List of Riverdale Country School alumni

This list of alumni of Riverdale Country School includes graduates and students who did not graduate.

List of alumni

• Dan Abrams (class of 1984), chief legal affairs anchor for ABC News.^[1]
• Virginia Abernethy (born 1934), anthropologist^[2]
• Josh Appelbaum, television writer^[3]
• Sosie Bacon (born 1992), actress^[4]
• Charlie Barnet (1913–1991), jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader.^[5]
• Jacqueline Barton (born 1952), chemist^[6]
• Rosalyn Baxandall (1939–2015), historian^[7]
• Cliff Bayer (born 1977), Olympic foil fencer^[8]
• Lisa Birnbach (born 1956, class of 1974), author of The Official Preppy Handbook^[9]
• Richard Blumenthal (born 1946), U.S. Senator from Connecticut.^[10]
• Niesha Butler, basketball player, actress.^[11]
• DJ Cassidy (born 1981), DJ, record producer.^[12]
• Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (1920–1948), socialite.^[13]
• Louis Ozawa Changchien (born 1975), actor^{[citation needed]}
• Chevy Chase (born 1943), actor^[14]
• Suzan Johnson Cook (born 1957), pastor and activist.^[15]
• Jonathan Dean (1924–2014), United States Ambassador to Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions talks^[16]
• Richard Engel (born 1973), NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent^[17]
• Harry Enten (born 1988), political journalist^[18]
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021), artist and social activist^[19]
• Varian Fry (1907–1967), journalist who ran a program helping thousands of Jewish refugees escape from Nazi Germany.^[20]
• Peter Galison (born 1955), Joseph Pellegrino University Professor in history of science and physics at Harvard University ^[21]
• Alexander Garvin (1941–2021), urban planner^[22]
• James Gleick (born 1954), science writer.^[23]
• Leopold Godowsky Jr. (1900–1983), co-creator of the first color transparency film^[24]
• Rachel Hadas (born 1948), poet, teacher, essayist, and translator^[25]
• Calvin Hill (born 1947, class of 1965), former NFL player^[26]
• Molly Jong-Fast (born 1978), journalist and author^[27]
• John Kao (born 1950), author and strategic advisor^[28]
• Claude Kelly (born 1980), singer, songwriter and music producer.^[29]
• Ron Kim (born 1979), politician^[30]
• John F. Kennedy (1917–1963), President of the United States, attended Riverdale's Lower School^[31]
• Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968), U.S. senator^[32]
• Carlos Kleiber (1930–2004), conductor^[33]
• Gerard Koeppel (born 1975), author, historian, and journalist^[34]
• Robert Krulwich (born 1947), radio and television journalist^[35]
• John Lahr (born 1941), theater critic^[1]
• David Levin (born 1963), CEO of McGraw-Hill Education^[36][37]
• Leopold Mannes (1899–1964), co-creator of Kodachrome, the first color transparency film^[24]
• Lee MacPhail (1917–2012), Baseball Hall-of-Fame front-office executive^[38]
• Megan McArdle (born 1973), blogger and journalist ^[39]
• Nick McDonell (born 1984), author^[40]
• Fred Melamed (born 1956), actor^{[citation needed]}
• Howard Milstein, real estate developer ^[41]
• Steven Mnuchin (born 1962) United States Secretary of the Treasury 2017–2021^[42]
• Wes Moore (born 1978), Governor of Maryland^[43]
• Tim Morehouse (born 1978), fencer who was a 2008 Olympic silver medalist^[44]
• William C. W. Mow (born 1936), entrepreneur, chairman and CEO of Bugle Boy Industries^{[45][46][47][48][49]}
• André Nemec (born 1972), screenwriter^[3]
• Robin Pogrebin (born 1965), journalist^[50]
• Ed Rendell (born 1944), Governor of Pennsylvania.^[51]
• Cesar Romero (1907–1994), actor.^{[citation needed]}
• Clifford Ross (born 1952), photographer and artist^{[citation needed]}
• Tracee Ellis Ross (born 1972), actress^[52]
• Andy Russell, founder and CEO of Trigger Media^[53]
• Carly Simon (born 1943), singer.
• Scott Snyder, author.
• Jordana Spiro (born 1977), actor.
• Max Stafford-Clark, an English theatre director ^{[54][circular reference]}
• Jason Strauss (born 1974), co-founder and co-CEO of Tao Group Hospitality^[55]
• Ratan Tata (1937–2024), former chairman of Tata Group
• Jeffrey Vinik (born 1959), owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning.^[56]
• Joss Whedon (born 1964), writer, director, and executive producer; creator of several television series (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Serenity)
• David Yazbek (born 1961), composer, lyricist, writer of Broadway shows and TV including The Full Monty, The Band's Visit, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, etc.
• Tim Zagat (class of 1957), restaurant critic^[57]
• Michael Zakarin, guitarist for The Bravery