The Master is the head of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and chairs the college council and governing body of the college. The following have served as Masters of Gonville and Caius College, or its forerunner, Gonville Hall. [1]
 
 | Gonville Hall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Master between | Notes | Ref(s). | ||
| John Colton | 4 June 1349 | c. 1360 | First Master of Gonville Hall | [2] | |
| William Rougham [nb 1] | c. 1360 | 1393 | He finished the College Chapel | [3] | |
| Richard Pulham | 1393 | 1412 | [4] | ||
| William Somersham | 1412 | 1416 | [5] | ||
| John Rickingale | 1416 | 1426 | Chancellor of the University (1416-22), Chancellor of York, Bishop of Chichester | [6] | |
| Thomas Attwood | 1426 | 1456 | |||
| Thomas Boleyn | c. 1456 | 1471/2 | |||
| Edmund Sheriffe | 1472 | 1476/7 | |||
| Henry Costessey | c. 1477 | 1483 | |||
| John Barly | 1483 | 1504/05 | |||
| Edmund Stubb | 1504/5 | 1513/14 | |||
| William Buckenham | 1513/14 | 1536 | |||
| John Skypp | 1536 | 1540 resigned | |||
| John Styrmin | 1540 | 1552† | |||
| Thomas Bacon | 1552 | 1558 | |||
| Gonville and Caius College | |||||
| Name | Image | Master between | Notes | Ref(s). | |
| Thomas Bacon |   | 4 September 1557 (continued) | 1 January 1559† | ||
| John Caius |   | 24 January 1559 | 27 June 1573 (nominated Legge) | ||
| Thomas Legge |   | 27 June 1573 | 12 July 1607† | ||
| William Branthwaite |   | 14 December 1607 | January 1619† | ||
| John Gostlin |   | 16 February 1619 | 21 October 1626† | ||
| Thomas Batchcroft |   | 22 October 1626 | 15 April 1649 (expelled) | ||
| William Dell |   | 4 May 1649 | 11 May 1660 (resigned) | ||
| Thomas Batchcroft |   | 11 May 1660 (restored) | 1 December 1660 (resigned) | ||
| Robert Brady |   | 1 December 1660 | 19 August 1700† | ||
| James Halman |   | 24 August 1700 | 23 December 1702† | ||
| Sir John Ellys |   | 1 January 1703 | 29 November 1716† | ||
| Sir Thomas Gooch |   | 29 November 1716 | 14 February 1754† | ||
| Sir James Burrough |   | 27 February 1754 | 7 August 1764† | ||
| John Smith |   | 17 August 1764 | 17 June 1795† | ||
| Richard Fisher Belward |   | 1 July 1795 | 16 May 1803† | ||
| Martin Davy |   | 31 May 1803 | 18 May 1839† | ||
| Benedict Chapman |   | 11 June 1839 | 23 October 1852† | ||
| Edwin Guest |   | 4 November 1852 | 8 October 1880 (resigned) | ||
| Norman Macleod Ferrers |   | 27 October 1880 | 31 January 1903† | ||
| Ernest Stewart Roberts |   | 16 February 1903 | 16 June 1912† | ||
| Sir Hugh Kerr Anderson |   | 2 July 1912 | 2 November 1928† | ||
| John Forbes Cameron |   | 23 November 1928 | 30 September 1948 | ||
| Sir James Chadwick |   | 1948 | 1959 | ||
| Sir Nevill Francis Mott |   | 1959 | 1966 | ||
| Joseph Needham |   | 1966 | 1976 | ||
| Sir William Wade |   | 1976 | 1988 | ||
| Peter Gray |   | 1988 | 1996 | ||
| Neil McKendrick |   | 1 October 1996 | 2006 | ||
| Sir Christopher Hum |   | 2006 | 2012 | ||
| Sir Alan Fersht |   | 1 October 2012 | 30 September 2018 | ||
| Pippa Rogerson |   | 1 October 2018 | 30 September 2025 | ||
| Richard Gilbertson |   | 1 October 2025 | Incumbent | [7] | |
The following have served as the president of Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from the given date.
|  | 
| President | Term of office | 
|---|---|
| James Burrough | 1751–1754 (elected Master) | 
| John Smith | 1754–1764 (elected Master) | 
| Joshua White | 1764–1766 | 
| Charles Carver [8] | 1766–1767 | 
| James Hicks [9] | 1767–1769 | 
| Bartholomew Edwards | 1769–1782 | 
| Samuel Reeve [10] | 1782–1789† | 
| Richard Fisher Belward [11] | 1790–1795 (elected Master) | 
| Thomas Cooke Burroughes [12] | 1795–1797 | 
| Martin Davy | 1798–1803 (elected Master) | 
| John Drew Borton [13] | 1803–1805 | 
| Jeremy Day [14] | 1819–1821 | 
| Hamnet Holditch [15] | 1835–1867† | 
| Benjamin Heath Drury [16] | 1868–1875 | 
| Alfred George Day [17] | 1875–1877 | 
| Benjamin Heath Drury | 1877–1894 | 
| Ernest Stewart Roberts [18] | 1894–1903 (elected Master) | 
| John Venn | 1903–1923† | 
| Edward John Gross [19] | April–Aug. 1923† | 
| William Warwick Buckland [20] | 1923–1946† | 
| F. J. M. Stratton [21] | 1946–1948 | 
| Edwin Keppel Bennett | 1948–1956 | 
| Sir Ronald Fisher | 1956–1959 | 
| Joseph Needham | 1959–1966 (elected Master) | 
| Philip Grierson | 1966–1976 | 
| Michael Prichard | 1976–1980 | 
| Iain Macpherson | 1980–1992 | 
| Sir Sam Edwards | 1992–1997 | 
| James Fitzsimons [22] | 1997–2005 | 
| W. Yao Liang [23] | 2005–2013 | 
| John Mollon [24] | 2013–2021 | 
| Peter Robinson [25] | 2021– |