List of Cornell University alumni

This list of Cornell University alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Cornell University, an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York. Cornell counted 245,027 living alumni as of August 2008. Its alumni constitute 25 recipients of National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation combined, 32 MacArthur Fellows, 34 Marshall Scholars and 31 Rhodes Scholars, and Cornell is the only university with three female winners of unshared Nobel Prizes among its graduates (Pearl S. Buck, , and Toni Morrison). Many alumni maintain university ties through Homecoming's reunion weekend, through Cornell Magazine, and through the Cornell Club of New York. In 2005, Cornell ranked #3 nationwide for gifts and bequests from alumni. Alumni are known as Cornellians.

Cornellians are noted for their accomplishments in public, professional, and corporate life.Lee Teng-hui was president of Taiwan,Tsai Ing-wen was elected as the first female president of Taiwan,Mario García Menocal was president of Cuba,Jamshid Amuzegar ('50) was prime minister of Iran,Hu Shih ('14) was a Chinese reformer and representative to the United Nations,Janet Reno ('60) was the first female United States Attorney General, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg ('54) serves on the Supreme Court. Additionally, alumnus Matt Urban ('41) holds the distinction as the most decorated serviceman in United States history.