Northumbria University awards honorary degrees to individuals who have obtained the very highest standards of scholarship, outstanding achievement, or distinction worthy of national or international recognition in their academic or professional field.
They are also awarded to individuals who have made an exceptional contribution to the University in support of its mission. For example, through long and meritorious service, distinction far beyond the usual remit of their role, or through philanthropy in support of the University’s strategic objectives.
Our honorary graduates reflect the diversity of the regional, national, and international communities that the University serves and provide an example of ambition and achievement to the University’s students and graduands.
Jason Cook Hon DLitt
Nicola Elliott Hon DCL
Lady Edwina Grosvenor Hon DCL
Mark Henderson Hon DCL
Craig Jones MBE, Hon DSc
Robert Lemkin Hon DLitt
General Dame Sharon Nesmith
Caroline Paige MBE, Hon DSc
Beverley
Prevatt Goldstein Hon DCL
Amanda Staveley Hon DCL
Professor Richard
Wilkinson Hon DSc
Lucy
Winskell OBE, Hon DCL
Michael Brodie CBE, Hon DSc
Roisin Currie Hon DCL
Robin Ferris Hon DCL
Dr Henry Kippin Hon DCL
Michelle Poole Hon DCL
Dr Nizam Razzaq Hon DCL
Jim Rowan Hon DSc
Cally Taylor Hon DLitt
Dr Caroline Theobald CBE, Hon DCL
John-Mark Williams Hon DCL
Clio Barnard Hon DLitt
Howard Catton Hon DSc
Jon Dutton OBE Hon DCL
Professor Sir Liam Donaldson Hon DSc
John Herdman Hon DSc
Baroness Joanna Shields OBE, Hon DSc
Dr Bothiana AlAnsari Hon DCL
Lady Black of Derwent DBE, Hon DCL
Tim Brown OBE, Hon DCL
Bernard Cornwell OBE, Hon DLitt
Professor David Croisdale-Appleby OBE, Hon DSc
Professor Saleemul Huq OBE Hon DSc (d)
Baroness Newlove of Warrington Hon DCL
Professor David Ormerod CBE, Hon DCL
Pat Ritchie CBE, Hon DCL
Chris Sayers Hon DCL
Moira Stewart CBE, Hon DLitt
Professor Andrew Wathey CBE, Hon DCL
Professor Sir Chris Whitty KBE, Hon DSc
Dr Tristram Hunt Hon DCL
Professor Julia Yeomans Hon DSc
Louise Trotter Hon DCL
The Rt Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE Hon DCL
Professor Mary Beard OBE Hon DLitt
Linda Speldewinde Hon DCL
Wee Teng Woon Hon DCL
Tek Seng Woon Hon DCL
Jonathan Ruffer Hon DCL
David Olusoga OBE Hon DLitt
Adam Serfontein Hon DCL
Bea Campbell OBE, Hon DLitt
Professor Kevin Fenton Hon DSc
Right Honorable The Lord Mackay of Clashfern Hon DCL
Harry Christophers Hon DMus
Andrea Siodmok Hon DCL
Dr Arnab Basu MBE, Hon DSc
Jayne-Anne Gadhia Hon DCL
Dr Weerakoon A Wijewardena Hon DCL
Professor Dame Ann Dowling OM, DBE, Hon DSc
Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE, Hon DSc
Right Honourable the Lord Falconer of Thornton QC Hon DCL
George Clarke Hon DCL
Jeremy Paxman Hon DLitt
Sir Tim Clark KBE Hon DCL
Alexander Armstrong Hon DLitt
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE DL Hon DCL
Vera Baird QC Hon DCL
Baroness Howells of St David OBE Hon DCL
Brian Johnson Hon DMus
Max Roberts Hon DLitt
Ørnulf Opdahl Hon DCL
Professor David McQuoid-Mason Hon DCL
Professor Howard Thomas Hon DCL
Paul Collingwood MBE Hon DCL
Christopher Moore Hon DCL
Val McDermid, Hon DLitt
Her Grace Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland Hon DCL
Clarence Sarkodee-Adoo Hon DMus
Lord Walton of Detchant Hon DCL
Professor Sir Michael Marmot Hon.DSc
Gary FitzGerald Hon DSc
Catherine Hatch Hon DSc
Godfrey Worsdale Hon DCL
Bryan Talbot Hon DLitt
Sir Peter Carr CBE Hon DCL
Professor Mary Dunning Hon DCL
Lee Hall Hon DLitt
Sir Leonard Fenwick CBE Hon DSc
Bibiana Aido Almagro Hon DCL
Peter Millican Hon DLitt
Marshall Hall Hon DLitt
Lord Shipley of Gosforth OBE Hon DCL
Sir Michael Darrington Hon DCL
Trevor Mann Hon DSc
Sir Ian Wrigglesworth Hon DMus
Jim Beirne Hon DLitt
Lord Laming of Tewin Hon DCL
Dr Maggie Atkinson Hon DCL
Right Honourable Sir Alan Beith MP Hon DCL
Professor Kel Fidler Hon DCL
Fra’ Matthew Festing Hon.DD
Andrew Festing Hon DLitt
The Right Reverend Dr Tom Wright Hon DD
Martin Corry MBE Hon DCL
Gavin Black Hon DCL
Peter Allan OBE Hon DCL
Gerald Ronson Hon DCL
Professor Dong-Young Jang Hon DCL
Shaun Michael Kearney Hon DCL
Professor Steven Kyffin Hon DCL
Dr Charles Modica Hon DCL
Professor Dame Christine Beasley DBE Hon DCL
Haydn Biddle Hon DCL
Andrew Dixon Hon DCL
Dr Angela Gallop Hon DCL
The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr John Sentamu Hon DCL
Dr Tony Trapp Hon DCL
Victoria Pendleton Hon DCL
Stephen Miller Hon DCL
Kathryn Tickell Hon DCL
Conrad Dickinson Hon DCL
Professor Sir Miles Irving Hon DCL
Matron Hajjah Bibi Florina Abdullah Hon DCL
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou Hon DCL
Karen Price OBE Hon DCL
Sir George Cox Hon DCL
John Clough MBE Hon DCL
Dr Beverly Malone Hon DCL
Graeme Danby Hon DCL
Valerie Reid Hon DCL
Professor Thomas Albrecht Hon DCL
Jonathon Porritt Hon DCL
Nigel Sherlock Esq OBE Hon DCL
Professor Sir George Alberti Hon DCL
Professor Senga Bond Hon DCL
Professor Alan Maynard Hon DCL
Alan Shearer OBE Hon DCL
Dick Clement Hon DCL
Ian La Frenais Hon DCL
Professor Albert Aynsley-Green Hon DCL
Dr John Bridge Hon DCL
Tam Dalyell Hon DCL
Lord Mason of Barnsley Hon DCL (d)
Leo Finn Hon DCL
Max Mosley Hon DCL
Sir Michael Tomlinson CBE Hon DCL
George Davies Hon DCL
Sir Keith Povey QPM Hon DCL
Michael Neville MBE Hon DCL
Jonathan Wilkinson Hon DCL
Christopher Garnett Hon DCL
Hari Shukla OBE Hon DCL
John Squires OBE DL Hon DCL
Jonathan Edwards MBE CBE Hon DCL
Nicholas Baring CBE Hon DCL
Raymond Cole Hon DCL (d)
The Right Reverend Ambrose Griffiths OSB Hon DCL (d)
Alexey Mordashov Hon DCL
Peter Horbury Hon DCL
Stephen Cram MBE Hon DCL
Sean O’Brien Hon DCL
Lord Hunt of Tanworth CB KCB GCB Hon DCL (d)
Iain Bain Hon DCL (d)
Brendan Foster MBE Hon DCL
Dr Adam Hart-Davis Hon DCL
Lawrence Christensen CBE Hon DCL
Jane Wilson Hon DCL
Louise Wilson Hon DCL
George Gill CBE Hon DCL
James Alder Hon DCL (d)
Eric Robson Hon DCL
Peter McKendrick Hon DCL
Professor Sir Brian Fender CMG Hon DCL
Quentin Blake OBE Hon DCL
Eva Schloss Geiringer Hon DCL
Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington QPM Hon DCL
Bruce Oldfield Hon DCL
Graham Wylie Hon DCL
Paul Polman Hon DCL
Sir Donald Irvine CBE Hon DCL
Jonathan Ive Hon DCL
James Graham OBE Hon DCL
Kamlesh Bahl CBE Hon DCL
Sir Nicholas Goodison Hon DCL
Professor Edward Wragg Hon DCL (d)
Sir Peter Bonfield Hon DCL
Sir Michael Latham Hon DCL
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand Hon DCL
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Ali Abul Hassan bin Sulaiman Hon DCL (d)
Robson Green Hon DCL
Robert Andrew Hon DCL
Reay Atkinson Hon DCL (d)
The Right Reverend Alec Graham Hon DCL
Sir William Utting Hon DCL
Alan Plater Hon DCL (d)
Bridget Gubbins Hon MA
Her Majesty, Queen Sonia Hon DCL
Professor Laing Barden CBE Hon DCL
Professor Martin Trow Hon DCL (d)
Sir Christian Bonington CBE Hon DCL
Kevin Whately Hon DCL
Mike Figgis Hon DCL
Toshihiro Hamano Hon DCL
Andrew Foster Hon DCL
Tony Blair Hon DCL
Jack Charlton Hon DCL
Norman Cornish Hon DCL (d)
Yvonne Moores Hon DCL
Joe Mills Hon MBA (d)
Katharine, Duchess of Kent Hon DCL
Melvyn Bragg Hon DCL
Dr Susan Hurley Hon DCL (d)
The Right Reverend David Jenkins Hon DCL
Sir Claus Moser Hon DCL (d)
Laurence Eilbeck Hon MA (d)
Irene Oxnard Hon MA
His Excellency Mr Hiroshi Kitamura Hon DCL
Sir Ron Dearing Hon DCL (d)
John Fenwick Hon DCL
Brian Roycroft Hon MA (d)
Cardinal Basil Hume Hon LLD (d)
Her Grace, Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland Hon DLitt (d)
Gordon Sumner (Sting) Hon DMus
Sir George Russell Hon DBA
Robin Birley Hon DLitt
Councillor Mrs Joan Lamb Hon MA
Lord Chief Justice Peter Taylor Hon LLD (d)
John Drew Hon MBA
The Lord Glenamara Hon DLitt (d)
Dorothy Blenkinsop Hon MSc
Dr Cyril Lipman Hon LLD (d)
Derek Webster MA
