# List of Cambridge mathematicians

A list of mathematicians, past and present, with associations with the University of Cambridge.

## A - F

* Rediet Abebe, graduate student at Pembroke College, Cambridge
* Frank Adams, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry 1970-1989
* John Couch Adams, fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge 1843–1852; fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge 1853–1892; Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry 1859-1891
* Michael Atiyah, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1954–1957; fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge 1958–1961; Master of Trinity College, Cambridge 1990-1997
* Charles Babbage, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics 1828-1839
* Christopher Budd, Gresham Professor of Geometry, student at St John's College 1979-1983
* Alan Baker, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1964-
* H. F. Baker, fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge
* Dennis Barden, fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge
* Isaac Barrow, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1649–1655, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
* Bryan John Birch, undergraduate and research student at Trinity College, Cambridge, fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge
* Michael Boardman
* Béla Bollobás, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
* Richard Ewen Borcherds
* Henry Briggs, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge
* William Burnside, attended St John's College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Appointed professor of mathematics at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, at site of University of Greenwich Mathematics Department.
* Dame Mary Cartwright, fellow and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge
* J. W. S. Cassels, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1949–1984; Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics 1967-1986
* Arthur Cayley, student at Trinity College, Cambridge
* D. G. Champernowne
* Sydney Chapman, student at and later lecturer and fellow (1914–1919) of Trinity College, Cambridge
* William Kingdon Clifford
* John Coates, fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge 1975–1977; Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics 1986–2012
* John Horton Conway, fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge 1964–1970; fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 1970-1986
* Roger Cotes
* Percy John Daniell
* Philip Dawid
* Harold Davenport
* James Davenport, undergraduate and research student at Trinity College, Cambridge
* Rollo Davidson, undergraduate and research fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1962–1970, fellow-elect of Churchill College, Cambridge
* Augustus De Morgan
* Paul Dirac, fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge 1927–1969; Lucasian Professor of Mathematics 1932-1969
* Simon Donaldson, undergraduate at Pembroke College, Cambridge 1976-1979
* Arthur Stanley Eddington
* Andrew Forsyth, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics

## G - M

* Anil Kumar Gain, Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
* James Glaisher
* Peter Goddard, Master of St John's College, Cambridge 1994-2004
* William Timothy Gowers, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ?- ; Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics 1998-
* Geoffrey Grimmett, fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, Professor of Mathematical Statistics 1992-
* Ian Grojnowski, faculty member of DPMMS, 1999-
* G. H. Hardy, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1900–1919, 1931–1942; Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics 1931-1942
* Stephen Hawking, fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 1966–2018; Lucasian Professor of Mathematics 1979-2009
* Nigel Hitchin, fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics 1994-1997
* E. W. Hobson
* James Jeans
* Harold Jeffreys, fellow of St John's College, Cambridge 1914–1989; Plumian Professor of Astronomy 1946-1958
* Vinod Johri, Commonwealth fellow for post-doctorate work at Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University, 1967-1968
* Thomas Jones, mathematician, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
* Richard Jozsa, holder of the Leigh Trapnell Chair in Quantum Physics
* Frank Kelly, fellow 1976-2006 and master 2006- of Christ's College, professor of the Mathematics of Systems
* David George Kendall, fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, Professor of Mathematical Statistics 1962-1985
* John Maynard Keynes, B.A. in mathematics
* Joshua King, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, President of Queens' College, Cambridge
* Frances Kirwan
* Thomas William Körner, fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
* Peter Landrock, senior member of the Wolfson College, Cambridge, 1997-
* Joseph Larmor, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
* Imre Leader, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
* John Edensor Littlewood, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1908–1977; Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics 1928-1950
* Sir Donald MacAlister, fellow of St John's College, Cambridge
* Ian G. Macdonald, graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge
* James Clerk Maxwell, Cavendish Professor of Physics 1871-1879
* Isaac Milner, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, President of Queens' College, Cambridge

## N - S

* Crispin St. J. A. Nash-Williams
* Max Newman, fellow of St John's College, Cambridge
* Isaac Newton, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1667–1701; Lucasian Professor of Mathematics 1669-1702
* Richard Nickl, fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Professor of Mathematical Statistics
* James R. Norris, fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge
* Simon P. Norton, undergraduate and research student at Trinity College, Cambridge
* William McFadden Orr, fellow of St John's College, Cambridge
* Roger Penrose, graduate student at St John's College, Cambridge ?-1958; research fellow at St John's College, Cambridge 1958-1961
* Srinivasa Ramanujan, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1918-1920
* Frank P. Ramsey, student of Trinity College, Cambridge and fellow of King's College, Cambridge
* CR Rao, statistician and former PhD student under Ronald Fisher
* Lewis Fry Richardson
* Chris Rogers
* Bertrand Russell, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
* Richard Samworth, fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, Professor of Statistics
* Graeme Segal, fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry, 1990–1999
* Nicholas Shepherd-Barron, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
* David Spiegelhalter, fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk 2007-
* Sir George Gabriel Stokes, fellow then Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
* Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
* James Joseph Sylvester, undergraduate at St John's College, Cambridge 1831-1837

## T - Z

* G. I. Taylor, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
* Martin J. Taylor, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
* Richard Taylor, fellow of Clare College, Cambridge
* John G. Thompson, fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge; Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics 1971-1993
* Alan Turing, fellow of King's College, Cambridge 1935-1945
* W. T. Tutte, undergraduate and research student at Trinity College, Cambridge 1935-1941
* John Venn, fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
* C. T. C. Wall, graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge
* John Wallis, fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge 1644-1645
* Richard Weber, fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge, Churchill Professor of Mathematics for Operational Research 1994-2017
* Alfred North Whitehead
* E. T. Whittaker graduate and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1882 to 1906
* Peter Whittle, fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, Churchill Professor of Mathematics for Operational Research 1967-1994
* Andrew Wiles, research student and then junior research fellow at Clare College, Cambridge 1975-1980
* David Williams, professor of mathematical statistics 1985-1992
* Shaun Wylie, fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
* Erik Christopher Zeeman, fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, honorary fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge