List of alumni of King's College London

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Alumni of King's College London comprise notable graduates as well as non-graduate former, and current, students. Those who studied at institutions later merged with King's College London may be considered alumni by extension. The list does not include those whose only connection with the college is (i) being a member of the staff, or (ii) the conferral of an honorary degree or honorary fellowship.

Government and politics

Heads of state and government

President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel (MA)
Prime Minister of Jordan Marouf al-Bakhit (PhD, 1990)
President and Prime Minister of Seychelles France-Albert René (LLB, 1957)
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 Bahamas Sir Lynden Pindling Prime Minister (1969–1992)
Premier (1967–1969)
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 British Indian Ocean Territory Peter Hayes Commissioner (2012–2016) [3]
 British Indian Ocean Territory John Kittmer Commissioner (2016–2017) [4]
 British Virgin Islands Augustus Jaspert Governor (2017–2021) [5]
 Cyprus Tassos Papadopoulos President (2003–2008) [6]
 Cyprus Glafcos Clerides President (1993–2003) [7][8]
 Czech Republic Petr Pavel President (2023–) [9]
 Falkland Islands Nigel Phillips Governor (2017–2022) [10]
 Ghana William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel Governor-General (1957–1960) [11]
 Gibraltar Ed Davis Governor (2016–2020) [12]
 Grenada Maurice Bishop President (1979–1983) [13]
 Iraq Abdul-Rahman al-Bazzaz Prime Minister (1965–1966) [14]
 Ireland Michael Collins Chairman of the Irish Provisional Government (1922) [15][16]
 Jordan Marouf al-Bakhit Prime Minister (2005–2007; 2011) [17][18]
 Mauritius Eddy Balancy Acting President (2019) [19]
 Moldova Natalia Gherman Acting Prime Minister (2015) [20][21]
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Nigel Phillips Governor (2022–) [10]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Sir Lee Moore Prime Minister (1979–1980) [22]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sir Sydney Gun-Munro Governor (1976–1979)
Governor-General (1979–1985)
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 Seychelles France-Albert René Prime Minister (1976–1977)
President (1977–2004)
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 Turks and Caicos Islands Martin Bourke Governor (1993–1996) [26]
 Turks and Caicos Islands John Freeman Governor (2016–2019) [27]
 Uganda Godfrey Binaisa President (1979–1981) [28]
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United Kingdom

Current Members of the House of Commons

Current Members of the House of Lords

Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey (BD, 1962)
Crossbench peer Lord Carlile (LLB, 1969)

Other UK politicians

Speaker of the House of Commons James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater (AKC)
Speaker of the House of Commons Horace King, Baron Maybray-King (BA, 1922; PhD, 1940)
Sidney Webb, Labour peer and co-founder of the London School of Economics

Other politicians

Europe

Americas

Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Anne McLellan (LLM, 1975)

Asia

Malaysian Foreign Minister Rais Yatim (PhD, 1994)

Middle East

Africa

Vice President of Sierra Leone Abdulai Conteh (LLB, 1969)
Vice President of Kenya Michael Kijana Wamalwa (LLB, 1968)

Oceania

Diplomatic service

Royalty and nobility

Lawyers and judges

Judges

Attorneys General

Other lawyers

Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Ahmad Khan (LLB)

Police and security specialists

Armed forces

Head of armed forces or an armed forces' service branch

Other military officers

Academics

Heads of institutions

Sir Anthony Seldon (PGCE, 1983)

Historians

Theologians

Others

Polymath Sir Francis Galton (Medicine, 1839)

Scientists

Biologists

Winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Sir Michael Houghton (Ph.D. 1977) co-discoverer of Hepatitis C in 1989
Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Michael Levitt (BSc, 1967)
Raymond Gosling (PhD, 1954) took Photograph 51 which was critical evidence in identifying the structure of DNA

Botanists

Computer scientists

Chemists

Earth scientists

Medicine

1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate and President of the Royal Society Sir Frederick Hopkins (Medicine)
1951 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate Max Theiler (Medicine)

Nurses

Physicists and astronomers

Theorist of the Higgs boson and winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics Peter Higgs (BSc, 1950; MSc, 1952; PhD, 1954)

Zoologists

Mathematicians

Religion

Archbishop, Primates and religious leaders

Catholic Archbishop of Addis Abeba Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel
Archbishop Desmond Tutu (BD, 1965, MTh 1966) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984

Bishops

Archdeacons

Deans

Other religious figures

Arts and media

Authors

Science fiction writer Sir Arthur C. Clarke (BSc, 1948)
Writer and philosopher Alain de Botton (MPhil, 1992)
Novelist and poet Thomas Hardy (French, 1863)
Author and poet Sir Michael Morpurgo (BA, 1967)
Dramatist Sir W. S. Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan (BA, 1856)
Writer Virginia Woolf (Languages, 1901)

Media, entertainment, film and theatre

Impressionist and comedian Rory Bremner (BA, 1984)
Oscar-winning actress Greer Garson (BA, 1926)

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Journalists

Editors

Other journalists

Musicians

Grammy Award-winning conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner (CAMS, 1966)
Golden Globe-winning composer Michael Nyman (BMus, 1971)

Artists and photographers

Business and economics

Company founders

CEOs and business people

Sport

Four-time Olympic medal winner Dame Katherine Grainger (PhD, 2013)
Harry Gem, inventor of the lawn tennis

Architects

Engineers

Famous civil engineer Sir John Wolfe-Barry, whose project was the building of the now iconic London Tower Bridge

Educators

Other

Sir Ivison Macadam, KCLSU President in 1922 and became the Founding President of the UK's National Union of Students
Thomas Armitage, founder of the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)

References

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