The following persons have served as Provost of King's College, Cambridge since its foundation in 1441.
| Provost | Appointed | |
|---|---|---|
| William Millington | 1441 | |
| John Chedworth | 1447 | |
| Robert Wodelark | 1452 | |
| Walter Field | 1479 | |
| John Dogget | 1499 | |
| John Argentine | 1501 | |
| Richard Hatton | 1508 | |
| Robert Hacomblen | 1509 | |
| Edward Fox | 1528 | |
| George Day | 1538 | |
| John Cheke | 1549 | |
| Richard Atkinson | 1553 | |
| Robert Brassie | 1556 | |
| Philip Baker | 1558 | |
| Roger Goad | 1570 | |
| Fogge Newton | 1610 | |
| William Smith | 1612 | |
| Samuel Collins | 1615 | |
| Benjamin Whichcote | 1645 | |
| James Fleetwood | 1660 | |
| Thomas Page | 1676 | |
| John Coplestone | 1681 | |
| Charles Roderick | 1689 | |
| John Adams | 1712 | |
| Andrew Snape | 1720 | |
| William George | 1743 | |
| John Sumner | 1756 | |
| William Cooke | 1772 | |
| Humphrey Sumner | 1797 | |
| George Thackeray | 1814 | |
| Richard Okes | 1850 | |
| Augustus Austen Leigh | 1889 | |
| Montague Rhodes James | 1905 | |
| Walter Durnford | 1918 | |
| Alan England Brooke | 1926 | |
| John Tresidder Sheppard | 1933 | |
| Stephen Glanville | 1954 | |
| Noel Annan | 1956 | |
| Edmund Leach | 1966 | |
| Bernard Williams | 1979 | |
| Patrick Bateson | 1988 | |
| Judith Mayhew-Jonas | 2003 | |
| Tess Atkins (acting)[1] | 2005 | |
| Ross Harrison | 2006 | |
| Michael Proctor | 2013 | |
| Gillian Tett | 2023 |