List of Pratt Institute alumni

The Pratt Institute is a private college in Brookyn, New York City, New York. Following is a list of some of its notable alumni.

Academia

• Emery Bopp, artist and long-time chairman of the Division of Art at Bob Jones University
• Mary Godfrey, artist and the first full-time African American faculty member at Penn State University
• Thomas J.R. Hughes, professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin
• Irvin Leigh Matus, independent scholar, autodidact, and author. He is best known as an authority on Shakespeare
• Susan L. Talbott, curator and director of the Wadsworth Atheneum and director of Smithsonian Arts at the Smithsonian Institution

Architecture

• Martin L. Beck, architect
• Richard Foster, architect
• Henry Hohauser, architect
• Malcolm Holzman, architect
• Fay Kellogg, architect
• Johannes Knoops, architect^[1]
• Edward Mazria, architect
• George Ranalli, architect
• Wallace Rayfield, architect
• Mott B. Schmidt, architect
• Annabelle Selldorf, architect
• Peter L. Shelton, architect
• William Van Alen, architect
• Lorenzo Snow Young, architect
• Carlos Zapata, architect
• Peter Zumthor, architect

Art

Comic

• Dave Berg, a cartoonist known for his work in Mad
• Rich Burlew, graphic designer known for The Order of the Stick webcomic
• Bernard Chang, artist and designer best known for his work in the comic book industry
• Daniel Clowes, cartoonist and writer
• Gus Edson, cartoonist
• Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for editorial cartooning
• Bill Griffith, cartoonist best known for his surreal daily comic strip Zippy
• Jack Kirby, comic book artist
• Marcus McLaurin, comic book writer and editor
• Mort Meskin, comic book artist
• Martin Nodell, comic creator
• Mike Roy, comic book and comic strip artist
• Samm Schwartz Archie comics illustrator
• Gordon A. Sheehan, cartoonist
• Leonard Starr, cartoonist

Fashion

• Jeffrey Banks, fashion designer
• Donna Chambers, jewelry designer
• Ben de Lisi, fashion designer
• Betsey Johnson, fashion designer
• Vera Maxwell, fashion designer
• Norman Norell, fashion designer
• Jeremy Scott, fashion designer
• Marie Zimmermann, jewelry designer and metalworker

Fine arts

• Marshall Arisman, painter
• Imna Arroyo, painter
• David Ascalon, sculptor
• Leigh Behnke, painter
• Aisha Tandiwe Bell, visual artist
• Trudy Benson, painter
• Willard Bond, painter
• Paul Calle, artist
• Aurore Chabot, ceramist
• Theresa Chromati, painter
• Lady Bird Cleveland, painter
• Louis Delsarte, artist
• Jason Freeny, artist specializing in sculpture, designer toys and computer-generated imagery.
• Ann Gillen sculptor
• Félix González-Torres, conceptual artist
• Jim Hodges, artist
• Candy Jernigan, multimedia artist, graphic designer, and set designer
• Ellsworth Kelly, painter, sculptor, and printmaker
• Lili Lakich, artist
• Greer Lankton, artist
• Greg Lindquist, painter
• Victoria de Lesseps, artist
• Kermit Love, puppet designer
• Gina Lucia, art director, artist, and designer
• Vivian Schuyler Key, painter, sculptor, printmaker, designer, and illustrator
• Peter Max, artist
• Philomena Marano, artist
• Soraya Marcano, visual artist
• Conor Mccreedy, artist
• Sergio Rossetti Morosini, artist and writer
• Cyrilla Mozenter, artist
• Marilyn Nance, artist
• David Nyzio, sculptor
• John Pai, sculptor
• Roxy Paine, painter and sculptor
• Agnes Lawrence Pelton, painter
• Denis Peterson, painter
• Charles E. Pont, artist
• Reeva Potoff, artist and educator
• Albert John Pucci, artist
• David Ratcliff, painter
• Nicholas Reale, painter^[2]
• Edna Reindel, painter
• Willy Bo Richardson, artist
• Mario Robinson, painter
• Stefan Sagmeister, artist
• Jenny Scobel, painter
• Barbara Segal, sculptor and stone carver
• Joan Semmel, painter
• Hadieh Shafie, visual artist
• Nat Mayer Shapiro, painter
• Susan Louise Shatter, painter
• Jean Shin, sculptor
• Joseph A. Smith, artist
• Therman Statom, studio glass artist
• Susanne Suba, artist
• Swoon, graffiti artist
• Mickalene Thomas, painter
• Salman Toor, artist
• Boaz Vaadia, sculptor
• Max Weber, painter
• William T. Williams, painter
• Terry Winters, painter
• Robert Yasuda, visual artist
• Cheryl D. Miller, graphic designer and artist, AIGA Medalist 2021

Illustration and Graphic Design

• Ken Bald, illustrator
• C. C. Beall, illustrator and painter
• Steven Belledin, fantasy illustrator and oil painter
• Rajie Cook, graphic designer
• Frances W. Delehanty, artist and illustrator
• Wendy Anderson Halperin, illustrator and author
• Cheryl Hanna, painter, and children's book illustrator who is also known for her work in the medium of collage
• Jeremy Jarvis, illustrator and Creative Director known for Magic: The Gathering
• George Lois, art director and designer known for over 92 covers for Esquire magazine
• Earl Mayan, illustrator
• Jacqui Morgan, illustrator and painter
• Kadir Nelson, illustrator, known for his covers of The New Yorker magazine
• Roberto Parada, illustrator known for creating paintings for magazines
• Paul Rand, graphic designer
• Robert Sabuda, illustrator
• Bernard Safran, painter and illustrator known for magazine covers
• Sam Savitt, illustrator and writer, official artist of U.S. Equestrian Team
• Helen Sewell, illustrator and writer
• Rob Sheridan, graphic designer
• Pamela Colman Smith, illustrator of the Rider–Waite tarot deck
• Louis Silverstein, graphic designer
• Rupert Jasen Smith, silk screen printer and artist
• Frank Verlizzo, theater poster designer and Drama Desk Award-winner
• Ernest William Watson, artist, illustrator and teacher
• Kent Williams, painter and graphic novel artist
• Lance Wyman, graphic designer

Photography

• Robert King, photojournalist
• Robert Mapplethorpe, photographer
• Wendy McMurdo, photographer
• Joseph Szabo, photographer
• Barbra Walz, fashion photographer

Business

• Donald Genaro, industrial designer and president of Henry Dreyfuss Associates
• Charles Pollock, industrial designer who created sleek furniture
• David Sarnoff, president of conglomerate of telecommunications and media companies, including RCA and NBC
• Tony Schwartz, pioneering media theorist and advertising creator
• Fred Trump, real estate developer

Entertainment

• Alexandra Amon, actress, screenwriter, and film producer
• Joseph Barbera, animator and cartoonist
• André Baruch, radio announcer and film narrator
• Guy Bolton, playwright and writer of musical comedies
• Alfred Mosher Butts, inventor of Scrabble
• Shawn Christensen, filmmaker, musician, and podcaster
• Jhariah Clare, musician, illustrator, and animator
• Jacky Connolly, filmmaker and video artist
• Glenn Ficarra, screenwriter and director
• Harvey Fierstein, actor and playwright
• Suzanne Fiol, founder of the performance space ISSUE Project Room
• John Flansburgh, musician
• Richard Gallo, stage actor, Performance Artist, and experimental theater stage director
• Bob Giraldi, film director
• Eric Goldberg, animator, voice actor, film director, and producer
• Liz Hannah, screenwriter and producer
• Joel Haver, comedy YouTuber and animator^[3]
• Clint Houston, jazz musician
• Matt Johnson, member of the indie electronic duo Matt and Kim
• Samantha Katz, co-producer of the Created Here television show
• Owen Kline, actor and filmmaker
• Martin Landau, actor Space: 1999 and acting coach
• Daniel Lopatin, experimental electronic music producer, composer, singer, and songwriter
• Lukita Maxwell, actress
• Jeff Morrow, actor
• Alan Mruvka, film producer
• Abraham Nathanson, creator of the game Bananagrams
• Hawley Pratt, film director and animator
• James Reams, bluegrass musician
• Rob Redding, podcaster and host of the weekday syndicated Redding News Review on Sirius XM
• Robert Redford, actor and filmmaker
• Robert Riger, television director and cinematographer
• John Requa, screenwriter
• Phoebe Robinson, comedian
• Lee Sang-eun, musical artist
• Kim Schifino, member of the indie electronic duo Matt and Kim
• Robert Siegel, radio journalist
• David Silverman, animator and director
• Yoshi Sodeoka, multimedia artist and musician
• Dante Tomaselli, film director
• Chris Tsirgiotis, animator
• Deborah Van Valkenburgh, actress Too Close for Comfort and The Warriors
• Melora Walters, actress
• Lindsey Way, member of Mindless Self Indulgence
• Robert Wilson, stage director and playwright
• Nick Zedd, filmmaker
• Kat Zhang, rapper
• Rob Zombie, rock musician and filmmaker

Literature and journalism

• Gwendolyn B. Bennett, writer and journalist
• Mark Mathew Braunstein, writer
• Bryan Collier, children's book illustrator and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award
• Sarah Louise Delany, author and educator
• Tomie dePaola, writer and illustrator who created more than 260 children's books
• Pete Hamill, journalist
• Norton Juster, author of children's books
• Arnold Lobel, author of children's books, including the Frog and Toad series
• Laura Numeroff, author and illustrator of children's books
• John Peterson, writer
• Matthew Reinhart, writer and illustrator of children's pop-up books and picture books
• Michael Rosen, children's author and poet
• Sam Savitt, author and illustrator of over 130 books
• Cyndy Szekeres, children's book author and illustrator
• Elliot Tiber, author and professor of writing
• Carolyn F. Ulrich, librarian who created the Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

Politics

• Joseph Amenowode, Member of Parliament for Hohoe South and Minister for the Volta Region of Ghana
• William D. Byron, U.S. Congressman
• Elizabeth Crowley, New York City Council member
• George Lincoln Rockwell (non-degreed), founder of the American Nazi Party

Religion

• William Howard Hoople, co-founder of the Association of Pentecostal Churches of America and an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene
• Mary Elizabeth Wood, librarian and missionary

Science, technology, and engineering

• Joshua Davis, winner of the Prix Ars Electronica 2001 and the Golden Nica for "Net Vision / Net Excellence”
• Lloyd Espenschied, electrical engineer who invented the coaxial cable
• William Garity, inventor and audio engineer
• Donald A. Hall, aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer who designed the Spirit of St. Louis.
• Irving Langmuir, recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry^[4]
• John M. Pierce, teacher and amateur astronomer

Sports

• Pelle Petterson, Olympic medalist for yacht racing, World Cup winner, America's Cup participant, and yacht designer
• Sarah Schkeeper, professional American football player

Other

• Stephanie Buhmann, known as an art critic, art historian, art curator.
• Leo Frank, lynching victim
• Elva A. George, dietitian and director of the Bureau of Dietitian Service of the American Red Cross during World War I
• Lynne Stewart, lawyer convicted of conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists