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This list of alumni of King's College London comprises notable graduates as well as non-graduate former, and current, students. It also includes those who may be considered alumni by extension, having studied at institutions later merged with King's College London. It 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

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Heads of state and government

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President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel (MA)
Prime Minister of Jordan Marouf al-Bakhit (PhD, 1990)
President and Prime Minister of the Seychelles France-Albert René (LLB, 1957)
state / government individual office reference
 Bahamas Sir Lynden Pindling Prime Minister (1969–1992)
Premier (1967–1969) 		[1][2]
 British Virgin Islands Augustus Jaspert Governor (2017–2021) [3]
 Cyprus Tassos Papadopoulos President (2003–2008) [4]
 Cyprus Glafcos Clerides President (1993–2003) [5][6]
 Cyprus John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton Governor (1955–1957) [7]
 Czech Republic Petr Pavel President (2023–) [8]
 Falkland Islands Nigel Phillips Governor (2017–) [9]
 Ghana William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel Governor-General (1957–1960) [10]
 Gibraltar Ed Davis Governor (2016–2020) [11]
 Grenada Maurice Bishop President (1979–1983) [12]
 Iraq Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz Prime Minister (1965–1966) [13]
 Ireland Michael Collins Chairman of the Irish Provisional Government (1922) [14][15]
 Jordan Marouf al-Bakhit Prime Minister (2005–2007; 2011) [16][17]
 Moldova Natalia Gherman Acting Prime Minister (2015) [18][19]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Sir Lee Moore Prime Minister (1979–1980) [20]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sir Sydney Gun-Munro Governor (1976–1979)
Governor-General (1979–1985) 		[21]
 Seychelles France-Albert René Prime Minister (1976–1977)
President (1977–2004) 		[1][22][23]
 Turks and Caicos Islands Martin Bourke Governor (1993–1996) [24]
 Turks and Caicos Islands John Freeman Governor (2016–2019) [25]
 Uganda Godfrey Binaisa President (1979–1981) [26]

United Kingdom

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Current Members of the House of Commons

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Current Members of the House of Lords

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

Other UK politicians

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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

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Europe

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Austrian Finance Minister Magnus Brunner (LLM)

Americas

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

Asia

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Malaysian Foreign Minister Rais Yatim (PhD, 1994)

Middle East

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Africa

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

Oceania

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Diplomatic service

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Royalty and nobility

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Lawyers and judges

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Judges

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Judge of the International Court of Justice Patrick Lipton Robinson (LLM, 1972)

Attorneys General

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Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago Faris Al-Rawi (LLM)

Other lawyers

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

Police and security specialists

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Armed forces

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Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Tony Radakin (MA, 2000)
Chief of the Air Staff Sir Michael Wigston (MA, 2004)

Head of armed forces or an armed forces' service branch

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Other military officers

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Academics

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Heads of institutions

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Sir Anthony Seldon (PGCE, 1983)

Historians

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Theologians

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Others

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Polymath Sir Francis Galton (Medicine, 1839)

Scientists

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Biologists

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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

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Computer scientists

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Chemists

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Earth scientists

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Medicine

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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

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Physicists and astronomers

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

Zoologists

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Mathematicians

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Religion

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Archbishop, Primates and religious leaders

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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

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Archdeacons

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Deans

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Other religious figures

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Arts and media

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Authors

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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

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Impressionist and comedian Rory Bremner (BA, 1984)
Oscar-winning actress Greer Garson (BA, 1926)
Further information: List of RADA alumni

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Journalists

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Editors

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Other journalists

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Musicians

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

Artists and photographers

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Business and economics

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Oil magnate and philanthropist Calouste Gulbenkian

Company founders

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CEOs and business people

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Sport

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

Architects

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Sir Banister Fletcher, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects

Engineers

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

Educators

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Other

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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)

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