General Alumni
See also: Category:Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge| Name | Birth | Death | Career |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Askwith | 1911 | 2001 | Permanent Secretary Blue and Olympic oarsman |
| Richard Baker | 1925 | Newsreader | |
| Charles Babbage | 1791 | 1871 | His analytical engine anticipated the modern computer |
| Augustus Theodore Bartholomew | 1882 | 1933 | Cambridge librarian |
| William Brewster | 1566 | 1644 | Colonial leader & preacher |
| G. B. Caird | 1917 | 1984 | Biblical scholar and churchman |
| Thomas Campion | 1567 | 1620 | Composer & Poet |
| Steph Cook | 1972 | Gold medal Pentathlon Olympian | |
| Richard Crashaw | 1613 | 1649 | Poet |
| Richard Eyre | 1943 | Film and theatre director | |
| Robert Foley | 1949 | Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies at the University of Cambridge | |
| Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton | 1735 | 1811 | British Prime Minister |
| Colin Charles Greenwood | 1969 | Bass player of Radiohead | |
| Syed Mohammed Hadi | 1899 | 1971 | Olympic athlete |
| Erich Heller | 1911 | 1990 | British essayist |
| Sir Christopher Heydon | 1561 | 1623 | English soldier and writer on astrology |
| Michael Howard | 1941 | Former leader of the Conservative Party | |
| Hugh Latimer | 1485 | 1555 | Religious reformer & Protestant martyr |
| Edward Law | 1750 | 1818 | Lord Chief Justice |
| James Mason | 1909 | 1984 | Actor |
| James Clerk Maxwell | 1831 | 1879 | Physicist |
| Dan Mazer | 1971 | Comic writer | |
| Chris Mead | 1940 | 2003 | Ornithologist |
| Sam Mendes | 1965 | Film and stage director/producer | |
| Christopher Meyer | 1944 | Former British ambassador to the USA | |
| David Mitchell | 1974 | Comedian | |
| John Penry | 1559 | 1593 | Religious writer & Protestant martyr |
| Michael Portillo | 1953 | Former Conservative MP | |
| Ed Smith | 1977 | Cricketer and author | |
| Anthony St Leger | 1732 | 1786 | Soldier, politician, Governor of Saint Lucia Founder of the St. Leger Stakes |
| Rory Sweetman | 1991 | New Zealand historian | |
| Vincent Watts | 1940 | Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia (1997–2002) | |
| Frank Whittle | 1907 | 1996 | Developed jet propulsion |
| Peregrine Worsthorne | 1923 | Journalist |
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