Famous Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge - Celebrities from Trinity College, Cambridge - page 2

Founded by Henry VIII in 1546, Trinity College, Cambridge enthralls its students as well as pupils from the whole of the United Kingdom. The breathtaking campus is not just scenic but is renowned for the quality education it provides. Students receiving education here turn out to be famous personalities, and excel in different genres. Currently the home of 600 undergraduates, 300 graduates, and over 180 Fellows, Trinity College, Cambridge aspire students with its alumni, who have achieved heights in their career. Isaac Newton, an English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist studied in this college. Ernest Rutherford, known as the father of nuclear physics and a recipient of the Nobel Prize for “investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances” joined Trinity as a research student at the Cavendish Laboratory under J.J. Thomson. Srinivasa Ramanujan, the other prominent alumnus from the Trinity College, Cambridge is popularly known for his theorems and contributions towards mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions. Some other distinguished personalities who received their education from the Trinity College, Cambridge include poet Lord Byron, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, Soviet spies Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, and Anthony Blunt. Besides, Trinity is the only college to achieve 32 Nobel Prizes, 5 Fields Medals in mathematics, and 1 Abel Prize. To find out the other famous alumni from the Trinity College Cambridge, keep reading.

Check out the list of notable Trinity College, Cambridge alumni. Some of the notable Trinity College, Cambridge students are Isaac Newton, Jawaharlal Nehru, Charles, Prince of Wales, Lord Byron and Srinivasa Ramanujan.

The Most Famous Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Aleister CrowleyOctober 12, 1875BritishAleister Crowley was an occultist and ceremonial magician who founded the ethical philosophy of Thelema
Isaac NewtonJanuary 4, 1643BritishIsaac Newton was an English scientist and mathematician, who discovered gravitation and Newtonian Mechanics
J. J. ThomsonDecember 18, 1856BritishJ.J
Alfred North WhiteheadFebruary 15, 1861British, AmericanAlfred North Whitehead was a famous British Mathematician, who co-authored the historical ‘Principia Mathematica’ with Bertrand Russell
Mel GiedroycJune 15, 1968BritishMel Giedroyc an English television presenter, comedian and who rose to fame as presenter of the show ‘The Great British Bake Off’
William Henry BraggJuly 2, 1862BritishSir William Henry Bragg was a British scientist who shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his son, William Lawrence Bragg
William Makepeace ThackerayJuly 18, 1811BritishWilliam Thackeray was an English novelist and satirist
Muhammad IqbalNovember 9, 1877PakistaniMuhammad Iqbal was a philosopher, poet and politician in British India and is regarded as being the inspiration behind the Pakistan movement
Arthur CayleyAugust 16, 1821BritishArthur Cayley was a noted British mathematician
Christopher AlexanderOctober 4, 1936AmericanChristopher Wolfgang Alexander is a renowned architect popular for his trendsetting designs
Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian

Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian

Edgar Adrian was an English electrophysiologist who was one of the winners of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology

BritishNovember 30, 1889136 views

Henry Hallett Dale

Sir Henry Hallett Dale was a British physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1936

BritishJune 9, 1875120 views

Archibald Hill

Archibald Vivian Hill was a Nobel Laureate English physiologist who is credited for discovering the production of heat in muscles

BritishSeptember 26, 1886192 views

Francis William Aston

Francis William Aston was a British scientist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Martin Ryle

Sir Martin Ryle was a British astronomer who was one of the joint winners of Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974

BritishSeptember 27, 1918150 views

Brian Josephson

Brian Josephson is a Welsh theoretical physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 for his prediction of the Josephson Effect

BritishJanuary 4, 194087 views

Ernest Walton

Ernest Walton was an Irish physicist who shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Crockcroft for their work on splitting the atomic nucleus

IrishOctober 6, 1903124 views

Austen Chamberlain

Austen Chamberlain was a British statesman who was awarded Nobel Peace Prize for his role in negotiating the Locarno Pact

BritishOctober 16, 1863113 views

Lee Hsien Loong

Lee Hsien Loong is the current Prime Minister of Singapore

Frederick Gowland Hopkins

Fredrick Gowland Hopkins was a Nobel Prize winning biochemist who discovered vitamins

BritishJune 20, 1861148 views