The following have been masters of Clare College, Cambridge: [1]
| Name | Image | Master from | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter de Thaxted | 1326 | University Hall at this time | |
| Ralph Kerdington | 1342 | No longer University Hall; now Clare Hall | |
| Nicholas de Brunne | 1359 | ||
| John de Donewich | 1371 | ||
| John de Charteresse | 1392 | ||
| William Radwinter | 1400 | [2] | |
| William Wymbyll | 1421 | ||
| William Gull | 1440 | ||
| William Wilflete | 1446 | ||
| John Millington | 1455 | ||
| Thomas Stoyll | 1466 | ||
| Richard Stubbs | 1470 | ||
| Gabriel Silvester | 1496 | ||
| William Woodruff | 1506 | ||
| Edmund Natures | 1514 | ||
| John Crayford | 1530 | ||
| Roland Swynbourne | 1539 | First term | |
| John Madew | 1549 | ||
| Roland Swynbourne | 1553 | Second term | |
| Thomas Baily | 1557 | ||
| Edward Leeds | 1560 | ||
| Thomas Byng | 1571 | ||
| William Smith | 1601 | ||
| Robert Scott | 1612 | ||
| Thomas Paske | 1620 | ||
| Ralph Cudworth | 1645 | ||
| Theophilus Dillingham | 1654 | 1st term | |
| Thomas Paske | 1660 | ||
| Theophilus Dillingham | 1661 | 2nd term | |
| Samuel Blythe | 1678 | ||
| William Grigg | 1713 | ||
| Charles Morgan | 1726 | ||
| John Wilcox | 1736 | ||
| Peter Godard | 1762 | ||
| John Torkington | 1781 | ||
| William Webb | 1815 | ||
| Edward Atkinson | 1856 | Priest, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1862–1863, 1868–1870, and 1876–1878 | |
| William Mollison | 1915 | Scottish mathematician | |
| Godfrey Wilson | 1929 | Australian-born politician, Member of Parliament for Cambridge University, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1935–1937 | |
| Sir Henry Thirkill | 1939 | Vice-Chancellor of the university from 1945 to 1947 | |
| Eric Ashby, Baron Ashby | 1958 | British botanist, president and vice-chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast, vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1967-1969) | |
| Robin Matthews | 1975 | Economist | |
| Sir Bob Hepple | 1993 | South African-born legal academic | |
| Tony Badger | 2003 | Paul Mellon Professor of American History (1992–2014) | |
| Anthony Grabiner, Baron Grabiner | | 2014 | British barrister, peer in the House of Lords, President of the University of Law since 2015 |
| Loretta Minghella | | 2021 | Former CEO of Christian Aid and served as the First Church Estates Commissioner |
