Honorary Graduates

All honorary graduates

Honorary graduates A-K Honorary graduates L-Z

Honorary graduates (A-K)

Name Award Year
Mervyn Allcock MBE HonMUniv 2019 Nov
Don Keith Amott HonDUniv 2012
Brian Ashby HonDBA 2007
Norman Askew HonDUniv 2007
Martin Austin MBE HonMUniv 2023 July
Dame Glenda Bailey OBE HonPrD 2001
† Peter Bailey-Smith BSc HonPrD (posthumous) 2001
Sat Bains HonPrD 2011
Sir Christopher Ball MA HonDLitt HonDEd FRSA HonDUniv 2003
Lizzie Ball HonMUniv 2018 Buxton
Catherine Baraniak OBE HonPrD 2006
Kim J Barnett HonMUniv 1996
† Sir Alan Bates CBE HonDLitt 1997
† Sir John Knollys Bather KCVO HonDUniv 2009
Martin Baxter FIEMA CEnv HonDUniv 2023 Nov
Rt Hon Dame Margaret Beckett MP HonDUniv 2017
Gerry Beetles FIMMM HonDBA 2009
David Bell HonDUniv 2015
Martin Bell OBE MA HonDUniv 1996
James Berresford HonDUniv 2016 Buxton
Bob Betts HonDUniv 2017 July
Gavin Boyle HonDUniv 2021
† Paul H Bridges MBE BSc PhD FGS HonDUniv 2016
Millie Bright OBE HonDUniv 2024 July
† Tim Brooke-Taylor OBE HonDUniv 2004
Richard Howard Brown CBE HonDUniv 2008
Professor Stefan Buczacki BSc DPhil ARPS FIBiol FLS HonDUniv 2002
Deborah Bull CBE HonDUniv 1998
Liz Burnley CBE DL HonDUniv 2012
James Campbell OBE HonDUniv 2021
Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire KCVO CBE DL HonDUniv HonMA 2017 2018
† The Most Noble Deborah Vivien Cavendish, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire HonDUniv 2007
Captain Harpreet Chandi MBE

HonMUniv

HonDUniv

2022 July

2024 July

Christopher Charlton OBE HonDUniv 2010
Dame Bobbie Cheema-Grubb DBE AKC HonDUniv 2016
Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke CH QC MP HonDUniv 2017
Trevor Clay HonDEd 2016 Buxton
David Coleman QPM DL HonDUniv 2016
Professor Sir Kevan Collins HonDUniv 2024 July
† Dr Emmanuel Cooper OBE HonDFA (posthumous) 2013
Ken Cooper HonDUniv 2021
Emeritus Professor John Coyne CBE BA HonDUniv 2016
Maxwell AJB Craven MBE FSA AMA BEd HonMUniv HonDLitt 2013
Distinguished Professor David Crich HonDSc 2007
Paul Cummins MBE HonMA 2015
Professor Andrew Curran CBE HonDUniv 2024 June Buxton
Professor Sir John Sagar Daniel Kt MA Des Sc HonDUniv 2000
Ross Davenport HonMUniv 2013
Shaun Dellenty HonDEd 2022
Dr Robyn Dewis HonDUniv 2021
Jim Dixon HonDUniv 2014 Buxton
Berlie Doherty HonPrD 2002
† Sir Martin Doughty HonDUniv  
Ian Drake BSc HonDUniv 2014
Edwina Dunn HonDBA 2012
Warren East CBE HonDUniv 2023 July
Joyce Ellis MBE HonMMus 2008
Adrian Farmer BEM HonMUniv 2019 Buxton
Kay Fawcett OBE HonDUniv 2018 Nov
John Fineran HonMUniv 2007
Max Fischer HonMA 2018 Buxton
† Dr Trevor D Ford OBE BSc PhD FGS HonDUniv 2015 Buxton
John Forkin MBE DL HonDUniv 2019 July
Elizabeth Fothergill CBE HonDUniv 2013
Janet Foulds HonMUniv 2023 Nov
John Foxcroft HonDBA 2013
Miltos Frangopoulos HonDEd 2023 July
Eileen Fry MEd MSc HonDUniv 2016
Peter Gadsby HonDBA 2010
Lucy Gannon MBE HonDUniv 1998
Archie Gemmill HonMUniv 2012
Richard Gerver BA PGCE HonDEd 2016
The Hon Hugh Gibson DL MA HonMUniv 2004
Alan F Gifford CEng FWeld Inst HonMUniv 2018 July
Peter Gould HonMMus 2009
Patricia Greene MBE HonMA 2017 July
Cathy Grindrod BA HonMLitt 2014
Simon Groom BA PGCE HonMUniv 2010
Craig Guildford HonDUniv 2021
Professor Ashwani Gupta HND MSc PhD HonDUniv 2016
Michael R Hall DL FCA FCMA FCT HonDUniv 2005
Dame Heather Hallett MA QC DBE HonLLD 2000
Anthony Hams OBE BSc MA HonDUniv 2008
Daniel A Hanson HonMUniv 2018 July
† Alison J Hargreaves HonDUniv (posthumous) 1996
Emma Harrison CBE HonDBA 2007
Tracy Harrison HonMUniv 2023 July Buxton
Ron Haslam HonMUniv 2023 July
The Right Honourable Lord Roy Hattersley (Baron Hattersley of Sparkbrook WM) HonDUniv 2007
† Charles W Haycock HonDUniv 2016
† Dorothy Heathcote HonDUniv 2007
Jeremy Heath-Smith HonDBA 2003
Professor Paul Hill MBE FRPS HonDFA 2011
† Colonel Sir Peter Hilton KVCO MC** KstJ HonLLD 1994
Miles Hilton-Barber HonMUniv 2003
Professor Nigel Hitchin FRS HonDUniv 2023 July
Wendy Holden HonDLitt 2015
Michael Holding HonDUniv 2023 July
Roger Hollick HonDBA 2003
† Robert Andrew Howie HonDSc 2009
Rear Admiral Peter Hudson CBE HonDUniv 2012
Chris Hughes HonDUniv 2019 July
Dr Robert Hunter HonPrD 2014 Buxton
† Sir John Hurt CBE HonDLitt 2002
† Dr Douglas A Ibbitson BSc PhD CChem FRSC HonDSc 1993
Jane Ide OBE HonDUniv 2022 Nov
Mike Ingham MBE HonMUniv 2011
Professor Chris Jackson HonDUniv 2023 Nov
Bryan S Jackson OBE HonDBA 2000
Sue James HonDUniv 2017 July
Dianne Jeffrey CBE DL HonDUniv 2012
Sue Johnson HonMUniv 2022 Buxton
Brian Jones HonMUniv 2019 July
Ronald Fitzgerald Jones OBE FHCIMA MI HonDUniv 1999
Jonathan B A Joseph HonMUniv 2018 July
† Graham Joyce BEd MA HonMLitt 2008
† Arthur Keily HonMUniv 2011
Donna Kellogg MBE HonMA 2016
The Baroness Helena Kennedy of the Shaws QC HonLLD FRSA HonDUniv 1998
Ferid Kevric HonMUniv 2022 Nov
Professor Christine King CBE DL BA MA PhD HonDLitt CIMgt FRSA FRHistS HonDUniv 2001
Dr Desmond King-Hele FRS HonDLitt 2019 Nov
† John Kirkland OBE BSc MICE HonDUniv 2001
Air Marshal Sir Richard Knighton KCB FREng HonDUniv 2022 Nov
Dr Andreas Kunzli HonDEd 2008

Honorary graduates (L-Z)

Name Award Year
Derek Latham DipArch RIBA DipTP MRTPIDipLd MLI IHBC AHI FRSA AABC HonPrD 2008
Bob Laxton HonDUniv 2011
Stephen Layton MBE HonDMus 2022 Nov
Judy Leden MBE HonMUniv 2019 July
Tom Levitt HonDUniv 2011
Professor Arieh Lewy MA PhD HonDEd 2000
Robert Lindsay HonDLitt 2001
Dr David Livesey BSc(Eng) MA PhD ACGI HonDUniv 2011
† Terry Lloyd HonPrD (posthumous) 2004
† Deric Longden HonMLitt 2006
† George Lowe OBE CNZM HonDUniv 2005
Dame Ellen MacArthur DBE MBE HonDUniv 2002
Wayne Madsen HonMUniv 2022 Buxton
Devon E Malcolm HonMUniv 1997
David Mannion HonDLitt 2009
† Dame Hilary Mantel DBE HonDLitt 2014
† Dr Tony Marchington MA(Oxon) DPhil CChem FRSC FRSA HonDUniv 1998
Roy Leslie McFarland HonMUniv 2010
Neil McKay BA HonDLitt 2011
The Rt Hon Lord Patrick McLoughlin CH HonDUniv 2023 Nov Buxton
Tim Mellors HonDUniv 2002
Professor David Melville CBE BSc PhD CPhys FInstP FRSA HonDUniv 2000
John Merrill HonMUniv 2003
George Mighty MBE  HonMUniv 2012
Geoff Miller OBE HonDUniv 2009
Sir Stephen Mitchell HonDUniv 2016
Mel Morris HonDUniv 2016
† Harry Morrow-Brown MB ChB MD FRCP (Ed) HonDUniv 2004
Sir Stephen Moss Kt Hon LLD HonDUniv 2016
Sir John Mummery DL HonDUniv 2016
Sir Howard Newby CBE DL PhD FRSA HonDUniv 2008
John F Newing CBE DL QPM BA HonLLD 2000
The Venerable Richard Betts Ninis MA HonDUniv 1999
Kate Oates BA HonMUniv 2014
Jack O'Connell HonMA 2018 Oct
Stuart Orme HonPrD 2005
Professor Graham Orpwood HonDUniv (posthumous) 2024 July
Dr Leenamaija Otala MSc PhD HonDUniv 1997
Stephen Page HonDUniv 2017
† Tim Parnell HonMUniv 2014
Hollie Pearne-Webb MBE HonMUniv 2016
† Dr Dorothy Pearson MB ChB FRCR HonMUniv 1999
Adam Peaty MBE  HonMUniv 2016
Theresa Peltier DL HonDUniv 2024 July
Professor Robert Pendlebury HonDUniv 2021
Steve Perez HonMBA 2018 Nov
† Pollyanna Pickering BA HonMUniv 2008
Michael Porter HonPrD 1999
Louise Potter DL MHCIMA HonMUniv 2004
Professor Jonathan H Powers DL BSc MSc CSci CPhys FInstP FRSA HonDUniv 2002
Andrew J Pugh MBE DL HonDUniv 2011
Jaz Rai OBE HonMUniv 2022 Nov
Amarjit Raju HonDUniv 2022
The Rt Revd Dr Alastair Redfern HonLLD 2018 July
Dionne Reid HonMUniv 2023 Nov
Anton Rippon HonMUniv 2016
John Rivers CBE DL HonDUniv 2019 Nov
William Roache MBE HonMA 2003
Sir Richard Roberts BSc PhD HonMD Nobel Laureate HonDSc 1994
Professor David Robertson BA MBA FRSA HonDEd 1997
Sir Ralph Robins DL BSc CEng FEng MIMechE HonFRAeS FIC HonDUniv 1994
Major General Garry Robison CB HonDUniv 2011
Sir Anthony N R Rudd DL HonDUniv 1999
Richard Sadler FRPS HonPrD 2006
Jasvinder Sanghera CBE HonDUniv 2009
Doug Scott CBE HonDUniv 2007
Her Honour Judge Nirmal Shant QC HonDUniv 2022
Liam Sharp HonDUniv 2022
Dame Stephanie Shirley CH DBE OBE BSc HonDSc HonDTech HonDLitt HonDBA CIMgt CEng FBCS FRSA HonFCGI HonDUniv 1997
Chris Shrigley HonDUniv 2019 July
Professor Jenny Simpson OBE MB ChB MBA DBA FRCPEdin HonDBA 2005
Colin Smith CBE FRS HonDUniv 2015
Lesley Smith HonMUniv 2007
Peter Smith HonMUniv 2022
Andy Sneap HonMUniv 2019 July
James Stanford HonDUniv 2024 July
Paul Stein HonDUniv 2017 July
John Stobart HonDLitt 2008
Kathryn Stone OBE HonLLD 2018 July
Roger Summers MFS FMPA FRPS FBIPP FRSA HonPrD 1998
Isy Suttie HonMUniv 2023 July
John Tams HonDLitt 2009
† Franklin W Tapp BSc Cert Ed HonMEd 2005
Gwen Taylor HonMA 2005
Professor Emeritus Roger Taylor MA HonDFA 2014
Sheila Taylor MBE HonMUniv 2013
Rev Canon Professor David Thomas FBA HonDLitt 2016
Lydia Thompson HonMUniv 2022
† Jeffery Nicholas Tillett FRSA HonDLitt 1998
Valerie Todd CBE HonDUniv 2013
† Colin Treadaway-Hoare HonDUniv 2018 Nov
Ann Treneman HonDLitt 2019 Nov
Gladwyn Turbutt DL MA HonDLitt 2001
† Madam Eleni Vakalo HonDLitt 2000
Professor Leslie Wagner CBE BA MA HonDUniv 2008
Tony Walker CBE HonDUniv 2015
Colin Walton HonDUniv 2013
Perween Warsi CBE HonMBA 1997
Professor Roger W Waterhouse BA MA HonDUniv 2006
Professor Tony Watts OBE MA(Cantab) MPhil MUniv FRSA HonDUniv 1998
† Tom Wheatcroft HonDUniv 2005
Arlo White HonDUniv 2021
Margaret Whittaker OBE HonMUniv 2010
Professor Ann Wilcock PhD DipCOT BappSCOT GradDipPH HonDUniv 2003
Bob Wilson OBE HonDUniv 2001
Roy Wood HonDMus 2008
Alan A Woods DL FCA HonDUniv 2004
† Roy Wooldridge MC* HonDUniv 2013
† Professor Douglas Michael Wright BA MA PhD AIL FRSA HonDUniv 2011
Geoff Wright HonMUniv 2017 July

† Deceased