Recipients
Notable recipients of a Doctor of Letters as an honorary degree include British comedian Ken Dodd, the former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Michael Ignatieff, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown, musicians K. J. Yesudas, Enya, Sami Yusuf, former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, writers Mark Twain, Ezra Pound, Malcolm Gladwell, O. N. V. Kurup, Rik Mayall, J. K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Clive Cussler, Elmo Scott Watson from Illinois Wesleyan University, James May, Sundeep Waslekar, Robert Frost, John Updike, actors Maggie Smith and Mohanlal, J. Jayalalithaa, chief-minister of Tamil Nadu, India, sound recordist Resul Pookutty V.T.Chellam, Tamil History Researcher, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India, Canadian comedian and TV personality Rick Mercer
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