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Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge

Contents

• Academics
• Artists and writers
• Clergy
• Politicians and public servants
• Sportspeople
• Others
• References

Academics

• Trevor Allan, legal philosopher
• David Armitage Bannerman, Ornithologist
• Christopher Clark, Regius Professor of History, University of Cambridge
• Maurice Dobb, Economist
• Simon Donaldson, Mathematician; Fields Medallist (1986)
• Ian Fleming, Organic chemist, emeritus professor of the University of Cambridge and emeritus fellow
• William Fowler, Nobel prize winner for Physics
• Tom Harrisson, Ornithologist, anthropologist, soldier, co-founder of Mass-Observation
• Samuel Harsnett, Master, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, later Archbishop of York and theological writer
• Bryan Keith-Lucas, Political scientist
• Leslie Peter Johnson, Germanist
• Sir Henry James Sumner Maine, Jurist and Historian
• D. H. Mellor, Philosopher
• Messenger Monsey, Physician
• Rodney Porter, Nobel prize winning biochemist
• Michael Rowan-Robinson, Astronomer and astrophysicist
• George Gabriel Stokes, Mathematician, physicist
• John Sulston, Chemist, Nobel prize winner
• William Turner, Physician
• Lawrence Wager, Geologist, explorer and mountaineer
• Leonard Whibley, Greek scholar
• Yorick Wilks, Computer scientist, professor of artificial intelligence
• George Crichton Wells, Dermatologist, first described Well's syndrome
• Timothy Winter, Academic, theologian and Islamic scholar

Artists and writers

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  Harold Bloom, literary critic
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  Peter Cook, British comedian
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  Naomie Harris, British actress
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  Tom Hiddleston, British actor
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  Eric Idle, British comedian and writer, Monty Python member
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  Edmund Spenser, the Elizabethan poet remembered for his epic poem The Faerie Queene

• Robert Bathurst, Actor
• Richard Beard, Novelist and non-fiction writer
• Peter Bradshaw, Author and film critic
• Tim Brooke-Taylor, Comedian, member of The Goodies
• Marcus Buckingham, author and motivational speaker
• Peter Cook, Comedian
• Seamus Deane, Novelist, poet and literary critic
• Rick Edwards, Television presenter
• Thomas Gray, Poet
• Stephen Greenblatt, Literary critic, pioneer of New Historicism
• Bendor Grosvenor, Art historian
• Malcolm Guite, Poet and author (Sounding the Seasons, The Singing Bowl), priest, singer-songwriter, currently Bye-Fellow and Chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge
• Robert Hardman, Journalist and author
• Naomie Harris, Actress
• Tom Hiddleston, Actor
• Philip Hinchcliffe, Television producer
• Ted Hughes, Poet
• Eric Idle, Comedian, member of Monty Python
• Clive James, Critic, journalist and broadcaster
• Peter Jeffrey, Actor
• Humphrey Jennings, Film-maker
• Emma Johnson, Clarinettist
• Anna Lapwood, Organist, conductor and broadcaster
• Robert Macfarlane, Writer
• Tom Morris, Theatre director and producer
• David Munrow, Musician, composer, music historian
• Richard Murdoch, Actor, comedian
• Bill Oddie, Comedian, member of The Goodies, ornithologist
• Martin Rowson, Cartoonist
• Tom Sharpe, Novelist
• Indra Sinha, Novelist
• Christopher Smart, Poet, hymnist, journalist, actor
• Edmund Spenser, Poet
• Peter Taylor, Author and journalist
• Karan Thapar, Writer, journalist, broadcaster, editor
• Ed Yong, Science journalist and author

Clergy

• Lancelot Andrewes, Master; Dean of Westminster; Bishop of Chichester, Ely, Winchester; leading member of the translation committee which produced the King James Bible
• C.F. Andrews, Priest and activist for the Indian independence movement
• William Burkitt, New Testament commentator, vicar and lecturer of Dedham, Essex
• Richard Crashaw, Anglican cleric and later Catholic convert, poet associated with Metaphysical poets and religious poetry, Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge
• William Crashaw, Appointed preacher at the Inner Temple, Anglican divine and poet, author of anti-Catholic tracts and pamphlets
• Timothy Dudley-Smith, Hymn writer and clergyman of the Church of England
• Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of York, Bishop of London
• Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, Martyr

Politicians and public servants

• Clive Betts, British politician
• Vicky Bowman, former British Ambassador
• Rab Butler, British politician; served as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister
• Jo Cox, British aid worker and politician
• Abba Eban, Statesman; President of the Weizmann Institute of Science
• Edward James Eliot, British politician
• William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans, British politician
• Femi Fani-Kayode, Former Nigerian Minister of Culture and Tourism
• Roger W. Ferguson Jr., Economist, Vice Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, President and CEO of TIAA, Honorary Fellow
• Alexander Grantham, Governor of Fiji, later Governor of Hong Kong
• Rupert Gwynne, Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastbourne 1910–1924
• Oliver Heald, British politician
• Atma Jayaram, Former Director of the Indian Intelligence Bureau
• Simon McDonald, Baron McDonald of Salford, Diplomat, Head of the British Diplomatic Service
• William Pitt the Younger, British politician; Prime Minister 1783–1801, 1804–06
• George Maxwell Richards, President of Trinidad and Tobago
• Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, British politician; current Master
• P. K. van der Byl, Rhodesian politician
• Roger Williams, Statesman, theologian, founder of Rhode Island

Sportspeople

• Archibald Fargus, Cricketer, scholar, clergyman
• Arthur Gilligan, England cricket captain
• David MacMyn, Rugby union international (Scotland and Lions) player and administrator
• Peter May, Cricketer
• Wavell Wakefield, 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal, Rugby player and politician

Others

• Roger Bushell, Leader of "The Great Escape"
• Ray Dolby, Inventor who bequeathed US$52.6 million to Pembroke ^[1]
• C. H. Douglas, Engineer; pioneer of the Social Credit movement
• Sir Allan Mossop, Chief Judge of the British Supreme Court for China
• Quintin Riley, Arctic explorer
• Hugh Ruttledge, Mountaineer
• Peter Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth, Lord Chief Justice
• David White, Garter Principal King of Arms

References