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
 * 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-
 * 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