A list of mathematicians, past and present, with associations with the University of Cambridge.

A - F

• Rediet Abebe, graduate student at Pembroke College, 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
• Christopher Budd, Gresham Professor of Geometry, student at St John's College 1979-1983
• Alan Baker, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1964-
• H. F. Baker, fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge
• Dennis Barden, fellow of Pembroke 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
• Henry Briggs, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge
• William Burnside, attended St John's College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Appointed professor of mathematics at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, at site of University of Greenwich Mathematics Department.
• 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
• Sydney Chapman, student at and later lecturer and fellow (1914–1919) of Trinity College, Cambridge
• William Kingdon Clifford
• John Coates, fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge 1975–1977; Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics 1986–2012
• 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
• Philip Dawid
• Harold Davenport
• James Davenport, undergraduate and research student at Trinity College, Cambridge
• Rollo Davidson, undergraduate and research fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1962–1970, fellow-elect of Churchill College, Cambridge
• Augustus De Morgan
• Paul Dirac, fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge 1927–1969; Lucasian Professor of Mathematics 1932-1969
• Simon Donaldson, undergraduate at Pembroke College, Cambridge 1976-1979
• Arthur Stanley Eddington
• Andrew Forsyth, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics

G - M

• Anil Kumar Gain, Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society
• 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-
• Geoffrey Grimmett, fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, Professor of Mathematical Statistics 1992-
• 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 1966–2018; Lucasian Professor of Mathematics 1979-2009
• 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
• Vinod Johri, Commonwealth fellow for post-doctorate work at Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University, 1967-1968
• Thomas Jones, mathematician, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
• Richard Jozsa, holder of the Leigh Trapnell Chair in Quantum Physics
• Frank Kelly, fellow 1976-2006 and master 2006- of Christ's College, professor of the Mathematics of Systems
• David George Kendall, fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, Professor of Mathematical Statistics 1962-1985
• John Maynard Keynes, B.A. in mathematics
• Joshua King, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, President of Queens' College, Cambridge
• Frances Kirwan
• Thomas William Körner, fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
• Peter Landrock, senior member of the Wolfson College, Cambridge, 1997-
• 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
• Sir Donald MacAlister, fellow of St John's College, Cambridge
• Ian G. Macdonald, graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge
• James Clerk Maxwell, Cavendish Professor of Physics 1871-1879
• Isaac Milner, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, President of Queens' College, Cambridge

N - S

• Crispin St. J. A. Nash-Williams
• Max Newman, fellow of St John's College, Cambridge
• Isaac Newton, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1667–1701; Lucasian Professor of Mathematics 1669-1702
• Richard Nickl, fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Professor of Mathematical Statistics
• James R. Norris, fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge
• 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
• CR Rao, statistician and former PhD student under Ronald Fisher
• Lewis Fry Richardson
• Chris Rogers
• Bertrand Russell, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
• Richard Samworth, fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, Professor of Statistics
• Graeme Segal, fellow of St John's 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

T - Z

• 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
• C. T. C. Wall, graduate of Trinity 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 North Whitehead
• E. T. Whittaker graduate and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1882 to 1906
• Peter Whittle, fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, Churchill Professor of Mathematics for Operational Research 1967-1994
• Andrew Wiles, research student and then junior research fellow at Clare College, Cambridge 1975-1980
• David Williams, professor of mathematical statistics 1985-1992
• 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
• Churchill Professorship of Mathematics for Operational Research
• Professorship of Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge
• List of Wranglers of the University of Cambridge