List of University of Cambridge people

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The following persons attended the University of Cambridge but did not necessarily complete a degree course there.

This selective list of alumni and members of the University has been divided into categories, but it should be noted that these categories are somewhat arbitrary, and that many of the university's alumni and members have been polymaths, in these cases an attempt has been made to put them in the category for which they were most famous.

Politics/Royalty

Kings and Queens

Princes and Princesses

Lord Protector

Presidents and Prime Ministers (international)

Prime Ministers (Great Britain)

Signatories of the American Declaration of Independence

Soviet spies

known:

suspected:

(for other suspects, see Cambridge Five)

Other political figures

Clergy and spiritual leaders

Authors, playwrights, memoirists and critics

Poets

Actors, directors, comedians and musicians

Scientists, technologists and mathematicians

See also Official list of Nobel Prize winners from Cambridge University

Astronauts

Philosophers

Artists, Architects and Art Experts

Educationalists

Economists

Entrepreneurs, Business Leaders and Philanthropists

Historians

Journalists and media personalities

Sportsmen and women