# List of honorary doctors of the University of Otago

The list of Honorary Doctors of the University of Otago below shows the recipients of honorary doctorates bestowed by the University of Otago since 1962. Prior to this date honoris causa were conferred by the University of New Zealand; see the list of honorary doctors of the University of New Zealand.
| Year | Recipient | Degree |
| 1962 | Robert J. T. Bell | LLD |
| 1962 | Percy Gowland | DSc |
| 1962 | Charles Hercus | LLD |
| 1962 | Hubert Ryburn | LLD |
| 1962 | Harry Skinner | LittD |
| 1963 | Charles Brasch | LittD |
| 1963 | Esmond de Beer | LittD |
| 1965 | Dick Willett | DSc |
| 1967 | Elizabeth Gregory | LLD |
| 1967 | Frederick Soper | DSc |
| 1968 | Muriel Bell | DSc |
| 1968 | Arthur Porritt | LLD |
| 1968 | Carl Smith | LLD |
| 1969 | Robert Aitken | LLD |
| 1969 | Harold Barrowclough | LLD |
| 1969 | Jack Bates | LLD |
| 1969 | Arthur Beacham | LLD |
| 1969 | John Beaglehole | LittD |
| 1969 | Clarence Beeby | LLD |
| 1969 | Basil Bibby | DSc |
| 1969 | Charles Coulson | DSc |
| 1969 | Derek Denny-Brown | DSc |
| 1969 | Jock Hayward | LLD |
| 1969 | Allen Johnston | LLD |
| 1969 | John A. Lee | LLD |
| 1969 | Douglas Lilburn | MusD |
| 1969 | William Morrell | LittD |
| 1969 | John Robson | LLD |
| 1970 | Arnold Nordmeyer | LLD |
| 1972 | Herbert Purves | DSc |
| 1972 | Robin Williams | LLD |
| 1973 | Kamisese Mara | LLD |
| 1974 | Jack Holloway | DSc |
| 1975 | Charles Burns | DSc |
| 1975 | Ronald Christie | LLD |
| 1975 | Eric D'Ath | DSc |
| 1975 | Russell Fraser | DSc |
| 1975 | Edward Sayers | DSc |
| 1975 | Horace Smirk | DSc |
| 1975 | John Stallworthy | DSc |
| 1975 | John Walsh | DSc |
| 1975 | Stanley Wilson | DSc |
| 1976 | Lloyd Geering | DD |
| 1976 | Harold Turner | DD |
| 1978 | Janet Frame | LittD |
| 1978 | Ruth Dallas | LittD |
| 1978 | John Harris | LLD |
| 1978 | Stuart Sidey | LLD |
| 1979 | Terry Rodgers | DSc |
| 1979 | Jack Somerville | LLD |
| 1979 | Garfield Todd | LLD |
| 1981 | Charles, Prince of Wales | LittD |
| 1982 | Maurice Joel | LLD |
| 1984 | Dan Davin | LittD |
| 1984 | Norman Davis | LittD |
| 1989 | Allan Wilson | DSc |
| 1990 | Shridath Ramphal | LLD |
| 1990 | Bruce Robertson | LLD |
| 1990 | Jim Valentine | LLD |
| 1993 | Silvia Cartwright | LLD |
| 1993 | Robin Irvine | LLD |
| 1993 | Haji Sulaiman bin Haji Daud | LLD |
| 1993 | Iona Williams | LLD |
| 1994 | Neville Bain | LLD |
| 1994 | Dorothy Fraser | LLD |
| 1994 | Douglas Girvan | LLD |
| 1994 | Alan Horsman | LittD |
| 1994 | Ralph Hotere | LLD |
| 1994 | William Southgate | MusD |
| 1995 | William Fyfe | DSc |
| 1996 | James Ng | LittD |
| 1996 | Peter Tapsell | LLD |
| 1997 | Murray Brennan | DSc |
| 1997 | Frank Holmes | LLD |
| 1997 | Alison Holst | DSc |
| 1997 | Mazlan binti Othman | DSc |
| 1998 | Judith Mayhew | LLD |
| 1998 | Judith Medlicott | LLD |
| 1998 | Hone Tuwhare | LittD |
| 1999 | Annette Baier | LittD |
| 1999 | Geoffrey Cox | LittD |
| 1999 | George Griffiths | LittD |
| 1999 | Julian Jack | DSc |
| 2000 | George Knight | DD |
| 2000 | Ian McDonald | DSc |
| 2000 | John Mackie | DSc |
| 2000 | Leo Moggie | LLD |
| 2000 | George Petersen | DSc |
| 2000 | Graham Stanton | DD |
| 2001 | Ahmad Azizuddin Bin Zainal Abidin | LLD |
| 2001 | Shona Dunlop MacTavish | LittD |
| 2002 | Christopher de Hamel | LittD |
| 2002 | Allan Hubbard | LLD |
| 2003 | Eion Edgar | LLD |
| 2004 | Graeme Fogelberg | LLD |
| 2004 | Paratene Ngata | LLD |
| 2005 | Thomas Davis | LLD |
| 2005 | Bill Manhire | LittD |
| 2005 | Michael Stedman | LLD |
| 2005 | Jeremy Waldron | LLD |
| 2006 | Malcolm Grant | LLD |
| 2006 | Beryl Howie | DSc |
| 2007 | John Gavin | DSc |
| 2007 | John Hall-Jones | LLD |
| 2007 | Mary McAleese | LLD |
| 2007 | Patricia Payne | MusD |
| 2007 | Mary Ronnie | LittD |
| 2007 | Robert Webster | DSc |
| 2008 | Lindsay Brown | LLD |
| 2008 | Mason Durie | LLD |
| 2008 | Ted McCoy | LLD |
| 2008 | Cilla McQueen | LittD |
| 2009 | Barbara Anderson | LittD |
| 2009 | Michael Cullen | LLD |
| 2009 | Shirley Murray | LittD |
| 2009 | Paul Oestreicher | DD |
| 2009 | Trevor Scott | LLD |
| 2010 | James Flynn | DSc |
| 2010 | Marilynn Webb | LLD |
| 2011 | David Skegg | LLD |
| 2011 | Brian Turner | LittD |
| 2013 | Audrey Eagle | DSc |
| 2013 | Helen Heslop | DSc |
| 2014 | Christine French | LLD |
| 2014 | Peter Gluckman | DSc |
| 2014 | Alan Mark | DSc |
| 2014 | Graeme Marsh | DCom |
| 2015 | Ian Farrant | DCom |
| 2017 | Stanley Paris | LLD |
| 2017 | Graeme Hart | DCom |
| 2018 | John Ward | LLD |
| 2019 | Forrest Miller | LLD |
| 2019 | Bridget Williams | LittD |
| 2019 | Bill English | LLD |
| 2019 | Viopapa Annandale-Atherton | LLD |
| 2019 | Atholl Anderson | LLD |
| 2019 | Brigid Inder | LLD |
| 2019 | Bill Robertson | DSc |
| 2019 | John Judge | DCom |
| 2019 | Clive Ross | LLD |
| 2019 | Julian Smith | LLD |
| 2019 | Carla Van Zon | LLD |
| 2019 | Bridget Williams | LittD |
| 2021 | Harlene Hayne | LLD |
| 2022 | Royden Somerville | LLD |
| 2022 | Ian Taylor | DCom |
| 2023 | Donald Malcolm McRae | LLD |
| 2023 | Mindy Chen-Wishart | LLD |
| 2023 | Wilson Isaac | LLD |
| 2023 | Mai Chen | LLD |