# 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
* 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
* Albert John Pucci, artist
* David Ratcliff, painter
* Nicholas Reale, painter
* 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

* Ken Bald, illustrator
* C. C. Beall, illustrator and 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* 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