New york university notable alumni

New York University (NYU) has a long history of producing notable alumni across various fields. Here are some of the most notable ones:

Politics and Government

  1. Rudy Giuliani (LAW '66) - 107th Mayor of New York City
  2. Michael Bloomberg (COL '64, MBA '69) - 108th Mayor of New York City, founder of Bloomberg LP
  3. Andrew Cuomo (LAW '79) - 56th Governor of New York
  4. Eliot Spitzer (LAW '86) - 43rd Governor of New York
  5. Christine Quinn (COL '84) - Speaker of the New York City Council

Business

  1. Steve Madden (COL '82) - Founder and CEO of Steve Madden Ltd.
  2. Barry Diller (COL '62) - Chairman and CEO of IAC/InterActiveCorp
  3. Michael Eisner (COL '62) - Former CEO of The Walt Disney Company
  4. Richard LeFrak (COL '69) - Real estate developer and CEO of LeFrak Organization
  5. Henry Kravis (COL '67) - Co-Founder and Co-CEO of KKR & Co. Inc.

Arts and Entertainment

  1. Alec Baldwin (Tisch '84) - Actor and comedian
  2. Kyra Sedgwick (Tisch '84) - Actress
  3. Neil Patrick Harris (Tisch '90) - Actor and magician
  4. Rachel Weisz (Tisch '95) - Actress
  5. Spike Lee (Tisch '79) - Film director and producer

Science and Technology

  1. Jonas Salk (COL '38) - Developer of the polio vaccine
  2. Jonas Korngold (COL '45) - Co-Founder of the National Academy of Sciences
  3. Andrew Ng (COL '95) - Co-Founder of Coursera and AI expert
  4. Peter Thiel (COL '89) - Co-Founder of PayPal and Palantir
  5. David Karger (COL '92) - Computer scientist and inventor

Academia

  1. Noam Chomsky (COL '50) - Linguist and philosopher
  2. Judith Butler (COL '74) - Philosopher and gender theorist
  3. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (COL '62) - Literary theorist and critic
  4. Amartya Sen (COL '54) - Economist and Nobel laureate
  5. Eric Foner (COL '67) - Historian and Pulitzer Prize winner

Sports

  1. Carmelo Anthony (COL '03) - Professional basketball player
  2. Jeremy Lin (COL '10) - Professional basketball player
  3. David Lee (COL '05) - Professional basketball player
  4. Jason Kidd (COL '94) - Professional basketball player and coach
  5. Chris Mullin (COL '86) - Professional basketball player and coach

This is just a small sample of the many notable alumni from New York University. NYU has a long history of producing successful and influential individuals across various fields.