Columbia University fellows

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

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.

Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)

Liberian peace activiste (born 1972)

Austrian chancellor

politician and businessman from Hong Kong

British writer

French-American biologist

American women's rights activist

Swiss neurobiologist

British Astronomer

American historian (1896–1973)