Notable Alumni
- Bradley Abelow, former State Treasurer of New Jersey
- Dan Abrams (born 1966), General Manager of MSNBC
- Sean Altman (born 1961), founder of Rockapella
- Josh Appelbaum, writer, producer of October Road
- Cliff Bayer, Olympic fencer
- Richard Blumenthal (born 1946), U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
- Jack Carpenter (born 1984), actor
- Chevy Chase, actor.
- Neal Conan (born 1949), NPR radio journalist
- Paul Dickson, writer
- Richard Engel (born 1973), author and reporter for NBC News
- Varian Fry (1907–1967), journalist
- Peter Galison, historian of science Harvard University
- James Gleick (born 1954), science writer, author of Chaos: Making a New Science.
- Leopold Godowsky, Jr., musician, inventor of Kodachrome
- Calvin Hill, former NFL player
- Jeffrey Hollender, President and CEO of Seventh Generation Inc.
- Molly Jong-Fast, author
- John Kao, author, strategic advisor
- Edward M. Kennedy, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
- Ron Kim, member of the New York State Assembly
- Robert Krulwich, broadcast journalist
- John Lahr, theater critic
- Leopold Mannes, musician, inventor of Kodachrome
- Megan McArdle, journalist, The Atlantic Monthly
- Nick McDonell, author
- Lee MacPhail, Major League Baseball executive
- Fred Melamed, actor, writer
- Tim Morehouse, Olympic fencer, Silver Medal winner in the men's sabre as a member of the United States Men's Fencing Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
- Erik Lee Preminger, writer, actor
- Philip Proctor, actor
- Ed Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania
- Cesar Romero, actor
- Carly Simon, musician
- Joanna Simon (mezzo-soprano), opera singer
- Claude Kelly, songwriter and singer
- Scott Snyder, author
- Jordana Spiro, actor, star of TBS series My Boys
- Joss Whedon, writer, director, and executive producer; creator of several television series (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Serenity)
- Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress
- David Yazbek, composer, lyricist, writer of Broadway shows and TV including The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, etc.
- Tim Zagat, restaurant critic
- Michael Zakarin, guitarist for The Bravery
- Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Group
- Geoffrey Wigdor, Actor, Sleepers
John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy attended Riverdale's Lower School, while Francis Fukuyama attended the Middle School. Vincent Price and Nathan M. Pusey taught at Riverdale Country School, as did Peter Schickele, as a substitute teacher in the early 1960s. Kemba Walker (professional basketball player) attended the day care center.
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