# List of Collegiate School (New York City) alumni

This list of alumni of New York City's Collegiate School includes graduates and students who did not graduate.
* George Axelrod, 1940, playwright
* Jason Beghe, 1978, actor
* David Benioff, 1988, author and screenwriter
* Egbert Benson, 1760, a Founding Father of the United States, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1st Attorney General of New York, and founder of the New-York Historical Society
* George Platt Brett, 1911, chairman of MacMillan Publishing
* Peter Bogdanovich, 1957, filmmaker and author
* Benjamin Bronfman, 2000, entrepreneur and musician
* Edgar Bronfman Jr., 1973, CEO of Warner Music Group
* Dan Cogan, 1987, producer and director
* Jeff Cowen, 1984, American photographer
* Joseph Cullman, 1930, businessman and CEO of Philip Morris cigarette company from 1957 to 1978
* Matthew Daddario, 2005, actor
* Christopher d'Amboise, 1978, An American dancer, choreographer, writer, and theater director
* Samuel Dickson, c.1820 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
* David Duchovny, 1978, Golden Globe-winning actor and director
* Nabil Fahmy, 1968, Egyptian diplomat and politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013–2014)
* Douglas Fairbanks Jr., 1926, actor and World War II naval officer
* William Finley, 1958, actor
* Edward Glaeser, 1984, economics professor
* Matt Haimovitz, 1989, cellist
* John Hermann, 1980, musician in Widespread Panic
* Paul Hodes, 1968, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
* Robert Hollander, 1951, American academic
* Zachary Karabell, 1985, businessman and writer, contributing editor for Politico
* Bill Keenan, 2004, professional ice hockey player
* Douglas Kennedy, 1972, novelist
* John F. Kennedy, Jr., class of 1978 (left after 10th grade), son of President John F. Kennedy
* Jack Schlossberg, 2011, writer, only male surviving descendant of John F. Kennedy
* John Kosner, 1978, writer head of espn.com
* Bill Kristol, 1970, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States (1989–1993) for Dan Quayle, and founder and editor of The Weekly Standard
* Christopher Krovatin, 2003, author and musician
* John Langeloth Loeb Jr., 1940, businessman and United States Ambassador to Denmark
* Nicholas M. Loeb, 1993, businessman and actor
* Ben Lyons, 2000, film critic and TV personality
* Ian McGinnis, 1997, NCAA Division I men's basketball leading rebounder
* Lil Mabu, 2023, rapper
* Taylor Mali, 1983, poet and humorist
* Walter Murch, 1961 Oscar-winning editor, sound designer, and filmmaker, referred to as "the most respected film editor and sound designer in the modern cinema"
* James M. Nack, 1825, poet
* John Bertram Oakes, 1929, journalist known for his early commitment to the environment, civil rights, and opposition to the Vietnam War; creator of the modern op-ed page.
* Alexander Olch, 2003, designer
* Jeffrey Orridge, 1978, commissioner of the Canadian Football League
* Bill Perkins, 1968, New York State Senator (2007–2017) and member of the New York City Council
* Dan-el Padilla Peralta, 2002, classicist
* Alex Prud'homme, journalist
* Ben Rhodes, 1996, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication and speechwriter for President Barack Obama
* David Rhodes, 1994, President of CBS News
* Jack Richardson, 1951, essayist and playwright known for existentialist drama
* John A. Roebling II (1867–1952), engineer and philanthropist.
* Cesar Romero, 1926, actor
* Mark Ronson, 1993, Grammy-winning producer and DJ
* Christopher Ross, 1949, sculptor, designer and collector
* Andrew Rossi 1991, documentary filmmaker
* Alex Rubens, 1996, writer for Key and Peele and Rick and Morty
* John Rubinstein, 1964, actor
* Cormac Ryan, 2018 (transferred), basketball player
* Serge Schmemann, 1963, writer and editor
* Wallace Shawn, 1961, playwright, actor
* Michael Shnayerson, 1972, contributing editor, Vanity Fair
* Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., 1969, former publisher, The New York Times
* Anthony Shorris, 1974, first deputy mayor of New York City
* Sam Sifton, 1984, food critic
* Robert F. X. Sillerman, 1966, media entrepreneur
* Vivek Tiwary, 1991, writer and theater producer
* Luis Ubiñas, 1981, former president of the Ford Foundation
* Stephanus Van Cortlandt, c. 1655, member of the Board of Deacons (1672), Mayor of New York City
* Cornelius Vanderbilt II, 1859, son of William Henry Vanderbilt and grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt
* Andrew Wagner, 1981, filmmaker
* Kenneth Webb, 1902, film director, screenwriter, and composer
* John Weidman, 1964, playwright
* Paul Weitz, 1983, filmmaker and playwright
* James Warren, 1971, journalist
* Billy Wirth, 1980, actor and director
* David Wise, 1972, screenwriter
* Alex York, Japanese media personality, author, and musician
* J. Peder Zane, 1980, journalist and author
* Parker Conrad, 1998, CEO of Rippling