List of Imperial College London people

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This is a list of Imperial College London people, including notable students and staff from the various historical institutions which are now part of Imperial College. Students who later became academics at Imperial are listed in the alumni section only to avoid duplication.

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Alumni

Scientists and engineers

Chemists

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Geoffrey Wilkinson, Nobel laureate chemist

Engineers

Mathematicians and statisticians

Medicine

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Sir Alexander Fleming
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David Livingstone

Physicists

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Lord Penney

Politicians

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Rajiv Gandhi, Former Prime Minister of India
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Julius Vogel, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

Business people

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Otto Beit

Others

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Brian May
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H.G. Wells
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Roger Bannister

Staff

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Thomas Henry Huxley

Chemists

Engineers

Mathematicians and statisticians

Physicists

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Patrick Blackett, Nobel laureate in physics
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Abdus Salam, Nobel laureate in physics

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