List of Cambridge mathematicians

A list of mathematicians, past and present, with associations with the University of 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
• Alan Baker, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1964-
• H. F. Baker, fellow of St. John's 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
• 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
• William Kingdon Clifford
• John Coates, fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge 1975-1977; Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics 1986-
• 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
• Harold Davenport
• James Davenport, undergraduate and research student at Trinity College, Cambridge
• Augustus de Morgan
• Simon Donaldson, undergraduate at Pembroke College, Cambridge 1976-1979
• Paul Dirac, fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge 1927-1969; Lucasian Professor of Mathematics 1932-1969
• Arthur Stanley Eddington
• Andrew Forsyth, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics
• 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-
• 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-; Lucasian Professor of Mathematics 1980-
• 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
• Thomas Jones (mathematician), fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
• Frank Kelly, fellow 1976-2006 and Master 2006- of Christ's College, Professor of the Mathematics of Systems
• Joshua King, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, President of Queens' College, Cambridge
• Frances Kirwan
• Thomas William Korner, fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
• 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
• James Clerk Maxwell, Cavendish Professor of Physics 1871-1879
• Sir Donald MacAlister, fellow of St John's College, Cambridge
• Crispin St. J. A. Nash-Williams
• Max Newman, fellow of St John's College, Cambridge
• Isaac Milner, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, President of Queens' College, Cambridge
• Isaac Newton, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1667-1701; Lucasian Professor of Mathematics 1669-1702
• 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
• Bertrand Russell, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
• Graeme Segal, fellow of St Johns 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
• 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
• 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 Whitehead
• Andrew Wiles, Research student and then Junior Research fellow at Clare College, Cambridge 1975-1980
• Shaun Wylie, fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
• Erik Christopher Zeeman, fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, honorary fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge

See also

• List of mathematicians
• Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge
• Lucasian Chair
• Sadleirian Chair
• Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics
• Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry
• List of Wranglers of the University of Cambridge