This list of Honorary Graduates of the University of Leeds is a year-by-year list of people recognized by the University of Leeds for their achievements in their given field with an honorary award.[1]

An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa (Latin: 'for the sake of the honour') is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived the usual requirements (such as matriculation, residence, study and the passing of examinations). The degree itself is typically a doctorate or, less commonly, a master's degree, and may be awarded to someone who has no prior connection with the academic institution.

Key
DEng Doctor of Engineering
DLitt Doctor of Letters
DM Doctor of Medicine
DMus Doctor of Music
DSc Doctor of Science
LLD Doctor of Laws

2020s

2023[2]

2022[3]

No honorary degrees were awarded in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

2010s

2019[4]

2018[5]

2017[6]

2016[7]

2015[8]

2014[9]

2013

2012

2011

2010[10]

2000s

Sunil Mittal, honoured in 2009

2009

2008

Albert Fert, honoured in 2008

2007

Dr. Piers Sellers, honoured in 2007
Lynne Brindley honoured in 2006

2006

Sir David Cox, honoured in 2005

2005

Sir Ian McKellen honoured in 2004

2004

Dame Judi Dench honoured in 2002

2003

Lord Melvyn Bragg honoured in 2000

2002

2001

2000

1990s

Jeremy Paxman, honoured in 1999

1999

1998

1997

Jack Straw, honoured in 1999

1996

Harold 'Dickie' Bird, honoured in 1997

1995

Manmohan Singh, honoured in 1995

1994

Anish Kapoor, honoured in 1993

1993

1992

Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman, honoured in 1990

1991

1990

1980s

Caspar Weinberger, honoured in 1989

1989

1988

Roy McMurtry, honoured in 1988

1987

Professor Stephen Hawking, honoured in 1987

1986

1985

1984

Roy Colin Strong, honoured in 1983

1983

Willy Brandt, honoured in 1982

1982

Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, honoured in 1982

1981

1980

1970s

1979

1978

1977

1976

1975

1974

1973

1972

1971

1970

1960s

1969

1968

1967

1966

1965

1964

1963

1962

1961

1960

1950s

1959

1958

1957

1956

1955

1954

1953

1952

1951

1950

1940s

1949

1948

1947

1946

1945

1944

1943

1942

1941

1930s

1939

1938

1937

1936

1935

1934

1933

1932

1931

1930

1920s

1929

1928

1927

1926

1925

1924

1923

1922

1920

1910s

1919

1917

Herbert Austin Fricker

1915

1914

1912

1910

1900s

1909

1907

1906

1904

Sources

References

  1. ^ "Honorary graduates". University of Leeds.
  2. ^ "Honorary Degrees 2023". University of Leeds. 18 July 2023. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Honorary Degrees 2022". University of Leeds. 5 July 2022. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Honorary Graduates". University of Leeds. July 2019. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Honorary Graduates". University of Leeds. July 2018. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Honorary Graduates". University of Leeds. July 2017. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  7. ^ "University announces honorary degrees 2016". University of Leeds. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  8. ^ "University of Leeds awards honorary degrees". University of Leeds. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Honorary graduates". University of Leeds. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Innovative, pioneering, influential - Leeds honours excellence". University of Leeds. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  11. ^ "News in brief". The Reporter. No. 518. University of Leeds. 24 July 2006.
  12. ^ "Honorary graduates 1904 - 2016". University of Leeds. p. 7.
  13. ^ "Degree for Sir Arthur Stanley". Leeds Mercury. No. 26, 732. 10 July 1925. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "The Passing Bell" (PDF). The British Journal of Nursing. 85 (2025): 109. April 1937.
  15. ^ "Honour for Earl of Balfour". The Scotsman. No. 25, 446. 17 December 1924. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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