High School of Art and Design - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

  • 1937 Paul Winchell, ventriloquist, inventor, actor
  • 1940 Violet Barclay, one of the pioneering female comic-book artists
  • 1940 Chic Stone, comic book illustrator
  • 1943 Carmine Infantino, comic book artist and editor, member Comic Book Hall of Fame
  • 1943 Helmut Krone, legendary art director
  • 1943 Norm Blumenthal, TV producer: Concentration, American Movie Classics, Wonderama, Winky Dink and Published Author
  • 1943 Henry Wolf, graphic designer, art director and photographer
  • 1944 Joe Orlando, comic book illustrator, Mad magazine Associate Publisher
  • 1945 Tony Bennett, singer and painter
  • 1945 Joe Giella, comic book illustrator
  • 1946 Sy Barry, comic book illustrator
  • 1946 Vladimir Kagan, furniture designer
  • 1946 Al Scaduto, syndicated cartoonist
  • 1947 Alex Toth, comic book illustrator, animator for Hanna-Barbera
  • 1947 John Romita, Sr., comic book illustrator
  • 1950 Dick Giordano, comic book illustrator
  • 1951 Leo Dillon, adult and children's book illustrator
  • 1951 Bill Kresse, syndicated cartoonist
  • 1952 Eva Hesse, minimalist painter and sculptor
  • 1952 Sam Scali, advertising agency owner, ADC Hall of Fame
  • 1953 Bill Haire, fashion designer
  • 1953 Hazel Haire, fashion designer
  • 1955 John Anthony (John Anthony Iorio), fashion designer
  • 1955 I.C. Rapoport photojournalist
  • 1956 Ralph Bakshi, animator, filmmaker
  • 1956 John Johnson, TV news anchor, author and painter
  • 1956 Barbara Nessim, illustrator and educator
  • 1957 Bobby Weinstein, songwriter, member Songwriters Hall of Fame
  • 1957 Phoebe Gilman, children's book author & illustrator
  • 1959 Neal Adams, comic book illustrator
  • 1960 Calvin Klein, fashion designer
  • 1960 George Kuchar, cult filmmaker and director
  • 1960 Antonio Lopez, fashion illustrator
  • 1960 Gerard Malanga, poet, photographer and filmmaker
  • 1960 Robert Volpe, painter and NYPD detective, the "Art Cop"
  • 1962 Roscoe Orman, actor, author, and illustrator, best known as "Gordon" on Sesame Street
  • 1962 Simon Gaon, painter
  • 1963 Ronnie Landfield, abstract painter
  • 1963 Joey Skaggs, media prankster, performance artist
  • 1963 Michael Steiner, abstract artist and sculptor
  • 1964 Peter Heller, Emmy award winning TV news producer, author
  • 1965 Jackie Curtis, Warhol film star, poet, playwright
  • 1965 Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize winning author and cartoonist
  • 1967 Bert Monroy, digital art pioneer, author of books on Photoshop, Illustrator
  • 1967 Eric Carr (Paul Charles Caravello), drummer in the rock band Kiss
  • 1967 Frank Brunner, comic book illustrator
  • 1967 Larry Hama, writer and comic book illustrator
  • 1967 Lenny White, jazz-funk drummer, member of Return to Forever
  • 1967 Ralph Reese, comic book illustrator
  • 1967 Terry Winters, abstract painter and printmaker
  • 1968 Candida Royalle, producer and director of couples-oriented erotic films
  • 1968 John Steptoe, author and illustrator of children's books
  • 1969 Harvey Fierstein, actor, playwright, gay activist
  • 1970 Amy Heckerling, film director, writer, actress
  • 1971 Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, actor and singer
  • 1971 Alan Kupperberg, cartoonist and illustrator
  • 1971 Steven Meisel, fashion photographer
  • 1973 Lisa Jane Persky, actress.
  • 1973 Tom Sito, animator, filmmaker, educator
  • 1976 Marcelino Sanchez, film and television actor
  • 1976 Mike Carlin, comic book writer and editor
  • 1977 Joe Jusko, comic book illustrator
  • 1977 Gladys Portugues, champion body builder
  • 1978 Margaret Matz, architect
  • 1978 Lasana M. Sekou, poet, author, publisher
  • 1978 Lorna Simpson, artist and photographer
  • 1979 Denys Cowan, comic book illustrator
  • 1979 Jimmy Palmiotti, inker and writer of comic books, games and film
  • 1979 Mark Texeira, comic book illustrator
  • 1980 Steve Carr, film director
  • 1981 Marc Jacobs, fashion designer
  • 1981 Catherine S. Snodgrass, (Tactikos), children's book illustrator and author
  • 1984 Christopher "Play" Martin, rapper and actor
  • 1984 Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara), graffiti writer, artist and muralist.
  • 1985 Roger Sanchez, Grammy Award winning DJ, producer, recording artist
  • 1986 Pharoahe Monch (Troy Donald Jamerson), hip hop artist
  • 1987 Ivan de Prume, former drummer in the groove metal band White Zombie
  • 1987 Malcolm Jones III, comic book illustrator
  • 1990 Jamal Igle, comic book and animation storyboard artist
  • 1992 Joe Madureira, comic book illustrator
  • 1992 Mobb Deep, hip-hop duo

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