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This is a list of people associated with New York University.
Contents
- 1 Nobel Prizes
- 2 National Medals of Science
- 3 Pulitzer Prizes
- 4 Academy Awards
- 5 Grammy Awards
- 6 Emmy Awards
- 7 Tony Awards
- 8 MacArthur Fellowships
- 9 Alumni
- 9.1 Film, television, and theater
- 9.2 Press, literature and arts
- 9.3 Sports
- 9.4 Music
- 9.5 Business
- 9.6 Politics and government
- 9.6.1 Members of the United States House of Representatives
- 9.6.2 Members of the United States Senate
- 9.6.3 Government, international organizations and other
- 9.6.4 Spies
- 9.7 Humanities and social sciences
- 9.8 Medicine
- 9.9 Science and technology
- 9.10 Fictional
- 10 Notable faculty
- 11 Other important NYU people
- 12 New York University Presidents
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Nobel Prizes
| Name | Occupation | Relation to NYU | Noted for
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| Julius Axelrod
| biochemist
| MED 1941, M.Sc.
| 1970 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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| Saul Bellow
| writer
| professor
| 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature
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| Baruj Benacerraf
| immunologist
| professor 1956-1968
| 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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| Mohamed ElBaradei
| diplomat
| LAW LL.M., 1967
| 2005 Nobel Peace Prize
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| Gertrude B. Elion
| chemist
| GSAS 1941
| 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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| Robert F. Engle
| economist
| professor 1999-
| 2003 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
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| Rudolf Eucken
| philosopher
| lecturer 1913-1914
| 1908 Nobel Prize in Literature
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| Friedrich Hayek
| economist
| GSAS 1923-1924, postgraduate
| 1974 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
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| James Heckman
| economist
| associate adjunct professor 1972
| 2000 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
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| Avram Hershko
| chemist
| adjunct professor 1998-
| 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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| Eric R. Kandel
| psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, neuroscientist
| MED 1955, M.D.
| 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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| Arthur Kornberg
| biochemist
| MED, postgraduate
| 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine shared with Ochoa
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| Wassily Leontief
| economist
| professor 1975-1999
| 1973 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
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| Otto Loewi
| physicist
| professor 1940-1961
| 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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| Robert S. Mulliken
| physicist, chemist
| professor 1926-1928
| 1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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| Gunnar Myrdal
| economist
| visiting professor
| 1974 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
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| George E. Palade
| biologist
| postgraduate work at biology laboratory of Robert Chambers
| 1974 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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| Severo Ochoa
| physicist
| professor 1942-1974
| 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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| Edmund Phelps
| economist
| professor 1978-1979
| 2006 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
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| Edward C. Prescott
| economist
| Shinsei visiting professor 2005-
| 2004 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
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| Frederick Reines
| physicist
| GSAS 1944, Ph.D.
| 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics
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| Irwin Rose
| physicist
| postgraduate Work under Severo Ochoa
| 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics
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| Elihu Root
| politician
| LAW 1867, LL.B.
| 1912 Nobel Peace Prize
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| Paul A. Samuelson
| economist
| visiting professor
| 1970 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economics
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| Clifford Shull
| physicist
| GSAS 1941, Ph.D.
| 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics
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| George Wald
| scientist
| WSC 1927, B.S.
| 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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| Rosalyn Yalow
| medical physicist
| MED, coursework*
| 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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National Medals of Science
| Name | Occupation | Relation to NYU | Noted for
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| Kurt O. Friedrichs
| mathematician
| professor 1938-1974
| 1976 National Medal of Science recipient
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| Michael Heidelberger
| immunologist
| professor 1964-1991
| 1967 National Medal of Science recipient
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| Joseph B. Keller
| mathematician
| GSAS 1943-1948, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
| 1988 National Medal of Science recipient
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| Peter Lax
| mathematician
| GSAS 1947, B.A., 1949, Ph.D.
| 1986 National Medal of Science recipient
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| Cathleen Synge Morawetz
| mathematician
| GSAS 1951, Ph.D.
| 1998 National Medal of Science recipient (the first woman to be awarded the medal)
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| Louis Nirenberg
| mathematician
| GSAS 1949, Ph.D.
| 1995 National Medal of Science recipient
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| Severo Ochoa
| physicist
| professor 1942-1974
| 1979 National Medal of Science recipient
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| Frederick Reines
| physicist
| GSAS 1944, Ph.D.
| 1985 National Medal of Science recipient
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| Albert Sabin
| medical researcher
| MED 1931, M.D.
| 1988 National Medal of Science recipient
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Pulitzer Prizes
| Name | Occupation | Relation to NYU | Noted for
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| Jorie Graham
| Poet
| undergraduate/Film
| 1996 Pulitzer prize for Poetry
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| Michael Gartner
| journalist
| LAW 1972, J.D.
| 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
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| Morton Gould
| composer
| CAS studied under Abby Whiteside
| 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Stringmusic
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| Galway Kinnell
| poet
| professor
| 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
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| Frank McCourt
| author
| CAS 1953, B.A.
| 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography or autobiographical Writing
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| George Perle
| composer
| GSAS 1956, Ph.D.
| 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Woodwind Quintet No. 4
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| Dorothy Rabinowitz
| journalist and commentator
| GSAS 1960, Ph.D.
| 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
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| James Ford Rhodes
| historian
| CAS, 1865- *
| 1916 Pulitzer Prize for History of the Civil War
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| Harold C. Schonberg
| music critic, journalist
| GSAS 1939, M.A.,
| 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
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| William Schuman
| president, Juilliard School
| STERN*
| 1943 Pulitzer Prize for "A Free Song"
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| John Patrick Shanley
| playwright
| STEINHARDT 1977, M.A.
| 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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| Charles Simic
| poet
| CAS 1966, B.A.
| 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (The World doesn't end)
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| Neil Simon
| playwright
| CAS 1944 - 1945*
| 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Lost in Yonkers)
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| Moneta Sleet Jr.
| photojournalist
| Master's in journalism
| 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography (Photo of grieving widow Coretta Scott King)
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| Irwin Unger
| historian
| professor
| 1965 Pulitzer Prize for History (The Greenback Era)
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| Doug Wright
| playwright
| TSOA 1987
| 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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Academy Awards
| Name | Occupation | Relation to NYU | Noted for
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| Woody Allen
| actor, director, screenwriter
| TSOA 1953*
| Academy Award 1977, Annie Hall; 1986, Hannah and her Sisters
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| Elmer Bernstein
| composer
| ARTS 1942, B.A.
| Academy Award 1968, Thoroughly Modern Millie
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| John Canemaker
| director
| TSOA
| Academy Award 2006, The Moon and the Son
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| Joel Coen
| director
| CAS, 1962-
| Academy Award 1996, Fargo
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| Louis Gossett, Jr.
| actor, star basketball player
| ARTS coursework*
| Academy Award 1982, An Officer and a Gentleman
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| Marcia Gay Harden
| actress
| TSOA 1981, M.F.A.
| Academy Award 2000, Pollock
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| Bernard Herrmann
| composer
| WSC student under Percy Grainger
| Academy Award 1941, The Devil and Daniel Webster
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| Philip Seymour Hoffman
| actor
| TSOA 1989, B.F.A.,
| Academy Award 2005, Capote
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| Angelina Jolie
| actress
| TSOA 1993*
| Academy Award 1999, Girl, interrupted
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| Burt Lancaster
| actor
| TSOA coursework*
| Academy Award 1960, Elmer Gantry
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| Charles Kaufman
| screenwriter
| TSOA 1980
| Academy Award 2004, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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| Ang Lee
| director
| TSOA, M.F.A.
| Academy Award 2005, Brokeback Mountain
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| Alan Menken
| composer
| CAS, B.A.
| Academy Award 1995, Pocahontas; 1992, Aladdin; 1991, Beauty and the Beast
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| Carole Bayer Sager
| lyricist, songwriter
| CAS 1979, B.A.
| Academy Award 1981, for "Arthur's Theme"
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| Martin Scorsese
| director
| CAS 1964, B.A., GSAS 1966, M.A.
| Academy Award 2007, The Departed, The Aviator, Casino, Goodfellas, The Last Temptation of Christ, Taxi Driver
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| John Patrick Shanley
| playwright
| STEINHARDT 1977, M.A.
| Academy Award 1987, Moonstruck
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| Oliver Stone
| director, playwright
| TSOA 1970, M.F.A.
| Academy Award 1978, Midnight Express; 1986, Platoon; 1989, Born on the Fourth of July
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| Jim Taylor
| playwright
| TSOA 1996
| Academy Award 2004, Sideways
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| Marisa Tomei
| actress
| TSOA 1983, B.F.A.
| Academy Award 1992, My Cousin Vinny
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| Ken Perlin
| professor at NYU
| GSAS 1986, Ph.D.
| Academy Award 1997, for the development of Perlin noise
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| Paul Francis Webster
| lyricist
| ARTS 1928 - 1930 *
| Academy Award 1953, for "Secret Love"
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Grammy Awards
Emmy Awards
Tony Awards
| Name | Occupation | Relation to NYU | Noted for
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| Trazana Beverley
| actress
| TSOA, B.F.A.
| Tony Award 1976
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| Cy Coleman
| composer, pianist
| STEINHARDT
| Tony Awards for City of Angels 1990, On the Twentieth Century 1978
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| Betty Comden
| lyricist
| STEINHARDT
| Tony Award
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| Fred Ebb
| lyricist
| ARTS 1955, B.A.
| Tony Award 1967for Cabaret
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| Tony Kushner
| playwright
| TSOA 1984, M.F.A.
| Tony Award for best play, Angels in America
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| Idina Menzel
| actress
| TSOA 1993, B.F.A.
| Tony Award as best actress in a musical for Wicked
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| Donna Murphy
| actress
| TSOA 1980, B.F.A.
| Tony Award as best actress in a musical for Passion and The King and I
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| John Patrick Shanley
| playwright
| STEINHARDT 1977, M.A.
| Tony Award
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| George C. Wolfe
| playwright
| TSOA, M.F.A.
| Tony Award 1996
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MacArthur Fellowships
Alumni
Film, television, and theater
| Name | Occupation | Relation to NYU | Noted for
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| Paul Thomas Anderson
| filmmaker
| TSOA 1993, M.F.A.
| Magnolia, Boogie Nights
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| Alec Baldwin
| actor
| TSOA 1993, B.F.A.
| The Hunt for Red October, Pearl Harbor, The Aviator
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| Kristen Bell
| actress
| TSOA*
| Veronica Mars, Pulse
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| Julie Benz
| actress
| TSOA 1994, B.F.A.
| Jawbreaker, Angel, Buffy The Vampire Slayer
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| Selma Blair
| actress
| TSOA*
| The Fog, Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde, Scream 2, Hellboy
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| Alexis Bledel
| actress
| TSOA*,
| Gilmore Girls, Sin City
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| Barry Bostwick
| actor
| TSOA
| Original Broadway Cast of Grease, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spin City
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| Martin Brest
| director
| TSOA 1973, B.F.A.
| Beverly Hills Cop, Meet Joe Black, Gigli
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| James L. Brooks
| producer
| TSOA*
| The Simpsons
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| Harry Carey
| actor
| LAW
| Mr. Smith goes to Washington, Red River
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| Susan Cartsonis
| president, Wind Dance Films
| TSOA
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| Vinnette Justine Carroll
| playwright
| ARTS 1946, M.A.
| first African American woman to direct on Broadway
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| Chris Columbus
| director
| TSOA
| both Home Alone movies, Mrs. Doubtfire, Stepmom, first two Harry Potter movies, Rent
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| Bud Cort
| actor
| TSOA 1967-1969*
| M*A*S*H
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| Billy Crudup
| actor
| TSOA 1994, M.F.A.
| Sleepers, Big Fish
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| Billy Crystal
| actor
| TSOA 1970, B.F.A.
| Analyze This/That, When Harry Met Sally
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| John Cusack
| actor
| TSOA*
| High Fidelity, Con Air
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| Julie Delpy
| actress
| TSOA
| Homo Faber, Three Colors: White
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| Amanda Detmer
| actress
| TSOA, M.F.A.
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| Michael Dougherty
| writer
| TSOA, M.F.A.
| X2, Superman Returns
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| Kathryn Erbe
| actor
| TSOA*
| What About Bob?, Law and Order: Criminal Intent
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| Raul Esparza
| actor
| TSOA 1992, B.F.A.
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| Wayne Federman
| actor
| TSOA*
| Legally Blonde, 40-Year-Old Virgin, 50 First Dates, Max and Josh
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| Bridget Fonda
| actress
| TSOA 1987, B.F.A.
| Doc Hollywood, Jackie Brown
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| Marc Forster
| director
| TSOA 1990-1993*
| Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland
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| Melissa Gallo
| actress
| TSOA 2003, B.F.A.
| One Life to live
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| Gina Gershon
| actress
| TSOA 1983, B.F.A.
| The Insider, Showgirls
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| Whoopi Goldberg
| actress
| GSAS, Ph.D.
| Ghost, Star Trek: The Next Generation
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| Lou Gossett
| actor
| CAS, 1959, B.A.
| Roots, An Officer and a Gentleman
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| Bryan Greenberg
| actor
| TSOA*
| Prime
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| Peter Gruber
| CEO
| STERN, M.B.A.
| Mandalay Pictures
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| Matthew Gray Gubler
| filmmaker, actor
| TSOA 2002, M.F.A.
| Criminal Minds, RV, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
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| Regina Hall
| actor
| GSAS 1997, M.A.
| Scary Movie
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| Wood Harris
| actor
| TSOA 1983, M.F.A.
| Above The Rim
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| Anne Hathaway
| actress
| TSOA*
| The Princess Diaries
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| Ethan Hawke
| writer, actor
| CAS*
| Training Day, Dead Poets Society
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| Amy Heckerling
| director
| TSOA, B.F.A.
| Look who's talking, Loser, Clueless
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| Philip Seymour Hoffman
| actor
| TSOA 1989, B.F.A.,
| Capote, Magnolia, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Almost Famous
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| Todd Holoubek
| actor
| TSOA 2002, B.F.A.
| MTV: The State
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| Wendy Hoopes
| actor
| TSOA 2002, B.F.A.
| Spinster, Killing Cinderella, TV SHOW: Daria
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| Bryce Dallas Howard
| actress
| TSOA
| The Village, Lady in the Water
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| Felicity Huffman
| actress
| TSOA
| Transamerica, Desperate Housewives
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| Jim Jarmusch
| director
| TSOA*
| Night on Earth
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| Kristen Johnston
| actress
| TSOA, B.F.A.
| 3rd Rock from the Sun
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| Jeffrey Katzenberg
| producer
| TSOA*
| Shrek, Co-Founder of Dreamworks
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| Eriq La Salle
| actor
| TSOA, B.F.A.
| "ER"
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| Daniel Dae Kim
| Actor
| TSOA 1996, M.F.A.
| ABC series "Lost"
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| Stanley Kramer
| producer
| TSOA 1993, B.F.A.
| High Noon, Cyrano de Bergerac
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| Martin Kunert
| writer, director, producer
| TSOA
| Voices of Iraq, MTV's Fear
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| Tony Kushner
| playwright
| TSOA 1984, M.F.A.
| Tony Award
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| Ang Lee
| director
| TSOA, M.F.A.
| Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Sense and Sensibility
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| Spike Lee
| actor, director
| TSOA 1982, M.F.A.
| Malcolm X, Bamboozled, Jungle Fever
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| Thomas Lennon
| actor, producer, screenwriter
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| MTV: The State, Reno 911!, Taxi (screenwriter)
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| Bai Ling
| actress, model
| TSOA 1991-??
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| Jesse L. Martin
| actor
| TSOA 1989, M.F.A.
| Ed Green in "Law and Order", Rent
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| Mary Stuart Masterson
| actress
| TSOA*
| Fried Green Tomatoes, The Postman
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| John C. McGinley
| actor
| TSOA
| Intensity, Scrubs, Point Break
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| Ismail Merchant
| producer
| STERN, M.B.A.
| co-founded Merchant Ivory Productions
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| Jesse Merz
| actor, filmmaker
| TSOA 1996, B.F.A.
| My Own Private Idaho, Homeward Bound
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| Debra Messing
| actress
| TSOA 1987, M.F.A.
| Will and Grace
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| Kate Mulgrew
| actress
| TSOA 1976, A.A.
| Star Trek Voyager
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| Jeff Nimoy
| voice actor, director
| CAS, B.A.
| Naruto, Digimon, Trigun
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| Charlie O'Connell
| Actor
| TSOA 1997, B.F.A.
| Sliders, The Bachelor
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| Jerry O'Connell
| Actor
| TSOA 1995, B.F.A.
| Crossing Jordan, Mission to Mars
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| Ashley Olsen
| actress
| GAL, current student
| Full House, It Takes Two, Two of a Kind, New York Minute
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| Mary-Kate Olsen
| actress
| GAL, Dropped out
| Factory Girl, Full House, It Takes Two, Two of a Kind, New York Minute
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| Haley Joel Osment
| actor
| TSOA
| The Sixth Sense, Pay It Forward, AI, Secondhand Lions
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| Ted Raimi
| actor
| B.A.
| seaQuest DSV, Xena: Warrior Princess
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| Meg Ryan
| actress
| CAS, B.A.
| When Harry Met Sally..., Sleepless in Seattle, City of Angels, You`ve Got Mail
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| Adam Sandler
| actor, comedian, producer
| TSOA 1991, B.F.A.
| Mr. Deeds, Big Daddy
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| Andy Samberg
| comedian
| TSOA, B.F.A.
| SNL
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| Martin Scorsese
| director
| CAS 1964, B.A GSAS 1966, M.A.
| The Aviator, Casino, Goodfellas, The last Temptation of Christ, Taxi Driver
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| Joshua Seth
| voice actor, comedy hypnotist
| CAS, 1991, B.A.
| Digimon, Wolf's Rain, Trigun
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| John Patrick Shanley
| playwright
| TSOA 1977, M.A.
| Moonstruck; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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| Sheetal Sheth
| actress
| TSOA 1997, B.A.
| ABCD; Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
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| M. Night Shyamalan
| film director
| TSOA
| The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village
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| Neil Simon
| playwright
| ARTS 1944 - 1945*
| The Odd Couple; winner of the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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| Morgan Spurlock
| director
| TSOA, B.F.A.
| Supersize Me
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| Barry Sonnenfeld
| director
| TSOA*
| Men in Black
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| Maura Tierney
| actress
| TSOA*
| ER, News Radio, Primary Colors
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| Chandra Wilson
| actress
| TSOA 1991, B.F.A.
| Grey's Anatomy
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| Mara Wilson
| actress
| TSOA, current student
| Matilda, Mrs. Doubtfire, Miracle on 34th Street
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| Doug Wright
| playwright
| TSOA 1987
| Quills; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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Press, literature and arts
| Name | Occupation | Relation to NYU | Noted for
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| Kenny Albert
| sportscaster
| CAS 1990, B.A.
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| Kathy Acker
| author
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| Blood and Guts in High School
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| David Antin
| poet
| GSAS 1966, M.A.
| recipient of the PEN Los Angeles Award for Poetry
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| Ted Baehr
| media critic
| LAW, J.D.
| chairman of the Christian Film and Television Commission
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| Maria Bartiromo
| journalist
| CAS, 1987 B.A.
| News anchor on CNBC, has also written 2 books
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| Leonard Baskin
| sculptor
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| noted for his bleak but impressive portrayals of the human figure
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| Rita Mae Brown
| author
| LAW 1964, M.A.
| Rubyfruit Jungle
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| Candace Bushnell
| columnist
| CAS, B.A.
| New York Observer: Sex and the City
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| Erin Clements
| journalist
| CAS, B.A.
| TimeOut NY: Around Town Writer
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