List of members of Peterhouse, Cambridge

This is a list of notable members of Peterhouse, a college of the University of Cambridge, England. It includes alumni, fellows and Masters of the college.

Public servants

 * Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss - First female Lord Justice of Appeal, 1988–1999, President of the Family Division, High Court of Justice, 1999–2005
 * The Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1768-1770
 * Elijah Mudenda, Prime Minister of Zambia, 1975-1977
 * Michael Howard, Leader of the Conservative Party, 2003-2005
 * Christopher Meyer, British Ambassador to the United States, 1997-2003
 * Michael Portillo, Cabinet Minister, 1992-1997
 * Nicholas Stern, author of the Stern Review on climate change
 * Conrad Swan, Garter Principal King of Arms
 * John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1583-1604
 * David Wilson, Governor of Hong Kong, 1987-1992

Academics, artists, writers

 * Kingsley Amis, writer
 * Richard Baker (broadcaster), broadcaster
 * Denis Brogan, historian
 * Herbert Butterfield, historian, Master of Peterhouse, 1955–1968, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1959–1961, and Regius Professor of Modern History, 1963-1968
 * Thomas Campion, 16th century composer
 * John Ashton Cannon, historian
 * Alistair Cooke, Baron Lexden, official historian of the Conservative Party
 * Patrick Cosgrave, journalist, author and advisor to Margaret Thatcher
 * Maurice Cowling, historian
 * Mike Dash, historian
 * Marius De Vries, composer and producer, best known as music director of La La Land
 * Roger Deakin, naturalist writer
 * Robert Dudley Edwards, historian
 * Richard Eyre, director, former artistic director of the National Theatre
 * Ronan Fanning, historian
 * John Finnemore, writer and actor
 * Michael Gough, archaeologist
 * Thomas Gray, poet
 * Colin Greenwood, Radiohead bassist
 * Luke Hughes, furniture designer
 * Harold James, historian
 * David Knowles, Regius Professor of Modern History, 1954–1963
 * Denis Mack Smith, historian
 * F.X. Martin, historian and first Catholic priest admitted to Cambridge since the Reformation
 * James Mason, actor
 * Simon McBurney, theatremaker, founder of Complicité
 * Sam Mendes, Academy Award-winning film director (for American Beauty) and four-time Laurence Olivier Award winner
 * David Mitchell, actor, comedian and writer
 * A. L. Morton, Marxist historian
 * Michael Postan, historian
 * William Ridgeway, classical scholar and Disney Professor of Archaeology, Cambridge University
 * Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American political historian.
 * Karl Schweizer, historian and author.
 * Peter Whitehead, filmmaker

Scientists and inventors

 * Nick Barton, evolutionary biologist
 * Christopher Cockerell, inventor of the hovercraft
 * Peter Guthrie Tait, mathematician
 * William Hopkins, mathematician
 * Joseph E. Pesce, astrophysicist
 * Edward John Routh, mathematician
 * Klaus Roth, mathematician and winner of the Fields Medal

Masters
For a list see Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.