History, Literature, Art, and Music
- Kenny Aronoff 1975, drummer
- Ben Baraldi, bassist in The Minibosses
- David Berman, poet, musician
- Frank Black, rock singer and guitarist in the Pixies
- Aaron Burke, guitarist in The Minibosses
- Joey Santiago, guitarist in the Pixies
- Jack Canfield 1972G, best-selling author
- Bill Cosby 1972G, 1976 Ed.D., actor, comedian, writer
- Beth Krommes 1980G, children's book illustrator
- Patrick DeCoste 2000, guitarist, composer
- Dana Gould, 1986, comedian
- James Grinwis, poet
- Fardeen Khan Bollywood actor
- Raymond Kennedy, novelist
- Peter Laird, co-creator Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Taj Mahal 1963, composer and singer
- William Manchester 1946, author, biographer, and recipient of the National Humanities Medal
- J Mascis, rock singer and guitarist in Dinosaur Jr
- Jeff Penalty (b. Jeff Alulis), former lead singer of Dead Kennedys.
- Joe Pernice singer in Pernice Brothers, Scud Mountain Boys, Chappaquiddick Skyline
- Jesse Richards Stuckist painter, filmmaker, Remodernist film
- Louis Ross, 1917, architect, designed many of the campus buildings
- Buffy Sainte-Marie 1970, singer
- Flo Steinberg of Marvel Comics
- Paul Theroux 1963, travel writer and author
- Natasha Trethewey 1995, U.S. poet laureate
- Matt Wood, drummer in The Minibosses
- Peter Manseau 1996, author
- Jane Yolen, author
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“The great challenge which faces us is to assure that, in our society of big-ness, we do not strangle the voice of creativity, that the rules of the game do not come to overshadow its purpose, that the grand orchestration of society leaves ample room for the man who marches to the music of another drummer.”
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