| Appointments | |
| 1939 - 1972 | Fellow, St John's College, Cambridge |
| 1973 - 2001 | Honorary Fellow, St John's College, Cambridge |
| 1945 - 1958 | University Lecturer in Mathematics, Cambridge University |
| 1958 - 1972 | Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy, Cambridge University |
| 1967 - 1972 | Director, Institute of Theoretical Astronomy |
| 1969 - 1972 | Professor of Astronomy, Royal Institution |
| Honours | |
| 1972 - 2001 | Honorary Research Professor, University of Manchester |
| 1975 - 2001 | Honorary Research Professor, University College Cardiff |
| 1957 | Elected Fellow of The Royal Society |
| 1957 | Elected Fellow of The Royal Society |
| 1964 | Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 1969 | Associate, National Academy of Sciences, USA |
| 1971 - 1973 | President, Royal Astronomical Society |
| 1972 | Knighted |
| 1977 | Fellow, Royal Irish Academy |
| 1980 | Member, American Philosophical Society |
| Awards | |
| 1967 | Kalinga Prize, UNESCO |
| 1968 | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| 1968 | Bakerian Lecture |
| 1969 | Jansky Prize, National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
| 1970 | Bruce Medal |
| 1971 | Henry Norris Russell Lectureship |
| 1974 | Royal Medal. The Royal Society |
| 1977 | Association pour le Développement de l'Observatoire de Nice ADION Medal |
| 1977 | Klumpke-Roberts Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
| 1994 | Balzan Prize for Astrophysics: evolution of stars (with Martin Schwarzschild) |
| 1997 | Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, with Edwin Salpeter |
| Named after him |
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| 1975 | Hoyle Building, formally The Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge |
| 1986 | Asteroid 8077 Hoyle |
| 2008 | Institute of Physics, Medal and Prize |
| 2009 | Janibacter hoylei, species of bacteria discovered by ISRO scientists |
| 2009 | Blue Plaque, erected by the Institute of Physics, Bingley |
| 2009 | Blue Plaque, erected by Bournemouth Council |
| 2010 | Sir Fred Hoyle Way, a dual carriageway in Bingley |
| 2011 | Hoyle State |