Columbia Law School alumni

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving US president and the only one to have served more than two terms. His first two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth focused on US involvement in World War II. A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt served in the New York State Senate from 1911 to 1913 and as the 44th governor of New York from 1929 to 1932.

Georgian-Ukrainian politician, former President of Georgia, former Governor of Odesa

American lawyer and jurist (1933–2020)

American lawyer and diplomat (born 1962) and former United States Secretary of State (2021–2025)

Italian politician (born 1938)

American singer, actor, and political activist (1898–1976)

Caroline Bouvier Kennedy is an American author, diplomat, and attorney. She served as the United States ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017 and ambassador to Australia from 2022 to 2024. Most of Kennedy's professional life has been in literature, law, politics, education reform, and charity. She is a member of the Kennedy family and the only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

American jurist; Chief Justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941 (1862–1948)

American politician (1920-1998)

American film director (1920–1989)

American entrepreneur, attorney and political candidate (born 1975)

American author (1913–1987)

Croatian tennis player

American politician (1902–1971)

United States Attorney General from 2009 to 2015

American diplomat (1856–1946)

Commissioner of the National Basketball Association (1942–2020)

American librettist, lyricist, theatrical producer, and director of musicals (1895–1960)

Governor of New York from 1995 to 2006

Roy Marcus Cohn was an American lawyer and prosecutor. He first gained fame as a prosecutor of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in their trials (1952–1953) and as Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954. Cohn had been assisting McCarthy's investigations of suspected communists. In the 1970s and during the 1980s, he became a prominent legal and political fixer in New York City. He represented and mentored Donald Trump during Trump's early business career.

U.S. Army soldier during WWII, lawyer, intelligence officer and diplomat, head of the OSS (1883-1959)

Governor of California from 1999 to 2003

Austrian lawyer and politician

US Supreme Court justice from 1939 to 1975

American politician (1869-1950)

United States federal judge (1870-1938)

American billionaire and heir

American lawyer and diplomat (born 1959)

American intelligence agent (1920–1996)

American lawyer and political advisor

chief justice of the United States from 1941 to 1946

American politician, lawyer, and the 24th Governor of Montana

American lawyer, eugenicist, and conservationist (1865–1937)

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, lawyer (1928-1999)

American lawyer

Turkish-American online news show host (born 1970)

American political activist & writer (1933-)

American actor (1883-1956)

American rower

baseball player, spy (1902–1972)

American politician (1928-2020)

4th United States Secretary of Homeland Security (born 1957)

American politician (1882-1927)

American actor and film director (born 1939)

American politician (1910-1999)

American journalist and politician (1820–1869)

American business executive and attorney

American scholar, writer, explorer and diplomat (1840–1890)

American politician (1873–1931)

Chinese politician (1891-1973)

Austrian human rights lawyer

American politician (1848-1919)

US Supreme Court justice from 1898 to 1925

American sports team owner

American judge

American film producer (1933–2015)

American actress

United States Air Force general (1896-1987)

United States ambassador

American tennis player (1894–1973)