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King’s alumni

Notable alumni

Use the list below to browse some of King's most famous and illustrious alumni.

Dina Asher-Smith

Athlete
Sir Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction Author
Alain de Botton

Philosopher and author
Maureen Duffy

Poet, playwright and novelist
Rosalind Franklin

Biophysicist
Susan Gilchrist

Communications World Leader
Katherine Grainger

Olympic Rower
Helen Gwynne-Vaughan

Botanist
Thomas Hardy

Novelist and poet
Peter Higgs

Nobel Prize in Physics 2013
Susan Hill

Novelist
Thomas Hodgkin

Pathologist
Africanus Horton

Political writer and army surgeon
Helen Hudson

Tutor for Women Students
Derek Jarman

Film-maker and gay rights campaigner
John Keats

Poet
Hanif Kureshi

Writer
Michael Levitt

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013
Joseph Lister

Professor of Clinical Surgery
Charles Lyell

Professor of Geology
Edith Morley

Literary scholar and suffragette
Sir Michael Morpurgo

Celebrated children's author
Sarah Mullally

133rd Bishop of London
Sarojini Naidu

Politician
Florence Nightingale

Nurse and social reformer
Kele Okereke

Musician
Florence Otedola

DJ and philanthropist
Kofoworola Abeni Pratt

Nursing pioneer
Nancy Rothwell

Neuroscientist
Cicely Saunders

Physician
Baroness Edith Summerskill

Politician and doctor
Desmond Tutu

Nobel Prize for Peace 1984
Maurice Wilkins

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962
Virginia Woolf

Writer and Feminist icon
Sylvia Wynter

Writer and academic