Honorary Doctorates
- Sir Thomas Allen - DMus
- Sir Leon Brittan - DCL
- Bill Bryson - DCL
- The Most Rev and Right Hon George Leonard Carey - DD
- Charles, Prince of Wales - DCL
- Richard Dawkins - DSc
- Lord Dearing - DCL
- Dame Judi Dench - DLitt
- Sir Edward Elgar
- Lord Foster of Thames Bank - DCL
- Mikhail Gorbachev - DCL
- Sir John Hall - DCL
- Dame Bridget Ogilvie -DSc
- Arvo Pärt - DMus
- His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh - DCL
- Sir Matthew Pinsent - DCL
- Sir Steven Redgrave - DCL
- Prof. Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Sir Richard Runciman Terry
- Terry Waite
- William Wordsworth
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