The following persons have served as ProvostofKing'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 |