| His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh KG | DSc | 1967 |
| Chinua Achebe | DLitt | 1974 |
| (Sir) Ernest Donald Acheson KBE | DM | 1984 |
| Kriss Kezie Uche Chukwu Duru Akabusi MBE | MA | 1992 |
| Sir George Alberti | DM | 2000 |
| The Allegri String Quartet: Peter-John Burnett Carter | DMus | 1995 |
| William Patrick Ireland | DMus | 1995 |
| David Robert Roth | DMus | 1995 |
| Bruno Tom Schrecker | DMus | 1995 |
| Sir Douglas Albert Vivian Allen GCB (The Lord Croham) | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1977 |
| William Douglas Allen | DSc | 1984 |
| Sir David Frederick Attenborough CBE FRS | DSc | 1992 |
| Raymond Baker FRS | DSc | 1998 |
| Dame Alice Josephine Mary Taylor Barnes DBE | DM | 1981 |
| Brian Michael Barry FBA | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1989 |
| Rudolf Barshai | DMus | 1985 |
| Guin Batten | MA | 2001 |
| Miriam Batten | MA | 2001 |
| Ronald Leslie Bell | DSc | 1985 |
| Timothy John Berners-Lee | DSc | 1996 |
| Rodney Bickerstaffe | DSc(Social Sciences) | 2000 |
| Lewis Roberts Binford | DLitt | 1983 |
| Roger Anthony Black MBE | MA | 1992 |
| Sir Hermann Bondi KCB | DSc | 1981 |
| (John) Michael Brady FEng | DSc | 1999 |
| Henry Vivian, Baron Brandon of Oakbrook | LLD | 1984 |
| Donald Eric Broadbent CBE FRS | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1973 |
| Elizabeth Brown | MA | 1990 |
| David Cairns | DLitt | 2001 |
| John Charles Caldwell | DSc | 1992 |
| The Rt Revd Harry James Carpenter | DLitt | 1984 |
| Alan Carrington FRS | DSc | 1985 |
| Richard Michael Power, Baron Carver | DLitt | 1991 |
| Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson PRA | DLitt | 1977 |
| John Alexander Raymond Chisholm FEng | DSc | 1997 |
| Keith Cutts Clarke | LLD | 1996 |
| Brian Leonard Clarkson | DSc | 1987 |
| Dame Barbara Evelyn Clayton DBE | DSc | 1992 |
| Sir Michael Cobham | DUniv | 2001 |
| Sir Wilfred Halliday Cockcroft | DSc | 1986 |
| George Cole | DLitt | 1988 |
| Robert Templeman Cole | DSc | 1980 |
| Sir Christopher Patrick Parnell Bt, Baron Congleton | LLD | 1990 |
| David John Moore Cornwell (John le Carri) | DLitt | 1997 |
| Stanley George Crooks | DSc | 1977 |
| Gavyn Davies OBE | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1998 |
| Paul W Dent | DSc | 2001 |
| Kenneth Francis Dibben | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1998 |
| David Vernon Donnison | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1981 |
| Rosemary Carole Dunhill | Dlitt | 2000 |
| Sir George Edwards OM CBE FRS | DSc | 1962 |
| Michael Elliott CBE FRS | DSc | 1985 |
| Jonathan Richard Ellis FRS | DSc | 1994 |
| Philip Thomas Ely | LLD | 1992 |
| The Revd Christopher Francis Evans | DLitt | 1977 |
| R A Farrar | Duniv | 2000 |
| (Sir) John Whitaker Fairclough | DSc | 1983 |
| Janet Finch | DSc (Social Sciences) | 2001 |
| Karen Finch OBE | DLitt | 1999 |
| Clive Arthur Pierson Foxell CBE Eng | DSc | 1994 |
| John Francis, Baron Donaldson of Lymington PC | LLD | 1998 |
| Dame Irene Tordoff Fritchie DBE | PhD | 1996 |
| Robert Howard Gammon MBE | MSc | 1989 |
| Norman Gash FBA | DLitt | 1988 |
| Bruno Gentili | DLitt | 1978 |
| Heinz Gerischer | DSc | 1973 |
| Edwin William Henry Gifford OBE | DSc | 1988 |
| Sir Anthony Keith Gill | DSc | 1992 |
| Oliver Nigel Valentine Glendinning | DLitt | 1989 |
| Victoria Glendinning MA | DLitt | 1994 |
| Evelyn Glennie OBE | DMus | 1999 |
| Alexander Goehr | DMus | 1973 |
| William Moore Gorman | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1974 |
| Sir Marrack Irvine Goulding KCMG | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1997 |
| Sir James Learmonth Gowans CBE FRS | DM | 1987 |
| George William Gray CBE FRS FRSE | DSc | 1996 |
| Kenneth John Gregory FRGS | DSc | 1997 |
| Oleg Grinevsky | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1991 |
| James A Hancock | DSc | 1999 |
| Jonathan Dean Harvey | DMus | 1990 |
| Eric William Hawkins CBE | DLitt | 1998 |
| (Sir) Graham John Hills | DSc | 1984 |
| Sir Gordon Robert Higginson FICE FIMechE FEng Hon FRC | PDSc | 1995 |
| D (Tim) Holt | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1999 |
| John Bernard Lloyd Howell CBE | DSc | 1994 |
| Jason Chih-Chiang Hu | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1997 |
| Arthur William Hunt OBE | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1987 |
| The Hon Pehin Dato Haji Isa Bin Ibrahim | LLD | 1995 |
| John Inverdale | DLitt | 2001 |
| George Patrick John Rushworth, The Earl Jellicoe KBE DSO MC PC | LLD | 1985 |
| William Nevil Heaton Johnson | DDes | 1997 |
| Brian Jones | DSc | 2000 |
| Gwyn Jones CBE | DLitt | 1983 |
| Margaret Jones | DSc (Social Sciences) | 2000 |
| Stanley Jones | DLitt | 1999 |
| Jean-Pierre Kahane | DSc | 1991 |
| Ian Herman Karten | DLitt | 1998 |
| Sir Bernard Katz FRS | DSc | 1971 |
| Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy | LLD | 1993 |
| Sir John Frank Charles Kingman FRS | DSc | 1985 |
| Kristof Kloeckner | DSc | 2001 |
| Francoise Jollant-Kneebone FRSA | DDes | 1997 |
| John Knowles | DSc | 2000 |
| The Hon Alhadji Abdul Karim Koroma | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1988 |
| Malcolm Raymond Lacey | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1996 |
| His Excellency President Manfred Lachs | LLD | 1975 |
| Kikis Nicolas Lazarides | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1998 |
| Leon Max Lederman | DSc | 1992 |
| S H Leung | LLD | 2001 |
| John Richard Lill OBE | DMus | 1992 |
| Maurice Bernard Line FRS | ADSc | 1988 |
| Brian Mahy | DSc | 2001 |
| Gabriele Maschio | DSc | 1987 |
| Karen Mason | DSc | 2001 |
| Michael David May | DSc | 1990 |
| David Melville | DSc | 2001 |
| Sir Eric Mensforth CBE | DSc | 1970 |
| John Richard Miles | DDes | 1998 |
| Sir Oswald Bernard Miller | LLD | 1981 |
| Anthony Minghella | DLitt | 1999 |
| Sir Claus Adolf Moser KCB CBE FBA | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1975 |
| Sir Alan Marshall Muir Wood | FRS FEng DSc | 1986 |
| Sir Keith Murray (The Lord Murray of Newhaven) KCB | LLD | 1964 |
| Dr Abdullah Wali Nasher | DM | 2000 |
| Adrian Newey | DSc | 2000 |
| Hilary Ockendon | DSc | 2000 |
| Sister Sheila Mary O'Hara | DLitt | 1985 |
| Iona Opie | DLitt | 1987 |
| John Roundell Palmer, The Earl of Selborne KBE FRS DL | DSc | 1996 |
| (Sir) Austin William Pearce CBE | DSc | 1978 |
| Sir John Peel KCV | ODM | 1974 |
| Donald John Pepper | DSc | 1996 |
| Gareth Pierce | LLD | 2000 |
| Norman Ivor Powell | MSc | 1992 |
| Frank Templeton Prince | DLitt | 1981 |
| Mary Quant | Ddes | 2000 |
| David Quayle | DBA | 2000 |
| Dame Sheila Margaret Imelda Quinn DBE | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1986 |
| His Excellency Shridath Surendranath Ramphal Kt CMG QC | LLD | 1976 |
| Andrew Colin Renfrew, The Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn | DLitt | 1995 |
| David William Rhind FRGS | DSc | 1998 |
| Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes | DSc | 1989 |
| Elfyn John Richards OBE | DSc | 1973 |
| John Morris Roberts | DLitt | 1987 |
| Douglas William Robinson | DSc | 1978 |
| Sir Eric Roll CB (The Lord Roll of Ipsden) | LLD | 1974 |
| Margaret Irene Rothwell CMG | LLD | 1994 |
| Albert Louis Sachs | LLD | 1989 |
| Benjamin Sanders | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1994 |
| Derek Austin Schofield | DLitt | 1993 |
| Thomas Schreckenbach | DSc | 2000 |
| Sir Roy Shaw | DLitt | 1984 |
| Kurt Leo Shell | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1985 |
| Clinton Vita Silver CBE | DLitt | 1997 |
| Ruth Silver | DSc (Social Sciences) | 2001 |
| Geoffrey Donald Sims OBE FEng | DSc | 1979 |
| Edward Charles Slater FRS | DSc | 1993 |
| Kathleen Elizabeth Smith | MA | 1977 |
| Carlos Sol` | DSc | 1999 |
| The Lord Stokes | DSc | 1969 |
| Sir James Stubblefield | FRSDSc | 1965 |
| Nancy Tait MBE | DUniv | 1999 |
| Sir Anthony Tennant | Duniv | 2000 |
| Sir Hugh Charles Tett | DSc | 1965 |
| Sheila Dorling Thomson | MA | 1993 |
| The Thrust Team: Ronald Frederick Ayres | DSc | 1998 |
| Jeremy Henry Arthur Bliss | DSc | 1998 |
| Glynne Thomas Bowsher | DSc | 1998 |
| Christopher Ian Cowell | DSc | 1998 |
| Nicolas Dove | DSc | 1998 |
| Andrew Duncan Green OBE | DSc | 1998 |
| Michael Anthony Whittington Horne | DSc | 1998 |
| Ronald Charles Tress CBE | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1978 |
| His Honour, Judge Stephen Tumim | LLD | 1995 |
| Josi Galizia Tundisi | DSc | 1998 |
| David Arthur John Tyrrell CBE FRS | DM | 1990 |
| Peter Joseph Usher | DSc | 1995 |
| Arthur Stephen Walsh CBE FEng | DSc | 1993 |
| Baroness Warnock of Weeke | Dlitt | 2000 |
| Dorothy Wedderburn | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1999 |
| Jane Susan Wells | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1998 |
| Michael Hereward Westbrook | DSc | 1991 |
| The Revd. Dr John Williams | DUniv | 1999 |
| Kingsley Williams | DUniv | 1999 |
| The Rt Hon Shirley Vivien Teresa Brittain Williams | LLD | 1981 |
| Keith St John Wiseman | LLD | 1997 |
| His Excellency Tun Abdul-Rahman bin Ya'kub | LLD | 1986 |
| Michael Young, Lord Young of Dartington | DSc (Social Sciences) | 1996 |
| Konrad Erdmann Zweigert | LLD | 1979 |