The College's commitment to free-thinking and high-achieving across many disciplines and interests has generated a range of members who have made major and varied contributions to the intellectual, social, artistic and sporting life of the world.
Chief Simon Adebo (1913-1994) - Nigerian Politician
Zeid al-Hussein (1964-) - Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Ponnambalan Arunachalam (1853-1924) - Ceylon Tamil Civil Servant
Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1975) - Supreme Commander South East Asian and Viceroy of India
James Chuter Ede (1882-1965) - Home Secretary
John Healey MP (1960-) - Secretary of State for Defence
Heng Swee Keat (1961-) - Singaporean politician
Lim Hng Kiang (1954-) - Singaporean politician
Thomas Nelson Jnr. (1738-1789) - Politician who signed the American Declaration of Independence
Davidson Nicol (1924-1994) - Sierra Leonean Doctor, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
Jan Smuts (1870-1950) - Founding influence on League of Nations (UN) and Chancellor of the University
Charles (C. P.) Snow (1905-1980) - Novelist and Civil Servant
Sir Oliver Wright (1922-2009) - Diplomat and Ambassador
Patrick Coghlin (1945-) - Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland
Patrick Devlin (1905-1992) Lawyer, Judge, Jurist and life peer
Amar Nath Grover (1912-1933) Jurist, Judge and chairman of the Press Council of India
Alexander Irvine of Lairg (1940-) - Former Lord Chancellor
Sahibzada Aftab Ahmad Khan (1867-1930) - Lawyer, Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Univeristy, India
Martin Moore-Bick (1946-) - Lord Justice of Appeal
John Burrow (1935-2009) - Modern Historian
David Cannadine (1950-) - Historian and broadcaster
Linda Colley (1949-) - Historian
J. P. Kenyon (1927-1996) - Modern Historian
John Leland (c.1506-1552) - Father of English history
Jack Plumb (1911-2001) - Historian, entrepreneur and Master of Christ's
Roy Porter (1946-2002) - Historian
Simon Schama (1945-) - Historian and broadcaster
Auguste Bréal (1868-1941) - Painter
Clare Burnett (1964-) - Artist and sculptor
Anthony Caro (1924-2013) - Sculptor
Rachel Chaplin (1980-) - Baroque oboist and researcher
Tom de Freston (1983-) - Artist
Colin Dexter (1930-2017) - Writer of the Inspector Morse series of books
Edward Docx (1972-) - Author
Adetomiwa Edun (1984-) - Actor
Dee Ferris (1973-) - Artist
Lachlan Goudie (1976-) - Painter, writer and presenter
James Hilton (1900-1954) - Novelist
Sarah Howe (1983-) - Poet
Phillip King (1934- 2021) - Sculptor
Issam Kourbaj (1963-) - Artist and sculptor
John Milton (1608-1674) - Poet
Annilese Miskimmon (1974-) - Opera director
Helen Mort (1985-) - Poet
Sukanya Rajaratnam (1974-) - Art Curator
Charles Saumarez Smith (1954-) - Cultural historian. Secretary of the Royal Academy of Arts, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, Director of the National Gallery
Nicholas Serota (1946-) - Director of the Tate Gallery
Jeffrey Tate (1943-2017) - Conductor
Sacha Baron Cohen (1971-) - Satirist and actor
Jasmine Birtles (1962-) - TV Presenter, commentator, journalist
Nina Gold (1964-) - Casting Director
Natalie Haynes (1974-) - Comedian and journalist
Duncan Kenworthy (1949-) - Director and producer
Rowley Leigh (1950-) - Chef, restauranteur, journalist
Gautam Malkani (1976-) - Journalist and prize-winning novelist
Jane Martinson (1967-) - Journalist
Chris Mason (1980-) - BBC Political Editor
Miles Millar (1967-) - Screenwriter, producer
John Oliver (1977-) - Comedian and broadcaster
Andy Parsons (1967-) - Comedian
James Reynolds (1974 -) - BBC News Correspondent
Sathnam Sanghera (1976-) - Journalist and novelist
Rory Sutherland (1965-) - Advertising Executive
Richard Whiteley (1943-2005) - Television presenter
Jagadis Chandra Bose (1858-1937) - Pioneer of electro- magnetic waves
John Clark (1951-2004) - Pioneer of the genetic modification of livestock
John Clarke (1942-) - Physicist and Nobel Laureate
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) - Biologist and naturalist
Martin Evans (1941-) - Biologist and Nobel Laureate
Alfred Cort Haddon (1855-1940) - Father of modern anthropology
Duncan Haldane (1951-) - Physicist and Nobel Laureate
Yusuf Hamied (1936- ) - Chemist and industrialist
Tony Hunter (1943-) - American Cancer Society Professor
William Lee (1563-1614) - Inventor
Francis (Tibby) Marshall (1878-1949) - Father of mammalian reproduction
Anne McLaren (1927-2007) - Scientist and quiet revolutionary
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) - Father of the Atomic Bomb
Lord Alexander Todd (1907-1997) - Nobel Laureate, chemist and 32nd Master of Christ's
Conrad Hal Waddington (1905-1975) - Developmental biologist and geneticist
Erik Christopher Zeeman (1925-2016) - Mathematician
Ian Cheshire (1959-) - British Businessman
Jonathan Galassi (1949-) - Businessman and poet
David Ross Granger (1903-2002) - Businessman
Mike Lynch (1965-2024) - Businessman and technology entrepreneur
James Meade (1907-1995) - British Economist and Nobel Laureate
Martin Sorrell (1945-) - Business leader
William Paley (1743-1805) - Creationist author of 'Natural Theology' which contains a very early presentation of the watchmaker analogy
Rowan Williams (1950-) - 104th Archbishop of Canterbury and Master of Magdelene College, Cambridge from 2013-2020
Ian Balding (1938-2026) - Racehorse trainer
Paul Bircher (1928-2019) - Olympic rowing silver medalist
Nicholas English (1978-) - Olympic Rower
John Horsman (1934-2020) - Car Racing
Gilbert Jessop (1874-1955) - Cricketer and record batsman
Rowan Kitt (1968-) - International Rugby Referee
Tony Lewis (1938-) - Former England Cricket Captain
Steve Palmer (1968-) - Footballer
James "Jim" Roberts (1932-2020) - England Rugby player
Ian Robertson (1945-) - Rugby commentator
Swaranjit Singh (1930-2019) - Cricketer
Kieran West (1977-) - Olympic Rowing Gold medallist
William "Bill" Windham (1926-2021) - Team GB Olympic Rower and European Rowing Champion