List of masters of Magdalene College, Cambridge

The following have served as masters of Magdalene College, Cambridge:

• 1544–1546: Robert Evans
• 1546–1559: Richard Carre
• 1559–1576: Roger Kelke
• 1576–1577: Richard Howland
• 1577–1582: Degory Nicholls
• 1582–1593: Thomas Nevile
• 1593–1595: Richard Clayton
• 1595–1604: John Palmer
• 1604–1626: Barnabas Gooch
• 1626–1642: Henry Smyth
• 1642–1650: Edward Rainbow
• 1650–1660: John Sadler
• 1660–1664: Edward Rainbow
• 1664–1668: John Howorth
• 1668–1679: James Duport
• 1679–1690: John Peachell
• 1690–1713: Gabriel Quadring
• 1713–1740: Daniel Waterland
• 1740–1746: Edward Abbott
• 1746–1760: Thomas Chapman
• 1760–1774: George Sandby
• 1774–1781: Barton Wallop
• 1781–1797: Peter Peckard
• 1797–1813: William Gretton
• 1813–1853: George Neville-Grenville
• 1853–1904: Latimer Neville, 6th Baron Braybrooke
• 1904–1915: Stuart Alexander Donaldson
• 1915–1925: Arthur Christopher Benson
• 1925–1947: Allen Beville Ramsay
• 1947–1966: Sir Henry Willink
• 1966–1978: Walter Hamilton
• 1978–1985: Sir Derman Christopherson
• 1985–1994: Sir David Calcutt
• 1994–2002: Sir John Gurdon
• 2002–2012: Duncan Robinson CBE
• 2013–2020: Rowan Williams, Lord Williams of Oystermouth FBA FRSL FLSW
• 2020–: Sir Christopher Greenwood^[1]