The following persons attended the University of Cambridge but did not necessarily complete a degree course there.
The list of alumni has been divided into categories, but it should be noted that these categories are somewhat arbitrary, and that many of the university's alumni 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
Lord Protector
Presidents and Prime Ministers (international)
Prime Ministers (Great Britain)
- Sir Robert Walpole (King's) Prime Minister 1721-1742
- Duke of Newcastle (Clare) Prime Minister 1754-1756
- Marquess of Rockingham (St John's) Prime Minister 1765-66, 1782
- Duke of Grafton (Peterhouse) Prime Minister 1768-1770
- William Pitt (Pembroke) Prime Minister 1783-1801, 1804-1806
- Spencer Perceval (Trinity) Prime Minister 1809-1812
- Viscount Goderich (St John's) Prime Minister 1827-1828
- Earl Grey (Trinity) Prime Minister 1830-1834
- Viscount Melbourne (Trinity) Prime Minister 1834
- Earl of Aberdeen (Trinity) Prime Minister 1852-1855
- Viscount Palmerston (St John's) Prime Minister 1855-1858, 1859-1865
- Arthur Balfour (Trinity) Prime Minister 1902-1905
- Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Trinity) Prime Minister 1905-1908
- Stanley Baldwin (Trinity) Prime Minister 1923-1924, 1924-1929, 1935-1937
Signatories of the American Declaration of Independence
Soviet Spies
Other Political Figures
Clergy and Religious Leaders
Novelists, Playwrights, Memoirists and Critics
Poets
Actors, Comedians and Musicians
Scientists and Mathematicians
See also List of all Nobel Prize winners from Cambridge University
Philosophers
Economists
Historians
Journalists and TV Personalities
Educationalists
Sportsmen and women
- Harold Abrahams (Caius)
- Mike Atherton (Downing)
- John Crawley (Trinity)
- Gavin Hastings (Magdalene)
- George Mallory (Magdalene)
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