliver of Aylmerton |
Doctor of Law |
1995 |
| Jacques Friedel |
Doctor of Science |
1995 |
| Sheila Patricia Violet Sherlock |
Doctor of Science |
1995 |
| Avram Noam Chomsky |
Doctor of Letters |
1995 |
| Bridget Louise Riley |
Doctor of Letters |
1995 |
| Keith Vivian Thomas |
Doctor of Letters |
1995 |
| Glanville Llewellyn Williams |
Doctor of Letters |
1995 |
| Winifred Muriel McDonald |
Master of Arts |
1995 |
| Sumio Saito |
Master of Arts |
1995 |
1994
Honorary graduates for 1994
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Robert Henry Alexander Eames |
Doctor of Divinity |
1994 |
| Betty Boothroyd |
Doctor of Law |
1994 |
| George Adrian Hayhurst Cadbury |
Doctor of Law |
1994 |
| Jocelyn Edward Salis |
Doctor of Law |
1994 |
| Richard Von Weizsäcker |
Doctor of Law |
1994 |
| Douglas Andrew Kilgour Black |
Doctor of Science |
1994 |
| Nevill Francis Mott |
Doctor of Science |
1994 |
| Margaret Natalie Cross Smith |
Doctor of Letters |
1994 |
| Claudio Abbado |
Doctor of Music |
1994 |
1993
Honorary graduates for 1993
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Jonathan Henry Sacks |
Doctor of Divinity |
1993 |
| Philip Grierson |
Doctor of Law |
1993 |
| Robert Yewdall Jennings |
Doctor of Law |
1993 |
| David Kwok Po Li |
Doctor of Law |
1993 |
| Lord (George) Porter of Luddenham |
Doctor of Law |
1993 |
| Shankar Dayal Sharma |
Doctor of Law |
1993 |
| Margaret Elizabeth Harvey Turner-Warwick |
Doctor of Science |
1993 |
| James Dewey Watson |
Doctor of Science |
1993 |
| Maurice Vincent Wilkes |
Doctor of Science |
1993 |
| Jean Iris Murdoch |
Doctor of Letters |
1993 |
| Eric Silk |
Master of Arts |
1993 |
1992
Honorary graduates for 1992
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| John Richard Grenfell Bradfield |
Doctor of Law |
1992 |
| Geoffrey Rudolph Elton |
Doctor of Law |
1992 |
| Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza |
Doctor of Science |
1992 |
| Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield |
Doctor of Science |
1992 |
| Jacques Derrida |
Doctor of Letters |
1992 |
| Nadine Gordimer |
Doctor of Letters |
1992 |
| Ninette de Valois |
Doctor of Music |
1992 |
| Charles Rosen |
Doctor of Music |
1992 |
1991
Honorary graduates for 1991
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Alan Lloyd Hodgkin |
Doctor of Law |
1991 |
| Lionel Alexander Bethune (Alastair) Pilkington |
Doctor of Law |
1991 |
| Mary Robinson |
Doctor of Law |
1991 |
| Dorothy Enid Cole Wedderburn |
Doctor of Law |
1991 |
| Paul Erdos |
Doctor of Science |
1991 |
| Pierre-Gilles de Gennes |
Doctor of Science |
1991 |
| Alec Guinness |
Doctor of Letters |
1991 |
| Stefan Heym |
Doctor of Letters |
1991 |
| John Leslie Martin |
Doctor of Letters |
1991 |
1990
Honorary graduates for 1990
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| David Stuart Sheppard |
Doctor of Divinity |
1990 |
| Derek John Harford Worlock |
Doctor of Divinity |
1990 |
| Robin Brunskill Cooke |
Doctor of Law |
1990 |
| Helen Suzman |
Doctor of Law |
1990 |
| Charles William Oatley |
Doctor of Science |
1990 |
| Lord (Francis Leonard) Tombs of Brailes |
Doctor of Science |
1990 |
| Georges Michel Claude Duby |
Doctor of Letters |
1990 |
| Andrew Ronald Blackwood |
Master of Arts |
1990 |
| Alfred Harry King |
Master of Arts |
1990 |
| Leslie Robert Peters |
Master of Arts |
1990 |
1989
Honorary graduates for 1989
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Martin Hengel |
Doctor of Divinity |
1989 |
| Lord (James Peter Hymers) Mackay of Clashfern |
Doctor of Law |
1989 |
| Javier Pérez de Cuéllar |
Doctor of Law |
1989 |
| Baroness (Sue) Ryder of Warsaw |
Doctor of Law |
1989 |
| Herchel Smith |
Doctor of Science |
1989 |
| Stephen William Hawking |
Doctor of Science |
1989 |
| Richard Charles Cobb |
Doctor of Letters |
1989 |
| Jessye Norman |
Doctor of Music |
1989 |
| Flora Eileen McLeod Carey |
Master of Arts |
1989 |
1988
Honorary graduates for 1988
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Charles Francis Digby Moule |
Doctor of Divinity |
1988 |
| Lord (Donald Oliver) Soper |
Doctor of Divinity |
1988 |
| Alice Rosemary Murray |
Doctor of Law |
1988 |
| Baroness (Beryl Catherine) Platt of Writtle |
Doctor of Law |
1988 |
| King of Spain Juan Carlos I |
Doctor of Law |
1988 |
| Queen of Spain Sofia |
Doctor of Law |
1988 |
| Philip Vallentine Tobias |
Doctor of Science |
1988 |
| Kenneth Ewart Boulding |
Doctor of Science |
1988 |
| Alfred Alistair Cooke |
Doctor of Letters |
1988 |
| Elisabeth Frink |
Doctor of Letters |
1988 |
| Kenneth Oliver Rickson |
Master of Arts |
1988 |
1987
Honorary graduates for 1987
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| John Henry Harvey-Jones |
Doctor of Law |
1987 |
| Alexander John Mackenzie Stuart |
Doctor of Law |
1987 |
| Wilhelm Sigmund Feldberg |
Doctor of Science |
1987 |
| Mary Douglas Leakey |
Doctor of Science |
1987 |
| Rex Edward Richards |
Doctor of Science |
1987 |
| William Owen Chadwick |
Doctor of Letters |
1987 |
| Carlos Fuentes |
Doctor of Letters |
1987 |
| Witold Lutoslawski |
Doctor of Music |
1987 |
| Charles Bernard Denston |
Master of Arts |
1987 |
| Frank Robert Collieson |
Master of Arts |
1987 |
1986
Honorary graduates for 1986
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Cicely Saunders |
Doctor of Law |
1986 |
| André Robert Tunc |
Doctor of Law |
1986 |
| Frank Albert Cotton |
Doctor of Science |
1986 |
| Arnold Alexander Hall |
Doctor of Science |
1986 |
| Walter Munk |
Doctor of Science |
1986 |
| Edward James Hughes |
Doctor of Letters |
1986 |
| Gregory Vlastos |
Doctor of Letters |
1986 |
| George Albert Clarke |
Master of Arts |
1986 |
1985
Honorary graduates for 1985
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Hans Küng |
Doctor of Divinity |
1985 |
| Shridath Surendranath Ramphal |
Doctor of Law |
1985 |
| Baroness (Barbara Frances) Wootton of Abinger |
Doctor of Law |
1985 |
| Peter Dennis Mitchell |
Docor of Science |
1985 |
| Abdus Salam |
Doctor of Science |
1985 |
| Kenneth Joseph Arrow |
Doctor of Letters |
1985 |
| Anthony Alfred Caro |
Doctor of Letters |
1985 |
| Nino Pirrotta |
Doctor of Music |
1985 |
1984
Honorary graduates for 1984
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| John Stapylton Habgood |
Doctor of Divinity |
1984 |
| Thijmen Koopmans |
Doctor of Law |
1984 |
| Lord (Geoffrey Dawson) Lane |
Doctor of Law |
1984 |
| Michael Francis Atiyah |
Doctor of Science |
1984 |
| David Frederick Attenborough |
Doctor of Science |
1984 |
| Jorge Luis Borges |
Doctor of Letters |
1984 |
| Robert Syme |
Doctor of Letters |
1984 |
| Janet Abbott Baker |
Doctor of Music |
1984 |
1983
Honorary graduates for 1983
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Viscount (Robert Andrew) Caldecote |
Doctor of Law |
1983 |
| Paul Mellon |
Doctor of Law |
1983 |
| Helmut Schmidt |
Doctor of Law |
1983 |
| Frederick Sanger |
Doctor of Science |
1983 |
| Marthe Louise Vogt |
Doctor of Science |
1983 |
| Bernhard Bischoff |
Doctor of Letters |
1983 |
| Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul |
Doctor of Letters |
1983 |
| Elliott Cook Carter |
Doctor of Music |
1983 |
| Norman Charles Buck |
Master of Arts |
1983 |
1982
Honorary graduates for 1982
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Lord (Cyril Barnet) Salmon of Sandwich |
Doctor of Law |
1982 |
| Leonard Gordon Wolfson |
Doctor of Law |
1982 |
| Manfred Eigen |
Doctor of Science |
1982 |
| Stanley George Hooker |
Doctor of Science |
1982 |
| Ernst Mayr |
Doctor of Science |
1982 |
| Barbara McClintock |
Doctor of Science |
1982 |
| Sydney Morris Cockerell |
Doctor of Letters |
1982 |
| Joseph Needham |
Doctor of Letters |
1982 |
| Franco Venturi |
Doctor of Letters |
1982 |
| Cecil Frederick Coote |
Master of Arts |
1982 |
| William Arthur Reeve |
Master of Arts |
1982 |
1981
Honorary graduates for 1981
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie |
Doctor of Divinity |
1981 |
| Lord (Peter Alexander Rupert) Carrington |
Doctor of Law |
1981 |
| David Daube |
Doctor of Law |
1981 |
| George Evelyn Hutchinson |
Doctor of Science |
1981 |
| Max Ferdinand Perutz |
Doctor of Science |
1981 |
| Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron |
Doctor of Letters |
1981 |
| Helen Louise Gardner |
Doctor of Letters |
1981 |
| George Edward Charles Porter |
Master of Arts |
1981 |
1980
Honorary graduates for 1980
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Paul Joseph James Martin |
Doctor of Law |
1980 |
| Simone Annie Veil |
Doctor of Law |
1980 |
| Murray Gell-Mann |
Doctor of Science |
1980 |
| Bernard Katz |
Doctor of Science |
1980 |
| Karl Raimund Popper |
Doctor of Letters |
1980 |
| Pierre Boulez |
Doctor of Music |
1980 |
1979
Honorary graduates for 1979
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| George Basil Hume |
Doctor of Divinity |
1979 |
| Frederick Sydney Dainton |
Doctor of Law |
1979 |
| Gordon William Humphreys Richardson |
Doctor of Law |
1979 |
| Percy Edward Kent |
Doctor of Science |
1979 |
| Hans Adolf Krebs |
Doctor of Science |
1979 |
| Lord (Alexander Robert) Todd |
Doctor of Science |
1979 |
| John Richard Hicks |
Doctor of Letters |
1979 |
| Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner |
Doctor of Letters |
1979 |
| Norman Cyril Rayner |
Master of Arts |
1979 |
1978
Honorary graduates for 1978
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Peter Knight Walker |
Doctor of Divinity |
1978 |
| Kingman Brewster |
Doctor of Law |
1978 |
| Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart |
Doctor of Law |
1978 |
| Stephan George Kuttner |
Doctor of Law |
1978 |
| George Douglas Hutton Bell |
Doctor of Science |
1978 |
| Andrew Fielding Huxley |
Doctor of Science |
1978 |
| Jean-Pierre Serre |
Doctor of Science |
1978 |
| Thomas Humphrey Marshall |
Doctor of Letters |
1978 |
| Willard Van Orman Quine |
Doctor of Letters |
1978 |
1977
Honorary graduates for 1977
| Name |
Degree |
Year |
| Mother Teresa |
Doctor of Divinity |
1977 |
| Otto Kahn-Freund |
Doctor of Law |
1977 |
| Ivor Armstrong Richards |
Doctor of Law |
1977 |
| John Bardeen |
Doctor of Science |
1977 |
| Edward John Mostyn Bowlby |
Doctor of Science |
1977 |
| William Empson |
Doctor of Letters |
1977 |
| Gordon Randolph Willey |
Doctor of Letters |
1977 |
| George William Copp |
Master of Arts |
1977 |
