Columbia University alumni

Taylor Ortega is an American actress and comedian. She starred in the series Welcome to Flatch (2022–2023) and Big Mistakes (2026–).

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and politician who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on the debates of the Constituent Assembly of India and the first draft of Sir Benegal Narsing Rau. Ambedkar served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. He later renounced Hinduism and converted to Buddhism, inspiring the Dalit Buddhist movement.

Alexander Hamilton was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 under the presidency of George Washington. He also founded America's first political party, the Federalist Party, in 1791.

American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1981)

American theoretical physicist (1933-2021)

American actress and singer-songwriter

President of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2021 (17 11 2006

American physicist (1898–1988)

American actress, director, and producer

American mathematician and physicist

American scientist (1927–2014)

American writer (1878–1968)

American director, producer and screenwriter (1924–2011)

American film director and screenwriter

American physicist

American historian, philosopher and writer (1885–1981)

American anthropologist and folklorologist (1887-1948)

Anthony Perkins was an American actor. Born in Manhattan, he began his acting career as a teenager in summer stock theatre, and appeared in films prior to his Broadway debut. His first film role was in The Actress (1953). That same year, he debuted on Broadway in Tea and Sympathy, a performance for which he received critical acclaim.

American physicist

American biologist and historian of science (1941–2002)

American economist (1924–2023)

African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891–1960)

Nobel prize winning American chemist (1942-2021)

American biochemist

American cellist (born 1955)

German American biochemist (1912–2000)

Venezuelan politician and lawyer

American molecular biologist

1st General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

American chemist (1917–2012)

American computer scientist (1924–2007)

American biologist, biochemist, physiologist and Nobel laureate (1906–1997)

American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer (born 1975)

American-Canadian actress

American writer (1917–1967)

Chinese scientist and revolutionary (born 1961)

American singer (born 1941)

Canadian-American professor of economics and Nobel Laureate (1914-1996)

American biochemist (1911–1980)

American actress (1910–2000)

American film producer (1902–1965)

James Francis Gunn Jr. is an American filmmaker. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with Tromeo and Juliet (1996). He then began working as a director, starting with the horror-comedy film Slither (2006), and moving to the superhero genre with Super (2010), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), The Suicide Squad (2021), and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).

American sociologist and economic historian (1930–2019)

geneticist and evolutionary biologist (1900-1975)

American chemist (1943–2026)

American author (1914–1986)

Swedish politician (born 1928)

American writer (1915-2019)

Polish-American novelist

Japanese-American singer-songwriter

Israeli scientist, 4th President of Israel (1973–1978) - (born 1916-2009)

former Vice President for Strategic Affairs of Iran

French lawyer, politician and author (1928–2024)

American actress and model (born. 1980)

American economist and investor (1894-1976)

American dramatist and screenwriter (1905-1984)

American novelist, screenwriter and playwright (1931-2018)

Polish economist and politician

Polish-American psychologist (1907-1996)

President of Paraguay since 2023