World leaders •
Hage Geingob, 3rd president of The Republic of
Namibia •
Shimon Peres, president of
Israel, Nobel Peace Prize recipient •
Eleanor Roosevelt, political activist; First Lady; United Nations Human Rights Prize recipient •
Richard Grathoff, Ph.D. 1969, sociologist •
Eduard Heimann (1889–1967), economist and social scientist •
Mady Hornig, psychiatrist •
Stephen Kinsella Ph.D., economist •
Abraham Maslow, psychologist, a founder of Humanistic Psychology •
Kevin Mattson, historian and political analyst •
George E. McCarthy, M.A., Ph.D., sociologist •
Sidney Mintz, anthropologist •
Franco Modigliani, Soc. Sci. D., economist; 1985
Nobel Prize in Economics winner •
Richard Noll, clinical psychologist and writer •
Ira Progoff, Ph.D. psychology, psychotherapist •
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, III, Ph.D., economist •
Steven Seidman, sociologist •
Michael Wenger, M.A.,
Zen priest, dean of Buddhist Studies,
San Francisco Zen Center •
Ruth Westheimer, M.A. sociology, 1959, the first famous sex therapist, born Karola Siegel; known as "Dr. Ruth", German-American, also talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor, and former
Haganah sniper •
Nelson Ikon Wu, M.A. art historian, author of
Song Never to End Athletes •
Nate Fish (born 1980), baseball player and coach •
Nicole Ross (born 1989), Olympic foil fencer
Businesspeople •
Douglas Cliggott, chief investment strategist,
JPMorgan Chase •
Stewart Krentzman, president & CEO of Oki Americas, Inc. •
Dolly Lenz, New York real estate agent •
V Pappas, former chief operating officer of
TikTok •
Bradford Shellhammer, entrepreneur and designer, founding editor of
Queerty •
Brian Willison Writers •
June Arnold, writer and publisher •
James Baldwin,
Go Tell It on the Mountain •
Anatole Broyard, writer, literary critic •
Mike Doughty •
Lorraine Hansberry, playwright,
A Raisin in the Sun, youngest Drama Desk Award winner in history •
Andrew Hubner, novelist •
Travis Jeppesen •
Jack Kerouac,
On the Road, forerunner of the
Beat Generation •
Jamaica Kincaid •
Amy Kurzweil, cartoonist and graphic novelist •
Sam Lansky, author of
The Gilded Razor and
Broken People •
Paul Levinson, author of
The Silk Code,
Locus Award winner, Best First Novel, 2000; and
The Plot to Save Socrates •
Leandra Medine, author of the blog Man Repeller •
Mario Puzo, author of
The Godfather, two-time Academy Award winner, including Best Screenplay •
Brother Sean Sammon, superior general of the
Marist Brothers •
William Styron, ''Sophie's Choice
, The Confessions of Nat Turner'' •
Tennessee Williams, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright •
Sean Wilsey, author of
Oh the Glory of It All Designers •
Hector Luis Bustamante, actor and graphic designer •
Philippe Cramer, furniture designer •
Burton Miller, costume and fashion designer •
Herbert Muschamp, architectural critic •
Paul Rand (born Peretz Rosenbaum), art director and graphic designer •
Will Wright, creator of
The Sims Fashion designers •
Gilbert Adrian, costumer designer •
Bill Blass, President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities member; co-founder of Council of Fashion Designers of America •
Donald Brooks •
Angela Gisela Brown, former New York fashion designer, now known as Princess Angela of Liechtenstein •
Doo-Ri Chung, Swarovski's Perry Ellis Award winner •
Tom Ford, filmmaker and founder of the
Tom Ford brand •
Prabal Gurung •
Lazaro Hernandez •
Marc Jacobs, fashion designer •
Elois Jenssen, costume designer for
I Love Lucy •
Kevin Johnn, appeared on
Project Runway •
Donna Karan, creator of the
DKNY label •
Reed Krakoff, creative director of Tiffany & Co. •
Derek Lam •
Jillian Lewis, appeared on
Project Runway •
Jenna Lyons •
Claire McCardell •
Raul Melgoza, fashion designer, former CE at LUCA LUCA •
Isaac Mizrahi, four-time CDFA award winner •
Sarah Phillips •
Zac Posen, fashion designer •
Patrick Robinson •
Narciso Rodriguez •
Lela Rose •
Behnaz Sarafpour •
Ebony Short, sewing manager for
Baltimore Ravens •
Willi Smith, fashion designer •
Peter Som •
Anna Sui •
Kay Unger •
Carmen Marc Valvo •
Alexander Wang, fashion designer for
Michelle Obama and
Ivana Trump •
Jason Wu, artist and fashion designer •
Dan Flavin, lighting artist •
Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal), painter, mixed media artist, sculptor, advertising designer, illustrator •
Adolph Gottlieb, painter •
Julie Harvey, painter •
Edward Hopper, painter •
D Hwang, sculptor and painter •
Jasper Johns, forerunner of
pop art and
minimalism •
Shirley Kaneda, painter, Guggenheim Fellow, National Endowment for the Arts Fellow •
Sol Kjøk, visual artist •
Shigeko Kubota, vice chairman of
Fluxus •
George Maciunas, founding member of Fluxus •
Yucef Merhi, visual artist and
new media art pioneer •
Rob Pruitt, sculptor •
Norman Rockwell, painter; Presidential Medal of Freedom winner •
Gavin Spielman, painter and musician •
Roman Turovsky, painter and musician •
Julie Umerle, painter •
Storme Webber, interdisciplinary artist •
Ai Weiwei, filmmaker, installation artist and architectural designer •
Janise Yntema, painter
Illustrators and animators •
Peter DeSeve, illustrator and character designer •
Julia Gran, graphic designer and illustrator, children's book writer and illustrator •
Bessie Pease Gutmann, magazine and children's book illustrator in the early 1900s •
Hidekaz Himaruya, manga artist (
Hetalia: Axis Powers,
Chibi-san Date) •
Joel Resnicoff, commercial artist and fashion illustrator •
Brian Wood, graphic novelist, illustrator, designer •
Dan Yaccarino, children's book writer and illustrator
Musicians •
Burt Bacharach, composer •
Harry Belafonte, singer •
Michel Camilo, Dominican pianist and composer •
Kelly Chen, Hong Kong singer and actress •
Myung-whun Chung, Korean conductor •
Bethany Cosentino, singer •
Danielle de Niese, Australian-American opera singer (lyric soprano) •
Ani DiFranco, American-Canadian singer-songwriter •
Mike Doughty, B.A. from Lang in poetry •
Bill Evans, pianist and composer •
Robert Glasper, jazz pianist and
Grammy-winning R&B artist •
Larry Goldings, jazz pianist and organist •
Richard Goode, pianist •
Larry Harlow, M.A. in Philosophy,
salsa pioneer •
Kakie, Filipino singer-songwriter •
Yonghoon Lee, opera singer (tenor) •
Matisyahu (born Matthew Miller), 2002, reggae artist, rapper, and beatboxer •
Brad Mehldau, jazz pianist and composer •
Murray Perahia, pianist •
John Popper, singer/harmonica player for
Blues Traveler •
Jake Shears, vocalist •
Alex Skolnick,
Trans-Siberian Orchestra,
Testament and the
Alex Skolnick Trio •
Sufjan Stevens, MFA, creative writing, 2000 •
Marcus Strickland, jazz saxophonist •
Roman Turovsky-Savchuk, composer, lutenist and painter •
Wallice, indie pop musician •
Sean Yseult, bassist for
White Zombie •
Michael Zager, music producer •
Daniel Zamir, Israeli saxophonist and singer
Photographers •
David Attie, photographer •
Jill Enfield, photographer •
Ed Feingersh, photojournalist •
Ryan McGinley, photographer •
Steven Meisel, fashion photographer •
Stewart Shining, fashion photographer •
Marion Post Wolcott, photographer
Actors, directors, and producers |alt=Eisenberg at the Madrid premiere of The Social Network, October 2010 •
Beatrice Arthur, theater and television actress, Tony Award winner, star of
Maude and
The Golden Girls •
Sean Baker, director of
The Florida Project •
Adrian Cronauer •
Tony Curtis •
Paul Dano,
Little Miss Sunshine •
Jean de Meuron •
Matt Deitsch, film director and freelance photographer •
Deepti Divakar, Indian model, actress, writer,
Femina Miss India World 1981 •
Elisa Donovan,
Clueless and
Sabrina the Teenage Witch •
Jesse Eisenberg,
The Social Network •
Peter Falk, B.A. political science,
Columbo •
Stacy Farber, actress, former
Degrassi: The Next Generation cast member •
Ben Gazzara •
Jillian Hervey •
Jonah Hill,
Superbad, Academy Award Nominee Wolf of Wall Street, Moneyball •
Harry Hurwitz, film director and artist •
Adam Jasinski, winner of
Big Brother 9 •
Sun Lee, Miss Korea 2007 •
Karen Maine, director and screenwriter,
Yes, God, Yes,
Starstruck •
Walter Matthau •
Charis Michelsen, actress •
Adam Pally, actor •
Lauren Patten, actress •
Joel Schumacher, film director and producer •
Kevin Smith,
Clerks (did not graduate) •
Rod Steiger,
On the Waterfront •
Elaine Stritch •
Garrison True, actor •
Shih-Ching Tsou •
Rob Weiss, kicked out of film program •
Shelley Winters •
Rob Zombie (born Robert Cummings), musician, writer and director
Politicians •
Medea Benjamin, political activist •
Johanna Contreras, acting executive of
Ulster County, New York •
William Donohue, sociology,
Catholic League president •
Millicent Fenwick, editor, politician, diplomat •
Abraham Foxman, director of
Anti-Defamation League •
Alice-Mary Higgins, independent senator and member of the
Irish Senate •
Janine Jackson, MA sociology, program director of
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting •
Ellen Johnson, MA political science, president of
American Atheists •
Kevin Parker, New York state senator •
Yossi Sarid, M.A. political science, Israeli statesman and left-wing politician •
Tinga Seisay, diplomat, pro-democracy activist •
Vanessa Wruble, co-founder of
The Women's March on Washington ==Faculty==