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