Two members of the British Royal Family have studied at Trinity and been awarded degrees as a result: Prince William of Gloucester and Edinburgh, who gained an MA in 1790, and Prince Charles, who was awarded a lower second class BA in 1970.
Šest britanskih premierov (vsi Torijci ali Whig/liberalci) so diplomanti Trinity, kot tudi fizik Isaac Newton in Niels Bohr, filozofa Ludwig Wittgenstein in Bertrand Russell in sovjetski vohuni Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Anthony Blunt.