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Notable recipients

Three of the 2011 Honorands

Left to right: Professor Mildred Dresselhaus ScD, Dr Shirin Ebadi LLD, Sir Trevor Nunn LittD.

Many great historical figures have been honoured by the University of Cambridge, including Albert Einstein, Max Planck, Lord Kitchener, General Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery.

A list of Honorary Graduates since 1977 is available:

• Honorary Degrees conferred from 1977 till present

In more recent years, those honoured include:

World leaders

• Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India (2006)
• President Kim Dae-Jung of the Republic of Korea (2001)
• Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany (1998)
• President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil (1997)
• President Nelson Mandela of South Africa (1996)
• President Shankar Dayal Sharma of India (1993)

Arts

• Sir Harrison Birtwistle (2010)
• Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (2009)
• David Hockney (2007)
• Louis Cha (2005)
• Quentin Blake (2004)
• Sir Tom Stoppard (2000)
• Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (1997)
• Dame Iris Murdoch (1993)
• Sir Alec Guinness (1991)
• Ted Hughes (1986)

Sciences

• Sir Andrew Wiles (2010)
• Elizabeth Blackburn (2009)
• Sir Paul Nurse (2003)
• Sir John Sulston (2003)
• Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1996)
• Sir Nevill Mott (1994)
• James Watson (1993)
• Stephen Hawking (1989)
• Frederick Sanger (1983)

Humanities

• Richard Sennett (2010)
• Amartya Sen (2009)
• Baroness (Onora) O’Neill (2007)
• Lord (Harry) Woolf (2002)
• Mamphela Ramphele (2001)

Business and industry

• Ratan Tata (2010)
• Bill and Melinda Gates (2009)
• Gordon Moore (1999)
• Sir John Bradfield (1992)

Religion

• HH The Aga Khan (2009)
• John Sentamu, Archbishop of York (2008)
• Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury (2006)
• Chief Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks (1993)
• Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1999)
• Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1977)

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URL: http://www.cam.ac.uk/univ/degrees/honorary/recipients.html