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Individuals making a difference
Meet our distinguished honorary graduates
Honorary awards go to individuals who have made and continue to make a significant contribution to our world and who reflect University of Portsmouth ambitions to do the same.
Learn more about this year's Honorary Degree holders:
![Becca Dean smiling to camera wearing aviator jacket and white top](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Becca_Dean_600x600px.jpg?itok=ffgf0eIm)
![Anna Mitchell smiling to camera with Portsmouth Football Club in the pitch](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Anna_Mitchell_600x600px.jpg?itok=fJC18pwb)
![Headshot of Haris Kiani smiling to camera with beard wearing suit](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Haris_Kiani_600x600px.jpg?itok=7JrW0-10)
![Headshot of Vanessa Kingori looking to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Vanessa_Kingori_600x600px.jpg?itok=PVGxTO5O)
![Headshot of Roni Savage smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Roni_Savage_600x600px.jpg?itok=LJRwdpEn)
![Headshot of Naomi Climer smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Naomi_Climer_600x600px.jpg?itok=VFtIeVCW)
![Jane Hoskins smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Jane_Hoskins_600x600px.jpg?itok=wp2sLNfi)
![Lauren Steadman looking to camera wearing blue with white striped sports jacket](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Lauren_Steadman_600x600px_0.jpg?itok=u3XJK0-h)
![Headshot of Dame Vivian Hunt smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Dame_Vivian_Hunt_600x600px.jpg?itok=1My8aqmT)
![Honorary Graduate Dorothy Byrne smiling](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/dorothy-600x600.png?itok=QI6EPxnL)
![Honorary Graduate Lord David Willetts smiling](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/david-willetts-600x600.png?itok=0qIKmJMJ)
![Honorary Graduate Professor David Croisdale-Appleby smiling](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/david-600x600.png?itok=33rFghc2)
![Honorary Graduate Janet Ayers smiling](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/janet-600x600.png?itok=M_0nlCPw)
![Honorary Graduate Cath Longhurst smiling](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/cath-longhurst-600x600.png?itok=0vKOcRyr)
![A woman with brown shoulder-length hair, smiling](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/hana-600x600.png?itok=_pFfdqqR)
![Honorary Graduate Tom Ilube smiling](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/tom-ilube-600x600.png?itok=dBYfr5xN)
![Honorary Graduate Tim Jackson smiling](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/tim-600x600.png?itok=yBoxVRPD)
![Honorary Graduate June Sarpong smiling](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/june-600x600.png?itok=6EFC94ka)
![Image of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston smiling to camera wearing cap and coat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Robin%20Knox%20Johnston%20600x600.png?itok=Qem1PrDt)
![Mark Catlin looking to the side wearing suit in a photograph](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Mark%20Catlin%20600x600.png?itok=vMJdCEZN)
![Headshot of Dr Heather Melville](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Heather_Melville_600x600px.jpg?itok=ZK7VSvQM)
![Kevin Holmes holding scroll in graduation gown and cap smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Kevin%20Holmes%20600x600.png?itok=lX1sjK-5)
![Headshot of Sarah Kenny looking to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Sarah%20Kenny%20600x600.png?itok=d_Vou6fO)
![Bill Salmond smiling and look at camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/600x600%20Bill%20Salmond.png?itok=a4xJw2Nq)
![Headshot of Dame Stephanie Shirley](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Stephanie%20Shirely%20600x600%20%281%29.png?itok=zyWzDsyr)
![Cecilia Anim smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Cecilia%20Anim.png?itok=MEURALA7)
![Jo de Serrano smiling and laughing in headshot image](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Jo%20de%20Serrano%20600x600.png?itok=x9-muZF7)
![Alan Priddy stood giving a talk wearing a shirt](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Alan%20Priddy%20600x600_0.png?itok=_6EYGIsY)
![Headshot of Anne Stevens smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/600x600%20Anne%20Stevens.png?itok=yBTQo-_c)
![Tracey Curtis Taylor in leather jacket and scarf leaning against plane](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Tracey%20Curtis%20Taylor%20600x600.png?itok=31gxvl0m)
![Stuart Iles sitting at desk and smiling at camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Stuart%20Iles%20600x600.png?itok=JPs4lUIY)
![Headshot of Will King smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Will%20King%20600x600.png?itok=LCXdaE_F)
![Image of Baroness Helena Kennedy giving a talk behind a wooden podium smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Helena%20Kennedy%20600x600.png?itok=ZSPjb13E)
![Headshot of Karen Blackett laughing](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Karen%20Blackett%20600x600.png?itok=AXwSkyql)
![Michael Newey smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Michael%20Newey%20600x600.png?itok=unWthWIa)
![Headshot of Simon Ward looking to camera in suit with arms crossed](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Simon%20Ward%20600x600.png?itok=PaNIPwB4)
![John Craven smiling to camera in headshot](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/John%20Craven%20600x600.png?itok=GNgIv0ru)
![Headshot of William Wakeham smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Bill_Wakeham_600x600px.jpg?itok=nUjZbKmc)
![Kevin Warwick smiling to camera close-up](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Kevin%20Warwick%20600x600.png?itok=nismn1V9)
![Bronwin Carter holding the olympic torch smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Bronwin_Carter_600x600px%20%281%29.png?itok=Dqm2TsJh)
![Headshot of Professor Nairn Wilson](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Nairn%20Wilson%20600x600.png?itok=1eXvYeQO)
![Headshot of John Bannell](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/John%20Bannell%20600x600.png?itok=XTC6L2cI)
![Headshot of Maggie Winchcombe smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Maggie%20Winchcombe%20600x600.png?itok=sUl6eyMN)
![Image of John Armitt smiling to camera wearing glasses](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/John%20Armitt%20600x600.png?itok=OxieAWi-)
![Natural image of Graham Hurley laughing](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Graham%20Hurley%20600x600.png?itok=NJYCsWSP)
![Sir Jonathan Band smiling to camera in headshot](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Sir_Jonathon_Band_600x600px.jpg?itok=uOZauVL4)
![Headshot of Dillie Keane smiling and running towards camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Dillie%20Keane.png?itok=IY68Fa08)
![Picture of Peter Neyroud smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Peter%20Neyroud%20600x600.png?itok=GIw2Fhtg)
![Image of Michael Bateman smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Michael_Bateman_600x600px.jpg?itok=lSHLCu3j)
![Headshot of Dzulkifli Abdul Razak smiling to camera with hands crossed](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Dzulkifli%20Abdul%20Razak.png?itok=DrhtqhQx)
![Rob Hutchinson smiling to camera with garden backdrop](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Rob%20Hutchinson%20600x600.png?itok=QpcKIbi0)
![Michael Boyce smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Admiral%20the%20Lord%20Michael%20Boyce%20600x600.png?itok=3_WK1llp)
![Headshot of Joe Jackson](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Joe%20Jackson%20600x600.png?itok=3RUjh-V5)
![Headshot of Sir Roger Fry wearing suit and smiling to camera in office](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Roger%20Fry%20600x600.png?itok=txbscx4w)
![Image of Caroline Williams smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Caroline%20Williams.png?itok=WvanIr__)
![Christine King wearing sunglasses and smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Christine%20King.png?itok=vpxu3eLu)
![Robert Hillier smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Robert%20Hillier%20600x600.png?itok=fLR0U7Bm)
Robert Hillier
Doctor of Law, 2001
![Image of Sir Ranulph Fiennes wearing coat with furry hood on headshot](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Ranulph%20Fiennes%20600x600.png?itok=7QL4ocrP)
![Image of Dame Mary Fagan smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Mary%20Fagan.png?itok=AJHcPiI8)
![Headshot of Michael Erotokritos wearing suit and tie](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Michael%20Erotokritos%20600x600.png?itok=P3Z62LRh)
![Headshot of Elizabeth Loftus wearing green jumper with necklace smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Elizabeth%20Loftus.png?itok=lyJTqc7c)
![Image of Haro Bedelian smiling to camera with nature backdrop](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Haro%20Bedelian%20600x600.png?itok=gGmjqhYm)
![Sir Anthony Cleaver smiling at camera wearing graduation gown and cap](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/600x600%20Anthony%20Cleaver.png?itok=Jmt4GBYW)
![Graham Smart wearing suit and tie and smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Graham%20Smart%20600x600.png?itok=jqzynE8d)
![Ghillean Prance wearing glasses and shirt smiling to camera with tree backdrop](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Ghillean%20Prance%20600x600_0.png?itok=UBsKUAte)
![Image of David Stancliffe smiling to camera wearing glasses with sea backdrop](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/David%20Stancliffe.png?itok=Gv5WqjMo)
![Yvonne Moores headshot smiling to camera](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.port.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/image_with_caption_mobile/public/media/images/Yvonne%20Moores%20600x600.png?itok=tXb0M2ah)
2023
- Anna Mitchell
- Becca Dean MBE
- Dame Vivian Hunt
- Haris Kiani
- Jane Hoskins
- Lauren Steadman MBE
- Naomi Climer CBE
- Roni Savage
- Vanessa Kingori
2022
- Cath Longhurst
- Professor David Croisdale-Appleby
- Lord David Willetts
- Dorothy Byrne
- Hana Afiya Satriyo
- Janet Ayers
- June Sarpong
- Tim Jackson
- Tom Ilube
2020 & 2021
No Honorary Degrees awarded due to Covid-19
2019
- Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
- Air Vice Marshall Matar bin Ali Al Obaidani
- Mark Catlin
- Kevin Holmes
- Sarah Kenny
- Jason Mallinson
- Heather Melville
- Professor Lynne Segal
- Simon Weston
2018
- Cecilia Anim
- Marie Costa
- Professor Kevin Fenton
- Clare Martin
- Bill Salmond
- Dame Stephanie Shirley
- Julian Wadsworth
2017
- Sir Charles Benedict Ainslie
- Graham G Bryant
- Hugh Dennis
- Jo de Serrano
- Alex Hibbert
- Neville George Lawrence
- John Patrick McCarthy
- Alan Priddy
2016
- Tracey Curtis-Taylor
- Alexzandra Hildred
- Linvoy Stephen Primus
- Ashok Soni
- Anne Stevens
- Tim Peake
2015
- Karen Blackett
- Michael Newey
- Professor Jim Al-Khalili
- Stuart Iles
- Baroness Helena Kennedy
- Will King
2014
- John Akomfrah
- Simon Ward
2013
- Cecilia McDowall
- Professor John Craven
- Professor Sir Bill Wakeham
- Lady Justice Hallett
2012
- Claire Tomalin
- Rear Admiral John Lippiett
- Kevin Warwick
2011
- Lord Rees of Ludlow
- Barbara Tipple
2010
- Professor Nairn Wilson
- Sandi Toksvig
- Bronwin Carter
2009
- John Bannell
- Dr John Mason
- Professor Neil Rackham
- Alison Goldfrapp
- Martin Whitmarsh
- Liz Earle
- Lol Coxhill (deceased)
2008
- Maggie Winchcombe
- Paul Lester
- Jayne Zito
- Suzie Templeton
- Howard Brenton
- Xu Zhenhua
- Sir John Armitt
- The Rt Revd Kenneth Stevenson (deceased)
2007
- Graham Hurley
- Bishop Crispian Hollis
- Dr Dee Symons
- Carole Damper
- David Price
- Ben Fogle
- Baroness Anne Gibson (deceased)
- Christopher Logue (deceased)
- Robert Hardy (deceased)
2006
- Peter Neyroud
- Professor Dzulkifli Adbul Razak
- Reverend Canon Jane Hedges
- Professor James Gunn
- Rhona Lucas
- Ted Cantle
- John Madden
- Dillie Keane
- Robin Gorman (deceased)
2005
- Admiral the Lord Michael Boyce
- Joseph Hardy III
- Sheila Hancock
- Rob Hutchinson
- Shirley Robertson
- Sir David Brown
- Michelle Magorian
- James S Lamb (deceased)
- Don Lusher (deceased)
- Dame Margaret Seward (deceased)
2004
- Joe Jackson
- Martin Jay
- Sir Roger Fry
- Professor Peter Crane
- Karl Jeffery
- General Sir David Ramsbotham
- Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop
- Colin White (deceased)
2003
- Robin Smith
- Esther Rantzen
- Pawel Pawlikowski
- Milan Mandaric
- Tafilani Machacha
- George Alagiah (deceased)
- Dr Natarajan Varaprasad
- Fred Dinenage
- Zenna Atkins
2002
- Sir Nigel Wicks
- Caroline Williams
- HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal
- Professor Dr Rexhep Meidani
- Paul Jones
- Professor S Jocelyn Bell Burnell
- Peter White
- Betty Burton (deceased)
- Lt Col Richard Waterer (deceased)
- His Eminence Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (deceased)
- Patrick Caulfield (deceased)
2001
- Robert Hillier
- Edward Jones
- Ron White
- Dr William Haseltine
- Leah Scott
- Professor Christine King
- Matthew Pinsent
- Campbell McMurray
- Terry Pratchett (deceased)
- John Peel (deceased)
2000
- Dame Mary Fagan
- Professor Liam Donaldson
- Sir Ranulph Fiennes
- Professor Sir Colin Stansfield Smith (deceased)
- Diana Lamplugh (deceased)
- Sir Julian Oswald (deceased)
- Professor Michael J Baker (deceased)
1999
- Sir Chay Blyth
- Michael Erotokritos
- Professor Bill Bonnor (deceased)
- Baroness Phyllis Dorothy James (deceased)
- Dr Margaret Rule (deceased)
- Professor Gordon McVie (deceased)
1998
- Professor Elizabeth Loftus
- Jerome O'Hea
- Professor Haro Bedelian
- Datuk Dr Ahmad Zahurudin
- Richard Noble
- Professor Herbert French (deceased)
- Dr David Houghton (deceased)
1997
- HE Don Alberto Aza Arias
- Professor Dr Helmut Schrey
- John Hoddinott (deceased)
- Dr Patrick Moore (deceased)
- Sir Charles Tidbury (deceased)
- Lord Frank Judd (deceased)
- Professor James Mirrlees (deceased)
1996
- Simon Armitage
- Sir Anthony Cleaver
- Derek Fawcett
- Alan Knight
- Professor Kenneth Rawson
- Graham Smart
- Hedley Greentree (deceased)
- Sir Terence Conran (deceased)
1995
- John Ekins
- Evelyn Glennie
1994
- The Rt Hon Virginia Bottomley
- Antonia Byatt (deceased)
- Professor Dr Ahmed Dewedar
- Dato Dr Ahmad Nawawi
- Professor Ghillean Prance
- Dr Alan Rudge
- Anita Roddick (deceased)
- Sir John Smith (deceased)
- Shirley Metherell (deceased)
1993
- Linford Christie
- Dr David Fletcher
- Peter Mills
- Yvonne Moores
- Lord Palumbo of Walbrook
- Michael Pipes
- Sir Mark Richmond
- The Right Rev Dr David Stancliffe
- Professor William Davey (deceased)
- Professor Sir Gordon Higginson (deceased)
- The Earl of Snowdon Anthony Armstrong-Jones (deceased)
- Professor John Elliott (deceased)
1992
- Edward Clemence
- Victor Jenner (deceased)