Cornell Alumni

Cornell University is a private land-grant university based in Ithaca, New York and an Ivy League member. The athletic teams of Cornell are called the Big Red. Name these famous people who attended Cornell.

Quiz by

Rate:

Last updated: January 27, 2025

You have not attempted this quiz yet.

More quiz info >>

First submitted	January 27, 2025
Times taken	8
Average score	40.5%
Report this quiz	Report

Quiz and answer stats >>

Shared scores >>

7:00

Enter answer here

/ 37 guessed

The quiz is paused. You have remaining.

Copied!

Scoring

You scored / = %

This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%

The average score is

Your high score is

Your fastest time is

more stats >>

shared scores >>

Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...

Hint

Answer

Secretary of the Treasury during most of the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt who played a major role in the New Deal and proposed to deindustrialise Germany

Henry Morgenthau Jr.

United States attorney general from 1993 to 2001

Janet Reno

President of the World Bank from 2005 to 2007 and United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005

Paul Wolfowitz

Senator from Illinois from 2010 to 2017

Mark Kirk

Senator from Michigan since 2025

Elissa Slotkin

Associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Immunologist, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022 and chief medical advisor to the president from 2021 to 2022

Anthony Fauci

President of Taiwan from 1988 to 2000

Lee Teng-hui

President of Taiwan since 2016

Tsai Ing-wen

President of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013 and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 1998

Václav Klaus

Long-serving leader of the Young Men's Christian Association who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946

John Mott

First American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, "The Good Earth"

Pearl S. Buck

Nobel Prize winning novelist, "Beloved" "Song of Solomon"

Toni Morrison

Writer, "Slaughterhouse-Five"

Kurt Vonnegut

Writer, "Charlotte's Web" "Stuart Little"

E. B. White

Writer, "The Devil Wears Prada"

Lauren Weisberger

Creator of the Heimlich maneuver

Henry Heimlich

Inventor of modern air conditioning

Willis Carrier

Co-founder of Qualcomm

Irwin M. Jacobs

Co-founder of Burger King

James McLamore

Co-founder of Burger King

David Edgerton

Host of a science education tv show, "The Science Guy"

Bill Nye

Film editor who has received three Academy Awards and is known for her collaboration with Martin Scorsese

Thelma Schoonmaker

Comedian and host of "Real Time" on HBO

Bill Maher

Actor best known for his role of "The Wizard" in "The Wizard of Oz"

Frank Morgan

Former actor whose only role was as Charlie Bucket in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"

Peter Ostrum

Actor best known for his role as Superman

Christopher Reeve

Actor, "The Shawshank Redemption" "Die Hard 2" "Iron Man 3"

William Sadler

Actor, "Star Wars" "In the Heights" "L.A. Law" "NYPD Blue"

Jimmy Smits

Actress known for her role as Sue Sylvester in "Glee"

Jane Lynch

Actor, "The Umbrella Academy" "After Yang"

Justin H. Min

Actress best known for her role as Riri Williams/Ironheart in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Dominique Thorne

Lead vocalist of Bad Religion

Greg Graffin

Commissioner of the NHL since 1993

Gary Bettman

Commissioner of the MLB since 2015

Rob Manfred

President of Baseball operations for the Philadelphia Phillies, former GM and president of the Floria Marlins, Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox who has won the World Series twice

Dave Dombrowski

Only person to earn an Ivy League degree, an Olympic medal, a doctorate and have a NFL career

Bo Roberson

Save Your Stats

Your Next Quiz

NBA Basketball Teams Quiz

True fans will get them all. Try to name the 30 teams that play in the National Basketball Association.

15 Largest Cities in South America With a Map

Can you name the 15 most populous South American cities with the help of a map?

Countries of Europe in 1848

With the help of a map, can you name the countries which existed during the Revolution of 1848?

Pin US States on a Borderless Map - Sudden Death

Drag the flag onto the correct state. Careful, though! One wrong move and the game ends.

Comments

No comments yet