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Bobby BakerMulti-disciplinary artist and activist [DLitt, 2011]Dame Gillian Beer DBE FBAKing Edward VII Professor of English Literature, University of Cambridge (1994-2002) [DLitt, 2000]Dr Halima Begum(Geography PhD, 2005)Chief Executive Officer of ActionAid UK (2023-)Professor David Blanchflower CBE(Economics PhD, 1985) Bruce V Rauner Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College, USA (since 2001) [DSc, 2009]Sr Augusto Boal (1931-2009)Theatre director and writer [DLitt, 2000]Professor Sir Leszek (Boris) Borysiewicz FRCP FMedSciChair, Cancer Research UK (since 2016); Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge (2010-17); Chief Executive, Medical Research Council (2007-10) [DSc, 2009]Emeritus Professor Gustav Born FRCP HonFRCS FRS FKC (1921-2018)Research Professor then Emeritus, William Harvey Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London (since 1989) [DSc, 2006]Dame Colette Bowe DBE(Economics BSc (Econ), 1969; PhD, 1978) External member, Financial Policy Committee, Bank of England (since 2019); Chair, UK Banking Standards Board (2014-19); Chair, Ofcom (2009-14); Chair of Council, Queen Mary University of London (2003-09) [DLitt, 2010]Professor Malcolm Bowie (1943-2007)Founding Director, Institute of Romance Studies (1989-92); Head, Department of French, Queen Mary University of London (1976-89) [DLitt, 1997]Professor Alexander Bradshaw BSc PhD(Chemistry BSc, 1965; PhD, 1968)Scientific Director, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (1999-2008) [DSc, 2005]The Rt Hon Lord Butler of Brockwell KG GCB CVOSecretary of the Cabinet and Head, Home Civil Service (1988-98) [DLitt, 1998]Stephen Bush[DLitt, 2022]Sir David Butler[DLitt, 2018]Professor Marilyn Butler FBA (1937-2014)Literary critic; Titular Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford (1998-2004) [DLitt, 2008]
Professor Lorna Casselton CBE FRS (1938-2014)Foreign Secretary and Vice-President, Royal Society (2006-11); Professor of Fungal Genetics, then Emeritus, University of Oxford (1997-2003); Professor of Genetics, Queen Mary University of London (1989-91) [DSc, 2009]The Rt Hon and Rt Revd Richard ChartresBishop of London (1995-2017); Bishop of Stepney (1992-95) [DLitt, 1998]Martha Cover(Law LLM, 1980) Barrister, Coram Chambers [LLD, 2022]The Hon Dame Laura Cox DBE(Law LLB, 1973; Law LLM, 1975) Judge of the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division (2002-16) [LLD, 2019](William) Jeremy CurtisHead of Education and Skills, UK Space Agency [DSc, 2017]
Professor Dame Sally Davis[DSc, 2023]Mr Jacques Derrida (d 2004)Philosopher [DLitt, 2004]Professor Persi Diaconis PhDMathematician and statistician [DSc, 2007]Dr Bruce Dickinson(History BA, 1979) Musician and song-writer with Iron Maiden [DMus, 2011]Ann Dowling[DSc, 2022]Professor Marcus du SautoyTelevision and radio presenter, author, writer for the UK’s leading newspapers; Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford since 2008, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2012) [DSc, 2012]
Professor George Ellis FRSSAProfessor of Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town, South Africa (1973-87 and 1989-2005) [DSc, 2000]Professor Bernadine Evaristo[DLitt, 2022]
Dr Lorna Ewart(Pharmacology PhD, 1998)Chief Scientific Officer, Emulate Inc [DSc, 2023]
Peter Florence CBEFounder of the Hay Festival [DLitt, 2018]Professor Eric FonerDeWitt Clinton Professor of History (since 1988) and Professor, Department of History (1982-88), Columbia University, USA; Leverhulme Visiting Scholar, Queen Mary University of London (2008) [DSc, 2012]Sir Christopher France GCB MA FMedSciChairman of Council, Queen Mary University of London (1995-2003) [DSc, 2004]
Mr Richard GarriottVideo game developer; scientist and philanthropist [DSc, 2011]Professor Michael Green FRS FIP CPhysJohn Humphrey Plummer Professor of Theoretical Physics (1993-2009); Lucasian Chair of Mathematics, University of Cambridge (since 2009) [DSc, 2004]Professor Stephen GreenblattJohn Cogan University Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University, USA (since 2000); Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction (2012) [DLitt, 2001]
Professor Sir Peter Hall PhD FBA MAE HonMRITI Hon FRIBA (d 2014)Professor of Planning and Regeneration, University College London, now Emeritus [DSc, 2004]Miss Lucy HawkingNovelist and science communicator [DSc, 2015]Sir Peter HendyChairman, Network Rail [DLitt, 2018]Sir Gordon Higginson DL FREng (d 2011)Vice-Chancellor, University of Southampton (1985-94) [DSc, 1999]Dame Sue Hill DBE FMedSci FRSB FRCP(Hon) FRCPath (Hon) FHCS (Hon) Chief Scientific Officer for NHS England and Senior Responsible Officer for Genomics [DSc, 2023]Professor Sir Tony Hoare MA FRS DRBCSPrincipal Researcher, Microsoft Research Ltd, Cambridge [DSc, 2005]Professor (Allan) Victor Hoffbrand(Medicine MBBS, 1959)Professor of Haematology and Honorary Consultant, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine (1974-96), now Emeritus [DSc, 2012]Sir Martin Holdgate CB PhD FbiolChief Scientist, Department of Environment (1979-85) [DSc, 2006]Professor Peter Hudson FRSWillaman Professor of Biology, Director of Huck Institute of Life Sciences, Penn State University, USA [DSc, 2014]
Dr Guoni Thorlacius Johannesson(History PhD, 2004)President of Iceland (since 2016) [DLitt, 2017]Ms Eleanor JohnDirector of Collections, Learning and Engagement, Geffrye Museum of the Home; Founding co-director of the Centre for Studies of the Home, Queen Mary University of London [DLitt, 2016]
Professor Julia King CBE FREngMaterials scientist; Vice Chancellor, Aston University (since 2006) [DSc, 2008]The Rt Hon Sir David KitchinLord Justice of Appeal, Chair of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies [LLD, 2015]
Mr Stephen Legg MA FIETChief Technology Officer for Storage, IBM UK [DSc, 2016]
Sir Richard MacCormac CBE FRSA (d 2014)Chairman, MJP Architects (1972-2010) [DSc, 2007]Professor Ian Macdonald MA FRSProfessor of Pure Mathematics, Queen Mary University of London (1976-87), now Emeritus [DSc, 2005]Professor Doreen Massey FBA ASS FRSA (d 2016)Emerita Professor of Geography, Open University (1982-2010) [DSc, 2010]Professor Tom Meade DM FRCP FinstMed FRSProfessor of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London (1992-2001), now Emeritus [DSc, 2010]The Rt Hon Lord Millett of St Marylebone MALord of Appeal in Ordinary (1998-2004); Non-permanent Judge, Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong (since 2000) [LLD, 1999]Professor Chen MinshengPresident of Southern Medical University (SMU), China (since 2011) and Chairman of the University Council (since 2012) [DSc, 2019]
Professor Paul O'Brien CBE FRSProfessor of Inorganic Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London (1984-94); Head of School of Chemistry and Professor of Inorganic Materials, University of Manchester (since 1994) [DSc, 2016]
Dr D Maxwell Parkin Cancer epidemiologist; Editor of Internal Agency for Research on Cancer publications; Project Epidemiologist, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London [DSc, 2014]Professor Simon Peyton JonesComputer Scientist and researcher at Microsoft Research [DSc, 2017]Professor JGA (John Greville Agard) PocockHistorian and pioneer of the historical methodology, contextualism [DLitt, 2016]
Professor Wang QianVice-President, Southern Medical University (SMU) and President, Zhujiang Hospital, China [DSc, 2019]
Professor Sir Peter Ratcliffe FRS FMedSci (Medicine MBBChir, 1978)Clinical Director, Francis Crick Institute (since 2016); jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2019 alongside William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza [DSc 2020]Dr Marjorie Reeves (d 2003)(Heretical Mystics of the Middle Ages PhD) Fellow and Tutor in History, St Anne's College, University of Oxford (1938-74) [DLitt, 1997]Mr Gerry Reilly BSc MSc FBCS CEng CITP(Physics and Electronics BSc, 1982)Director, IBM WebSphere Application Server Development [DSc, 2015]Professor Arturo Reyes-Sandoval[DSc, 2023]Professor John Charles Reynolds PhD (d 2013)Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA [DSc, 2007]Professor John E RoemerElizabeth S and A Varick Stout Professor of Political Science and Economics, Yale University [DLitt, 2017]Professor Pierre RosanvallonDirector of Studies, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France; Chair of Early Modern and Modern Political History, Collège de France, France [DSc, 2008]
Professor Jean-Pierre Serre FRSMathematician; Chair of Algebra and Geometry, Collège de France, France (1956-94) [DSc, 2001]Ms Peggy ShawActor, writer and producer [DLitt, 2017]Dr Eliana Sousa SilvaSocial activist and author [DLitt, 2017]Professor Sir Adrian Smith FRSPrincipal, Queen Mary, University of London (1998-2008); Vice-Chancellor, University of London (since 2012) [DLitt, 2009]Dr Christopher Smith BSc MB BChir PhD FRCPath(Medicine MBBChir, 1995)Consultant virologist, Addenbrookes Hospital; founder and leader of radio talk show The Naked Scientists [DSc, 2016]Professor Gayatri Chakravorty SpivakUniversity Professor (since 2007) and Founding member, Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, Columbia University, USA [DLitt, 2003]Professor Peter StallybrassAnnenberg Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English and of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, University of Pennsylvania, USA (since 1988) [DLitt, 2012]Professor George Steiner MA DPhil FBA FRSLWriter; Fellow, Churchill College, University of Cambridge (since 1961); Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Geneva, Switzerland (1974-94) [DLitt, 2006]The Rt Hon Lord SteynLord of Appeal in Ordinary (1995-2005); Chairman of the Advisory Council, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London (1993-94) [LLD, 1997]Sir Charles Saumarez Smith[DLitt, 2019]Dame Janet SuzmanActress and director [DLitt, 1997]
Gareth Thomas CBEWelsh former professional rugby union and rugby league player [DSc, 2024]
Professor Joanne TompkinsAssociate Dean (Research), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Professor in Drama, University of Queensland; Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Queen Mary University of London (2008) [DLitt, 2015]
Professor Sir Tejinder Singh Virdee FRS(Physics BSc, 1974)Professor of Physics, Imperial College London; Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Institute of Physics; Key Scientist behind the discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN [DSc, 2013]Professor Karen Vousden CBE, FRS, FRSE, FMedSci(Genetics and Microbiology BSc, 1978; Genetics PhD, 1982)Group Leader, The Francis Crick Institute; Chief Scientist, Cancer Research UK (2016-22) [DSc, 2023)
Mr Martyn WareRecord producer and artist; Founder member of The Human League and Heaven 17; Visiting Professor, Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London [DSc, 2012]Professor Mark Wilson OBEConsultant Neurosurgeon and Pre-Hospital Care Specialist, Imperial College and Founder of co-founder, GoodSAM [DSc, 2024]Professor Sir Tony Wrigley MA PhD ScD FBAHistorical demographer; Co-Director, Cambridge Group for History of Population Social Structure (1974-94); Master, Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge (1994-2000) [DLitt, 2004]Professor Rosemary Wyse(Physics and Astrophysics BSc, 1977)Alumni Centennial Professor in the Henry A Rowland Department of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University [DSc, 2018]
Professor Graham Zellick CBE QC PhD LLD ASSDean, Faculty of Laws (1984-88); Head, Department of Law (1984-90); Drapers' Professor of Law (1988-91) and Professor of Law (1991-98), now Emeritus, Queen Mary University of London; Vice-Chancellor, University of London [DLitt, 2010]Professor Natalie Zemon Davis PhDAuthor and historian; Professor of History, University of Toronto, Canada [DLitt, 2004]