•
Sydney Beck, (1906–2001), American musicologist, music educator, violinist and viol player. •
Milton Berle, (1908–2002), American comedian and actor. Berle's career as an entertainer spanned over 80 years, •
Bernard Botein (1900–1974), lawyer and presiding justice of the
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, and president of the
New York City Bar Association. •
Gladys Carrion, American attorney and Commissioner of
New York City Administration for Children's Services •
Jack Coffey (1887–1966),
Major League Baseball player who played for the
Boston Doves,
Detroit Tigers and
Boston Red Sox •
Judith Crist (1922–2012), American film critic and academic. •
Jules Dassin (1911–2008), American film director, producer, writer and actor. •
Anthony J. DePace (1892–1977), American architect who designed numerous Roman Catholic churches •
Chris Eubank (born 1966), British former professional boxer who held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles. •
Fat Joe (born 1970), American Hip-Hop star, actor, businessman who set up his own label,
Terror Squad (didn't graduate) •
Christian Filostrat (born 1945), American diplomat, recipient of the 1994 Presidential Award. •
Lord Finesse (born 1970), American rapper and producer from
D.I.T.C. • Judith Josephine Grossman (1923–1997), who took the pen-name
Judith Merril about 1945, science fiction writer, editor, and political activist •
Armand Hammer (1898–1990), American business manager and owner, most closely associated with Occidental Petroleum, a company he ran. •
Vincent Harding (1931–2014), African-American historian and a scholar •
Frieda B. Hennock (1904–1960), first female commissioner of the
Federal Communications Commission •
Julia Harrison (1920–2017), American politician who served as a Democratic member of the New York City Council •
Peter Karter (1922–2010), American nuclear engineer and one of the pioneers of the modern recycling industry •
Allan Kwartler (1917–1998), American sabre and foil fencer. He was Pan-American sabre champion, 3-time Olympian. •
Maxim Lieber (1897–1993), prominent American literary agent. •
Helen Marshall (1929–2017), American politician from New York City and
Queens Borough President. •
Kay Medford (1919–1980), American actress. •
Hermann Joseph Muller (1890–1967), American geneticist, educator. 1946
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine •
Arthur Murray (1895–1991), American ballroom dancer and businessman, •
Frank A. Oliver (1883–1968), American lawyer and politician who served 6 terms as a
U.S. Representative for New York. •
Bernard Opper (1915–2000), All-American basketball player for the
Kentucky Wildcats and professional player •
Alex Faickney Osborn (1888–1966), American advertising executive and author •
Colin Powell (1937–2021), American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the 65th United States secretary of state •
Gabe Pressman (1924–2017), American journalist, reporter for
WNBC-TV in
New York City for more than 60 years. •
Mae Questel (1908–1998), American actress. She was best known for providing the voices for the animated characters
Betty Boop. •
John Herman Randall Jr. (1899–1980), philosopher, New Thought author, and educator •
Victor Riesel (1913–1995), American newspaper journalist and columnist •
Benito Romano, (born 1950), first Puerto Rican to hold a United States Attorney's post in New York •
Romeo Santos (born 1981), American singer and songwriter, lead member and vocalist of the
bachata group
Aventura. •
Robert Scheer (born 1936), American journalist •
Arthur Allan Seidelman,
Emmy Award-winning film, television, and theater director and producer •
Meyer Wolf Weisgal (1894–1977), journalist, publisher, and playwright; President of the
Weizmann Institute of Science •
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