University of Cambridge — Alumni

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Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton

1642 – 1727 · Age 84
Deceased
Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

1809 – 1882 · Age 73
Deceased
Lord Byron

Lord Byron

1788 – 1824 · Age 36
Deceased
Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

1942 – 2018 · Age 76
Deceased
Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

1872 – 1970 · Age 97
Deceased
Erasmus

Erasmus

1466 – 1536 · Age 69
Deceased
Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

1899 – 1977 · Age 78
Deceased
Karl Popper

Karl Popper

1902 – 1994 · Age 92
Deceased
Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall

1934 – 2025 · Age 91
Deceased
Muhammad Iqbal

Muhammad Iqbal

1877 – 1938 · Age 60
Deceased
Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen

1933 · Age 92
Alive
Thomas Robert Malthus

Thomas Robert Malthus

1766 – 1834 · Age 68
Deceased
Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe

1564 – 1593 · Age 29
Deceased
John Donne

John Donne

1572 – 1631 · Age 59
Deceased
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

1824 – 1907 · Age 83
Deceased
Alfred North Whitehead

Alfred North Whitehead

1861 – 1947 · Age 86
Deceased
William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray

1811 – 1863 · Age 52
Deceased
Francis Crick

Francis Crick

1916 – 2004 · Age 88
Deceased
Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

1959 · Age 66
Alive
Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer

1939 · Age 87
Alive
A. A. Milne

A. A. Milne

1882 – 1956 · Age 74
Deceased
Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser

1552 – 1599 · Age 47
Deceased
Dian Fossey

Dian Fossey

1932 – 1985 · Age 53
Deceased
John Cleese

John Cleese

1939 · Age 86
Alive
Francis Galton

Francis Galton

1822 – 1911 · Age 88
Deceased