# List of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni

The following people are notable alumni of New York City's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School (LaG) and its two legacy schools, The High School of Music & Art (MA), and High School of Performing Arts (PA).

## Actors

* Nadia Alexander (LaG)
* Pico Alexander (LaG)
* Jennifer Aniston (LaG)
* Hale Appleman (LaG)
* Morena Baccarin (LaG)
* Ellen Barkin (PA)
* Zazie Beetz (LaG)
* Richard Benjamin (PA)
* Corbin Bleu (LaG)
* Chaz Bono (LaG)
* Julie Bovasso (MA)
* Adrien Brody (LaG, 1991)
* Cara Buono (LaG)
* Charles Busch (MA)
* Owen Campbell
* Pauline Chalamet (LaG)
* Timothée Chalamet (LaG)
* Thom Christopher (PA)
* Lorna Courtney (LaG)
* Keith David (PA)
* Michael DeLorenzo (PA)
* Dom DeLuise (PA)
* Micaela Diamond (LaG)
* Dagmara Domińczyk
* Ansel Elgort (LaG)
* Omar Epps (LaG)
* Alex Garfin (LaG)
* Sarah Michelle Gellar (LaG)
* Cliff Gorman (MA)
* Adrian Grenier (LaG)
* Ben Harney (MA, 1970)
* Anna Maria Horsford (PA)
* David Iacono (LaG)
* Jharrel Jerome (LaG)
* Sean Kaufman (LaG)
* Yunjin Kim (PA)
* Zohra Lampert (MA)
* Dawnn Lewis (MA)
* Hal Linden (MA)
* Samantha Logan (LaG)
* Priscilla Lopez (PA)
* Janet Margolin (PA)
* Arlene Martel (PA)
* Matt McGorry (LaG)
* Lily McInerny (LaG)
* Esai Morales (PA)
* Julia Murney (LaG)
* Claudette Nevins
* Keith Nobbs (LaG)
* Ana Ortiz (LaG)
* Al Pacino (PA)
* Sarah Paulson (LaG)
* Elizabeth Peña (PA)
* Brock Peters (MA)
* Suzanne Pleshette (PA)
* Ving Rhames (PA)
* Tony Roberts (MA)
* Amy Ryan (PA)
* Jennifer Salt (PA)
* Helen Slater (PA, 1982)
* Wesley Snipes (PA)
* Corey Stoll (LaG)
* Susan Strasberg (PA, MA)
* Brian Tarantina
* Gina Torres
* Lola Tung (LaG)
* Glynn Turman (PA)
* Jessica Walter (PA)
* Lesley Ann Warren (MA)
* Marlon Wayans (LaG, 1990)
* Steven Weber (PA)
* Billy Dee Williams (MA)

## Architects

* Charles Gwathmey (MA)

## Artists

* Amy Adler (MA, 1984)
* Ross Andru (MA, c. 1940)
* James Bama (MA)
* R. O. Blechman (MA)
* Frank Bolle (MA)
* Charles Bragg (MA)
* Robbie Conal (MA)
* Harvey Dinnerstein (MA)
* Byron Dobell (MA, 1944)
* Will Elder (MA)
* Mike Esposito (MA, c. 1940)
* Audrey Flack (MA)
* Mary Frank (MA)
* Milton Glaser (MA)
* Dave Gantz (MA, c. 1939)
* Laurence Gartel (MA)
* Ilana Halperin (PA)
* Dean Haspiel (LaG, 1985)
* Robin Holder (MA, 1969)
* Al Jaffee (MA)
* Wolf Kahn (MA)
* Maira Kalman (MA, 1967)
* Allan Kaprow (MA)
* Harvey Kurtzman (MA)
* George Lois (MA)
* Whitfield Lovell (MA)
* Emily Mason (MA, 1950)
* Frank Herbert Mason (MA)
* Josh Neufeld (LaG, 1985)
* Diane Noomin (MA)
* Reginald Pollack (MA)
* Erika Rothenberg (MA, 1967)
* Reynold Ruffins (MA)
* Aaron Shikler (MA, 1940)
* Burton Silverman (MA)
* Steve Stiles (MA, c. 1960)
* Fred Wilson (MA)
* Jerome Witkin (MA)

## Classical instrumentalists

* Sanford Allen (MA)
* Ik-Hwan Bae (PA, 1976)
* Isidore Cohen (MA)
* Stanley Drucker (MA)
* Eugene Drucker
* Roy Eaton (MA, 1946)
* Timothy Eddy
* Béla Fleck (MA)
* Bernard Garfield (MA, 1942)
* Steven Lubin (MA)
* Murray Perahia (PA, 1963)
* Joshua Rifkin (MA, 1960)
* Marcus Thompson (MA)
* Andor Toth (MA, 1941)
* Roland Vamos (MA, 1948)
* Allan Vogel (MA)
* Arthur Weisberg (MA, 1948)
* Pinchas Zukerman (PA, 1967)

## Classical singers

* Patricia Brooks (MA)
* Gloria Davy (MA)
* Reri Grist (MA)
* Isabel Leonard (LaG, 2000)
* Catherine Malfitano (MA)
* Julia Migenes (MA, 1960)

## Composers

* Martin Bresnick (MA)
* Cy Coleman (MA)
* Robert Dick (MA, 1967)
* Morton Feldman (MA)
* Charles Fox (MA)
* Gerald Fried (MA, 1945)
* Joel Hirschhorn (PA)
* Michael Kamen (MA)
* Edward Kleban (MA)
* Meyer Kupferman (MA)
* Ezra Laderman (MA)
* Paul Lansky (MA)
* Ben Lanzarone (MA, 1956)
* Mitch Leigh (MA)
* Mathew Rosenblum (MA)
* Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (MA)
* Seymour Shifrin (MA)
* Jonathan Tunick (PA)
* James Yannatos (MA)

## Conductors

* Leon Botstein (MA)
* James Conlon (MA)
* Paul Lustig Dunkel (MA)
* Leslie Dunner (MA, 1974)
* James Gaffigan (LaG)
* Eve Queler (MA, 1948)
* Gerard Schwarz (PA, 1965)
* Jonathan Strasser (MA, 1965)
* David Zinman (MA, 1953)

## Dancers/choreographers

* Camille A. Brown (PA)
* Jacqulyn Buglisi (PA)
* Gregg Burge (PA, 1975)
* Michael Callen
* Luis Camacho
* Christopher Chadman (PA)
* George de la Peña (PA)
* Louis Falco (PA)
* Eliot Feld (PA)
* Christian Holder (PA)
* William Isaac (LaG)
* Baayork Lee (PA)
* Bruce Marks (PA)
* Arthur Mitchell (PA)
* Tony Mordente (PA)
* Eleo Pomare (PA)
* Michael Peters (PA, 1965)
* Desmond Richardson (PA)
* Llanchie Stevenson (PA)
* Edward Villella (PA, 1954)
* Dudley Williams (PA, 1958))

## Designers

* Isaac Mizrahi (PA)
* Franklin Rowe
* Rus Yusupov

## Directors/writers

* Robert Brustein (MA)
* James Burrows (MA)
* Martin Charnin (MA)
* Matthew Diamond (PA)
* Kelman Duran (LaG)
* David Hamilton Golland (LaG, 1989)
* Herb Gardner (PA)
* Peter Hyams (MA)
* Erica Jong (MA)
* Michael Kahn (PA)
* Jonathan Lethem (MA)
* Peter Manso (MA, 1957)
* Lynn Nottage (MA)
* Toby Orenstein (PA)
* Lonny Price (PA)
* Carl Hancock Rux (MA)
* Esmeralda Santiago (PA)
* Charles Van Doren (MA)
* Art Wolff (PA, 1955)

## Entertainers

* Awkwafina (LaG)
* Kelis (LaG)
* Tichina Arnold (LaG)
* Azealia Banks (LaG)
* Northern Calloway (PA, 1966)
* Diahann Carroll (MA)
* Michael Che (LaG, 2001)
* Eagle-Eye Cherry (PA, LaG)
* Lisa Fischer (MA)
* Jackée Harry (PA)
* Eartha Kitt (PA)
* Shari Lewis (MA)
* Melissa Manchester (PA)
* Nicki Minaj
* Liza Minnelli (PA)
* Peter Nero (MA)
* Laura Nyro (MA)
* Freddie Prinze (PA)
* Paul Stanley (MA, 1970)
* Elly Stone (MA)
* Suzanne Vega (PA, 1977)
* Ben Vereen (PA)
* Eric Weissberg (MA)
* Peter Yarrow (MA)

## Jazz musicians

* Nat Adderley, Jr.
* Don Byron
* Sterling Campbell (MA)
* Bill Charlap (PA, 1984)
* Ray Chew (LaG)
* Billy Cobham (MA, 1962)
* Eddie Daniels (PA, 1959)
* Charley Drayton (PA, 1980)
* Kenny Drew (MA)
* Sue Evans (MA)
* Sharon Freeman (MA, 1966)
* Bernie Glow (MA, 1943)
* Eddie Gómez (MA)
* Andy Gonzalez (MA)
* Omar Hakim (MA, 1977)
* Chuck Israels (PA, 1954)
* Steve Jordan (MA, 1974)
* Carolyn Leonhart (MA)
* Michael Leonhart (LaG)
* Jason Lindner (LaG)
* Marcus Miller
* Charnett Moffett (LaG)
* Jimmy Owens (MA)
* Noel Pointer (MA)
* Shorty Rogers (MA)
* Jeremy Steig (MA)
* Dave Valentin (MA)
* Kenny Washington (MA, 1976)
* Buddy Williams (MA, 1971)
* Larry Willis (MA, 1960)
* Bernard Wright (PA, 1980)

## Lyricists

* Carole Bayer Sager (MA)
* Marilyn Bergman (MA)

## Media

* Margot Adler (MA)
* Roberta Baskin (PA, 1969)
* Alexis Christoforous (LaG,1988)
* Janine Fondon (MFA, 2022)
* Max Frankel (MA, 1948)
* Bess Myerson (MA, 1941)
* Marcus Raskin (MA, 1951)
* Susan Stamberg (MA, 1955)

## Photographers

* Neal Slavin (MA, 1959)

## Producers

* Steven Bochco (MA, 1961)
* Sean Daniel (MA, 1969)
* Robert Greenwald (PA)
* Lynne Littman (MA, 1958)
* Daniel Melnick
* Stuart Ostrow (MA)
* Michael Pressman (MA, 1968)

## Singer/songwriters

* Steve Augeri (MA, freshman year only)
* Janis Ian (MA)
* Nicki Minaj (LaG)
* Natalie Gelman (LaG)
* Aaron Schroeder (MA)