Æresdoktorer
Siden 1929 har Københavns Universitet haft æresdoktorgraden som den højeste akademiske anerkendelse, uden at modtageren i forvejen har forsvaret en dansk doktordisputats. Den tildeles personer, der har ydet en omfattende og betydningsfuld forskningsindsats på internationalt niveau. Almindeligvis har vedkommende også spillet en væsentlig rolle for forskning og forskeruddannelse ved Københavns Universitet, som gæstelærer eller gennem internationalt forskningssamarbejde.
Læs om de forskellige akademiske grader
Æresdoktorgraden blev i sin nuværende form indført med forordningen af 9. januar 1824. Tidligere kunne kongen på egen hånd udnævne doktorer, såkaldte doctores bullati, hvilket senest skete i 1736, men denne praksis kan ikke sammenlignes med ordningen fra 1824, der især var inspireret fra udlandet. Ifølge Fritze Smith; Doktordisputatsens historie ved Københavns Universitet. Kbh. 1950.
Indtil 1977 tildelte både Det Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet og Det Humanistiske Fakultet dr.phil.-graden. I 1977 erstattedes dr.phil.-graden for det matematisk-naturvidenskabelige område af dr.scient.-graden. Ved samme lejlighed indførtes doktorgraden i socialvidenskab (dr.rer.soc.) ved det socialvidenskabelige område. I 1996 indførtes den psykologiske doktorgrad (dr.psyk.) ved det psykologiske fagområde.
Æresdoktorer til og med 1926
Navnene på personer, der siden 1824 har modtaget æresdoktorgraden ved Københavns Universitet, findes for perioden 1824-1835 i F.E. Hundrup: Biografiske Efterretninger over dem, der ved Kjøbenhavns Universitet have erholdt de højeste akademiske Værdigheder, 1-3. Kbh. 1854-59, mens publikationen Danish Theses for the Doctorate and Commemorative Publications of the University of Copenhagen 1836-1926, Copenhagen & London 1929 indeholder en liste over tildelte æresdoktorgrader frem til og med 1926.
Æresdoktorer fra 1927 til i dag
Fortegnelsen over æresdoktorer fra 1927 til nu er sammenskrevet på grundlag af Københavns Universitets årbøger. Kortfattede biografier over de enkelte æresdoktorer findes indtil 1973 i de årlige festskrifter i anledning af universitetets årsfest og fra 1979 til 2006 i universitetets årbøger.
1927-1939, 1940-1949, 1950-1959, 1960-1969, 1970-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999, 2000-2009, 2010-2019
2023
Professor
Heinrich Assel
Faculty of Theology
University of Greifswald
Germany
Theology
Professor
Rebecca Comay
Department of Philosophy
University of Toronto
Canada
Theology
Professor
Astrid Erll
Institute of English and American Studies
Goethe University
Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Philosophy
Professor
Leonardo López Luján
National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and
National School of Conservation, Restoration, and Museography
Mexico City
Mexico
Philosophy
Professor
Paul Dupree
Department of Biochemistry
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
Science
Professor
Laurie Goodyear
Joslin Diabetes Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, USA
Science
2022
Professor
Frédéric Mégret
Faculty of Law
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Jura
Professor
Ernst Fehr
Department of Economics
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Økonomi
Professor
Tanya Marie Luhrmann
Department of Anthropology
Stanford University, USA
Antropologi og psykologi
Professor
Tom Eirik Mollnes
Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim, Norway
Medicin
Director
Nora Volkow
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health
North Bethesda, USA
Medicin
2021
Professor
Emanuel Tov
Bible Department
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Teologi
Supreme Court Justice, jur.dr.
Johnny Herre
Supreme Court (Högsta Domstolen)
Stockholm, Sweden
Jura
Professor
Richard B. Stewart
Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law
School of Law, New York University, USA
Jura
Professor
Steven Bernstein
Department of Political Science
University of Toronto, Canada
Statskundskab
Professor
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Department of Social Anthropology
University of Oslo, Norway
Antropologi
Professor
Andrew Jonathan Carr
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
University of Oxford, UK
Medicin
Professor
Mary Sheppard
St George’s
University of London, UK
Medicin
Professor
Inger Furseth
Department of Sociology and Human Geography
University of Oslo, Norway
Filosofi
Professor
Shaun Gallagher
Department of Philosophy
University of Memphis, USA
Filosofi
Professor
Birgit Hegner Satir
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Yeshiva University, New York, USA
Naturvidenskab
Professor
Paul O. Wennberg
Division of Geological and Planetary Science
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
Naturvidenskab
2020
Københavns Universitet udnævnte ikke æresdoktorer i 2020 på grund af coronapandemien.
2019
Willemien Otten
The Divinity School
University of Chicago, USA
Professor
Paul Gilroy
Department of English, Faculty of Arts & Humanities
King's College London, England
Prof. Dr.
Zhang Xihua
Department of Humanities
Beijing International Studies University, China
Doctor
Charles H. Bennett
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA
Professor
David Ernest James
School of Life & Environmental Science and School of Medicine
University of Sydney, Australia
2018
Professor Deidre Curtin
Law Department
European University Institute, Italy
Jura
Professor Inger-Johanne Sand
Department of Public and International Law
University of Oslo, Norway
Jura
Centenary Research Professor Deborah Lupton
Faculty of Arts and Design
University of Canberra, Australia
Sociologi
Professor Kathleen Thelen
Department of Political Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
Statskundskab
Professor Paul Greenhaff
Division of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
Nottingham University, UK
Medicin
Professor Thomas E. Van Dyke
The Forsyth Institute
Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM)
Boston, USA
Odontologi
2017
Professor Risto Saarinen
Faculty of Theology
University of Helsinki
Teologi
Professor Johannes Schilling
Institute of Church History
Kiel University, Tyskland
Teologi
Professor Cécile Michel
The National Center for Scientific Research, Frankrig
Filosofi
Professor Sonia Livingstone
Department of Media and Communications
London School of Economics and Political Science, Storbritannien
Filosofi
Professor Gonzalo Giribet
Department of Organismic and Evolitionary Biology
Harvard University, USA
Naturvidenskab
Professor Karen Vogtmann
Department of Mathematics
University of Warwick, Storbritannien
Naturvidenskab
2016
Professor Michael Lang
Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law
Vienna University, Østrig
Jura
Professor Michael D. Jackson
Divinity School
Harvard University, USA
Antropologi
Professor Michael A. Nauck
Medical Department
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Tyskland
Medicin
Professor Janet Thornton
The European Bioinformatics Institute, Storbritannien
Medicin
2015
Professor Dale B. Martin
Department of Religious Studies
Yale University, USA
Teologi
Professor Gilles Kepel
Paris Institute of Political Studies, France
Filosofi
Professor Sianne Ngai
Department of English
Stanford University, USA
Filosofi
Professor Amira Klip
The Hospital for Sick Children
University of Toronto, Canada
Naturvidenskab
Professor Cathie R. Martin
John Innes Center, UK
Naturvidenskab
2014
Senior Professor Laurence Helfer
Duke Law School
Duke University, USA
Jura
Professor Eivind Smith
Faculty of Law
University of Oslo, Norway
Jura
Professor Quentin Skinner
School of History
University of London, UK
Statskundskab
Senior Scientist Eric Gouaux
Vollum Institute
Oregon Health & Science University, USA
Farmaceutisk videnskab
Professor Camilla Stoltenberg
Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care
University of Bergen, Norway
Medicin
2013
Professor Niels Jørgen Cappelørn
Søren Kierkegaard Forskningscenter
Københavns Universitet
Teologi
Ronald M. Kaplan
Senior Director and Distinguished Scientist at Nuance Communications and Consulting Professor of Linguistics at Stanford University
Palo Alto, USA
Filosofi
Professor Will Kymlicka
Department of Philosophy
Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada
Filosofi
Rector Lisa Sennerby Forsse
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU), Uppsala, Sverige
Naturvidenskab
Dr. Peter Jenni
Physics Department
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Naturvidenskab
2012
Professor Asbjørn Kjønstad
Institutt for offentlig rett
Universitetet i Oslo, Norge
Jura
Professor William A. Schabas
Department of Law Middlesex
University of London, England
Jura
Professor Gøsta Esping-Andersen
Departamento de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spanien
Sociologi
Professor Shitij Kapur
Institute of Psychiatry
King´s College London, England
Medicin
Professor Gunnar Lindahl
Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin
Lunds universitet, Sverige
Medicin
2011
Professor Eike Wolgast
Historisches Seminar
Universität Heidelberg, Tyskland
Teologi
Professor Peter Burke
Emmanuel College
University of Cambridge, Storbritannien
Filosofi
Professor Nikolas Coupland
Cardiff Scholl of English, Communication
University of Wales, Cardiff, Storbritannien
Filosofi
Professor Doris Jorde
Institutt for lærerutdanning og skoleforskning
Universitetet i Oslo, Norge
Naturvidenskab
Professor Lars Mathiassen
Department of Computer Information Systems
Georgia State University, USA
Naturvidenskab
Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Potsdam, Tyskland
Naturvidenskab
Professor Nico P. E. Vermeulen
Faculteit der Exacte Wetenschappen Vrije
Universiteit Amsterdam, Holland
Farmaceutisk videnskab
Professor Harold Steve White
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Utah, USA
Farmaceutisk videnskab
2010
Professor Bernard N. Grofman
Department of Political Science & Center for the Study of Democracy
University of California, Irvine, USA
Statskundskab
Professor Norman Sartorius
Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes
University of Zagreb, Kroatien
Psykologi
Professor Wendy L. Havran
Department of Immunology
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA
Medicin
Professor James Matthew Robins
Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard University, USA
Medicin
Professor Donald F. Steiner
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Chicago, USA
Medicin
Professor Anne Cooke
Department of Pathology
University of Cambridge, Storbritannien
Veterinærvidenskab
Professor Wangari Muta Maathai
Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies
University of Nairobi, Kenya
Jordbrugsvidenskab
Professor Gunnar Öquist
Institutionen för fysiologisk botanik
Umeå universitet, Sverige
Naturvidenskab
2009
Professor Carol A. Newsom
Candler School of Theology
Emory University, Atlanta, USA
Teologi
Professor Alister Cumming
Modern Language Centre
University of Toronto, Canada
Filosofi
Professor Patricia Crone
School of Historical Studies
Institute for Advanced Study
Princeton, USA
Filosofi
Professor Ingvild Sælid Gilhus
Institutt for arkeologi, historie, kulturvitenskap og religionsvitenskap
Universitetet i Bergen, Norge
Filosofi
Professor Jane Lubchenco
Under Secretary of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Washington D.C., USA
Naturvidenskab
Professor Mark A. Ratner
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
Naturvidenskab
Professor Richard W. Olsen
Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
Farmaceutisk videnskab
2008
Professor emeritus Frances Raday
Faculty of Law
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Jura
Professor emeritus Thomas J. Scheff
Department of Sociology
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Sociologi
Professor Peter Bordier Høj
The University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australien
Naturvidenskab
Professor C. Ronald Kahn
Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, USA
Medicin
Professor Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale
Institute for Cancer Research
Norwegian Radium Hospital, Norge
Medicin
Professor Jayaprakash Muliyil
Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Indien
Medicin
2007
Jens Birch Lyster (dr.theol. h.c.)
M. A. Mohamed Salih (dr.theol. h.c.)
Gustav Konrad von Schultess (dr.med. h.c.)
John W. Lynch (dr.med. h.c.)
Kirsten Sandvig (dr.med. h.c.)
Paolo Matthiae (dr.phil. h.c.)
Orvar Löfgren (dr.phil. h.c.)
Nicoletta Calzolari Zamorani (dr.phil. h.c.)
H. Jeff Kimble (dr.scient. h.c.)
Michael Clark (dr.scient. h.c.)
Professor Patricia Vertinsky (dr.scient. h.c.)
Karin Birte Svensson (dr.scient. h.c.)
Katrin Hinrichs (dr.scient. h.c.)
Magni Martens (dr.scient. h.c.)
Graham A.R. Johnston (dr.scient. h.c.)
2006
Ingolf U. Dalferth, (dr.theol. h.c.)
Viggo Hagstrøm, (dr.jur. h.c.)
Kaarlo Tuori (dr.jur. h.c.)
Yihai Cao (dr.med. h.c.)
Benjamin Rampton (dr.phil. h.c.)
Erika Fischer-Lichte (dr.phil. h.c.)
Riccardo Giacconi (dr.scient. h.c.)
Timothy Wallington (dr.scient. h.c.)
2005
Moxnes, Halvor (dr.theol. h.c.)
James, Wendy (dr.scient.ant. h.c.)
Lærum, Ole Didrik (dr.med. h.c.)
Blasberg, Ronald G. (dr.med. h.c.)
Eckert, Penelope (dr.phil. h.c.)
Sawyer, Peter (dr.phil. h.c.)
Satir, Peter (dr.scient. h.c.)
Libchaber, Albert J. (dr.scient. h.c.)
2004
Bissel, Mina J. (dr.med. h.c.)
Opitz, John Marius (dr.med. h.c.)
Jaritz, Gerhard (dr.phil. h.c.)
Hochbaum, Dorit S. (dr.scient. h.c.)
Tarantola, Albert (dr.scient. h.c.)
2003
Deuser, Hermann (dr.theol. h.c.)
Werb, Zena (dr.med. h.c.)
Gorlin, Robert J. (dr.odont. h.c.)
Andersson, Thorsten (dr.phil. h.c.)
Gray, Harry Barcus (dr.scient. h.c.)
Vane-Wright, Richard Irwin (dr.scient. h.c.)
2002
Wilhjelm, Henrik (dr.theol. h.c.)
Bauman, Zygmunt (dr.scient.soc. h.c.)
Clayton, David George (dr.med. h.c.)
Thesleff, Irma (dr.odont. h.c.)
McCormick, Robert (dr.phil. h.c.)
Stern, Daniel N. (dr. psyk. h.c.)
Sansò, Fernando (dr.scient. h.c.)
Friesen, James D. (dr.scient. h.c.)
2001
Håkanson, Rolf (dr.med. h.c.)
Crumlin-Pedersen, Ole (dr.phil. h.c.)
Lincoln, Bruce (dr.phil. h.c.)
Cuntz, Joachim (dr.scient. h.c.)
2000
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Mannermaa, Tuomo (dr.theol. h.c.)
Allardt, Erik (dr.scient.soc. h.c.)
Christensen, Anne (dr.jur. h.c.)
Bernitz, Ulf (dr.jur. h.c.)
Cryer, Philip E. (dr.med. h.c.)
Mitchell, Jere H. (dr.med. h.c.)
Knudsen, Jørgen (dr.phil. h.c.)
Barker, Eileen (dr.phil. h.c.)
Kadanoff, Leo (dr.scient. h.c.)
Nurse, Paul (dr.scient. h.c.)
Brans, Jean-Pierre (dr.scient. h.c.)
Hawkesworth, Chris (dr.scient. h.c.)
1999
Persson, Per Erik (dr.theol. h.c.)
Opie, Lionel Henry (dr.med. h.c.)
Semenza, Giorgio (dr.med. h.c.)
Shephard, Gordon Murray (dr.med. h.c.)
Karlsson, Stefán (dr.phil. h.c.)
Lord Quirk of Bloomsbury, Randolph (dr.phil. h.c.)
Marsella, Anthony Joseph (dr.scient. h.c.)
Haggett, Peter (dr.scient. h.c.)
1998
Bing, Jon (dr.jur. h.c.)
Maher, Brendan A (dr.psyk. h.c.).
Wilce, Robert T. (dr.scient. h.c.).
Brown, Gerald E. (dr.scient. h.c.).
1997
Weiss, Hans Fiedrich (dr.theol. h.c.)
Bernt, Jan Fridtjof (dr.jur. h.c.).
Ingvar, David H. (dr.med. h.c.)
Siesjö, Bo K. (dr.med. h.c.).
Bordwell, Davis (dr.phil. h.c.).
Lund, Hakon (dr.phil. h.c.)
Brattegard, Torleiv (dr.scient. h.c.)
1996
Haystrup, Helge (dr.theol. h.c.)
Christie, Nils (dr.jur.h.c.).
Genefke, Inge (dr.med. h.c.).
Blom, Ida (dr.phil. h.c.)
Cole, Michael (dr.phil. h.c.).
Sargeson, Alan McLeod (dr.scient. h.c.).
Langway, Jr., Charles Chester (dr.scient. h.c.).
1995
Theunissen, Michael (dr.theol. h.c.)
Waltz, Kenneth (dr.scient.pol. h.c.)
Smith, Lucy (dr.jur. h.c.)
Strömholm, Stig (dr.jur. h.c.)
Pierrot-Deseilligny, Emmanuel (dr.med. h.c.)
Chance, Britton (dr.med. h.c.).
Langberg, Harald (dr.phil. h.c.)
Liverani, Mario (dr.phil. h.c.)
Rees, Martin (dr.scient. h.c.)
1994
Strathern, Marilyn (dr.scient.soc. h.c.)
Engvall, Eva (dr.med. h.c.)
Kenny, Alan John (dr.med. h.c.)
1993
Martensen, Hans (dr.theol. h.c.)
Wiberg, Bertil (dr.theol. h.c.)
Blasi Francesco (dr.med. h.c.)
Higgins, Robert (dr.scient. h.c.)
Hertz, Leif (dr.scient. h.c.)
Fischer-Jørgensen, Eli (dr.phil. h.c.)
Magris, Claudio (dr.phil. h.c.)
1992
Hong, Hovard V. (dr.theol. h.c.)
Illsley, Raymond (dr.med. h.c.)
Hökfelt, Tomas (dr.med. h.c.)
Schafer, Roy (dr.phil. h.c.)
Stokoe, William C. (dr.phil. h.c.)
Ohala, John J. (dr.phil. h.c.)
1991
Ås, Berit (dr.scient.soc. h.c.)
Ribiero, Darcy (dr.scient.soc. h.c.)
Müller, Detlev (dr.med. h.c.)
Fischer, Erik (dr.phil. h.c.)
Dunbar, Maxwell J. (dr.scient. h.c.)
1990
Pedersen, Jørgen (dr.theol. h.c.)
Gagnér, Sten (dr. jur. h.c.)
1989
Eriksson, Lars E. (dr.jur. h.c.)
Harboe, Niels M. (dr.med. h.c.)
Björklund, Anders (dr.med. h.c.)
Frankl, Victor E. (dr.phil. h.c.)
Poder, Knud (dr.scient. h.c.)
Kleiman, Steven L. (dr.scient. h.c.)
Benneh, George (dr.scient. h.c.)
1988
Bengtsson, Bertil (dr.jur. h.c.)
Mahler, Halfdan T. (dr.med. h.c.)
Helgason, Sigurdur (dr.scient. h.c.)
Leupold, Urs (dr.scient h.c.)
1987
Pedersen, Hans Winding (dr. polit. h.c.)
Erikson, Erik Homburger (dr.scient.soc. h.c.)
Bendixen, Henrik H. (dr.med. h.c.)
Fog,Dan (dr. phil. h.c.)
Kadison, Richard V. (dr.scient. h.c.)
Clauson-Kaas, Niels (dr.scient. h.c.)
1986
Torm, Axel E.Z.T. (dr. theol. h.c.)
Dahl, Tove Stang (dr. jur. h.c.)
Snævar, Asmann (dr. jur. h.c.)
Christensen, Tyge Ahrengot (dr. scient. h.c.)
Wiin-Nielsen, Aksel (dr. scient. h.c.)
1985
Skou, Jens Christian (dr. med. h.c.)
Gustafson, Torsten (dr. phil. h.c.)
de Rijk, Lambertus Maria (dr. phil. h.c.)
Sanchez, Francisco (dr. scient. h.c.)
1984
Eckhoff, Torstein (dr. jur. h.c.)
Lassen, Niels A. (dr. med. h.c.)
1982 - 1983
Ingen
1981
Ussing, Hans H. (dr. med. h.c.)
1979
- i anledning af Københavns Universitets 500-årsjubilæum
Hansen, Knud (dr. theol. h.c.)
Kjöllerström, Sven (dr. theol. h.c.)
Brækhus, Sjur (dr.jur. h.c.)
Ekelöf, Per Olof (dr. jur. h.c.)
Boserup, Ester (dr. polit. h.c.)
Hansen, Henny Harald (dr.scient.soc. h.c. )
Knuth, Eigil (dr.scient.soc. h.c.)
Kety, Seymour S. (dr.med. h.c.)
Laurell, Carl Bertil (dr. med. h.c.)
Moore, Francis Daniels (dr.med. h.c.)
Severinghaus, John W. (dr.med. h.c.)
Tosteson, Daniel C. (dr.med. h.c.)
Bodelsen, Merete (dr.phil. h.c.)
Christensen, C.A. (dr.phil. h.c.)
Helgason, Jón (dr.phil. h.c.)
Iversen, Erik (dr.phil. h.c.)
Jakobson, Roman (dr.phil. h.c.)
Ricoeur, Paul (dr.phil. h.c.)
Sørensen, Villy (dr.phil. h.c.)
Jerne, Niels Kaj (dr.scient. h.c.).
Kalckar, Herman M. (dr.scient. h.c.)
Lieb, Elliott H. (dr.scient. h.c.)
Nygaard, Gunnar (dr.scient. h.c.)
Pedersen, Troels Myndel (dr.scient. h.c.)
Strutinsky, Vilen (dr.scient. h.c. )
1977 - 1978
Ingen
1976
Møhl, Ulrik V. (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
1975
Seidelin, Paul (dr. theol. h.c.)
1974
Ingen
1973
Hellner, Jan (dr.jur.h.c.)
Tolstrup, Flemming (dr. jur. h.c.)
Houmann, Børge (dr.phil. h.c.)
Elbert, Samuel H. (dr.phil. h.c.)
Dalsgaard-Nielsen, Torvald (dr.med. h.c.)
Wolf, Niels L. (dr. phil. h.c. (nat.)
1972
Lipmann, Fritz (dr.med. h.c.)
1971
Fuijeda, Akira (dr.phil. h.c.)
Lattimore, Owen (dr. phil. h.c.)
1970
Gross, Leo (dr. jur. h.c.)
Karlgren, Hjalmar (dr. jur. h.c.)
Andenæs, John (dr.jur. h.c.)
1969
Seidenfaden, Gunnar (dr. phil. h.c. (nat.))
Barr, Kaj (dr. phil. h.c.).
1968
von Caemmerer, Ernst (dr.jur.h.c.)
Sellin, Thorsten (dr.jur. h.c.)
Jørgensen, Peter (dr.phil. h.c.)
Lehmann, Inge (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
1967
van Heekeren, Henrik Robbert (dr.phil.h.c.)
1966
Edelmann, Raphael (dr.phil. h.c.)
Jørgensen, Jørgen (dr.phil. h.c.)
1965
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Weibull, Curt (dr.phil. h.c.)
Wöldike, Mogens (dr.phil. h.c.)
Klein, Oscar (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Heisenberg, Werner (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Dirac, Paul A.M. (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Rosenfeld, Leon (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Weisskopf, Victor F. (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Delbrück, Max (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
1962 - 1964
Ingen
1961
Lindhardt, Marie (dr.med. h.c.)
- første kvindelige æresdoktor
1960
HKH prins Peter af Grækenland (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Holter, Heinz (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Larsen, C. Syrach (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Paulli, Richard (dr.phil. h.c.)
1959
Arnholm, Carl Jacob (dr.jur. h.c.)
Trolle, Jørgen (dr.jur. h.c.)
Lindahl, Erik (dr.polit. h.c.)
Frisch, Ragnar (dr.polit. h.c.)
Scheuermann, Holger Werfel (dr.med. h.c.)
1958
Neiiendam, Robert (dr.phil. h.c.)
Bergmann, Lorenz (dr. theol. h.c.)
Møller, Erik (dr.phil. h.c.)
1957
Ingen
1956
- i anledning af 300-året for Niels Steensens immatrikulation
Mikkelsen, Ejnar (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.)
Vedel, Aage Helgesen (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Milthers, Poul Christian Vilhelm Madsen (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Schjelderup-Ebbe, Thorleif (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
1955
Herlitz, Nils (dr.jur. h.c.)
Linderstrøm-Lang, Kaj (dr.med. h.c.)
1953 - 1954
Ingen
1952
Thalbitzer, William (dr.phil. h.c.)
1951
Ingen
1950
Churchill, Winston Spencer (dr.phil. h.c.)
Westrup, Carl Wium (dr.jur. h.c.)
1950
- i anledning af Det Naturvidenskabelige Fakultets 100-årsjubilæum
Riesz, Marcel (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Störmer, Carl (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
de Hevesy, George (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Hassel, Odd (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Cramér, Carl Harald (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Barth, Thomas (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Nilson, Helge Magnus Oscar (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Federley, Harry (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
von Post, Ernest Jacob Lennart (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Stensiö, Erik (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Hasselbalch, Karl (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Hansen, Viggo (dr.phil. h.c.))
1949
Rasmussen, Rasmus Christian (dr.med. h.c.)
Schlyter, Karl (dr.jur. h.c.)
1946 - 1948
Ingen
1945
Müller, Th. A.
1945
- i anledning af Danmarks befrielse
Berggrav, Ejvind (dr.theol. h.c.)
Berg, Paul (dr.jur. h.c.)
Ekleberg, Birger (dr.jur. h.c.)
Undén, Östen (dr.jur. h.c.)
Bernadotte, grev Folke (dr.med. h.c.)
Chievitz, Ole (dr.med. h.c.)
Löfstedt, Einar (dr.phil. h.c.)
Seip, Didrik Arup (dr.phil. h.c.)
1942 - 1944
Ingen
1941
Krabbe, Oluf H. (dr.jur. h.c.)
Jørgensen, Poul Johs. (dr.jur. h.c.)
1930
Pappenheim, Max (dr.jur. h.c.)
1929
- i anledning af Københavns Universitets 450-årsjubilæum
Söderblom, Lars Oluf Jonathan (dr.theol. h.c.)
Holmquist, Hjalmar (dr.theol. h.c.)
Kolsrud, Oluf (dr.theol. h.c.)
Moltesen, L. (dr.theol. h.c.)
Koch, L.J. (dr.theol. h.c.)
Bull, Edvard Hagerup (dr.jur. h.c.)
Granfelt, Otto Hjalmar (dr.jur. h.c.)
Thyrén, Johan Carl Wilhelm (dr.jur. h.c.)
Heckscher, Eli F. (dr.polit. h.c.)
Panner, H.J. (dr.med. h.c.)
Norrie, Gordon (dr.med. h.c.)
Holst, Peter F. (dr.med. h.c.)
Hammar, J. Aug. (dr.med. h.c.)
Forssell, G. (dr.med. h.c.)
Forssman, J. (dr.med. h.c.)
Broman, Ivar (dr.med. h.c.)
Helweg, Hj. (dr.med. h.c.)
Sievers, Richard (dr.med. h.c.)
Holst, Axel (dr.med. h.c.)
Holm, Gustav (dr.phil. h.c.)
Neergaard, Niels (dr.phil. h.c.)
Petersen, Carl S. (dr.phil. h.c.)
Kock, Axel (dr.phil. h.c.)
Lidén, Evald (dr.phil. h.c.)
Nilsson, Martin P. (dr.phil. h.c.)
Schück, H. (dr.phil. h.c.)
Weibull, Lauritz (dr.phil. h.c.)
Olsen, Magnus (dr.phil. h.c.)
Krohn, Kaarle (dr.phil. h.c.)
Esben-Petersen, P. (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Pedersen, P.O. (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Raunkjær, C. (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Komppa, G. (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Sæmundsson, B. (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Bjerknes, V. (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))
Wiman, A. (dr.phil. h.c. (nat.))