Notable Alumni of Pratt Institute-Main

George Lincoln Rockwell 1918–1967

Founder of the American Nazi Party

Also attended: Brown University

Brad Lander 1969–

Former NYC comptroller and U.S. Representative-elect

Also attended: University of Chicago

Chance M. Vought 1890–1930

Aviation pioneer and co-founder of Lewis and Vought

Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

Robert Redford 1936–2025

Actor, director and producer

Also attended: University of Colorado Boulder, American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York

Child: Amy Redford (San Francisco State University, University of Colorado Boulder)

Martin Landau 1928–2017

American actor

Spouse: Barbara Bain (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Terrence Howard 1969–

Actor nominated for an Academy Award

Chemical engineering

Joseph Barbera 1911–2006

Animator, co-founder of Hanna-Barbera

Djuna Barnes 1892–1982

Modernist writer, author of Nightwood

Rob Zombie 1965–

Rock singer and filmmaker

Also attended: The New School

George Segal 1934–2021

American actor and musician

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Haverford College

Peter Zumthor 1943–

Swiss architect, 2009 Pritzker Prize winner

Harvey Fierstein 1952–

Actor and playwright; Tony winner for Torch Song Trilogy

Robert Mapplethorpe 1946–1989

Photographer known for black-and-white photographs

Paul Rand 1914–1996

Graphic designer of IBM and UPS logos

Also attended: Yale University, The New School

Robert Wilson 1941–2025

Director and playwright of experimental theater

Ellsworth Kelly 1923–2015

Painter, sculptor and printmaker

Pamela Colman Smith 1878–1951

Artist who illustrated the Rider–Waite Tarot

Betsey Johnson 1942–

Fashion designer

Also attended: Syracuse University

Max Weber 1881–1961

One of the first American Cubist painters

Painting

Adelaide Hall 1901–1993

Jazz singer and entertainer

Jules Feiffer 1929–2025

Cartoonist and playwright, 1986 Pulitzer Prize winner

Child: Halley Feiffer (Wesleyan University)

Pen-ek Ratanaruang 1962–

Thai film director and screenwriter

Daniel Clowes 1961–

Cartoonist, graphic novelist and screenwriter

Also attended: University of Chicago

Jacob Lawrence 1917–2000

Painter known for African-American historical subjects

Spouse: Gwendolyn Knight (Howard University)

Katherine Sophie Dreier 1877–1952

Artist, art collector and social reformer

Roger Sanchez 1967–

House DJ and producer, Grammy winner

George Segal 1924–2000

Pop art sculptor and painter

Also attended: The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, SUNY at Purchase College

Oneohtrix Point Never 1982–

Electronic music producer known as Oneohtrix Point Never

Peter Max 1937–2026

German-American artist known for psychedelic pop art

Beverly Pepper 1922–2020

Sculptor known for monumental site-specific works

Also attended: CUNY Brooklyn College

Child: John R. Pepper (Princeton University)

Child: Jorie Graham (University of Iowa, New York University)

Shawn Christensen 2000–

Filmmaker, musician and artist

Félix González-Torres 1957–1996

Cuban-born American visual artist

Also attended: New York University

William Van Alen 1882–1954

Architect of New York's Chrysler Building

Eric Goldberg 1955–

Animator known for Disney and Warner Bros. work

Rotimi Fani-Kayode 1955–1989

Nigerian photographer

Master of Arts

Also attended: Georgetown University

Stefan Sagmeister 1962–

Graphic designer, founder of Sagmeister Inc

Alison Knowles 1933–2025

Fluxus founding member and performance artist

Bachelor's degree · Class of 1956

Also attended: Middlebury College

Spouse: Dick Higgins (Yale University, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Child: Hannah Higgins (University of Chicago, Oberlin College)

Arthur Kane 1949–2004

Bass guitarist of the New York Dolls

Arnold Lobel 1933–1987

Children's author and illustrator of Frog and Toad

Spouse: Anita Lobel (Pratt Institute-Main)

Jeff Morrow 1907–1993

Film and television actor

Martin Nodell 1915–2006

Cartoonist and creator of Green Lantern

Also attended: School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Gwendolyn B. Bennett 1902–1981

Harlem Renaissance writer, artist and journalist

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Bill Gold 1921–2018

Graphic designer of thousands of film posters

David Levine 1926–2009

Caricaturist known for The New York Review of Books

Also attended: Temple University

Alice Boughton 1866–1943

Photographer and Photo-Secession Fellow

Deborah Van Valkenburgh 1952–

Actress known for The Warriors and Too Close for Comfort

Also attended: New York University

Rob Sheridan 1979–

Artist and creative director for Nine Inch Nails

Audrey Kawasaki 1982–

Los Angeles-based painter

Glenn Ficarra 1971–

Screenwriter, director and producer

John Flansburgh 1960–

Co-founder of rock band They Might Be Giants

Also attended: George Washington University, Antioch University-Los Angeles, Antioch College

Miguel Chevalier 1959–

French digital and virtual artist

Also attended: School of Visual Arts

Joan Semmel 1932–

Feminist painter known for nude self-portraits

Also attended: The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Joe Caroff 1921–2025

Graphic designer who created the 007 pistol logo

Jeremy Scott 1974–

Fashion designer, former creative director of Moschino

Kim Deitch 1944–

Cartoonist and underground comix figure

Father: Gene Deitch (Washington State University)

Lindsey Way 1976–

Bassist of band Mindless Self Indulgence

Spouse: Gerard Way (School of Visual Arts)

Agnes Lawrence Pelton 1881–1961

Modernist painter

Deborah Willis 1948–

Photographer, curator and MacArthur Fellow

Master of Fine Arts

Also attended: CUNY--City College, University of the Arts, George Mason University

Child: Hank Willis Thomas (California College of the Arts, New York University)

Poy Gum Lee 1900–1968

Architect known for Chinese Deco buildings

Jennifer Wen Ma 1973–

Visual artist working in New York and Beijing

Ivy Bottini 1926–2021

Activist for women's and LGBTQ rights, and visual artist