List of Pratt Institute alumni

Following is a list of notable alumni from the Pratt Institute in Brookyn, New York City, New York.

Academia

 * Emery Bopp, artist and long-time chairman of the Division of Art at Bob Jones University
 * Mary Godfrey, artist and the first full-time African American faculty member at Penn State University
 * Thomas J.R. Hughes, professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin
 * Irvin Leigh Matus, independent scholar, autodidact, and author. He is best known as an authority on Shakespeare
 * Susan L. Talbott, curator and director of the Wadsworth Atheneum and director of Smithsonian Arts at the Smithsonian Institution

Architecture

 * Martin L. Beck, architect
 * Richard Foster, architect
 * Henry Hohauser, architect
 * Malcolm Holzman, architect
 * Fay Kellogg, architect
 * Johannes Knoops, architect
 * Edward Mazria, architect
 * George Ranalli, architect
 * Wallace Rayfield, architect
 * Mott B. Schmidt, architect
 * Annabelle Selldorf, architect
 * Peter L. Shelton, architect
 * William Van Alen, architect
 * Lorenzo Snow Young, architect
 * Carlos Zapata, architect
 * Peter Zumthor, architect

Comic

 * Dave Berg, a cartoonist known for his work in Mad
 * Rich Burlew, graphic designer known for The Order of the Stick webcomic
 * Bernard Chang, artist and designer best known for his work in the comic book industry
 * Daniel Clowes, cartoonist and writer
 * Gus Edson, cartoonist
 * Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for editorial cartooning
 * Bill Griffith, cartoonist best known for his surreal daily comic strip Zippy
 * Jack Kirby, comic book artist
 * Marcus McLaurin, comic book writer and editor
 * Mort Meskin, comic book artist
 * Martin Nodell, comic creator
 * Mike Roy, comic book and comic strip artist
 * Samm Schwartz Archie comics illustrator
 * Gordon A. Sheehan, cartoonist
 * Leonard Starr, cartoonist

Fashion

 * Jeffrey Banks, fashion designer
 * Donna Chambers, jewelry designer
 * Ben de Lisi, fashion designer
 * Betsey Johnson, fashion designer
 * Vera Maxwell, fashion designer
 * Norman Norell, fashion designer
 * Jeremy Scott, fashion designer
 * Marie Zimmermann, jewelry designer and metalworker

Fine arts

 * Marshall Arisman, painter
 * Imna Arroyo, painter
 * David Ascalon, sculptor
 * Leigh Behnke, painter
 * Aisha Tandiwe Bell, visual artist
 * Trudy Benson, painter
 * Willard Bond, painter
 * Paul Calle, artist
 * Aurore Chabot, ceramist
 * Theresa Chromati, painter
 * Lady Bird Cleveland, painter
 * Louis Delsarte, artist
 * Jason Freeny, artist specializing in sculpture, designer toys and computer-generated imagery.
 * Ann Gillen sculptor
 * Félix González-Torres, conceptual artist
 * Jim Hodges, artist
 * Candy Jernigan, multimedia artist, graphic designer, and set designer
 * Ellsworth Kelly, painter, sculptor, and printmaker
 * Lili Lakich, artist
 * Greer Lankton, artist
 * Greg Lindquist, painter
 * Victoria de Lesseps, artist
 * Kermit Love, puppet designer
 * Gina Lucia, art director, artist, and designer
 * Vivian Schuyler Key, painter, sculptor, printmaker, designer, and illustrator
 * Peter Max, artist
 * Philomena Marano, artist
 * Soraya Marcano, visual artist
 * Conor Mccreedy, artist
 * Sergio Rossetti Morosini, artist and writer
 * Cyrilla Mozenter, artist
 * Marilyn Nance, artist
 * David Nyzio, sculptor
 * John Pai, sculptor
 * Roxy Paine, painter and sculptor
 * Agnes Lawrence Pelton, painter
 * Denis Peterson, painter
 * Charles E. Pont, artist
 * Albert John Pucci, artist
 * David Ratcliff, painter
 * Nicholas Reale, painter
 * Edna Reindel, painter
 * Willy Bo Richardson, artist
 * Mario Robinson, painter
 * Stefan Sagmeister, artist
 * Jenny Scobel, painter
 * Barbara Segal, sculptor and stone carver
 * Joan Semmel, painter
 * Hadieh Shafie, visual artist
 * Nat Mayer Shapiro, painter
 * Susan Louise Shatter, painter
 * Jean Shin, sculptor
 * Joseph A. Smith, artist
 * Therman Statom, studio glass artist
 * Susanne Suba, artist
 * Swoon, graffiti artist
 * Mickalene Thomas, painter
 * Salman Toor, artist
 * Boaz Vaadia, sculptor
 * Max Weber, painter
 * William T. Williams, painter
 * Terry Winters, painter
 * Robert Yasuda, visual artist

Illustration

 * Ken Bald, illustrator
 * C. C. Beall m illustrator and painter
 * Rajie Cook, graphic designer
 * Frances W. Delehanty, artist and illustrator
 * Wendy Anderson Halperin, illustrator and author
 * Cheryl Hanna, painter, and children's book illustrator who is also known for her work in the medium of collage
 * George Lois, art director and designer known for over 92 covers for Esquire magazine
 * Earl Mayan, illustrator
 * Jacqui Morgan, illustrator and painter
 * Kadir Nelson, illustrator, known for his covers of The New Yorker magazine
 * Roberto Parada, illustrator known for creating paintings for magazines
 * Paul Rand, graphic designer
 * Robert Sabuda, illustrator
 * Bernard Safran, painter and illustrator known for magazine covers
 * Sam Savitt, illustrator and writer, official artist of U.S. Equestrian Team
 * Helen Sewell, illustrator and writer
 * Rob Sheridan, graphic designer
 * Pamela Colman Smith, illustrator of  the Rider–Waite tarot deck
 * Louis Silverstein, graphic designer
 * Rupert Jasen Smith, silk screen printer and artist
 * Frank Verlizzo, theater poster designer and Drama Desk Award-winner
 * Kent Williams, painter and graphic novel artist
 * Lance Wyman, graphic designer

Photography

 * Robert King, photojournalist
 * Robert Mapplethorpe, photographer
 * Wendy McMurdo, photographer
 * Joseph Szabo, photographer
 * Barbra Walz, fashion photographer

Business

 * Donald Genaro, industrial designer and president of Henry Dreyfuss Associates
 * Charles Pollock, industrial designer who created sleek furniture
 * David Sarnoff, president of conglomerate of telecommunications and media companies, including RCA and NBC
 * Tony Schwartz, pioneering media theorist and advertising creator
 * Fred Trump, real estate developer

Entertainment

 * Alexandra Amon, actress, screenwriter, and film producer
 * Joseph Barbera, animator and cartoonist
 * André Baruch, radio announcer and film narrator
 * Guy Bolton, playwright and writer of musical comedies
 * Alfred Mosher Butts, inventor of Scrabble
 * Shawn Christensen, filmmaker, musician, and podcaster
 * Jhariah Claire, musician, illustrator, and animator
 * Jacky Connolly, filmmaker and video artist
 * Glenn Ficarra, screenwriter and director
 * Harvey Fierstein, actor and playwright
 * Suzanne Fiol, founder of the performance space ISSUE Project Room
 * John Flansburgh, musician
 * Richard Gallo, stage actor, Performance Artist, and experimental theater stage director
 * Bob Giraldi, film director
 * Eric Goldberg, animator, voice actor, film director, and producer
 * Liz Hannah, screenwriter and producer
 * Joel Haver, comedy YouTuber and animator
 * Clint Houston, jazz musician
 * Matt Johnson, member of the indie electronic duo Matt and Kim
 * Samantha Katz, co-producer of the Created Here television show
 * Owen Kline, actor and filmmaker
 * Martin Landau, actor Space: 1999 and acting coach
 * Daniel Lopatin, experimental electronic music producer, composer, singer, and songwriter
 * Lukita Maxwell, actress
 * Jeff Morrow, actor
 * Alan Mruvka, film producer
 * Abraham Nathanson, creator of the game Bananagrams
 * Hawley Pratt, film director and animator
 * James Reams, bluegrass musician
 * Rob Redding, podcaster and host of the weekday syndicated Redding News Review on Sirius XM
 * Robert Redford, actor and filmmaker
 * Robert Riger, television director and cinematographer
 * John Requa, screenwriter
 * Phoebe Robinson, comedian
 * Lee Sang-eun, musical artist
 * Kim Schifino, member of the indie electronic duo Matt and Kim
 * Robert Siegel, radio journalist
 * David Silverman, animator and director
 * Yoshi Sodeoka, multimedia artist and musician
 * Dante Tomaselli, film director
 * Chris Tsirgiotis, animator
 * Deborah Van Valkenburgh, actress Too Close for Comfort and The Warriors
 * Melora Walters, actress
 * Lindsey Way, member of Mindless Self Indulgence
 * Robert Wilson, stage director and playwright
 * Kat Zhang, rapper
 * Rob Zombie, rock musician and filmmaker

Literature and journalism

 * Gwendolyn B. Bennett, writer and journalist
 * Mark Mathew Braunstein, writer
 * Bryan Collier, children's book illustrator and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award
 * Sarah Louise Delany, author and educator
 * Tomie dePaola, writer and illustrator who created more than 260 children's books
 * Pete Hamill, journalist
 * Norton Juster, author of children's books
 * Arnold Lobel, author of children's books, including the Frog and Toad series
 * Laura Numeroff, author and illustrator of children's books
 * John Peterson, writer
 * Matthew Reinhart, writer and illustrator of children's pop-up books and picture books
 * Michael Rosen, children's author and poet
 * Sam Savitt, author and illustrator of over 130 books
 * Cyndy Szekeres, children's book author and illustrator
 * Elliot Tiber, author and professor of writing
 * Carolyn F. Ulrich, librarian who created the Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

Politics

 * Joseph Amenowode, Member of Parliament for Hohoe South and Minister for the Volta Region of Ghana
 * William D. Byron, U.S. Congressman
 * Elizabeth Crowley, New York City Council member
 * George Lincoln Rockwell (non-degreed), founder of the American Nazi Party

Religion

 * William Howard Hoople, co-founder of the Association of Pentecostal Churches of America and an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene
 * Mary Elizabeth Wood, librarian and missionary

Science, technology, and engineering

 * Joshua Davis, winner of the Prix Ars Electronica 2001 and the Golden Nica for "Net Vision / Net Excellence”
 * Lloyd Espenschied, electrical engineer who invented the coaxial cable
 * William Garity, inventor and audio engineer
 * Donald A. Hall, aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer who designed the Spirit of St. Louis.
 * Irving Langmuir, recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 * John M. Pierce, teacher and amateur astronomer

Sports

 * Pelle Petterson, Olympic medalist for yacht racing, World Cup winner, America's Cup participant, and yacht designer
 * Sarah Schkeeper, professional American football player

Other

 * Stephanie Buhmann, known as a art critic, art historian, art curator.
 * Leo Frank, lynching victim
 * Elva A. George, dietitian and director of the Bureau of Dietitian Service of the American Red Cross during World War I
 * Lynne Stewart, lawyer convicted of conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists