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
 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

References

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Pratt Institute alumni
Lists of people by university or college in New York City