This is the list of Honorary Professors of Moscow State University. * Chinghiz Aitmatov, Russian/Kyrgyz novelist (2004) * Askar Akayev, physicist, 1st President of Kyrgyzstan (1996) * Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (1993) * Zhores Alferov, physicist, Nobel Prize winner (2001) * Heydar Aliyev, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (2008) * Ilham Aliyev, 4th President of Azerbaijan (2008) * Tatiana Anodina, aviation engineer, the chairperson of the Interstate Aviation Committee (2015) * Dario Antiseri, Italian philosopher (2002) * Irina Arkhipova, opera singer (2001) * Mykola Azarov, geologist, 14th Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014) * Ban Ki-moon, South Korean politician, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations (2008) * Craig Barrett, American business executive, the CEO of Intel (2000)