List of Cambridge mathematicians
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A list of mathematicians, past and present, with associations with the University of Cambridge.
- Frank Adams, 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-
- Isaac Barrow, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Richard Ewen Borcherds
- J. W. S. Cassels, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1949-1984; Sadleirian Professor of Mathematics 1967-1986
- Arthur Cayley
- William Clifford
- John Coates, fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge 1975-1977; Sadleirian Professor of Mathematics 1986-
- John Horton Conway, fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge 1964-1970; fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 1970-1986
- Roger Cotes
- Harold Davenport
- 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
- 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 Mathematics 1931-1942
- Stephen Hawking, fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 1966-; Lucasian Professor of Mathematics 1980-
- James Jeans
- Harold Jeffreys, fellow of St John's College, Cambridge 1914-1989; Plumian Professor of Astronomy 1946-1958
- Frank Kelly, Fellow 1976-2006 and Master 2006- of Christ's College, Professor of the Mathematics of Systems
- 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
- Isaac Newton, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1667-1701; Lucasian Professor of Mathematics 1669-1702
- 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
- Bertrand Russell, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
- James Joseph Sylvester, undergraduate at St John's College, Cambridge 1831-1837
- G. I. Taylor
- 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 Wallis, fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge 1644-1645
- Alfred Whitehead
- Andrew Wiles, Research student and then Junior Research fellow at Clare College, Cambridge 1975-1980
