Cornell University Notable Alumni

Check out the list of notable Cornell University alumni. Some of the notable Cornell University students are Bill Maher, Bill Nye, Ann Coulter, Kurt Vonnegut and Abraham Maslow.

Located in Ithaca, New York, Cornell University is a private Ivy League and federal land-grant doctoral university. Being one of three private land-grant universities in the United States and the only one in New York, the beautiful campus sprawls over a wide area of more than 4300 acres, including Cornell Botanic Gardens. One of the main features that make Cornell University stand a class apart is its non-sectarian approach to education, which has created an atmosphere where diversity thrives like never before. Hailing from over 120 countries, the student body comprises of over 21,000 students. Cornell University was deemed 16th in the QS World University Rankings and 19th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the year 2016-17. Essentially being a research university, it is also ranked fourth in the world for individuals who pursue PhDs in engineering and natural sciences at American establishments. The university enjoys a prestigious list of alumni’s who have made it huge, in different walks of life. With 34 Marshall Scholars, 29 Rhodes Scholars, 29 Truman Scholars and 7 Gates Scholars, the numbers speak louder than words about Cornell’s quality of education. Richard Baker, John B. Bell and Lou Abin are some of the prominent alumni’s of the university, who have contributed immensely to various fields of study. Here is a list of notable alumni’s of Cornell University who have been a source of inspiration in their respective areas of expertise.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg
(Associate Justice of US Supreme Court)

15 March 1933

American

Ann Coulter

08 December 1961

American

Bill Maher
(Talk Show Host)

20 January 1956

American

Ratan Tata
(Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons)

28 December 1937

Indian

Bill Nye

27 November 1955

American

Kurt Vonnegut
(American writer)

11 November 1922

American

Jimmy Smits
(Actor)

09 July 1955

American

Jane Lynch
(Actress)

14 July 1960

American

Allen Funt
(Television Host)

16 September 1914

American

Huey Lewis

05 July 1950

American

Abraham Maslow

01 April 1908

American

Toni Morrison
(American novelist)

18 February 1931

American

Gabrielle Giffords
(Political Leader)

08 June 1970

American

Harry Chapin
(Singer)

07 December 1942

American

Mae Jemison
(First African American Woman To Travel To Space)

17 October 1956

American

Kate Snow
(TV Journalist)

10 May 1969

American

Howard Hawks
(Director)

30 May 1896

American

Alan Keyes
(Activist)

07 August 1950

American

Steven Weinberg

03 May 1933

American

Barbara McClintock
(Scientist)

16 June 1902

American

Joyce Brothers
(American psychologist)

20 October 1927

American

Richard Meier
(Architect & Abstract Artist)

12 October 1934

American

Isidor Isaac Rabi
(Physicist)

29 July 1898

American

Robert W. Holley
(Biochemist)

28 January 1922

American

Pearl Buck
(American writer)

26 June 1892

American

Nora Stanton Blatch Barney
(Civil Engineer, Architect, Women’s Rights Activists)

30 September 1883

American

Kate Gleason
(Mechanical Engineer)

25 November 1865

American

Olive Dennis
(Civil Engineer)

20 November 1885

American

Willis Carrier
(Engineer, Inventor)

26 November 1876

American

Keith Olbermann
(Television presenter, Writer, Journalist)

27 January 1959

American

Bryan Colangelo
(Basketball player)

01 June 1965

American

Thomas Pynchon
(Writer, Novelist, Essayist, Science fiction writer)

08 May 1937

American

Freeman Dyson
(Mathematician, Theoretical physicist, Nuclear scientist, Professor)

15 December 1923

British,American

Peter Yarrow
(Singer, Composer, Songwriter, Singer-songwriter, Guitarist)

31 May 1938

American

Pearl S. Buck
(American writer)

26 June 1892

American

Francis Fukuyama
(Writer, Political scientist, Blogger, Economist)

27 October 1952

American

Harold Bloom
(Literary historian, Writer, Professor, Literary critic, Journalist)

11 July 1930

American

Norbert Wiener
(Mathematician, Autobiographer, University teacher, Psychologist, Computer scientist)

26 November 1894

American

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
(Writer, Philosopher, University teacher, Translator, Professor, Literary critic)

24 February 1942

Indian

Thomas Nagel
(Philosopher, University teacher, Writer)

04 July 1937

American

Paul Wolfowitz
(Political scientist, Diplomat, Politician, Economist, Banker)

22 December 1943

American

Gad Saad

13 October 1964

Canadian

Douglas H. Ginsburg
(Judge)

25 May 1946

American

Ming Tsai
(Restaurateur, Squash player, Actor)

29 March 1964

American

Michael Schwerner
(Social Reformer)

06 November 1939

American

Henry Heimlich
(Physician, University teacher)

03 February 1920

American

Robert Moog
(Inventor, Engineer, University teacher)

23 May 1934

American

Lee Teng-hui
(Agricultural economist, Politician)

15 January 1923

Taiwanese

Urie Bronfenbrenner
(Psychologist, Academic, University teacher, Writer)

29 April 1917

American

Margaret Bourke-White
(Photographer, War photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist)

14 June 1904

American

Robert Tappan Morris
(Computer scientist, Scientist, Professor)

08 November 1965

American

Thelma Schoonmaker
(Film editor)

03 January 1940

American

Sandra Fluke
(Lawyer)

17 April 1981

American

Arthur Laurents
(Screenwriter, Librettist, Playwright, Writer)

14 July 1917

American

André Balazs

31 January 1957

American

Ken Blanchard
(Author, Entrepreneur, Writer, Motivational speaker, Consultant)

06 May 1939

American

Richard Pipes
(Historian, Writer, University teacher)

11 July 1923

Polish,American

Václav Klaus
(Politician, Economist, Educationist)

19 June 1941

Czech

David Starr Jordan
(Botanist, Peace activist, Zoologist, Autobiographer, Ichthyologist)

19 January 1851

American

Peter Eisenman
(Architect, University teacher)

11 August 1932

American

Rick Elice
(Actor, Stage actor)

17 November 1956

American

Peter Revson
(Formula One driver, Motorcycle racer, Racecar driver)

27 February 1939

American

Eric W. Weisstein
(Mathematician, Astronomer, Non-fiction writer)

18 March 1969

American

Hu Shih
(Diplomat, Professor, Journalist)

17 December 1891

Taiwanese

Margaret Floy Washburn
(Psychologist)

25 July 1871

American

Hubert Reeves
(Popularizer of science, Astrophysicist, Science writer)

13 July 1932

Canadian

Val A. Browning
(Businessperson)

20 August 1895

American

Frank Rosenblatt
(Psychologist, Computer scientist)

11 July 1928

American

Diane Ackerman
(Poet, Author, Writer)

07 October 1948

American

Jack W. Szostak
(Biologist, Molecular biologist, Geneticist, Physician, Professor)

09 November 1952

Canadian,Polish,British,American

Lawrence Halprin
(Architect)

01 July 1916

American

Alan Krueger
(Economist, University teacher)

17 September 1960

American

Robert F. Engle
(Economist, Statistician, University teacher)

10 November 1942

American

Tom DeMarco
(Writer, Engineer, Computer scientist)

20 August 1940

American

Hendrik Willem van Loon
(Writer, Historian, Journalist, Children's writer)

14 January 1882

American

Bruce Ames
(Biochemist, University teacher, Chemist)

16 December 1928

American

Pietro Belluschi
(Architect)

18 August 1899

Italian,American

George Jean Nathan
(Journalist, Film critic, Writer)

14 February 1882

American

Joseph Emilio Abaya
(Politician)

28 May 1966

Filipino

Wilson Greatbatch
(Engineer, Inventor)

06 September 1919

British,American

Julian Steward
(Anthropologist)

31 January 1902

American

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