St John's College, Cambridge

Discover the notable alumni of St John's College, Cambridge. The list includes people like Paul Ritter, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford & Henry Wriothesley, 3rd earl of Southampton. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as leaders, miscellaneous, scientists, intellectuals & academics and writers etc.
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 1 
Thomas Hobbes
(English Philosopher and One of the Founders of Modern Political Philosophy)
Thomas Hobbes
16
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 5, 1588
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Westport, Wiltshire, England
Died: December 4, 1679
 2 
Douglas Adams
(Author of the BBC Radio Comedy Series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy")
Douglas Adams
15
Birthdate: March 11, 1952
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cambridge, England
Died: May 11, 2001
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
 3 
Roger Penrose
(English Mathematician, Mathematical Physicist and Winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics)
Roger Penrose
3
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 8, 1931
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Colchester, England
 4 
Cecil Beaton
(British Photographer and Costume Designer)
Cecil Beaton
1
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: January 14, 1904
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hampstead, London, England
Died: January 18, 1980
 5 
John Herschel
(British Polymath Known for His Invention of 'Blueprint')
John Herschel
4
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 7, 1792
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Slough, Buckinghamshire, England
Died: May 11, 1871
 6 
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
(Politician)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 20, 1784
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Westminster, Middlesex, England
Died: October 18, 1865
 7 
Paul Ritter
9
Birthdate: December 20, 1966
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kent, England
Died: April 5, 2021
 8 
Jamie Bamber
(Known for His Roles in the TV Series: Battlestar Galactica and Law & Order: UK)
Jamie Bamber
0
Birthdate: April 3, 1973
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hammersmith, London, England
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 9 
Jonah Hauer-King
(Actor)
Jonah Hauer-King
6
Birthdate: May 30, 1995
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Westminster, London, England
 10 
Mervyn King
(British Economist Who Served as Governor of the Bank of England)
Mervyn King
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 30, 1948
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire, England
 11 
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
(Former Secretary of State of England (1596 - 1612))
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
5
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 1, 1563
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Westminster, London, England
Died: May 24, 1612
 12 
Samuel Butler
(Novelist)
Samuel Butler
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 4, 1835
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Langar, Nottinghamshire, England
Died: June 18, 1902
 13 
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
(Courtier)
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 12, 1550
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hedingham Castle, England
Died: June 24, 1604
 14 
John Ambrose Fleming
(British Electrical Engineer and Physicist Who Invented the First 'Thermionic Valve' or 'Vacuum Tube')
John Ambrose Fleming
1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: November 29, 1849
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Died: April 18, 1945
 15 
William Gilbert
(Physician)
William Gilbert
15
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: May 24, 1544
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Colchester , England, United Kingdom
Died: November 30, 1603
 16 
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd earl of Southampton
(Noble)
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd earl of Southampton
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 6, 1573
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cowdray, England
Died: November 10, 1624
 17 
Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of Strafford
(Noble)
Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of Strafford
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 13, 1593
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: London, England
Died: May 12, 1641
 18 
Charles Algernon Parsons
(Anglo-Irish Engineer Best Known for His Invention of the 'Compound Steam Turbine')
Charles Algernon Parsons
0
Birthdate: June 13, 1854
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: February 11, 1931
 19 
John Gardner
(English Spy and Novelist, Best Known for His 'James Bond' Continuation Novels)
John Gardner
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 20, 1926
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Northumberland, England
Died: August 3, 2007
 20 
George Darwin
(British Barrister, Astronomer and the Second Son of Naturalist Charles Darwin)
George Darwin
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 9, 1845
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Down House, Downe, Kent, England
Died: December 7, 1912
 21 
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
(Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 13, 1730
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Wentworth, Yorkshire, England
Died: July 1, 1782
 22 
Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn
(Field marshal)
Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 6, 1801
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: October 16, 1885
 23 
James Joseph Sylvester
(Former Mathematician who made fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory, and combinatorics)
James Joseph Sylvester
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 3, 1814
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: March 15, 1897
 24 
Rudolf Peierls
(British Physicist Who Played a Major Role in 'Tube Alloys')
Rudolf Peierls
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 5, 1907
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: September 19, 1995
 25 
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle
(Courtier)
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 16, 1593
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Handsworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died: December 25, 1676
 26 
John Vincent
(Writer)
John Vincent
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: September 28, 1971
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London , England
 27 
John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley
(Businessman)
John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 20, 1948
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
 28 
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
(Politician)
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 1, 1782
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Skelton-on-Ure, England
Died: January 28, 1859
 29 
Norman Heatley
(English Biochemist, Biologist and One of the Scientists Who Developed 'Penicillin')
Norman Heatley
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 10, 1911
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
Died: January 5, 2004
 30 
David Cox
(Statistician)
David Cox
1
Birthdate: July 15, 1924
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Birmingham, England
 31 
T. E. Hulme
(Poet & Critic)
T. E. Hulme
3
Birthdate: September 16, 1883
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Endon, England
Died: September 28, 1917
 32 
Roger Ascham
(Scholar)
Roger Ascham
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1515 AD
Birthplace: Kirby Wiske, England
Died: December 30, 1568
 33 
Edward Victor Appleton
(English Physicist Who Won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1947)
Edward Victor Appleton
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 6, 1892
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bradford, England
Died: April 21, 1965
 34 
Nevill Francis Mott
(Physicist Who Won the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physics for His Work on Electronic, Magnetic, and Disordered Systems)
Nevill Francis Mott
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 30, 1905
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Leeds, England
Died: August 8, 1996
 35 
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset
(Poet)
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1536 AD
Birthplace: Withyham, England
Died: April 19, 1608
 36 
Algernon Percy, 10th earl of Northumberland
(Aristocrat)
Algernon Percy, 10th earl of Northumberland
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 29, 1602
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Essex House, London, England
Died: October 13, 1668
 37 
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
(Diplomat)
George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 12, 1800
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: June 27, 1870
 38 
Henry Briggs
(Mathematician)
Henry Briggs
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 1, 1561
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Warleywood, Yorkshire, England
Died: January 26, 1630
 39 
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough
(Politician)
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 8, 1790
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 22, 1871
 40 
Thomas Wriothesley, 4th earl of Southampton
(Noble)
Thomas Wriothesley, 4th earl of Southampton
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 10, 1607
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: England, United Kingdom
Died: May 16, 1667
 41 
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
(Military officer, Politician)
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 28, 1724
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England
Died: September 14, 1807
 42 
Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath
(Politician)
Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 13, 1734
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hatfield, England
Died: November 19, 1796
 43 
Chris Brasher
(British Track and Field Athlete, Sports Journalist and Co-founder of the 'London Marathon')
Chris Brasher
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 21, 1928
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Georgetown, Guyana
Died: February 28, 2003
 44 
Douglas Hartree
(Mathematician)
Douglas Hartree
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 27, 1897
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cambridge, England
Died: February 12, 1958
 45 
Samantha Davies
(British Sailor)
Samantha Davies
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 23, 1974
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Portsmouth, England
 46 
Joseph Larmor
(British Physicist and Mathematician)
Joseph Larmor
10
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 11, 1857
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: County Antrim, Ireland
Died: May 19, 1942
 47 
Jayne Ozanne
(British Evangelical Anglican Known for LGBT Activism)
Jayne Ozanne
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthplace: Guernsey
 48 
Augustus Edward Hough Love
(Mathematician)
Augustus Edward Hough Love
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 17, 1863
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Weston-super-Mare, England
Died: June 5, 1940
 49 
William Painter
(Author)
William Painter
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1540 AD
Birthplace: Kent, England
Died: February 14, 1595
 50 
Edward Henry Palmer
(Explorer)
Edward Henry Palmer
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 7, 1840
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cambridge, England
Died: August 10, 1882