Honorary awards
The University of Sydney recognises
- exceptional achievement by conferring an honorary degree.
- outstanding service to the University by awarding the title of Honorary Fellow of the University.
All recipients by name
Listed below are the names of
- Recipients of honorary degrees conferred before 1951 (these were ad eundem gradum degrees and this was before the University's legislation was amended in 1952 to confirm that the University could award honorary degrees); and
- all honorary award recipients from 1952.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y
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Updated 14 May 2013
A
- Phillip Adams, Hon DLitt (2005)
- Robert Stevenson Aitken, Hon DSc (1952)
- Adrien Albert, Hon DSc (1990)
- Robert Otto Albert, Hon Fellow (2002)
- William Robert (Jim) Allen, Hon DVisArts (2007)
- George Faunce Allman, Hon DLitt (1961)
- John Leslie Allsop, Hon MD (1992)
- Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery, Hon MA (1927)
- Brian David Outram Anderson, Hon DEng (1995)
- John Hamilton Andrews, Hon DArch (1988)
- David Westbrook Anstice, Hon Fellow (2009)
- John Douglas Anthony, DUniv (1997)
- Tristan Antico, Hon Fellow (1994)
- Raymond Apple, Hon Fellow (2005)
- Edward Victor Appleton, Hon DSc (1952)
- Helen Elizabeth Archdale, Hon DLitt (1985)
- Robyn Archer, Hon DLitt (2005)
- Fred Argy, Hon DScEcon (2003)
- Neil Armfield, Hon DLitt (2006)
- Eric Ashby, Hon DLitt (1973)
- Vladimir Ashkenazy, Hon DMus (2010)
- David James Asimus, Hon DAgrEc (1997)
- James Johnston Auchmuty, Hon DLitt (1974)
B
- Harry Babbage, Hon Fellow (1987)
- Robert Baden-powell of Gilwell, Hon LLD (1931)
- Robert Vernon Stuart Bain, Hon DVSc (1986)
- Douglas Kevin Baird, Hon MS (1996)
- Marjorie Faith Barnard, Hon DLitt (1986)
- Peter Deane Barnard, Hon Fellow (2002)
- Hugh Collis Barry, Hon MD (1989)
- Derek Harold Richard Barton, Hon DSc (1976)
- William Barton, Hon DMus (2010)
- Garfield Edward John Barwick, Hon LLD (1972)
- Marie Roslyn Bashir, Hon MD (2002)
- Thomas Dwyer Bass, Hon DVisArts (2009)
- Adolph Basser, Hon DSc (1955)
- Gaston Egon Bauer, Hon MD (1995)
- Louis Hopewell Bauer, Hon DSc (1955)
- William Lygon, Earl Beauchamp, Hon LLD (1930)
- John Cawte Beaglehole, Hon DLitt (1970)
- Alexander Craig Beattie, Hon LLD (1982)
- Gillian Beattie, Hon DSc (2007)
- Bryan Alan Beaumont, Hon LLD (2005)
- Bruce Victor Beaver, Hon DLitt (2004)
- Kim Edward Beazley, Hon DLitt (1979)
- Margaret Beazley, Hon LLD (2008)
- John Anthony Bell, Hon DLitt (1996)
- Isobel I Bennett, Hon MSc (1962)
- John Michael Bennett, Hon DLitt (2007)
- Marie Bentivoglio, Hon DSc (1994)
- Charles Findlay Bentley, Hon MA (1974)
- Kenneth Robert Bickle, Hon MPharm (1998)
- Margaret Sneddon Bickle, Hon MPharm (1998)
- Bohdan Bilinsky, Hon Fellow (2009)
- Arthur John Birch, Hon DSc (1977)
- Louis Charles Birch, Hon DSc (2000)
- William Riddell Birdwood, Hon LLD (1920)
- Peter Orlebar Bishop, Hon MD (1983)
- Hermann David Black, DUniv (1989)
- Joyce Black, Hon Fellow (1986)
- Charles Bickerton Blackburn, Hon DLitt (1965)
- Charles Ruthven Bickerton Blackburn, Hon MD (1991)
- Clifford Douglas Blake, Hon DEdAdmin (2001)
- Cate Blanchett, Hon DLitt (2012)
- Alexander Boden, Hon DSc (1984)
- Wilfred David Borrie, Hon DScEcon (1979)
- Christopher Lloyd Bowen, Hon Fellow (2008)
- Edward George Bowen, DSc (1957)
- Nigel Hubert Bowen, Hon LLD (1990)
- David Francis Branagan, Hon DSc (2007)
- Per-Ingvar Brånemark, Hon DDSc (2003)
- Arthur Bridge, Hon DMus (2008)
- John David Brockhoff, Hon Fellow (2006)
- Lyn Bronger, Hon Fellow (2007)
- Arthur James Brook, Hon BA (1976)
- Geraldine Brooks, Hon DLitt (2007)
- Esmond Ross Brown, Hon MPharm (1997), Honorary Fellow of the University (2009)
- Gavin Brown, Hon DSc (2009)
- Keith Osborne Brown, Hon DEng (1983)
- Robert Hanbury Brown, Hon DSc (1984)
- Stanley Melbourne Bruce, Hon LLD (1926)
- Harrison Bryan, Hon DLitt (1987)
- Quentin Bryce, Hon LLD (2010)
- Amyand David Buckingham, Hon DSc (1993)
- Keith Edward Bullen, Hon DSc (1976)
- Volney G Bulteau, Hon MS (1988)
- Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Hon DSc (1961)
- Donald Vernon Burrows, Hon DMus (2000)
- Peter Irving Burrows, Hon Fellow (2005)
- Lydia Bushell, Hon MA (1991)
- Rex Milton Butterfield, Hon DSc (1996)
C
- Kenneth John Cable, Hon DLitt (1990)
- John Joseph Cahill, Hon LLD (1952)
- Alexander Cambitoglou, DUniv (1991)
- Enid Mona Campbell, Hon LLD (2002)
- Keith Oliver Campbell, Hon DScAgr (1993)
- Denison Campbell-Allen, Hon DEng (1987)
- Edmund Campion, Hon DLitt (2005)
- Arthur Capell, Hon DLitt (1981)
- Edmund George Capon, Hon DLitt (2012)
- John L Carrick, Hon DLitt (1988)
- Harold Burnell Carter, Hon DVSc (1996)
- Richard Gardiner Casey, Hon DSc (1968)
- Lester Gerard Cashen, Hon MPhil (1991)
- Judith Cassab, Hon DLitt (1995)
- Barry Rex Catchlove, Hon Fellow (2008)
- Stuart Challender, Hon DMus (1991)
- Michael Challis, Hon Fellow (2011)
- John Chalmers, Hon MD (2006)
- Ivan Cher, Hon Fellow (1990)
- Neville D Chidgey, Hon Fellow (1989)
- Vere Gordon Childe, Hon DLitt (1957)
- Peter Chippendale, Hon Fellow (2007)
- Frederick Chong, Hon DSc (1999)
- Wilbur Norman Christiansen, Hon DScEng (1980)
- Charles Manning Hope Clark, Hon DLitt (1988)
- Graeme Milbourne Clark, Hon MD (1989)
- David Stuart Clarke, Hon DScEcon (2000)
- Douglas Cockcroft, Hon DSc (1952)
- David Dumas Coffey, Hon DEng (2009)
- Harold George Cogger, Hon DSc (1997)
- Brian John Keith Cohen, Hon Fellow (2000)
- Peter Coleman, Hon DLitt (2008)
- Kenneth George Coles, DUniv (1999)
- Neville Collis-George, Hon DScAg (1990)
- Peter Malcolm Colman, Hon DSc (2000)
- William Fraser Connell, Hon DLittEd (2000)
- Jill K Ker Conway, Hon DLitt (2006), photo below, copyright Memento Photography:

- Herbert Cole Coombs, Hon LLD (1968)
- Suzanne Cory, Hon DSc (2000)
- John Warcup Cornforth, Hon DSc (1977)
- His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York, Hon LLD (1901)
- Keith Eric Cottier, Hon DScArch (2009)
- Robert Carrington Cotton, Hon DSc (1995)
- Henry Jacob Cowan, Hon DArch (1987)
- Zelman Cowen, Hon DLitt (1980)
- Ruth Winifred Cracknell, Hon DLitt (1985)
- David Parker Craig, Hon DSc (1985)
- John Grenfell Crawford, Hon DScEcon (1972)
- Robert Crichton-Brown, Hon Fellow (1987)
- Brenda Louise Croft, Hon DVisArts (2009)
- Frank Clements Crofts, Hon DScAgr (1998)
- John Kirkwood Curdie, Hon MEng (1995)
- Grace Johnston Cuthbert Browne, Hon MD (1986)
- Arthur Roden Cutler, Hon LLD (1967)
D
- Frederick Rawdon Dalrymple, Hon DScEcon (2007)
- Hugh Dalton, Hon DSc (1938)
- John Cecil Dauth, Hon Fellow (1996)
- James Arthur Davidson, Hon DEng (1983)
- Beatrice Deloitte Davis, Hon DLitt (1992)
- (Alice) Madge Dawson, Hon MA (1989)
- William Philip Sidney, Viscount De L’Isle, Hon LLD (1963)
- William Patrick Deane, Hon LLD (1990)
- Frank Debenham, Hon DSc (1959)
- Arthur Frederick Deer, Hon DScEcon (1984)
- John Louis Dillon, Hon DAgrEc (1995)
- Allan Disney, Hon MDesSc (1994)
- Theodosius Dobzhansky, Hon DSc (1960)
- Rosemary Dobson, Hon DLitt (1996)
- Lorimer Fenton Dods, Hon DSc (1974)
- Susan Evelyn Dorsch, DUniv (1996)
- Ivan Noel Dougherty, Hon LLD (1976)
- Robert Reginald Downing, Hon LLD (1972)
- Kevin Doyle, Hon DVSc (2010)
- Roma Dulhunty, Hon Fellow (1988)
- Arthur John Dunston, Hon DLitt (1987)
E
- John Vincent Egan, Hon Fellow (2009)
- Stefan Einhorn, Hon Fellow (1987)
- Adolphus Peter Elkin, Hon DLitt (1970)
- Peter Mervyn Elliott, Hon MD (2003)
- Lauris Margaret Elms, Hon DMus (1988)
- Rae Else-Mitchell, Hon DLitt (1984)
- Kenneth John Eltis, Hon EdD (2011)
- Clifford Walter Emmens, Hon DVSc (1982)
- Arthur Robert Emmett, Hon LLD (2009)
- Gerald (Alfred) English, Hon DMus (1989)
- Albert Coulston Evans, Hon DScEcon (1993)
- Gareth John Evans, Hon LLD (2008)
- Elizabeth Andreas Evatt, Hon LLD (1985)
- Herbert Vere Evatt, Hon DSc (1952)
F
- Neil Hamilton Fairley, Hon DSc (1956)
- George Brereton Sadleir Falkiner, Hon DSc (1955)
- Victor Warren Fazio, Hon MS (1997)
- Paul Clement Fensom, Hon Fellow (2008)
- John Alexander Ferguson, Hon DLitt (1955)
- Brian Stanley Fisher, Hon DScAgr (2011)
- William Kenneth Fisher, Hon DScEcon (1998)
- Robin Beryl Fitzsimons, Hon Fellow (2012)
- Barry Peter Flanagan, Hon DEng (1993)
- Francis Stanislaus Flynn, Hon MD (1981)
- Jean Duncan Foley, Hon DLitt (1995)
- (Thomas John) Noel Foley, DUniv (1989)
- Edward Ford, Hon DLitt (1971)
- Thomas John Forgan, Hon DEng (1996)
- Joan Maie Freeman, Hon DSc (1993)
G
- Persia Elsbeth Galleghan, Hon MA (1995)
- Allan Allman Gamble, Hon MA (1991)
- Bunny Gardiner-Hill, Hon Fellow (2010)
- Rachel Trixie Anne, Baroness Gardner of Parkes AM, Hon Fellow (2007)
- Robert Randolph Garran, Hon LLD (1952)
- Mary Genevieve Gaudron, Hon LLD (1999)
- Hector John Geddes, Hon DScAgr (1980)
- Robert William Gee, Hon DVetSc (1997)
- Arthur Thomas George, Hon Fellow (1985)
- Harry Christian Giese, Hon Fellow (1991)
- Enid Gibert-Barness, Hon MD (1999)
- Kathleen Mollie Gillen, Hon DLitt (1995)
- Allan John Gillespie, Hon Fellow (2001)
- Ross Roderick Gittins, HonDScEcon (2012)
- Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Hon DMus (1987)
- Anthony Murray Gleeson, Hon LLD (1999)
- David Campbell Glenn, Hon MS (1997)
- His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, Hon LLD (1934)
- Chye Keat Goh, Hon Fellow (1996)
- John Douglas Gordon, Hon MMus (1984)
- Maria Ogilvie Gordon, Hon LLD (1938)
- Lawrence Ogalthorpe Gostin, Hon LLD (2012)
- Stanley Jack Marcus Goulston, Hon MD (1983)
- John MacDonald Grant, Hon MD (2007)
- Cecil Howard Green, Hon DSc (1961)
- James Harold Greenwood, Hon MEc (1981)
- Germaine Greer, Hon DLitt (2005), photo below, courtesy University of Sydney Publications:

- Norman McAlister Gregg, Hon DSc (1952)
- Kate Grenville, Hon DLitt (2012)
- Robert George Grey, Hon Fellow (1995)
- Thomas Griffith Taylor, Hon DLitt (1959)
- John Michael Grill, Hon DEng (2010)
- Erwin Griswold, Hon LLD (1951)
- Walter Gropius, Hon DSc (1954)
- Romaldo Giurgola, Hon DScArch (2003)
- Joseph Neparrnga Gumbula, Hon DMus (2007)
- William Montague Charles Gummow, Hon LLD (1992)
- John Thomson Günther, Hon MD (1973)
- Richard Spencer Butler Gye, Hon MD (1993)
H
- Frederick Leonard Hall, Hon Fellow (1995)
- Peter Gavin Hall, Hon DSc (2009)
- George Clifton Halliday, Hon Fellow (1985)
- Aubrey Halloran, Hon LLD (1961)
- Thomas Hamilton, Hon Fellow (1999)
- Elinor Catherine Hamlin, Hon MD (2005), photo below, courtesy University of Sydney:

- John Hammond, Hon Fellow (1993)
- Kenneth Robert Handley, Hon LLD (2007)
- Brendan Hannelly, Hon Fellow (2001)
- Parameswaran Hariharan, Hon DSc (2001)
- Owen Harries, Hon DLitt (2010)
- Henry Harris, Hon MD (1983)
- John Charles Harsanyi, Hon DScEcon (1995)
- John Newbold Hazard, Hon LLD (1986)
- Trevor Heath, Hon DVSc (2009)
- Robert James Heffron, Hon DLitt (1952)
- John Basil Hennessy, Hon DLitt (1993)
- Christopher Charles Heyde, Hon DSc (1998)
- John Dyson Heydon, Hon LLD (2007)
- Donald Graham Hill, Hon LLD (2002)
- Dorothy Hoddinott, Hon Fellow (2006)
- Herbert lan Priestley Hogbin, Hon DLitt (1983)
- Gabrielle Hollows, Hon DHS (2012)
- Ernest Rudolph Holme, Hon DLitt (1952)
- John Hopcroft, Hon DEng (2008)
- Robert Marsden Hope, Hon LLD (1993)
- Marsden C Hordern, Hon DLitt (2004)
- Donald Richmond Horne, Hon DLitt (2005)
- Wenzhong Hu, Hon DLitt (1990)
- Ian George Hudson, Hon Fellow (2002)
- William Morris Hughes, Hon LLD (1952)
- Tom G Hungerford, Hon Fellow (1989)
- Noel Hush, Hon DSc (2009)
- Gillian Hutchinson, Hon Fellow (2011)
I
- Daisaku Ikeda, Hon DLitt (2000)
- Ronald Arthur Irish, Hon Fellow (1986)
J
- Clive James, Hon DLitt (1999)
- Keith Lynden Jennings, DUniv (1994)
- Henry David Jocelyn, Hon DLitt (1995)
- Betty Dorothy Johnson, Hon MIR (1992)
- David Willis Johnson, Hon DScEcon (1998)
- Richard Norman Johnson, Hon DArch (1990)
- Keith Jones, Hon MA (1998)
- Peter Douglas Jones, Hon Fellow (2000)
- Maurice Ray Joseph, Hon MD (1988)
- Viscount Jowitt, Hon LLD (1951)
- Edwin A Judge, Hon DLitt (2006)
K
- Renata Ruzzene Kaldor, Hon Fellow (2005)
- A P J Abdul Kalam, Hon DEng (2011)
- John Douglas Kelly, Hon DVSc (1996)
- Paul Christopher Kelly, Hon MAppSc(Physiotherapy) (1998)
- Paul John Kelly, Hon DScEcon (2007)
- Leslie Charles Dunstan Kemp, Hon Fellow (1989)
- Yvonne Kenny, Hon DMus (1999)
- Stepan Kerkyasharian, Hon DLitt (2007)
- Keith Valentine Leighton Kesteven, Hon DVSc (1971)
- M M Killingback, Hon MS (1994)
- Kim Dae-Jung, Hon LLD (1996)
- Michael Donald Kirby, Hon LLD (1996)
- Raymond Kirby, Hon Fellow (1987)
- Wallace Kirsop, Hon DLitt (1999)
- Frank Walters Kitto, Hon LLD (1982)
- Lou Klepac, Hon DLitt (2006)
- Phillip George Knightley, Hon DLitt (2007)
- Daphne Ann Kok, Hon Fellow (2005)
- Jacqueline Kott, Hon Fellow (1990)
- Kazmierz Stanislaw Kozlowski, Hon MD (1995)
- Leonie Kramer, Hon DLitt (2009)
- Mah Weng Kwai, Hon Fellow (1994)
L
- Patricia Mary Lahy, Hon DLitt (1992)
- Patricia Mary Lance, Hon MAppSc (1992)
- John Archibald Landels, Hon DEng (1992)
- John Landerer, Hon Fellow (1990)
- Mary Lane, Hon DLittSW (2012)
- Doreen Moira Langley, Hon Fellow (1986)
- Stanley Lorin Larnach, Hon MSc (1973)
- Helge Larsen and Darani Lewers, Hon DVisArts (2007)
- Raymond James Wood Le Fevre, Hon DSc (1985)
- James Learmonth, Hon DSc (1954)
- Frederick John Lehaney, Hon DSc (1976)
- Max Rudolf Lemberg, Hon DSc (1970)
- Darani Lewers and Helge Larsen, Hon DVisArts (2007)
- Mari Ann Lewis, Hon DFA (2001)
- Essington Lewis, Hon DSc (1952)
- Lin Cheng Ton, Hon Fellow (1996)
- Jimmy Little, Hon DMus (2005)
- Sidney Londish, Hon Fellow (1994)
- Wayne R Lonergan, Hon DScEcon (2008)
- Clive Lucas, Hon DScArch (2011)
- Daniel Keith Ludwig, Hon Fellow (1986)
- Daniel Lunney, Hon DSc (2006)
- Valda Lyle, Hon Fellow (1989)
- Elwyn Augustus Lynn, Hon DLitt (1989)
M
- Oliver Ormond Gerard MacDonagh, Hon DLitt (1989)
- Ian John Macfarlane, Hon DScEcon (2004)
- George Mack, Hon Fellow (2010)
- Ann Margaret Macintosh, Hon Fellow (1993)
- George Mackaness, Hon DSc (1961)
- Iven Giffard Mackay, Hon LLD (1952)
- James Joseph Macken, Hon LLD (1992)
- Norman Archibald MacRae MacKenzie, Hon LLD (1955)
- John George Mackinolty, Hon Fellow (1991)
- (Alan) Charles (MacLaurin) Mackerras, Hon DMus (2003)
- lan Murray Mackerras, Hon DSc (1971)
- Bennett William Macpherson, Hon Fellow (2009)
- Richard Cawley Madden, Hon DSc (2005)
- John Percival Vissing Madsen, Hon DSc (1954)
- Robert Bowden Madgwick, Hon DLitt (1961)
- Dennis Leslie Mahoney, Hon LLD (2002)
- David Frederick Malin, Hon DSc (1989)
- David Malouf, Hon DLitt (1998)
- Nelson Mandela, Hon LLD (2000)
- William T Mansell, Hon DEng (2006)
- Bruce Edgar Mansfield, Hon DLitt (1991)
- Robert Lee Maple-Brown, Hon Fellow (2009)
- Michael Marmot, Hon MD (2006)
- Leslie Harold Martin, Hon DLitt (1966)
- Noel Desmond Martin, Hon Fellow (2004)
- Anthony F Mason, Hon LLD (1988)
- Keith Mason, Hon LLD (2005)
- Jane Hamilton Mathews, Hon LLD (2000)
- C John Matthews, Hon MPharm (2001)
- Dennis Matthews, Hon MScAgr (2000)
- Douglas Mawson, Hon DSc (1952)
- Clifton Murray Maxwell, Hon Fellow (1994)
- Robert McCredie May, Hon DSc (1995)
- Bruce Too’mba Mayes, Hon MD (1988)
- Wilson Harold Maze, Hon DSc (1982)
- Geoffrey McCorquodale, Hon Fellow (1993)
- John Anthony McCarthy, Hon Fellow (2012)
- Hugh George McCredie, Hon LLD (1988)
- Janet McCredie, Hon Fellow (2007)
- Geoffrey Lance McDonald, Hon MD (1983)
- Margaret Mary McGovern, Hon DSW (1996)
- Douglas Donald McGregor, Hon DVSc (2007)
- Martin McIlrath, Hon LLD (1952)
- William John McKell, Hon LLD (1952)
- Judith Arundell Wright McKinney, Hon DLitt (1976)
- John Kennedy McLaughlin, Hon Fellow (2009)
- Dugald Esler McLellan, Hon Fellow (20100
- Mary Sylvester McLelland, Hon DSW (1990)
- Edward Watson McWhinney, Hon Fellow (2010)
- Bruce McWilliam, Hon Fellow (2009)
- Roderick Pitt Meagher, Hon LLD (2000)
- Leslie Galfreid Melville, Hon DScEcon (1980)
- Robert Gordon Menzies, Hon LLD (1952)
- Harry Messel, Hon DSc (1992)
- Olivier Messiaen, Hon DMus (1988)
- Donald Metcalf, Hon DSc (1988)
- lan Douglas Miller, Hon MD (1979)
- Jacques Francis Albert Pierre Miller, Hon MD (1986)
- Peter Owen Miller, Hon DEng (1983)
- Frank Harland Mills, Hon MD (2005)
- Gerald White Milton, Hon MD (1993)
- Helen Ann Mitchell, Hon Fellow (2010)
- William John Mitchell, Hon DScArch (2007)
- John Cochrane Moore, Hon LLD (1989)
- Brian Patrick Morgan, Hon MS (1992)
- Charles Richard Morris, Hon DLitt (1954)
- The Lord Morton of Henryton, Hon LLD (1957)
- Ann Moyal, Hon DLitt (2007)
- Alice Marshall Moyle, Hon DMus (1989)
- Margaret Mulvey, Hon MD (1985)
- Jack Mundey, Hon MEnvt (2001)
- Glenn Marcus Murcutt, Hon DScArch (2004)
- Andrew Murray, Hon Fellow (2006)
- Mitchell Durno (Durno) Murray, Hon DSc (2009)
- Leslie Murray, Hon DLitt (2001)
N
- Gabriel Stephen Nagy, Hon MD (1990)
- Eric James Neal, Hon DEng (1989)
- Selwyn Graham Nelson, Hon MD (1984)
- Ernest Newbrun, Hon DDSc (1997)
- Marc Newson, Hon DVisArts (2010)
- Sheila Nicholas, Hon Fellow (1986)
- Peter Nicholson, Hon DEng (1993)
- Rowan Nicks, Hon MD (1985)
- Haruo Nishihara, DUniv (1989)
- Christopher Noel, Hon Fellow (2007)
- Sidney Robert Nolan, Hon DLitt (1977)
- Henry Stafford, Baron Northcote of Exeter, Hon MA (1906)
- John Northcott, Hon DLitt (1952)
- Gustav Joseph Victor John Nossal, Hon DSc (1985)
- William Morris, Viscount Nuffield, Hon LLD (1938)
- Dr John Gilmour Nutt AM, Hon DEng (2012)
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- Richard Godfrey Christian Parry Okeden, Hon DSc (1957)
- Margaret Hannah Olley, Hon DVisArts (2000)
- Kathleen O’Neil, Hon Fellow (1985)
- William Matthew O’Neil, Hon DLitt (1979)
- Rikki O’Neill, Hon Fellow (1997)
- Andrew Delbridge Osborn, Hon DLitt (1978)
- Virginia Esther Osborne, Hon MVSc (1983)
- Dr John O’Sullivan, Hon DEng (2012)
- Anthony Owen Oxley, Hon Fellow (1988)
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- Michael Paddon-Row, Hon DSc (2009)
- Earle Christmas Grafton Page, Hon DSc (1952)
- Arvi Hillar Parbo, Hon LLD (2000)
- Norma Alice Parker, Hon DLitt (1986)
- Ross Parsons, Hon LLD (1999)
- Arvo Pärt, Hon DMus (1996)
- John Arthur Passmore, Hon DLitt (1981)
- George Whitecross Paton, Hon LLD (1955)
- Christopher Francis Patten, Hon DLitt (2001)
- Vladimir Edorovich Pavlov, Hon Fellow (1996)
- William James Peacock, Hon DScAgr (2002)
- Donald Richard Peart, Hon DMus (1980)
- Charles Nelson Perkins, Hon LLD (2000)
- James Alfred Perkins, Hon LLD (1968)
- Van Khai Phan, Hon DScEcon (1999)
- Murray Theodore Pheils, Hon MD (1994)
- James Plimsoll, Hon DScEcon (1984)
- Roslyn Poignant, Hon DLitt (2006)
- Peter Porter, Hon DLitt (1999)
- Robert Porter, Hon DSc (2001)
- Colin Power, Hon DLitt (2002)
- John Prineas, Hon MD (2011)
- Lyndel Vivien Prott, Hon LLD (2004)
- John Seymour Proud, Hon DEng (1984)
- Robert Edgar Purves, Hon Fellow (2008)
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- James Patrick Quirk, Hon DScAgr (1997)
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- Krithivasan Ramamritham, Hon DSc (2007)
- Thiagarajah Sri Ramanathan, Hon Fellow (1996)
- Ian Alastair Ramage, Hon MEc (1997)
- Fidel Valdez Ramos, Hon LLD (1998)
- Alan John Randall, Hon DAgrEc (2004)
- Robert Alwyn Raymond, Hon DLitt (2003)
- Sydney Ralph Reader, Hon MD (2006)
- John Boyd Reid, Hon Fellow (2004)
- Lloyd Frederic Rees, Hon DLitt (1970)
- Martin John Rees, Lord Rees of Ludlow, Hon DSc (2012)
- Thomas Smith Reeve, Hon MD (1991)
- William Dudley Refshauge, Hon MD (1988)
- Bruce Reid, Hon DScEcon (1993)
- Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes, Hon DSc (1995)
- George Edward Rich, Hon LLD (1952)
- Verna Eileen Rice, Hon MN (1993)
- Charles Rowland ("Rowley") B Richards, Hon MD (2006)
- Oliver Richter, Hon Fellow (1992)
- Patricia Ritchie, Hon Fellow (2013), conferred posthumously
- Janet Ritterman, Hon DMus (2010)
- Stephen Henry Roberts, Hon DLitt (1968)
- Geoffrey Ronald Robertson, Hon LLD (2006), photo below, copyright Memento Photography:

- Robert Robinson, Hon DSc (1960)
- Jack William Roderick, Hon DEng (1985)
- Josephine Frances Rogers, Hon MNutrDiet (1992)
- Robert Turner McIntosh Rose, Hon Fellow (1989)
- Bruce W. Ross, Hon Fellow (2003)
- Peter Daniel Rossdale, Hon DVSc (2007)
- Phyllis Margaret Rountree, Hon DSc (1987)
- David Malcolm Rowe, Hon MDesSc(Building Services) (2002)
- Alfred Gordon Rowell, Hon DDSc (1988)
- James Anthony Rowland, Hon DEng (1983)
- Edna Ryan, Hon DLitt (1985)
- Joan Rydon, Hon DLitt (1999)
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- Margaret Sabine, Hon Fellow (2001)
- Edward Togo Salmon, Hon DLitt (1982)
- Edwin E Salpeter, Hon DSc (1994)
- Gordon Jacob Samuels, Hon LLD (1994)
- G F Kim Santow, Hon LLD (2008)
- Alan McLeod Sargeson, Hon DSc (1990)
- Thomas J Savige, Hon MScAgr (1994)
- Murray Sayle, Hon DLitt (2007)
- Fred Schonell, Hon LLD (1965)
- Peter Joshua Sculthorpe, Hon DMus (2005)
- Ann Elizabeth Sefton, Hon Fellow (2013)
- Harry Seidler, Hon DScArch (2000)
- Barbara Selby, Hon Fellow (1991)
- David Mayer Selby, DUniv (1991)
- Helen Selle, Hon Fellow (1994)
- Walter Albert Selle, Hon LLD (1967)
- Mary Shanahan, Hon MPhil (1992)
- Martin Sharp, Hon DVisArts (2012)
- Michael Sharpe, Hon DScEcon (1999)
- Rodney Phillip Shearman, Hon MD (1993)
- Gene Sherman, Hon DLitt (2008)
- Laurence Elwyn Short, Hon DScEcon (1994)
- Kevin Alan Shorten, Hon MA (1996)
- Marie Sim, Hon MA (1991)
- Keith Val Sinclair, Hon DLitt (1994)
- Michael Sinclair, Hon Fellow (1988)
- Peter Sinclair, DUniv (1992)
- George Hermon Slade, Hon Fellow (1994)
- William Joseph Slim, Hon LLD (1953)
- Jeffrey Smart, DUniv (1999)
- Bernard William Smith, Hon DLitt (1997)
- Phillip Noel Hartley Smith, Hon DEng (1997)
- Percy Claude Spender, Hon LLD (1973)
- James Jacob Spigelman, Hon LLD (2004)
- Jane Spring, Hon Fellow (2008)
- George Stephen Springer, Hon DEng (2007)
- Stephen Henry Stackpole, Hon LLD (1955)
- Josiah Stamp, Hon LLD (1938)
- Fiona Juliet Stanley, Hon MD (2005)
- Thomas Stapleton, Hon MD (1995)
- Jeremy Steele, Hon Fellow (2008)
- Ninian Martin Stephen, Hon LLD (1984)
- Bruce William Stillman, Hon DSc (2008)
- Julius Stone, Hon LLD (1981)
- John Lawrence Baird, Viscount Stonehaven, Hon LLD (1930)
- David Stratton, Hon DLitt (2006)
- Kenneth Whistler Street, Hon LLD (1952)
- Laurence Whistler Street, Hon LLD (1984)
- Val Street, Hon MEd (1992)
- Dulcie Stretton, Hon MA (1997)
- Bernard Sugerman, Hon LLD (1976)
- Joan Sutherland, Hon DMus (1984)
- Norman Swan, Hon MD (2006)
- Philip Alexander Symonds, Hon DSc (2009)
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- Michael Gleeson Taylor, DUniv (1994)
- Victor Julius Techritz, Hon Fellow (1991)
- Rosina Tedeschi, Hon MA (1971)
- Margaret Alison Telfer, Hon DLitt (1969)
- Diana Marmion Temple, Hon Fellow (2000)
- Albert Neville Thiele, Hon DScArch (2008)
- John Meurig Thomas, Hon DSc (2005)
- Roland Herbert Thorp, Hon DSc (1986)
- Cecil Edgar Tilley, Hon DSc (1964)
- Alexander Robertus Todd, Hon DLitt (1968)
- Richard Leo Tognetti, Hon DMus (2005)
- Arthur Dale Trendall, Hon DLitt (1972)
- Kenneth Wilberforce Tribe, Hon Fellow (1985), Hon DMus (1995)
- Barry Tuckwell, Hon DMus (1994)
- Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, Hon LLD (1959)
- Kenneth Turner, Hon DLitt (2008)
- Clifford Turney, Hon DLitt (2003)
- Leo Edward Tutt, Hon Fellow (1996)
- Desmond Tutu, Hon LLD (1999)
- Tommy Tycho, Hon DMus (2007)
- Harry Danvers David Tyer, Hon MS (1990)
- William Tyree, Hon Fellow (1985) and Hon DEng (2008)
U
- Kenneth Lowell Unsworth, Hon DVisArts (2008)
- Thomas Uren, Hon DScArch (2002)
- Joern Utzon, Hon DScArch (2003)
V
- Giancarlo Elia Valori, Hon DScEcon (2002)
- Ian Roger Vanderfield, Hon Fellow (1991)
- James Vernon, Hon DSc (1965)
- James Matthew Vincent, Hon DSc (1987)
- William Vines, Hon DScEcon (1993)
- Tony Vinson, Hon DLittSW (2005)
W
- Thomas William Waddell, Hon LLD (1989)
- Nanette Stacy Waddy, MD (1988)
- His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Hon LLD (1920)
- Ronald Walker, Hon DScEcon (1973)
- Nancy Bird Walton, Hon MEng (1987)
- Gung Wu Wang, Hon DLitt (1993)
- John Manning Ward, DUniv (1990)
- Earl De La Warr, Hon MA (1938)
- Grace Warren, Hon MD (1985)
- Guy Wilkie Warren, Hon DVisArts (2007)
- John Robin Warren, Hon MD (2012)
- Irvine Armstrong Watson, Hon DScAgr (1979)
- Phyllis Watson, Hon DHSc (2001)
- Arthur Charles Webster, Hon Fellow (2002)
- Arthur Farquhar Webster, Hon DVSc (1990)
- Peter Weiss, Hon DLitt (2012)
- William Charles Wentworth IV, DUniv (1996)
- Morris Langlo West, Hon DLitt (2000)
- Edward Gough Whitlam, Hon DLitt (1981)
- Jack Whittemore, Hon MBdgSc (1991)
- Judith Ann Whitworth, Hon MD (2004)
- Leslie Wilkinson, Hon DLitt (1970)
- Warwick Wilkinson, Hon MPharm (1991)
- Bruce Rodda Williams, Hon DLitt (1982)
- David Glyndwr Tudor Williams, Hon LLD (1990)
- Mack Geoffrey Williams, Hon Fellow (1996)
- Raymond Reginald Williams, Hon Fellow (1990)
- Robyn Williams, Hon DSc (1988)
- Thomas Williams, Hon MEc (1969)
- David Williamson, Hon DLitt (1988)
- Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson, Hon DMus (1982)
- David Wilson, Hon DLitt (1991)
- Brian Wellingham Windeyer, Hon MD (1979)
- William John Victor Windeyer, Hon LLD (1975)
- Kathleen Winning, Hon MD (1989)
- James David Wolfensohn, Hon DScEc (1997)
- John Wong, Hon MD (1995)
- David Roy Vernon Wood, Hon MEc (1981) and Hon DLitt (1994)
- Eric Winslow Woodward, Hon DLitt (1959)
- Roger Robert Woodward, Hon DMus (1996)
- Kenneth Woolley, Hon DScArch (2010)
- Neville Kenneth Wran, Hon LLD (1995)
- Peter Edwin Wright, Hon DSc (2003)
- Wallace Charles Wurth, Hon LLD (1959)
X
- Iannis Xenakis, Hon DMus (1993)
Y
- Ron Yates, Hon DEng (2000)
- His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Hon LLD (1927)
- John Samuel Yu, Hon MD (1997)
- Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Hon DMus (2012)
- Muhammad Yunus, Hon DScEcon (1998)