Abdullah II of Jordan , current ruler of Jordan William Adams , religious writer and essayistPatience Agbabi , performance poetHilarion Alfeyev , Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church , theologian, composerFrancis Beaumont , playwrightMichael Bettaney , a former MI5 intelligence officer convicted of Official Secrets Act offences in 1984Tanya Beckett , journalist and TV presenterSir William Blackstone , juristEdmund Bonner , bishop, known as 'Bloody Bonner'Kevin Brennan , Labour politician, MP for Cardiff West Sir Thomas Browne , seventeenth-century authorIan Burnett, Baron Burnett of Maldon , Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (2017–2023)Pete Buttigieg , Mayor of South Bend, Indiana and 2020 Democratic presidential candidateWilliam Camden , antiquarian and historianJohn Charmley , Professor of Modern History at the University of East Anglia Oz Clarke , oenophile and broadcasterEd Conway , the first Economics Editor of Sky News Richard Corbet , Bishop of Oxford and Norwich, was a student resident in Broadgates Hall before it became Pembroke CollegeBenjamin Cox , English Baptist minister, student resident in Broadgates Hall before it became Pembroke CollegeDavid Cracknell , former Sunday Times Political EditorMary Creagh , Labour politicianThomas Percival Creed , Principal Queen Mary, University of London ; Vice-Chancellor University of London Julian Critchley , journalist and Conservative politicianCaryn Davies Rowing, World Championships, Olympic Games Gold medalDenzil Davies , Labour politicianMaria Eagle , Labour government ministerJen Easterly , Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Alun Evans , Co-founder of BUSA and Chief Executive Officer of Football Association of Wales J. William Fulbright , Democratic U.S. Senator representing Arkansas Stefan Gates , food & cookery writer and television presenterHannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson , Icelandic political philosopher and writerJosh Gottheimer , U.S. Representative from New JerseyDavid Allen Green , lawyer and legal writerTim Griffin , U.S. Representative from ArkansasJohn Hattendorf , maritime historianCharles Hawtrey (19th century actor) George Procter Hawtrey , actor and playwrightMichael Heseltine , former Conservative Deputy Prime Minister and publisherTom Hunt , serving Member of Parliament for IpswichWalter Isaacson , author and President and CEO of the Aspen Institute Samuel Johnson , lexicographer, biographer, writer, poetJohn Jordan , poet, writer, literary critic, editor, academic and broadcasterRoz Kaveney , writerCharles Kempe , Victorian stained glass designerJohn Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard , diplomatSir Louis Addin Kershaw , judgePhilip Lader , former American ambassador to the United Kingdom, businessmanRichard Lugar , U.S. Senator from IndianaStephen McKay , academicBernard Miles , Lord Miles, actorSir John Mummery , Lord Justice of AppealViktor Orbán , Prime Minister of Hungary (1998-2002, 2010-)Tarik O'Regan , composerSukhumbhand Paribatra , 15th Governor of Bangkok , Thailand John Pym , parliamentarian and critic of Charles I of England Geoffrey Raisman , neuroscientistPeter Ricketts, Baron Ricketts , diplomatPaul Addison , academic historian of WW2 Britain and its social implicationsRoland Ritchie , former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Win Rockefeller , American philanthropist, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas Chris Rokos , hedge fund managerSir John Scott , Deputy Judge Advocate-General in Egypt, Judicial Advisor to the Khedive , 1891–98William Shenstone , 18th Century poetRadosław Sikorski , Polish politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs [2] James Smithson , mineralogist, benefactor of the Smithsonian Institution John Snagge , BBC newsreader and commentatorThe Rt Rev. Thomas Stanage , Anglican Bishop in South Africa
Samuel John Stone , Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter (The Church's One Foundation Katharine Viner , editor-in-chief of The Guardian [3] [4] Honeysuckle Weeks , actressGeorge Whitefield , leader of the Methodist movement in the eighteenth century.Chris Whitty , Chief Medical Officer for England John Orman Gilbert , resident minister to Brunei
John Krebs as a Hamilton lecturer at the 14th Behavioral Ecology Congress in Lund, Sweden (August 2012) Gerald Allen , bishop, Fellow, Dean, and Chaplain of Pembroke College (1910–20), made an Honorary Fellow in 1934Antony Andrewes , historian, Fellow (1933–46)Robert Baldick , scholar of French literatureSimon Blackburn , philosopher, former FellowThe Rt Rev. Brian Burrowes , bishop, Fellow, Lecturer, Dean and Chaplain until 1937
John Cameron, Lord Abernethy , Scottish lawyer, Honorary FellowHenry William Chandler , classical scholar, elected Fellow in 1853R. G. Collingwood , philosopher and historian.David Eastwood , academic, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham since 13 April 2009, former fellowJohn Eekelaar , law lecturer, academic director of Pembroke College (2005–2009)Charles Harding Firth , historian, Fellow in 1887Malcolm Reginald Godden , Junior Research Fellow (1969–1972), Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Oxford since May 1991.Richard Graves , minister and poetConyngham Greene , diplomat, Honorary Fellow 1917Henrietta Harrison , historian and sinologist, Fellow 2015Martha Klein , philosopher, retired in 2006John Krebs, Baron Krebs , zoologist, current Principal of Jesus College, Oxford Robert Macintosh , New Zealand-born anaesthetist, Honorary Fellow 1965Kenneth Mackenzie , Bishop of Brechin (1935–1943), Fellow, Dean and Chaplain (1905–1910)Piers Mackesy , military historian, tutor in modern history and Fellow (1954–88)Christopher Melchert , American scholar of Islam, Fellow in ArabicEdward Moore , canon of Canterbury Cathedral, Honorary Fellow of Pembroke and Queen's collegesRobert Payne , cleric, natural philosopher, second Fellow of the college in 1624Zbigniew Pełczyński , politics scholar, emeritus fellowThomas Risley , Presbyterian ministerGeorge Rolleston , physician and zoologist, Fellow 1851Colin Sheppard , engineer, Fellow (1979–89)Helen Small , Professor of English LiteratureEric Stanley , scholar of Medieval literature, Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford (1977–91)William Thomas , Welsh clergyman and academic, Fellow after 1760J. R. R. Tolkien , a Fellow from 1925 to 1945 and wrote The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings Stephen Tuck , historian[5] Christopher M. Tuckett , biblical scholar, Professor of New Testament Studies and FellowMetropolitan Kallistos Ware , English bishop in the Eastern Orthodox church, theologian, Fellow (1970–2001)
Robin Wilson , mathematician, Stipendiary Lecturer at PembrokeMichael Winterbottom , Classics ProfessorCharles Leslie Wrenn , Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon (1945–63), member of the "Inklings "
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1526 Richard Arche
1549–53 Thomas Randolph , ambassador of Elizabeth I, Principal of Broadgates Hall, which is now Pembroke College
1624–47 Thomas Clayton , the last Principal of Broadgates Hall and became the first Master of Pembroke College
1647 Henry Wightwick , when Clayton died the Fellows elected Wightwick as Master
1647–60 Henry Langley , however the Parliamentary Committee for the University elected Langley
1660–64 Henry Wightwick, restored as Master
1664–1709 John Hall
1710–14 Colwell Brickenden
1714–38 Matthew Panting , contributed to the building of the Chapel
1738–75 John Ratcliffe
1775–89 William Adams
1789–96 William Sergrove , a descendant of Thomas Tesdale 's (whose gift made Pembroke's existence possible). Died aged only 49.
1796–1809 John Smyth , one-time naval chaplain, his stories earned him the nickname 'Sinbad the Sailor'.
1809–43 George William Hall , academic administrator
1844–64 Francis Jeune , clergyman, Dean of Jersey (1838–1844)
1864–91 Evan Evans , Philipps Fellow of Pembroke College (1843–1864), serving as Tutor and senior Dean, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1878–1882)
1892–98 Bartholomew Price , mathematician, became fellow in 1844 and tutor and mathematical lecturer in 1845, one of the teachers of Lewis Carroll
1899–1918 John Mitchinson , President of the Union, teacher and Anglican priest
1918–55 Frederick Homes Dudden , theological scholar, Chaplain to King George V and George VI (1929–52), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1929–32)
1955–68 Ronald McCallum , Fellow in history in 1925
1968–75 George Pickering , had held the Regius Chair of Medicine
1975–85 Geoffrey Arthur , diplomat
1985–93 Roger Bannister , medic, best known as the first man to run the mile in under four minutes.
1993–2001 Robert Stevens , lawyer, previously Professor of Law at Yale, President of Haverford College , Chancellor of the University of California at Santa Cruz
July 2001 – July 2013 Giles Henderson CBE, Senior Partner at law firm Slaughter and May
August 2013 – June 2020 Lynne Brindley , former Chief Executive of the British Library , the United Kingdom 's national library (July 2000-July 2012)[7]
July 2020 – present Ernest Ryder , a former Lord Justice of Appeal[8] 
