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List RulesPeople on this list must have gone to Newnham College, Cambridge and be of some renown.
List of famous alumni from Newnham College, Cambridge, with photos when available. Prominent graduates from Newnham College, Cambridge include celebrities, politicians, business people, athletes and more. This list of distinguished Newnham College, Cambridge alumni is loosely ordered by relevance, so the most recognizable celebrities who attended Newnham College, Cambridge are at the top of the list. This directory is not just composed of graduates of this school, as some of the famous people on this list didn't necessarily earn a degree from Newnham College, Cambridge.
List features graduates like Emma Thompson and Sylvia Plath.
This list answers the questions “Which famous people went to Newnham College, Cambridge?” and “Which celebrities are Newnham College, Cambridge alumni?”...more
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Emma Thompson
Comedian, Film ProducerDame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is an English actress, screenwriter, activist,... more2
Sylvia Plath
Poet, NovelistSylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and... more- 3
Rosalind Franklin
Physicist, ChemistRosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was an English chemist and X-ray... more - 4
Clare Balding
Journalist, JockeyClare Victoria Balding (born 29 January 1971) is a broadcaster, journalist and author. She... more - 5
Germaine Greer
Journalist, ProfessorGermaine Greer (; born 29 January 1939) is an Australian writer and public intellectual,... more - 6
Joan Bakewell
Television presenter, JournalistJoan Dawson Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell, (née Rowlands; born 16 April 1933) is an English... more - 7
Iris Murdoch
Novelist, AuthorDame Jean Iris Murdoch (; 15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was a British novelist and... more - 8
Miriam Margolyes
Actor, Voice actingMiriam Margolyes, (; born 18 May 1941) is a British-Australian actress and voice artist. Her... more - 9
Jane Ellen Harrison
WriterJane Ellen Harrison (9 September 1850 – 15 April 1928) was a British classical scholar and... more 
10Charlotte Wilson
Charlotte Mary Wilson (6 May 1854, Kemerton, Worcestershire – 28 April 1944,... more- 11
A. S. Byatt
Poet, NovelistDame Antonia Susan Duffy HonFBA (née Drabble; born 24 August 1936), known professionally as... more - 12
Olivia Williams
ActorOlivia Haigh Williams (born 26 July 1968) is a British actress, film, stage, and television... more - 13
Patricia Hewitt
PoliticianPatricia Hope Hewitt (born 2 December 1948) is an Australian-born British Labour politician,... more - 14
Jane Goodall
Anthropologist, ResearcherDame Jane Morris Goodall (; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on 3 April 1934), formerly... more - 15
Audrey Richards
AnthropologistAudrey Isabel Richards, CBE, FBA (8 July 1899 – 29 June 1984), was a pioneering British social... more - 16
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
AstronomerCecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin (née Payne; (1900-05-10)May 10, 1900 – (1979-12-07)December 7,... more - 17
Julie Etchingham
Journalist, ActorJulie Anne Etchingham (born 21 August 1969) is an English television newsreader and journalist... more - 18
Susan Sutherland Isaacs
Psychoanalyst, PsychologistSusan Sutherland Isaacs, CBE (née Fairhurst; 24 May 1885 – 12 October 1948; also known as... more - 19
Salley Vickers
Novelist, WriterSalley Vickers (born 1948 in Liverpool) is a British novelist whose works include Miss... more - 20
Margaret Anstee
DiplomatDame Margaret Joan Anstee, DCMG (25 June 1926 – 25 August 2016) was a British diplomat who... more - 21
Philippa Fawcett
MathematicianPhilippa Garrett Fawcett (4 April 1868 – 10 June 1948) was an English mathematician and... more - 22
Diane Abbott
PoliticianDiane Julie Abbott (born 27 September 1953) is a British politician serving as the Member of... more - 23
Patricia Duncker
NovelistPatricia Marjory Duncker (born 29 June 1951) is a British novelist and academic.... more - 24
Camilla Wedgwood
AnthropologistCamilla Hildegarde Wedgwood (25 March 1901 - 17 May 1955) was a British anthropologist and... more - 25
Penelope Leach
Psychologist, AuthorPenelope Jane Leach (née Balchin; born November 19, 1937), is a British psychologist who... more
