Notable Alumni of Columbia University in the City of New York

Barack Obama 1961–

44th President of the United States

Bachelor of Arts · International relations, Political science · Class of 1983

Also attended: Occidental College, Harvard University, Western Seminary

Spouse: Michelle Obama (Harvard University, Princeton University)

Father: Barack Obama Sr. (Harvard University)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1882–1945

32nd President of the United States

Attended until 1907

Also attended: Harvard University

Spouse: Eleanor Roosevelt (The New School)

Father: James Roosevelt (Harvard University, Union College)

Theodore Roosevelt 1858–1919

26th President of the United States

Also attended: Harvard University

Child: Kermit Roosevelt (Harvard University)

Child: Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (Harvard University)

B. R. Ambedkar 1891–1956

Chaired committee drafting the Constitution of India

Mikheil Saakashvili 1967–

Former President of Georgia, ex-Governor of Odesa Oblast

Also attended: George Washington University, University of Miami

Madeleine Albright 1937–2022

64th US Secretary of State, first woman in the role

Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, Wellesley College

Father: Josef Korbel (University of Denver)

Child: Alice Albright (Williams College, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Alexander Hamilton 1757–1804

Founding Father and first U.S. Treasury Secretary

Child: William S. Hamilton (The United States Military Academy at West Point)

Child: Philip Hamilton (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Radovan Karadžić 1945–

Bosnian Serb politician convicted of genocide

Salome Zourabichvili 1952–

Fifth President of Georgia

Ashraf Ghani 1949–

Former President of Afghanistan

Also attended: Harvard University, Stanford University

Spouse: Rula Ghani (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Child: Mariam Ghani (New York University, School of Visual Arts)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1933–2020

Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Also attended: Harvard University, Cornell University

Spouse: Martin D. Ginsburg (Harvard University, Cornell University)

Child: Jane C. Ginsburg (University of Chicago, Harvard University)

Antony Blinken 1962–

71st U.S. Secretary of State

Juris Doctor · Class of 1988

Also attended: Harvard University

Spouse: Evan Ryan (Johns Hopkins University, Boston College)

Father: Donald M. Blinken (Harvard University)

Mauricio Macri 1959–

Former President of Argentina

Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

Mary Robinson 1944–

First female President of Ireland

Also attended: Harvard University

José Ramos-Horta 1949–

President of East Timor, 1996 Nobel Peace laureate

Also attended: Antioch College

Toomas Hendrik Ilves 1953–

Fourth President of Estonia

Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

Spouse: Ieva Ilves (Johns Hopkins University)

Giuliano Amato 1938–

Twice Prime Minister of Italy

Keiko Fujimori 1975–

President of Peru, Popular Force leader

Master of Business Administration · Class of 2008

Also attended: Boston University, Stony Brook University

Father: Alberto Fujimori (University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee)

Sibling: Kenji Fujimori (Kansas State University)

Shirley Chisholm 1924–2005

First black woman elected to U.S. Congress

Master's degree · Early childhood education · Class of 1951

Also attended: CUNY Brooklyn College, Teachers College at Columbia University

Elihu Root 1845–1937

US Secretary of State and Secretary of War

Also attended: Hamilton College, New York University

Daniel D. Tompkins 1774–1825

6th Vice President of the United States

Child: Minthorne Tompkins (Union College)

Nnamdi Azikiwe 1904–1996

First president of Nigeria

Also attended: Howard University, Lincoln University, University of Pennsylvania

Henrique Capriles 1972–

Venezuelan politician, former Governor of Miranda

John Jay 1745–1829

Founding Father and first U.S. Chief Justice

Child: William Jay (Yale University)

Child: Peter A. Jay (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Bill de Blasio 1961–

Former Mayor of New York City

Also attended: New York University

Spouse: Chirlane McCray (Wellesley College)

Karim Massimov 1965–

Former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

Nicholas Murray Butler 1862–1947

Columbia University president and Nobel Peace Prize winner

Hafizullah Amin 1929–1979

Afghan communist leader, head of state in 1979

Also attended: Teachers College at Columbia University

Caroline Kennedy 1957–

Author, attorney, former ambassador to Japan and Australia

Juris Doctor · Class of 1988

Also attended: Harvard University

Spouse: Edwin Schlossberg (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Father: John F. Kennedy (Harvard University, Princeton University)

Benjamin Mkapa 1938–2020

Former President of Tanzania

Master of Arts

Abdul El-Sayed 1984–

US senator-elect from Michigan

Doctor of Medicine · Class of 2014

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Bella Abzug 1920–1998

Lawyer, politician and women's movement leader

Also attended: CUNY Hunter College, Jewish Theological Seminary of America

Pat Buchanan 1938–

Political commentator and adviser to three US presidents

Master of Arts · Journalism

Also attended: Georgetown University

Hans Blix 1928–

Swedish former foreign minister, head of the IAEA

Alexander Haig 1924–2010

Former US Secretary of State and Army general

Also attended: Georgetown University, University of Notre Dame, The United States Military Academy at West Point

Child: Brian Haig (Georgetown University, Harvard University)

Sibling: Frank Haig (Catholic University of America)

Ephraim Katzir 1916–2009

Biophysicist and 4th President of Israel

Also attended: Harvard University, New York University

Robert Badinter 1928–2024

French justice minister who abolished the death penalty

Master of Arts

Charles Evans Hughes 1862–1948

11th Chief Justice of the United States

Also attended: Colgate University, Brown University

Child: Charles Evans Hughes Jr. (Harvard University, Brown University)

Child: Elizabeth Hughes Gossett (Barnard College)

Alfred Thayer Maan 1840–1914

US Navy admiral, historian and strategist of sea power

Also attended: United States Naval Academy

Father: Dennis Hart Mahan (The United States Military Academy at West Point)

Elaine Chao 1953–

Former US Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Transportation

Also attended: Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College

Spouse: Mitch McConnell (University of Kentucky, University of Louisville)

Father: James S.C. Chao (St John's University (NY))

Santiago Peña 1978–

Former President of Paraguay and economist

Master in Public Administration

Marek Belka 1952–

Former Prime Minister of Poland and economist

Andrew Yang 1975–

Entrepreneur and Forward Party co-chair

Juris Doctor

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, Brown University

Sixto Durán-Ballén 1921–2016

Former President of Ecuador

Also attended: Stevens Institute of Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

George Tenet 1953–

Former director of central intelligence at the CIA

Also attended: Georgetown University, State University of New York at Cortland

Wellington Koo 1887–1985

Chinese diplomat educated at Columbia University

David Paterson 1954–

55th Governor of New York

Also attended: Hofstra University

Spouse: Michelle Paige Paterson (Syracuse University)

Father: Basil A. Paterson (St John's University (NY))

Neil Gorsuch 1967–

Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1988

Also attended: Harvard University

Mother: Anne Gorsuch Burford (University of Colorado Boulder)

Karine Jean-Pierre 1974–

35th White House Press Secretary

Also attended: New York Institute of Technology

Frances Perkins 1880–1965

4th US Secretary of Labor, first female cabinet member

Master of Arts · Socioeconomics · Class of 1910

Also attended: Mount Holyoke College, University of Pennsylvania

Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz 1950–

Former Prime Minister of Poland

Mark Eyskens 1933–

Former Prime Minister of Belgium and economist

Father: Gaston Eyskens (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Hans-Gert Pöttering 1945–

Former President of the European Parliament

Park Yeon-mi 1993–

North Korean defector, conservative activist and author

Also attended: Barnard College

William Barr 1950–

77th and 85th US Attorney General

Also attended: George Washington University

Father: Donald Barr (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Charles Wilkes 1798–1877

Naval officer who led the US Exploring Expedition

Thomas E. Dewey 1902–1971

47th Governor of New York, Republican presidential nominee

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Child: Thomas E. Dewey, Jr. (Harvard University, Princeton University)

Eric Holder 1951–

82nd United States Attorney General

Beto O'Rourke 1972–

Former US representative and Democratic politician

Bachelor of Arts · English studies · Class of 1995

Gaston Eyskens 1905–1988

Former Prime Minister of Belgium and economist

Child: Mark Eyskens (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Jeane Kirkpatrick 1926–2006

Diplomat and political scientist in the Reagan administration

Doctor of Philosophy · Political science

Also attended: Stephens College, Barnard College

Henry Morgenthau 1856–1946

US ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War I

Also attended: CUNY--City College

Child: Henry Morgenthau Jr. (Cornell University)

Mike Gravel 1930–2021

Former US Senator from Alaska

Also attended: American International College, Assumption University

Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev 1923–2005

Soviet politician and diplomat, godfather of glasnost

Attended until 1959

Roy Cohn 1927–1986

Lawyer and Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel

Father: Albert C. Cohn (New York Law School)

George Pataki 1945–

53rd Governor of New York

Attended until 1970

Also attended: Yale University

Spouse: Libby Pataki (Clark University)

Child: Allison Pataki (Yale University)

Zalmay Khalilzad 1951–

Diplomat; former US special representative for Afghanistan

Also attended: University of Chicago

T. V. Soong 1891–1971

Chinese banker, finance minister and Premier

Also attended: Harvard University

Father: Charlie Soong (Duke University, Vanderbilt University)

Sibling: Soong Ching-ling (Wesleyan College)

Nahas Angula 1943–

Former Prime Minister of Namibia

Also attended: Teachers College at Columbia University

Tang Shaoyi 1862–1938

First Premier of the Republic of China

Chen Gongbo 1892–1946

Chinese politician, president of Japanese-backed Nanjing government

Sun Fo 1891–1973

Son of Sun Yat-sen, Republican-era Chinese politician

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley

Child: Nora Sun (University of Arizona, Babson College)

P. C. Chang 1892–1957

Chinese diplomat, educator and playwright

Also attended: Clark University

Sibling: Zhang Boling (Teachers College at Columbia University)

Lee Huan 1917–2010

Former head of Taiwan's executive branch

Also attended: Teachers College at Columbia University

Child: Lee Ching-hua (New York University)

Tsiang Tingfu 1895–1965

Historian and diplomat

Also attended: Oberlin College

Zhou Ziqi 1869–1923

Chinese educator and early Republic acting president

Shinjirō Koizumi 1981–

Japanese Minister of Defense

Attended until 2006

Elissa Slotkin 1976–

US senator from Michigan

Master of International Affairs · National security policy studies, Middle Eastern studies · Class of 2003

Also attended: Cornell University

Jerrold Nadler 1947–

US Representative from New York and lawyer

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1969

Also attended: Fordham University

Mary Jo White 1947–

31st Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission

Juris Doctor · Law

Also attended: The New School, College of William and Mary

Maya Wiley 1965–

Civil rights lawyer and leadership conference CEO

Also attended: Dartmouth College

Father: George Wiley (Cornell University)

Jawar Mohammed 1986–

Ethiopian political analyst and Oromo activist

Also attended: Harvard University, Stanford University

Warren Buffett 1930–

Investor, former CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

Master of Science · Economics · Class of 1951

Also attended: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Pennsylvania

Spouse: Susan Buffett (Northwestern University)

Father: Howard Homan Buffett (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Alan Greenspan 1926–2026

Economist, 13th chair of the Federal Reserve

Also attended: The Juilliard School, New York University

Spouse: Andrea Mitchell (University of Pennsylvania)

David Rockefeller 1915–2017

Former chairman of Chase Manhattan Corporation

Also attended: University of Chicago, Harvard University

Father: John D. Rockefeller Jr. (Brown University)

Child: David Rockefeller, Jr. (Harvard University)

Thomas John Watson, Sr. 1874–1956

Chairman and CEO of IBM

Child: Thomas Watson (Brown University)

Child: Arthur K. Watson (Yale University)

Benjamin Graham 1894–1976

Father of value investing, author of Security Analysis

Kai-Fu Lee 1961–

Founder of Microsoft Research Asia, former Google China president

Also attended: Carnegie Mellon University

Robert Kraft 1941–

Chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group

Also attended: Harvard University

Spouse: Myra Kraft (Brandeis University)

Child: Jonathan Kraft (Harvard University, Williams College)

Gail Boudreaux 1960–

President and CEO of Elevance Health

Also attended: Dartmouth College

Robert F. Smith 1962–

Founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners

Also attended: Cornell University

Diana Taylor 1955–

Business executive and former New York Superintendent of Banks

Also attended: Dartmouth College

Safra Catz 1961–

Executive vice chair and former CEO of Oracle

Also attended: Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania

Milton Friedman 1912–2006

Economist, 1976 Nobel laureate, Chicago school leader

Doctor of Philosophy · Economics

Also attended: University of Chicago, Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Spouse: Rose Friedman (University of Chicago, Reed College)

Child: David D. Friedman (University of Chicago, Harvard University)

Robert Andrews Millikan 1868–1953

Physicist and 1923 Nobel Prize winner

Also attended: University of Chicago, Oberlin College

Child: Clark Blanchard Millikan (California Institute of Technology, Yale University)

Child: Glenn Allan Millikan (Harvard University)

Margaret Mead 1901–1978

Cultural anthropologist, author of Coming of Age in Samoa

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1929

Also attended: DePauw University, Barnard College

Spouse: Luther Cressman (Columbia University in the City of New York, The Pennsylvania State University)

Child: Mary Catherine Bateson (Harvard University)

Steven Weinberg 1933–2021

Theoretical physicist, standard model developer

Also attended: Princeton University, Cornell University

Spouse: Louise Weinberg (Harvard University, Cornell University)

Konrad Lorenz 1903–1989

Austrian zoologist, 1973 Nobel laureate

Undergraduate education · Medicine · Class of 1923

Herbert Marcuse 1898–1979

Philosopher associated with the Frankfurt School

Also attended: Harvard University

Child: Peter Marcuse (University of California-Berkeley, Yale University)

Isidor Isaac Rabi 1898–1988

Physicist, 1944 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Also attended: Cornell University

Linda B. Buck 1947–

Biologist; 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Also attended: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Aage Bohr 1922–2009

Danish physicist, 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Attended until 1950

Arno Allan Penzias 1933–2024

Radio astronomer, 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Doctor of Philosophy

Also attended: CUNY--City College

Neil deGrasse Tyson 1958–

Astrophysicist and science communicator

Doctor of Philosophy · Astrophysics · Class of 1991

Also attended: Harvard University, The University of Texas at Austin

Thomas Hunt Morgan 1866–1945

Geneticist, 1933 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Also attended: University of Kentucky, Johns Hopkins University

Spouse: Lilian Vaughan Morgan (Bryn Mawr College)

Child: Isabel Morgan (Columbia University in the City of New York, University of Pennsylvania)

Harold Urey 1893–1981

Physical chemist, 1934 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley, Earlham College, The University of Montana

Carlo Rubbia 1934–

Italian particle physicist; 1984 Nobel laureate in Physics

Martin Lewis Perl 1927–2014

Physicist, 1995 Nobel laureate who discovered the tau lepton

Also attended: New York University, United States Merchant Marine Academy

Leon M. Lederman 1922–2018

Physicist, 1988 Nobel laureate in Physics

Doctorate · Physics · Class of 1951

Also attended: CUNY--City College

Leon Cooper 1930–2024

Physicist, 1972 Nobel laureate, BCS theory co-creator

Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics · Class of 1954

Irving Langmuir 1881–1957

Chemist awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Julian Seymour Schwinger 1918–1994

Theoretical physicist, 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1939

Also attended: CUNY--City College

Kenneth Arrow 1921–2017

Economist, 1972 Nobel laureate in Economics

Master's degree, Doctor of Philosophy · Mathematics, Economics · Class of 1951

Also attended: CUNY--City College

John Howard Northrop 1891–1987

Biochemist, 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate

Edward Sapir 1884–1939

Anthropologist and linguist

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1909

Arthur Ashkin 1922–2020

Physicist, 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Also attended: Cornell University

Ruth Benedict 1887–1948

Anthropologist and folklorist

Doctor of Philosophy · Class of 1923

Also attended: The New School, Vassar College

Spouse: Stanley Rossiter Benedict (Yale University, University of Cincinnati-Main Campus)

Simon Kuznets 1901–1985

Economist, 1971 Nobel laureate in Economics

Norman Foster Ramsey 1915–2011

Physicist, 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Doctor of Philosophy · Physics · Class of 1940

Baruch Samuel Blumberg 1925–2011

1976 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine

Also attended: Union College

Stephen Jay Gould 1941–2002

Paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and science writer

Doctorate · Class of 1967

Also attended: Harvard University, Antioch University-Los Angeles, Antioch College

Samuel C. C. Ting 1936–

Physicist, 1976 Nobel laureate in Physics

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Melvin Schwartz 1932–2006

Physicist, 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics co-winner

James Rainwater 1917–1986

Physicist, 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics

Also attended: California Institute of Technology

Val Logsdon Fitch 1923–2015

Nuclear physicist, 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Also attended: Northwestern University, Chadron State College

Edward Thorndike 1874–1949

Psychologist at Columbia Teachers College

Also attended: Wesleyan University, Harvard University, Teachers College at Columbia University

Child: Elizabeth Frances Cope (Harvard University, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Child: Robert L. Thorndike (Wesleyan University, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Baruj Benacerraf 1920–2011

Immunologist, 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Also attended: Virginia Commonwealth University

Child: Beryl Benacerraf (Harvard University, Barnard College)

Sibling: Paul Benacerraf (Princeton University)

Robert Lefkowitz 1943–

Physician and biochemist, 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate

Also attended: Duke University

Hermann Joseph Muller 1890–1967

Geneticist, 1946 Nobel Prize laureate

Also attended: Cornell University, The University of Texas at Austin

Spouse: Jessie Marie Jacobs (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Kansas)

Child: David E. Muller (California Institute of Technology)

Robert H. Grubbs 1942–2021

Chemist, 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry co-recipient

Also attended: University of Florida, Stanford University

Robert Nozick 1938–2002

Political philosopher and Harvard professor

Also attended: Princeton University

Murray Rothbard 1926–1995

Austrian School economist, founder of anarcho-capitalism

Bachelor of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy · Mathematics, Economics · Class of 1956

Sidney Altman 1939–2022

Molecular biologist and Yale professor

Also attended: University of Colorado Boulder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Robert Fogel 1926–2013

Economic historian, 1993 Nobel laureate in economics

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University

Martin Chalfie 1947–

Biochemist and Columbia University professor

Also attended: Harvard University

Herman Hollerith 1860–1929

Inventor of the punched card tabulating machine

Doctor, Mining engineer · Class of 1890

Also attended: CUNY--City College

Konrad Emil Bloch 1912–2000

Biochemist and 1964 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine

Howard Zinn 1922–2010

Historian, playwright and socialist thinker

Also attended: New York University

Eric Kandel 1929–

Neuroscientist and Columbia University professor

Also attended: Harvard University, New York University

Spouse: Denise Kandel (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Herbert A. Hauptman 1917–2011

Mathematician and Nobel laureate

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland-College Park, CUNY--City College

Richard Axel 1946–

Molecular biologist, 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University

Spouse: Cornelia Bargmann (University of Georgia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Roald Hoffmann 1937–

Theoretical chemist, 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate

Bachelor of Arts · Chemistry · Class of 1958

Also attended: Harvard University

William Vickrey 1914–1996

Columbia economist and Nobel laureate

Doctor of Philosophy · Economics · Class of 1947

Also attended: Yale University

Joshua Lederberg 1925–2008

Molecular biologist, 1958 Nobel laureate

Also attended: Yale University, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spouse: Esther Lederberg (CUNY Hunter College, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

William Standish Knowles 1917–2012

American chemist

Doctorate · Chemistry · Class of 1942

Also attended: Harvard University

C. Wright Mills 1916–1962

Sociologist and author of The Power Elite

Also attended: Texas A & M University-College Station, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Wisconsin-Madison

John Clauser 1942–

Physicist, 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts · Physics · Class of 1970

Also attended: California Institute of Technology

Edward Calvin Kendall 1886–1972

Biochemist, 1950 Nobel Prize winner

George Wald 1906–1997

Biologist, 1967 Nobel laureate in Medicine

Also attended: New York University

Philip Showalter Hench 1896–1965

Physician, 1950 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner

Also attended: Lafayette College, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

John Backus 1924–2007

Led the team that invented FORTRAN

Master's degree · Mathematics · Class of 1950

Also attended: University of Virginia-Main Campus

Salvador Luria 1912–1991

Microbiologist, 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Virginia Apgar 1909–1974

Obstetrical anesthesiologist, inventor of the Apgar score

Physician · Class of 1933

Also attended: Johns Hopkins University, Mount Holyoke College, University of Pennsylvania

Father: Charles E. Apgar (Wesleyan University)

André Frédéric Cournand 1895–1988

French-American physician and physiologist

William Howard Stein 1911–1980

Biochemist; 1972 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate

Also attended: Harvard University

Benjamin Spock 1903–1998

Pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care

Also attended: Yale University

Robert Moog 1934–2005

Inventor of the Moog synthesizer

Also attended: Berklee College of Music, Cornell University, CUNY Queens College

Leo Strauss 1899–1973

German-American political philosopher

Child: Jenny Strauss Clay (University of Chicago, Reed College)

Harold E. Varmus 1939–

Nobel-winning scientist and Weill Cornell professor

Also attended: Amherst College, Harvard University

Robert C. Merton 1944–

Nobel-winning economist and MIT Sloan professor

Also attended: California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Father: Robert K. Merton (Harvard University, Temple University)

Albert Ellis 1913–2007

Psychologist, founder of REBT

Also attended: CUNY Bernard M Baruch College, CUNY--City College, Teachers College at Columbia University

Alvin Eliot Roth 1951–

Economist and Stanford University professor

Bachelor of Science · Operations research · Class of 1971

Also attended: Stanford University

Dickinson W. Richards 1895–1973

Physician, physiologist and Nobel laureate

Also attended: Yale University

Louis Ignarro 1941–

Pharmacologist; 1998 Nobel laureate in Medicine

Also attended: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Theodosius Dobzhansky 1900–1975

Geneticist and evolutionary biologist

Child: Sophie D. Coe (Harvard University)

Louis E. Brus 1943–2026

Chemist and co-discoverer of quantum dots

Doctor of Philosophy · Chemical physics · Class of 1969

Also attended: Rice University

Lotfi A. Zadeh 1921–2017

UC Berkeley professor who proposed fuzzy logic

Doctor of Philosophy · Electrical engineering · Class of 1949

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thomas Sowell 1930–

Economist and social theorist

Also attended: Howard University, University of Chicago, Harvard University

Immanuel Wallerstein 1930–2019

Sociologist known for world-systems analysis

Lewis Mumford 1895–1990

Historian, sociologist and urban studies scholar

Also attended: CUNY--City College, The New School, New York University

Alfred L. Kroeber 1876–1960

Cultural anthropologist

Doctor of Philosophy · Anthropology · Class of 1901

Spouse: Theodora Kroeber (University of California-Berkeley)

Child: Ursula K. Le Guin (Harvard University, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Edwin Howard Armstrong 1890–1954

Electrical engineer who developed FM radio

Mortimer J. Adler 1902–2001

Philosopher, educator and author

Mihajlo Pupin 1858–1935

Serbian-American physicist and inventor

Mathematics, Physics · Attended until 1883

Joseph Greenberg 1915–2001

Linguist known for typology and language classification

Also attended: Yale University, Northwestern University

Daniel Bell 1919–2011

Sociologist and Harvard professor, post-industrialism scholar

Also attended: CUNY--City College

Child: David A. Bell (Harvard University, Princeton University)

Jesse Douglas 1897–1965

Mathematician and Fields Medalist

Attended until 1920

Also attended: CUNY--City College

Kimberlé Crenshaw 1959–

Legal scholar of critical race theory

Also attended: Harvard University, Cornell University, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kenneth Waltz 1924–2013

Political scientist and international relations theorist

Doctor of Philosophy

Also attended: Oberlin College

Lynn Conway 1938–2024

Computer scientist and electrical engineer

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Stein Rokkan 1921–1979

Norwegian political scientist and sociologist

Feng Youlan 1895–1990

Philosopher and historian of Chinese philosophy

Andrew Lih 1968–

New media researcher and Wikipedia authority

Computer science · Attended until 1994

Jin Yuelin 1895–1984

Chinese logician and philosopher

John G. Trump 1907–1985

MIT electrical engineer and professor

Master's degree · Physics · Class of 1931

Also attended: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University

C. Vann Woodward 1908–1999

Historian of the American South and race relations

Master of Arts · Political science · Class of 1932

Also attended: Henderson State University, Emory University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Isaac Asimov 1920–1992

Writer and Boston University biochemistry professor

Attended until 1939

Spouse: Janet Asimov (Wellesley College, New York University)

Leonard Cohen 1934–2016

Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist

J. D. Salinger 1919–2010

Author of The Catcher in the Rye

Child: Matt Salinger (Princeton University, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Ursula K. Le Guin 1929–2018

Author of the Earthsea fantasy series

Master of Arts · Class of 1952

Also attended: Harvard University

Father: Alfred L. Kroeber (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Mother: Theodora Kroeber (University of California-Berkeley)

Louise Glück 1943–2023

Poet, 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature winner

Attended until 1966

Also attended: Sarah Lawrence College

Jack Kerouac 1922–1969

Novelist and poet, Beat Generation pioneer

Spouse: Edie Parker (Barnard College, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Alicia Keys 1981–

Singer-songwriter and pianist

Emmy Rossum 1986–

Actress and singer

Also attended: Stanford University

Spouse: Sam Esmail (American Film Institute Conservatory, New York University)

Allen Ginsberg 1926–1997

Poet and core figure of the Beat Generation

Attended until 1948

Also attended: Montclair State University

James Cagney 1899–1986

Hollywood actor and dancer

Langston Hughes 1901–1967

Poet and leader of the Harlem Renaissance

Also attended: Lincoln University, Lincoln University, Lincoln University

Joan Rivers 1933–2014

Comedian, actress and television host

Also attended: Connecticut College, Barnard College

Child: Melissa Rivers (University of Pennsylvania)

Jake Gyllenhaal 1980–

Actor and BAFTA Award winner

Father: Stephen Gyllenhaal (Trinity College)

Mother: Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal (Barnard College, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Timothée Chalamet 1995–

Actor with four Academy Award nominations

Also attended: New York University

Sibling: Pauline Chalamet (Bard College)

James Franco 1978–

Actor and filmmaker

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles, Yale University, CUNY Brooklyn College

Sibling: Tom Franco (California College of the Arts, University of California-Santa Cruz)

Sibling: Dave Franco (University of Southern California)

Ed Harris 1950–

Actor and director, three-time Oscar nominee

Also attended: California Institute of the Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus

Spouse: Amy Madigan (Roosevelt University, Marquette University)

Katie Holmes 1978–

Actress, Joey Potter in Dawson's Creek

Paul Auster 1947–2024

Novelist, author of The New York Trilogy

Spouse: Lydia Davis (Barnard College)

Spouse: Siri Hustvedt (St. Olaf College, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Hunter S. Thompson 1937–2005

Journalist and author, New Journalism pioneer

Also attended: Florida State University

Nawal El Saadawi 1931–2021

Egyptian feminist writer and psychiatrist

Public health · Attended until 1966

Upton Sinclair 1878–1968

Author, muckraker and 1934 California gubernatorial nominee

Also attended: CUNY--City College

Sidney Lumet 1924–2011

Film director, producer and screenwriter

Also attended: Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater

Spouse: Gail Lumet Buckley (Harvard University)

Spouse: Gloria Vanderbilt (Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater)

Amanda Peet 1972–

Film and television actress

Spouse: David Benioff (University of California-Irvine, Dartmouth College)

Maggie Gyllenhaal 1977–

Actress and filmmaker

Spouse: Peter Sarsgaard (Washington University in St Louis, Bard College)

Father: Stephen Gyllenhaal (Trinity College)

Kathryn Bigelow 1951–

Filmmaker and two-time Academy Award winner

Also attended: San Francisco Art Institute

Spouse: James Cameron (California State University-Fullerton, Fullerton College)

Famke Janssen 1964–

Dutch actress, Jean Grey in X-Men films

Spouse: Kip Williams (Bard College, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt 1981–

Actor and filmmaker

Casey Affleck 1975–

Actor and Academy Award winner

Also attended: George Washington University

Spouse: Summer Phoenix (New York University)

Sibling: Ben Affleck (Occidental College, University of Vermont)

Will Durant 1885–1981

Historian and philosopher, author of The Story of Civilization

Also attended: Saint Peter's University

Brian De Palma 1940–

Film director and screenwriter

Also attended: Sarah Lawrence College

Spouse: Gale Anne Hurd (Stanford University)

Father: Anthony F. DePalma (University of Maryland-College Park)

Jenny Slate 1982–

Actress, stand-up comedian and writer

Anna Paquin 1982–

Actress and Academy Award winner

Joseph Heller 1923–1999

Author of Catch-22

Zora Neale Hurston 1891–1960

Writer, anthropologist and folklorist

Also attended: Howard University, Barnard College

Anthony Perkins 1932–1992

Actor, played Norman Bates in Psycho

Also attended: Rollins College

Father: Osgood Perkins (Harvard University)

Child: Elvis Perkins (Brown University)

Joseph Campbell 1904–1987

Mythologist, writer and lecturer

Master of Arts, Bachelor of Arts · Medieval literature, English literature · Class of 1927

Also attended: Dartmouth College

Spouse: Jean Erdman (Sarah Lawrence College)

Jim Jarmusch 1953–

Independent film director and screenwriter

Also attended: Northwestern University, New York University

Kiran Desai 1971–

Indian novelist, 2006 Booker Prize winner

Also attended: Bennington College

Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1909–1993

Film director, screenwriter and producer

Attended until 1928

Child: Tom Mankiewicz (Yale University)

Sibling: Herman J. Mankiewicz (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Erica Jong 1942–

Novelist and poet, author of Fear of Flying

Also attended: Barnard College

Spouse: Jonathan Fast (Princeton University, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Julia Stiles 1981–

Actress and director

Yo-Yo Ma 1955–

Cellist

Also attended: Harvard University, The Juilliard School

Gene Roddenberry 1921–1991

Creator of Star Trek

Also attended: Los Angeles City College, University of Southern California, University of Miami

Spouse: Majel Barrett (University of Miami)

Child: Rod Roddenberry (Hampshire College)

Audre Lorde 1934–1992

Writer, poet, feminist and civil rights activist

Master of Library Science · Class of 1961

Also attended: CUNY Hunter College

Matthew Fox 1966–

Actor, known for Lost and Party of Five

Dorothea Lange 1895–1965

Documentary photographer known for Depression-era work

Photography · Attended until 1918

Spouse: Paul Schuster Taylor (University of California-Berkeley, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Jane Seymour 1951–

English-American actress and author

Spouse: James Keach (Yale University, Northwestern University)

Anna Wintour 1949–

Former Vogue editor-in-chief, Condé Nast executive

Carson McCullers 1917–1967

Novelist, author of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Also attended: New York University

Laurie Holden 1969–

Actress known for The Walking Dead and The X-Files

Also attended: University of California-Los Angeles

Mother: Adrienne Ellis (University of California-Los Angeles)

Art Garfunkel 1941–

Singer and actor of Simon & Garfunkel

Bachelor of Arts · Architecture, Art history · Class of 1965

Also attended: Teachers College at Columbia University

Paul Robeson 1898–1976

Bass-baritone, actor, football player and activist

Also attended: Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Spouse: Eslanda Goode Robeson (Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Mother: Maria Louisa Bustill (Lincoln University)

Roger Zelazny 1937–1995

Science fiction and fantasy writer

Also attended: Case Western Reserve University

Robert Sean Leonard 1969–

Actor and Tony Award winner

Also attended: Fordham University

Aravind Adiga 1974–

Writer, won 2008 Man Booker Prize for The White Tiger

Laurie Anderson 1947–

Avant-garde artist and musician

Also attended: Northeastern University Oakland, Barnard College

Spouse: Lou Reed (Syracuse University)

Kate Millett 1934–2017

Feminist writer, educator and activist

Also attended: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Lauren Graham 1967–

Actress known for Gilmore Girls

Also attended: Barnard College, New York University, Southern Methodist University

David O. Selznick 1902–1965

Film producer of Gone with the Wind and Rebecca

Spouse: Jennifer Jones (Northwestern University, American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York)

Telly Savalas 1922–1994

Actor and singer

Sibling: George Savalas (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Thomas Merton 1915–1968

Trappist monk, Catholic priest and writer

James Mangold 1963–

Film director and screenwriter, directed Logan

Also attended: California Institute of the Arts

Father: Robert Mangold (Yale University)

Anne Tyler 1941–

Novelist, author of Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

Also attended: Duke University

E. L. Doctorow 1931–2015

Novelist, author of Ragtime

Attended until 1953

Also attended: Kenyon College

James Gunn 1966–

Filmmaker and screenwriter

Also attended: Loyola Marymount University, Saint Louis University

Spouse: Jenna Fischer (Truman State University)

Sibling: Sean Gunn (DePaul University)

Richard Rodgers 1902–1979

Composer of Broadway musicals

Child: Mary Rodgers (Wellesley College, The New School)

Eudora Welty 1909–2001

Writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist

Advertising · Attended until 1931

Also attended: Mississippi University for Women, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bernard Malamud 1914–1986

Novelist and short story writer

Also attended: CUNY--City College

Herman Wouk 1915–2019

Novelist, author of The Caine Mutiny

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1934

Also attended: Yeshiva University

George Segal 1934–2021

American actor and musician

Also attended: The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Pratt Institute-Main, Haverford College

Edmond O'Brien 1915–1985

Actor and director, Academy Award winner

Also attended: Fordham University, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater

Sibling: Liam O'Brien (Manhattan University)

Jerzy Kosiński 1933–1991

Polish-born American novelist

Ruth Westheimer 1928–2024

Sex therapist and talk show host

Doctor of Education · Class of 1970

Also attended: Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Robert Benton 1932–2025

Film director and screenwriter of Bonnie and Clyde

Also attended: The University of Texas at Austin

Ben Stein 1944–

Actor, writer, lawyer and commentator

Also attended: Yale University

Father: Herbert Stein (University of Chicago, Williams College)

Hikaru Utada 1983–

Japanese-American singer-songwriter and record producer

Ernesto Cardenal 1925–2020

Nicaraguan priest, poet and politician

Attended until 1947

Lillian Hellman 1905–1984

Playwright and screenwriter

Also attended: New York University

Brian Dennehy 1938–2020

Actor, two-time Tony Award winner

Also attended: Yale University

Child: Elizabeth Dennehy (Hofstra University)

Rachel Nichols 1980–

Actress and model

Raymond Burr 1917–1993

Canadian actor, star of Perry Mason

Also attended: Stanford University

Pat Boone 1934–

Singer and actor, 1950s pop star

Also attended: Lipscomb University, University of North Texas

Lawrence Ferlinghetti 1919–2021

Poet, painter and co-founder of City Lights

Master's degree · English literature

Also attended: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

William Goldman 1931–2018

Novelist and Oscar-winning screenwriter

Also attended: Oberlin College

Kate McKinnon 1984–

Comedian and actress, Saturday Night Live cast member

Franklin J. Schaffner 1920–1989

Director who won the Oscar for Patton

Also attended: Franklin and Marshall College

Hu Shih 1891–1962

Chinese scholar, writer, diplomat and language reformer

Also attended: Cornell University, Teachers College at Columbia University

John Kennedy Toole 1937–1969

Novelist, posthumous Pulitzer Prize winner

Also attended: Tulane University of Louisiana

Ray William Johnson 1981–

YouTuber known for the web series Equals Three

John Ashbery 1927–2017

American poet and art critic

Also attended: Harvard University, New York University

Amiri Baraka 1934–2014

Writer of poetry, drama, fiction and essays

Also attended: Howard University, The New School

Spouse: Hettie Jones (Columbia University in the City of New York, University of Virginia-Main Campus)

Child: Kellie Jones (Amherst College)

Robert Silverberg 1935–

Science fiction author and editor, Hugo and Nebula winner

Bachelor of Arts · English-language literature · Class of 1956

Sara Ali Khan 1995–

Indian actress in Hindi films

Cara Buono 1971–

Actress in Stranger Things and Mad Men

Vanessa Carlton 1980–

Singer-songwriter and pianist

Wendy Carlos 1939–

Electronic musician and composer

Also attended: Brown University

Christy Turlington 1969–

American supermodel

Also attended: New York University

Spouse: Edward Burns (CUNY Hunter College, SUNY at Albany)

Tony Kushner 1956–

Playwright and screenwriter of Angels in America

Also attended: New York University

Spouse: Mark Harris (Yale University)

Jennifer Lee 1971–

Film director, former Disney Animation chief creative officer

Also attended: University of New Hampshire-Main Campus

Margaret Bourke-White 1904–1971

Documentary photographer and photojournalist

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Cornell University, Case Western Reserve University

Spouse: Erskine Caldwell (Erskine College)

Richard Avedon 1923–2004

Fashion and portrait photographer

Also attended: The New School

Siri Hustvedt 1955–

Novelist and essayist

Doctor of Philosophy

Also attended: St. Olaf College

Spouse: Paul Auster (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Father: Lloyd Hustvedt (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, St. Olaf College)

Cornel Wilde 1912–1989

Hungarian-American actor and film director

Geraldo Rivera 1943–

Journalist and talk show host

Also attended: University of Arizona, Brooklyn Law School, SUNY Maritime College

Sibling: Craig Rivera (Kutztown University of Pennsylvania)

Tony Randall 1920–2004

Actor, comedian and singer

Also attended: Northwestern University, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater, Northwest University

Geraldine Brooks 1955–

Journalist and novelist, Pulitzer Prize winner

Master's degree · Journalism · Class of 1983

Spouse: Tony Horwitz (Columbia University in the City of New York, Brown University)

Donald Judd 1928–1994

Minimalist artist

Also attended: College of William and Mary

Mario Van Peebles 1957–

Actor and director

Father: Melvin Van Peebles (Ohio Wesleyan University)

Child: Mandela Van Peebles (Loyola Marymount University)

Oscar Hammerstein II 1895–1960

Musical theater lyricist, librettist and producer

Lin Shaye 1943–

Actress with a career spanning over 50 years

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Sibling: Robert Shaye (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Ben Platt 1993–

Actor and singer, star of Dear Evan Hansen

Father: Marc Platt (New York University, University of Pennsylvania)

Arthur Golden 1956–

Novelist, author of Memoirs of a Geisha

Also attended: Boston University, Harvard University

Mother: Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg (Smith College)

Tan Dun 1957–

Composer and conductor

Antonio Skármeta 1940–2024

Chilean writer and ambassador, Il Postino novelist

Master of Arts

Kelsey Asbille 1991–

Actress, lead of Netflix film Don't Move

Edie Adams 1927–2008

Actress, singer, comedian and Tony Award winner

Also attended: The Juilliard School

Donald Byrd 1932–2013

Jazz trumpeter, composer and vocalist

Also attended: Wayne State University, Manhattan School of Music, Teachers College at Columbia University

Isamu Noguchi 1904–1988

Japanese-American sculptor and landscape architect

Thelma Schoonmaker 1940–

Film editor, longtime collaborator of Martin Scorsese

Also attended: Cornell University, New York University

Mitch Albom 1958–

Author, sports journalist and talk show host

Also attended: Brandeis University

Augusto Boal 1931–2009

Brazilian theatre practitioner, founder of Theatre of the Oppressed

Ossie Davis 1917–2005

Actor, director, writer and activist

Attended until 1948

Also attended: Howard University

Spouse: Ruby Dee (CUNY Hunter College)

Anson Mount 1973–

Actor known for Hell on Wheels

Also attended: The University of the South

Ebon Moss-Bachrach 1977–

Actor, Emmy winner for The Bear

Bill Condon 1955–

Director and screenwriter of Chicago and Dreamgirls

Max Minghella 1985–

English actor and director in The Handmaid's Tale

Kari Wuhrer 1967–

Actress, singer and model

Also attended: Marymount Manhattan College, New York University

Robert Wisdom 1953–

Actor known for The Wire

Geling Yan 1958–

Chinese-American author and screenwriter

Chen Yi 1953–

Chinese-American composer and violinist

Doctor of Musical Arts

Spouse: Zhou Long (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Lü Bicheng 1883–1943

Writer, poet, newspaper editor and school founder

Sun Yu 1900–1990

Leftist film director at Lianhua Film Company

Also attended: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Hsü Ti-shan 1893–1941

Chinese author, translator and folklorist

Liang Shih-chiu 1903–1987

Writer, translator, educator and literary critic

Also attended: Colorado College, Harvard University

Bright Sheng 1955–

Chinese-American composer, conductor and pianist

Also attended: CUNY--City College

Tao Xingzhi 1891–1946

Chinese educator and reformer

Also attended: Teachers College at Columbia University

Jonathan Taylor Thomas 1981–

Actor known for Home Improvement

Also attended: Harvard University

Mary L. Trump 1965–

Psychologist and author, niece of Donald Trump

Master of Arts · English-language literature

Also attended: Tufts University, Adelphi University

Father: Fred Trump Jr. (Lehigh University)

Cenk Uygur 1970–

Co-creator and host of The Young Turks

Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

Bari Weiss 1984–

Editor-in-chief of CBS News, former New York Times editor

Spouse: Nellie Bowles (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Meghan McCain 1984–

TV personality, columnist, daughter of John McCain

Bachelor of Arts · Art history

Also attended: Howard University, Barnard College

Spouse: Ben Domenech (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of William and Mary)

Father: John McCain (United States Naval Academy)

Margo Jefferson 1947–

Writer, won 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism

Also attended: Brandeis University

Trish Regan 1972–

Former Fox Business host and author

Bachelor of Arts

Alix Kates Shulman 1932–

Writer and early second-wave feminist activist

Also attended: New York University, Case Western Reserve University

Walt Mossberg 1947–

Technology journalist and Wall Street Journal columnist

Also attended: Brandeis University

Max Kellerman 1973–

Sports television host and boxing commentator

Dan Abrams 1966–

Media entrepreneur, television host and lawyer

Juris Doctor

Also attended: Duke University

Father: Floyd Abrams (Yale University, Cornell University)

Jenna Lee 1980–

Journalist and former Fox News anchor

Master's degree

Also attended: University of California-Santa Barbara

Josh Elliott 1971–

Television journalist, former Good Morning America anchor

Also attended: University of California-Santa Barbara

Spouse: Liz Cho (Boston University)

Kelly Choi 1976–

TV host, former Top Chef Masters host

Also attended: College of William and Mary

John Graves 1920–2013

Writer, author of Goodbye to a River

Also attended: Rice University

Kelly Killoren Bensimon 1968–

Former model, Real Housewives of New York City cast member

Also attended: Trinity College, Northeastern University

Georgia O'Keeffe 1887–1986

Modernist painter, Mother of American modernism

Also attended: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Harvard University, Teachers College at Columbia University

Spouse: Alfred Stieglitz (CUNY--City College)

Sibling: Ida O'Keeffe (Columbia University in the City of New York, University of Virginia-Main Campus)

Jhumpa Lahiri 1967–

Pulitzer-winning author of The Namesake

Also attended: Boston University, Barnard College

Federico García Lorca 1898–1936

Spanish poet and playwright

Lauryn Hill 1975–

Singer, rapper and songwriter

Julia Garner 1994–

Actress, three-time Emmy winner for Ozark

Gracie Gillam 1992–

Actress and singer in Teen Beach Movie

Sami Gayle 1996–

Actress known for Blue Bloods

Susie Gharib 1950–

Business news journalist and Fortune correspondent

Also attended: Case Western Reserve University

Tony Dokoupil 1980–

Anchor of CBS Evening News

Also attended: George Washington University

Spouse: Katy Tur (University of California-Santa Barbara)

José Raúl Capablanca 1888–1942

Cuban chess player and third world champion

Federico Marchetti 1983–

Italian former professional goalkeeper

Lou Gehrig 1903–1941

Yankees baseball legend nicknamed the Iron Horse

Mario Ančić 1984–

Croatian former professional tennis player

Vitas Gerulaitis 1954–1994

American professional tennis player

David Stern 1942–2020

NBA commissioner from 1984 to 2014

Amelia Earhart 1897–1939

Aviation pioneer, first woman to cross the Atlantic by air

Attended until 1920

Spouse: George P. Putnam (University of California-Berkeley, Harvard University)

Chelsea Clinton 1980–

Writer; daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton

Master of Public Health · Class of 2010

Also attended: New York University, Stanford University

Spouse: Marc Mezvinsky (Stanford University)

Father: Bill Clinton (Yale University, Georgetown University)

Henry Steel Olcott 1832–1907

Co-founder and first president of Theosophical Society