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King's College London Alumni

As one of the UK’s oldest and most prestigious universities, King’s College London has shaped leaders in politics, medicine, law, literature, and the arts. From Nobel laureates to royalty, its alumni community is as historic as it is globally influential.

Alumni Name

Notable Achievement / Famous For

Degree

Graduating Year

Desmond Tutu

Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop of Cape Town

BA

1966

Florence Nightingale

Founder of modern nursing

Nursing Training

1850s

Thomas Hardy

Novelist and poet (Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd)

Studied Engineering

1860s

Peter Higgs

Theoretical physicist, Higgs boson co-namesake

BSc, PhD

1950, 1954

Princess Anne

Princess Royal, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II (Honorary Degree)

Honorary

N/A

Kunal Nayyar

Actor (The Big Bang Theory)

MA

2006

Sir Michael Morpurgo

Author (War Horse)

PGCE

1960s

Sir Iain Duncan Smith

Former UK Conservative Party Leader, Cabinet Minister

Studied

1970s (Did not graduate)

Rory Stewart

Diplomat, author, former MP

MA

2001 (Graduate School)

Frank Gardner

BBC Security Correspondent

MA

1990s

Dr. Shola Mos-Shogbamimu

Lawyer, activist, political commentator

LLM

2000s

David Trimble

Nobel Peace Prize winner, former First Minister of Northern Ireland

Law Degree

1970

Katherine Grainger

Olympic gold medalist (rowing), chair of UK Sport

LLB

1997

Levison Wood

Explorer, author, broadcaster (Walking the Nile)

MA

2010

Sarojini Naidu

Indian independence activist, poet, first woman President of Indian National Congress

Studied

1895 (Scholarship)

Shruti Haasan

Indian actress and singer

Attended

N/A

Ajaz Ahmed

Founder of AKQA (global innovation agency)

Studied

N/A

David Haye

Professional boxer, former world heavyweight champion

Studied

N/A

Monty Don

Gardener, TV presenter (Gardener’s World)

Studied

1970s (Did not graduate)

Jameela Jamil

Actress, activist (The Good Place)

Attended

N/A

Peter Hitchens

Journalist, author, political commentator

PGCE

1973

Rami Ranger

Businessman, philanthropist, member of the House of Lords

MBA

N/A

James Blunt

Singer-songwriter (You're Beautiful)

MSc

1996

Sir Roger Penrose

Nobel Prize-winning physicist (affiliated faculty)

N/A

N/A

Ann Widdecombe

Former Conservative MP and Minister

MA

1970s

Tobias Ellwood

British MP, Chair of Defence Committee

MA

1990s

Bushra Nasir

First Muslim female headteacher of a UK secondary school

BEd

1980s

Edith Cavell

WWI British nurse and martyr

Nursing Certificate

1900s

Students

102

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ers Applied

67

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ers Admitted

1,133

ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ers Interested

King's College London admitted student profiles

GRE

316

TOEFL

107

IELTS

8

Profiles that got Into King's College London

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Akshita Barwad
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IELTS 6.5

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Aditya Hari
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King's College London

IELTS 8

GRE 323

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Neha Kapadia
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King's College London

IELTS 7

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Swetha Kodiyeri
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Aiden Samuel
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King's College London

IELTS 8

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Varun Bhardwaj
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IELTS 7

GRE 312

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Yash Patil
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King's College London

GRE 291

IELTS 7

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Nandita Shekar
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King's College London

TOEFL 100

GRE 311

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