| M | |
| Macalarney, Robert Emmet (1873-1945) | Class of 1893, Honorary Doctor of Literature, 1945 |
| Maclay, Robert Samuel (1824-1907) | Class of 1845, Honorary Doctor of Divinity, 1864 |
| MacDaniel, Frank (1872-1932) | Class of 1894, Honorary Doctor of Divinity, 1912 |
| Malcolm, Gilbert (1892-1965) | Class of 1915, Honorary Doctor of Laws, 1963 |
| Malcolm, Howard (1799-1879) | Class of 1816, Honorary Master of Arts, 1842 |
| Mallalieu, Wilbur Vincent (1816-1943) | Class of 1899, Honorary Doctor of Divinity, 1935 |
| Malone, Dumas (1892-1986) | Honorary Doctor of Literature, 1982 |
| Mann, William (1817-1873) | Honorary Doctor of Divinity, 1861 |
| Mapes, Eugene L. (1847-1892) | Honorary Doctor of Divinity, 1891 |
| Marburg, Theodore (1862-1946) | Honorary Doctor of Laws, 1912 |
| Marino, Frank | Honorary Doctor of Science, 1956 |
| Marsh, Daniel L. (1880-1968) | Honorary Doctor of Laws, 1943 |
| Marshall, James William (1822-1910) | Class of 1848, Honorary Doctor of Laws, 1888 |
| Martin, Clarence E. (1880-1955) | Honorary Doctor of Laws, October 1933 |