Doctors honoris causa of the University

2008

• Monica Nève
• Souhayr Belhassen
• Jacques et Bertrand Piccard

2007

• Isabelle Autissier
• Stephen H. Schneider
• Partha Dasgupta
• Erik Orsenna

2006

• Franz Van der Hoff, Co-founder of the association and label Max Havelaar
• Luc Weber, President of the Council of Europe’s Comité directeur de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche (CDESR)
• Juan Guzmán, professor at the Central University of Chile and judge at the Santiago Court of Appeal

2005

• Claire Gibault
• Jorge Semprun
• Wim Wenders

2004

• Marguerite Barankitse
• Andrea Riccardi
• Emile Shoufani

2003

• Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank (Bangladesh)
• Joseph Stiglitz, professor at Columbia University
• Pascal Lamy, European Commissioner for Trade

2002

• Patricia Palacios de Nava, President of the International Association of Charities
• Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, Permanent Secretary of the Académie française
• Carla Del Ponte, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda

2001

• Josef Svoboda, stage designer (2002)
• Jordi Savall, musician
• Gerhard Richter, painter
• Amin Maalouf, writer

1999

• Gro Harlem Brundtland, World Health Organization
• Romano Prodi, European Commission
• Lionel Jospin , French Prime Minister

1998

• Aung San Suu Kyi, holder of the Nobel Peace Prize, General Secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD), Burma
• Mgr Roger Etchegaray, President of the Pontifical Council
• Khalida Messaoudi, founder member of the group "Indépendance pour le triomphe du droit de la femme", Algeria

1997

• Eusèbe Magloire Alihonou, Head of Service at the University Hospital in Cotonou, Benin
• Enrique d'Etigny Lyon, President of the National Committee for Scientific and Technological Research, Chile
• Duong Quynh Hoa, Director of the Centre for Paediatrics, Development and Health, Hô Chi Minh city, Vietnam (2006)

1996

• B. Schwartz, promoter of social reintegration through training
• D. Ch. Tosteson, Dean of Harvard Medical School
• J. M. Cavada, President and Director-general of " La Cinquième "

1995

• J.L. Dehaene, Belgian Prime Minister
• F. Gonzalez, Spanish Prime Minister 
• E. Wiesel, writer

1994

• Dom A. Louf, Abbot of the abbey of Sainte-Marie du Mont-des-Cats

1993

• Tahar Ben Jelloun, writer and philosopher
• Mgr Arturo Ribera Damas, Archbishop of San Salvador (1994)
• J. Testart, biologist

1992

• B. Boutros Ghali, UN Secretary-general
• A. Chouraqui, writer
• M. Serres, philosopher

1990

• B. Hendricks, opera singer
• M. De Lourdes Pintasilgo, former Portuguese Prime Minister  (2004)
• Mgr A. Varszegi, bishop in Budapest
  

1989

• Sir Y. Menuhin, violonist (1999)
• O. Clement, Professor of Orthodox Theology

1988

• Countess A. de Jongh, founder of the " Comet " line
• A.M. Estrella, pianist, founder of the " Musique-Espérance " movement
• P. Harmel, government minister

1987

• J. Delors, President of the European Commission
• Sister Emmanuelle of Cairo
  

1986

• Mgr Casaroli, Secretary of State of the Holy See (1998)
• Mgr P. Poupart, President of the Roman Secretariat for non-Christians
• E.D. Saber, Director-general of ALESCO

1985

• P. Werner, Luxembourg government minister (2002)
• Mgr J. Honore, Archbishop, President of the French Episcopal Committee for Schools and Universities

1981

• G. Lazzati (1986)

1979

• M. Chagall (1985)

1978

• R. P. Th.H. Hesburgh, President of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

1961

• His Royal Highness King Albert II

1976

• • R. Mallet, Chancellor of the Universities of Paris (2002)
  • P.A. Samuelson, Prof. of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • G. Thorn, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
  • H. Schurmann (1993)
  • P. Ricoeur (2005)
  • J. Hamburger (1972)
  • G. Duby (1996)
  • G. A. Miller
    

1951

• His Royal Highness King Baudouin Ist (1993)