List of Collegiate School (New York City) alumni

This list of alumni of New York City's Collegiate School includes graduates and students who did not graduate.


 * George Axelrod, 1940, playwright
 * Jason Beghe, 1978, actor
 * David Benioff, 1988, author and screenwriter
 * Egbert Benson, 1760, a Founding Father of the United States, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1st Attorney General of New York, and founder of the New-York Historical Society
 * George Platt Brett, 1911, chairman of MacMillan Publishing
 * Peter Bogdanovich, 1957, filmmaker and author
 * Benjamin Bronfman, 2000, entrepreneur and musician
 * Edgar Bronfman Jr., 1973, CEO of Warner Music Group
 * Dan Cogan, 1987, producer and director
 * Jeff Cowen, 1984, American photographer
 * Joseph Cullman, 1930, businessman and CEO of Philip Morris cigarette company from 1957 to 1978
 * Matthew Daddario, 2006, actor
 * Christopher d'Amboise, 1978, An American dancer, choreographer, writer, and theater director
 * Samuel Dickson, c.1820 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
 * David Duchovny, 1978, Golden Globe-winning actor and director
 * Nabil Fahmy, 1968, Egyptian diplomat and politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013–2014)
 * Douglas Fairbanks Jr., 1926, actor and World War II naval officer
 * William Finley, 1958, actor
 * Edward Glaeser, 1984, economics professor
 * Matt Haimovitz, 1989, cellist
 * John Hermann, 1980, musician in Widespread Panic
 * Paul Hodes, 1968, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
 * Robert Hollander, 1951, American academic
 * Zachary Karabell, 1985, businessman and writer, contributing editor for Politico
 * Bill Keenan, 2004, professional ice hockey player
 * Douglas Kennedy, 1972, novelist


 * John F. Kennedy, Jr., class of 1978 (left after 10th grade), son of President John F. Kennedy
 * John Kosner, 1978, writer head of espn.com
 * Bill Kristol, 1970, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States (1989–1993) for Dan Quayle, and founder and editor of The Weekly Standard
 * Christopher Krovatin, 2003, author and musician
 * John Langeloth Loeb Jr., 1940, businessman and United States Ambassador to Denmark


 * Nicholas M. Loeb, 1993, businessman and actor
 * Ben Lyons, 2000, film critic and TV personality
 * Ian McGinnis, 1997, NCAA Division I men's basketball leading rebounder
 * Lil Mabu, 2023, rapper
 * Taylor Mali, 1983, poet and humorist
 * Walter Murch, 1961 Oscar-winning editor, sound designer, and filmmaker, referred to as "the most respected film editor and sound designer in the modern cinema"
 * James M. Nack, 1825, poet
 * John Bertram Oakes, 1929, journalist known for his early commitment to the environment, civil rights, and opposition to the Vietnam War; creator of the modern op-ed page.
 * Alexander Olch, 2003, designer
 * Jeffrey Orridge, 1978, commissioner of the Canadian Football League
 * Bill Perkins, 1968, New York State Senator (2007–2017) and member of the New York City Council
 * Dan-el Padilla Peralta, 2002, classicist
 * Alex Prud'homme, journalist
 * Ben Rhodes, 1996, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication and speechwriter for President Barack Obama
 * David Rhodes, 1994, President of CBS News
 * Jack Richardson, 1951, essayist and playwright known for existentialist drama
 * John A. Roebling II (1867–1952), engineer and philanthropist.
 * Cesar Romero, 1926, actor
 * Mark Ronson, 1993, Grammy-winning producer and DJ
 * Christopher Ross, 1949, sculptor, designer and collector
 * Andrew Rossi 1991, documentary filmmaker
 * Alex Rubens, 1996, writer for Key and Peele and Rick and Morty
 * John Rubinstein, 1964, actor
 * Cormac Ryan, 2018 (transferred), basketball player
 * Jack Schlossberg, 2011, only male surviving descendant of John F. Kennedy
 * Serge Schmemann, 1963, writer and editor
 * Wallace Shawn, 1961, playwright, actor
 * Michael Shnayerson, 1972, contributing editor, Vanity Fair
 * Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., 1969, former publisher, The New York Times
 * Anthony Shorris, 1974, first deputy mayor of New York City
 * Sam Sifton, 1984, food critic
 * Robert F. X. Sillerman, 1966, media entrepreneur
 * Vivek Tiwary, 1991, writer and theater producer
 * Luis Ubiñas, 1981, former president of the Ford Foundation
 * Stephanus Van Cortlandt, c. 1655, member of the Board of Deacons (1672), Mayor of New York City
 * Cornelius Vanderbilt II, 1859, son of William Henry Vanderbilt and grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt
 * Andrew Wagner, 1981, filmmaker
 * Kenneth Webb, 1902, film director, screenwriter, and composer
 * John Weidman, 1964, playwright
 * Paul Weitz, 1983, filmmaker and playwright
 * James Warren, 1971, journalist
 * Billy Wirth, 1980, actor and director
 * David Wise, 1972, screenwriter
 * Alex York, Japanese TV personality, author, and musician
 * J. Peder Zane, 1980, journalist and author
 * Parker Conrad, 1998, CEO of Rippling