Fictional Cornellians
- In 30 Rock, Fat Balls, a potential addition to Tracy Jordan's entourage is studying hotel administration at Cornell University.
- In Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart, a hotel manager attended the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.
- In Ally McBeal, Ling Woo was editor of the Cornell Law Journal.
- In Altered States, Dr. Eddie Jessup, played by William Hurt, is a research scientist at Cornell Medical College.
- In Annie Hall, Herschel Kominsky has a chair in philosophy at Cornell.
- In Any Given Sunday, Christina Pagniacci, played by Cameron Diaz, graduated with an M.B.A. in 1996.
- In American Pie and other films in the series, Vicky Lathum, played by Tara Reid, attends Cornell.
- In Avenue Q, Princeton had a B.A. in English from Cornell in early drafts of the play, according to creator Jeff Marx.
- In The Broker by John Grisham, Arthur Morgan, President of the United States, attended Cornell.
- In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Joseph Allen is an Ithaca, NY native and holds a B.A. in international relations.
- In Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Newt Hoenikker is a Cornell pre-med student drop-out.
- In Citizen Kane, Charles Foster Kane, the film's title character played by Orson Welles, was expelled.
- In The Counterlife by Philip Roth, Henry Zuckerman, the novel's central character, graduated from Cornell.
- In Dark City (1950), Danny Haley, played by Charlton Heston, was an undergraduate from 1937 to 1941.
- In Deception Point by Dan Brown, Gabrielle Ashe has a B.A. in Government.
- In Dirty Dancing, Neil attends the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.
- In Goats, many of the main characters attended Cornell.
- In Just Cause, Bobby Earl, played by Blair Underwood, attended but did not graduate.
- In Kingdom of Shadows by Alan Furst, Prince Hrubal of Northern Transylvania.
- In The Lost Weekend, Don Birnam, played by Ray Milland, attended but did not graduate.
- In Me, Myself and Irene, Irene Waters, the film's title character played by Renée Zellweger, claims her major at Cornell was "Turf Management."
- In Made of Honor, Tom and Hannah meet at Cornell where Hannah studied fine arts.
- In Megan McCafferty's novels, Len Levy has an M.D from Cornell.
- In Modern Family, Mitchell Pritchett is a graduate of Cornell.
- In New Moon, Carlisle Cullen teaches at Cornell and Jasper Cullen studies philosophy.
- In Numb3rs, Agent Sinclair is a graduate of Cornell.
- In The Office, Andy Bernard attended Cornell, was in an a cappella group named "Here Comes Treble", started a frisbee golf team, drank heavily, never studied and still graduated, on time. He minored in History and was a member of the Class of 1995.
- In Over There, Pvt. Frank "Dim" Dumphy, played by Luke Macfarlane, is nicknamed "Dim" for being highly intelligent and earning a B.S. from Cornell, but ending up in the Army.
- In Palace Council by Stephen L. Carter, the female protagonist, Aurelia (Aurie) Treene Garland, is a member of the English faculty at Cornell University who resides on Fall Creek Drive. Her colleagues Megan and Tristan Handley also teach at Cornell, where a clandestine meeting in Olin library is recounted.
- In "The Perfect Score", the main character, Kyle, wishes to study architecture at Cornell University.
- In The Prince of Tides, Dr. Susan Lowenstein, played by Barbra Streisand.
- In Say Anything..., Sheila, played by Kim Walker, was admitted to Cornell and plans to attend.
- In The Secret in Their Eyes, Judge Irene Menéndez Hastings is a Cornell alumna.
- In Sex and the City, Velma Rudin, psychologist in the show's second season, holds two Cornell degrees.
- In The Simpsons, Sideshow Mel attended Cornell.
- In The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, the character Diana attends Cornell.
- In Spriggan, Rie Yamabishi has a B.A. in Linguistics.
- In Starman, National Security Agency scientist Mark Shermin wears a Cornell sweatshirt.
- In Step Up, Nora's mother wants her to apply to Cornell if her dancing career fails
- In Ugly Betty, Alexis Meade's assistant, Nick, is a Cornell graduate.
- In Up in the Air, Natalie Keener is a Cornell graduate.
- In Water for Elephants, Jacob Jankowski, the narrator, attended Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine.
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