- Martin Chalfie (Chemistry, 2008)
- Horst Stormer (Physics, 1998)
- Orhan Pamuk (Literature, 2006)
- Edmund Phelps (Economics, 2006)
- Richard Axel, a Columbia graduate (Physiology/Medicine, 2004)
- Joseph Stiglitz (Economics, 2001)
- Eric Kandel (Physiology/Medicine, 2000)
- Robert Mundell (Economics, 1999)