Honorary degree recipients

2023

• Anna Mitchell
• Becca Dean MBE
• Dame Vivian Hunt
• Haris Kiani
• Jane Hoskins
• Lauren Steadman MBE
• Naomi Climer CBE
• Roni Savage
• Vanessa Kingori

2022

• Cath Longhurst
• Professor David Croisdale-Appleby
• Lord David Willetts
• Dorothy Byrne
• Hana Afiya Satriyo
• Janet Ayers
• June Sarpong
• Tim Jackson
• Tom Ilube

2020 & 2021

No Honorary Degrees awarded due to Covid-19

2019

• Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
• Air Vice Marshall Matar bin Ali Al Obaidani
• Mark Catlin
• Kevin Holmes
• Sarah Kenny
• Jason Mallinson
• Heather Melville
• Professor Lynne Segal
• Simon Weston

2018

• Cecilia Anim
• Marie Costa
• Professor Kevin Fenton
• Clare Martin 
• Bill Salmond
• Dame Stephanie Shirley
• Julian Wadsworth

2017

• Sir Charles Benedict Ainslie
• Graham G Bryant
• Hugh Dennis
• Jo de Serrano
• Alex Hibbert
• Neville George Lawrence
• John Patrick McCarthy
• Alan Priddy

2016

• Tracey Curtis-Taylor
• Alexzandra Hildred
• Linvoy Stephen Primus
• Ashok Soni
• Anne Stevens
• Tim Peake

2015

• Karen Blackett
• Michael Newey
• Professor Jim Al-Khalili
• Stuart Iles
• Baroness Helena Kennedy
• Will King

2014

• John Akomfrah
• Simon Ward

2013

• Cecilia McDowall
• Professor John Craven
• Professor Sir Bill Wakeham
• Lady Justice Hallett

2012

• Claire Tomalin
• Rear Admiral John Lippiett
• Kevin Warwick

2011

• Lord Rees of Ludlow
• Barbara Tipple

2010

• Professor Nairn Wilson
• Sandi Toksvig
• Bronwin Carter

2009

• John Bannell
• Dr John Mason
• Professor Neil Rackham
• Alison Goldfrapp
• Martin Whitmarsh
• Liz Earle
• Lol Coxhill (deceased)

2008

• Maggie Winchcombe
• Paul Lester
• Jayne Zito
• Suzie Templeton
• Howard Brenton
• Xu Zhenhua 
• Sir John Armitt
• The Rt Revd Kenneth Stevenson (deceased)

2007

• Graham Hurley
• Bishop Crispian Hollis
• Dr Dee Symons
• Carole Damper
• David Price
• Ben Fogle
• Baroness Anne Gibson (deceased)
• Christopher Logue (deceased)
• Robert Hardy (deceased)

2006

• Peter Neyroud
• Professor Dzulkifli Adbul Razak
• Reverend Canon Jane Hedges
• Professor James Gunn
• Rhona Lucas
• Ted Cantle
• John Madden
• Dillie Keane
• Robin Gorman (deceased)

2005

• Admiral the Lord Michael Boyce
• Joseph Hardy III
• Sheila Hancock
• Rob Hutchinson
• Shirley Robertson
• Sir David Brown
• Michelle Magorian
• James S Lamb (deceased)
• Don Lusher (deceased)
• Dame Margaret Seward (deceased)

2004

• Joe Jackson
• Martin Jay
• Sir Roger Fry
• Professor Peter Crane
• Karl Jeffery
• General Sir David Ramsbotham
• Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop
• Colin White (deceased)

2003

• Robin Smith
• Esther Rantzen
• Pawel Pawlikowski
• Milan Mandaric
• Tafilani Machacha
• George Alagiah (deceased)
• Dr Natarajan Varaprasad
• Fred Dinenage
• Zenna Atkins

2002

• Sir Nigel Wicks
• Caroline Williams
• HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal
• Professor Dr Rexhep Meidani
• Paul Jones
• Professor S Jocelyn Bell Burnell
• Peter White
• Betty Burton (deceased)
• Lt Col Richard Waterer (deceased)
• His Eminence Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (deceased)
• Patrick Caulfield (deceased)

2001

• Robert Hillier
• Edward Jones
• Ron White
• Dr William Haseltine
• Leah Scott
• Professor Christine King
• Matthew Pinsent
• Campbell McMurray
• Terry Pratchett (deceased)  
• John Peel (deceased)  

2000

• Dame Mary Fagan
• Professor Liam Donaldson
• Sir Ranulph Fiennes
• Professor Sir Colin Stansfield Smith (deceased)
• Diana Lamplugh (deceased)
• Sir Julian Oswald (deceased)
• Professor Michael J Baker (deceased)

1999

• Sir Chay Blyth
• Michael Erotokritos
• Professor Bill Bonnor (deceased)
• Baroness Phyllis Dorothy James (deceased)
• Dr Margaret Rule (deceased)
• Professor Gordon McVie (deceased)

1998

• Professor Elizabeth Loftus
• Jerome O'Hea
• Professor Haro Bedelian
• Datuk Dr Ahmad Zahurudin
• Richard Noble
• Professor Herbert French (deceased)
• Dr David Houghton (deceased)

1997

• HE Don Alberto Aza Arias
• Professor Dr Helmut Schrey
• John Hoddinott (deceased)
• Dr Patrick Moore (deceased)
• Sir Charles Tidbury (deceased)
• Lord Frank Judd (deceased)
• Professor James Mirrlees (deceased)

1996

• Simon Armitage
• Sir Anthony Cleaver
• Derek Fawcett
• Alan Knight
• Professor Kenneth Rawson
• Graham Smart
• Hedley Greentree (deceased)
• Sir Terence Conran (deceased)

1995

• John Ekins
• Evelyn Glennie

1994

• The Rt Hon Virginia Bottomley
• Antonia Byatt (deceased)
• Professor Dr Ahmed Dewedar
• Dato Dr Ahmad Nawawi
• Professor Ghillean Prance
• Dr Alan Rudge
• Anita Roddick (deceased)
• Sir John Smith (deceased)
• Shirley Metherell (deceased)

1993

• Linford Christie
• Dr David Fletcher
• Peter Mills
• Yvonne Moores
• Lord Palumbo of Walbrook
• Michael Pipes
• Sir Mark Richmond
• The Right Rev Dr David Stancliffe
• Professor William Davey (deceased) 
• Professor Sir Gordon Higginson (deceased) 
• The Earl of Snowdon Anthony Armstrong-Jones (deceased) 
• Professor John Elliott (deceased) 

1992

• Edward Clemence
• Victor Jenner (deceased)