1990
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Dr Alexander Elkin* | LLD |
| Dr Hermann Hauser KBE CBE FRS | DSc |
| Professor Peter Jost CBE CEng FIMMechE FM* | DSc |
| Dr Geoffrey Kellaway* | DSc |
| Sir Alistair Morton* | LLD |
| Professor John Postgate FRS FIBiol* | DSc |
| Professor Norman Sartorius MD | DSc |
1991
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Michael Buerk | MA |
| Dr Charles Clarke CBE* | LLD |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Cuckney* | DSc |
| Professor Sir Roger Elliott FRS | DSc |
| Nigel Kennedy | DLitt |
| Dr Richard Laws CBE FRS | DSc |
| Sir Robert Malpas CBE FREng FIChemE | DSc |
| Dr Leonard Medlock* | LLD |
| The Baroness Perry of Southwark | LLD |
| Dr Whitty Whitmore* | LLD |
1992
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Royal Professor Ungku Aziz | DLitt |
| The Rt Rev and The Rt Hon The Lord Carey of Clifton PC | LLD |
| Marjorie Reeves* | DLitt |
| Professor Peter Scott | LLD |
| Sir Wilfred Thesiger KBE* | DLitt |
| Professor Klaus Von Klitzing | DSc |
1993
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Dr Quazi Faruque Ahmed | LLD |
| Dr David Fishlock OBE* | DSc |
| Amelia Freedman MBE FRAM | DMus |
| Sir Denys Henderson KT MA LLB LLD* | LLD |
| Professor Sir Tony Hoare FRS FREng | DSc |
| Sir Robin Ibbs KBE* | LLD |
| Edgard Pisani* | LLD |
| Ivor V Powell MBE MA* | MA |
| Professor Rodney Quayle* | DSc |
| The Hon Raymond Seitz | LLD |
| Sir Peter Shaffer CBE FRSL* | DLitt |
| Sir John Wills* | DLitt |
1994
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Prof Eur Ing Wolfgang Backe DSc* | DSc |
| Dame Emma Kirkby OBE | DMus |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Mackay of Clashfern KT PC FRSE | LLD |
| Professor Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS | DSc |
| Mervyn Peters* | MA |
| Lord David Phillips of Ellesmere* | DSc |
| Professor Sir Richard Roberts FRS DSc | DSc |
| The Lord Rogers of Riverside* | DSc |
| Jack Rowell OBE | LLD |
1995
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| William Bowen* | MA |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Brittan of Spennithorne PC QC DL* | LLD |
| Sir Jack Cater KBE* | LLD |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Lewis of Newnham FRS FRSC* | DSc |
| Colin Maggs MBE | MA |
| Sir Donald Maitland GCMG OBE* | LLD |
| Lord George Porter DSc* | LLD |
| Dr Anthony Powell CH CBE* | DLitt |
| Sir Alan Rudge CBE FRS FREng | DSc |
| Peter Sutherland KCMG | LLD |
1996
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Yang Mulia Raja Badiozaman* | LLD |
| Sir Bryan Carsberg | LLD |
| Mary Fedden OBE RA RWA* | DLitt |
| Peter Gabriel | DMus |
| The Lord Hunt of Chesterton CB FRS | DSc |
| Sir Ian Hunter MBE* | DMus |
| Nick Park CBE | DArts |
| George C Porter* | MA |
1997
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Dr Hanan Ashrawi | LLD |
| Celia Bonham* | MA |
| Professor Jean-Pierre Changeux | DSc |
| Sir Neil Cossons OBE | DLitt |
| Professor Sir David Davies CBE FRS FREng | DSc |
| Brian McElney OBE MA* | MA |
| John Wakefield* | MA |
| Professor Lewis Wolpert CBE DIC FRS FRSL | DSc |
| Professor Iannis Xenakis* | DMus |
1998
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Sir Derek Birkin TD CCMI FRSA | LLD |
| YBhg Datuk Khoo Eng Choo* | MBA |
| David Cornwell | DLitt |
| Sir Richard Giordano KBE | LLD |
| Ian Hay Davison CBE | LLD |
| Sir David Hempleman-Adams KOVO LVO OBE CStJ DL | MA |
| Bel Mooney | DLitt |
| Dr Aung San Suu Kyi | LLD |
| The Lord Simon of Highbury CBE | LLD |
| The Rt Rev'd Dr James Thompson* | DLitt |
| The Lord Tugendhat | LLD |
1999
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Anna Coote | DLitt |
| John Hersee* | MSc |
| Brian Jones | MA |
| Dick King-Smith OBE* | MA |
| Dame Anita Roddick* | LLD |
| Sir Nigel Wicks GCB CVO CBE | LLD |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Williamson of Horton GCMG CB* | LLD |
| Tan Sri Dato' Jen (B) Zain Hashim | MBA |
An asterisk (*) appears after the name of a deceased honorary graduate.