List of Stuyvesant High School people
People associated with Stuyvesant High School in New York City, New York.
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Scientists/mathematicians
- Richard Axel '63 — scientist, winner of 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Steven Bellovin '68 — AT&T Bell Labs, Internet security authority
- Bram Cohen '93 — author of Bittorrent
- Paul Cohen '50 — mathematician, shared the 1966 Fields Medal, won National Medal of Science in 1968
- Noam D. Elkies '82 — mathematician and musician
- Joseph File '40 — winner, Enrico Fermi Award
- Bob Frankston '66 — co-creator of Visicalc, Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
- Robert Fogel '44 — economist, winner of 1993 Nobel Prize in economics
- Ronald J. Grabe '62 — astronaut
- Brian Greene '80 — mathematician, physicist, String theorist, author of The Elegant Universe
- Roald Hoffmann '55 — chemist, winner of 1981 Nobel Prize in chemistry
- Edward M. Kosower '45 — 1996 Rothschild Prize in Chemistry (one of Israel's highest prizes in science)
- Eric Lander '74 — head of the Human Genome Project, MacArthur Fellow
- Raymond Lau '89 — software programmer (Stuffit), research scientist
- Peter Lax '43 — mathematician, winner of 1985 Wolf Prize in Mathematics, winner of 2005 Abel Prize
- Joshua Lederberg '41 — geneticist, winner of 1958 Nobel Prize in medicine, Medal of Science (1989)
- Marshall Rosenbluth '41 — Nuclear scientist, Albert Einstein Award, Enrico Fermi Award, and National Medal of Science
- Steve Rothman '65 — One of the inventors of the VAX computer family, Digital Equipment
- Nicholas P. Samios, PhD '49 — physicist; Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award
- Michael Silverstein '62 — MacArthur Fellow
- Thomas Sowell '48 — economist
- Elias Stein '49 — mathematician, winner of 1999 Wolf Prize in Mathematics
Politicians
- Richard Ben-Veniste '60 — lawyer, assistant prosecutor on the Watergate Task Force and member of the 9/11 Commission
- Stanley Friedman '53 — former Bronx Borough President
- Howard Golden '45 — previous Brooklyn Borough President
- Eric Holder '69 — former Deputy Attorney General of the United States
- Roy Innis '52 — national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality
- Dick Morris '64 — politician
- Robert Moses '52 — organizer of 1964 Freedom Summer, MacArthur Fellow
- Jerrold Nadler '65 — U.S. Congressman
- Bernard W. Nussbaum '54 Esq — House Judiciary Committee, during "Watergate" impeachment inquiry; Counsel to the President of the United States, Clinton
- Benjamin Rosenthal '40 — U.S. Congressman
- Herbert Tenzer '23 — U.S. Congressman 1964-68, founder of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, founder of Benjamin Cardozo School of Law
- Herbert Zelenko '22 — U.S. Congressman
Media
- Robert Alda '30 — actor, father of Alan
- Art Baer '43 — TV writer, Emmy winner
- Walter Becker '67 — guitarist and songwriter, Jay and the Americans and Steely Dan
- Len Berman '64 — Emmy Award-winning NBC sportscaster
- Martin Brest '69 — actor, director, producer, writer
- Bernie Brillstein '48 — producer and manager, Emmy
- James Cagney '18 — actor/dancer
- Thomas Calabro '77 — actor and director
- Eagle-Eye Cherry — singer, best known for his song "Save Tonight"
- Bobby Colomby '62 — musician and producer, Blood Sweat and Tears
- Lucy Deakins '88 — actress
- Jake Dobkin '94 — Blogger, bluejake.com; originator of .com city blogs, Gothamist(NYC), Chicagoist, LAist, SFist, and DCist
- Tom Dowd '42 — Pioneer recording engineer, Grammy Award Winner (1992)
- Ben Gazzara '46 — Award winning actor; Emmy
- William Greaves '44 — Independent filmmaker, Emmy Award
- Alan Heim '54 — TV/Film editor, Academy Award (All That Jazz); Emmy Award
- Ted Husing '19 — Sportscaster
- Sheldon Leonard '25 — Emmy-winning actor, producer, director
- Michael Levin — philosopher, author of Why Race Matters
- Lucy Liu '86 — actress
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz '24 — Four-time Oscar-winning producer
- Bernard Meltzer '34 — radio personality
- Jan Merlin (Wasylewski) '42 — Movie/Television/Broadway actor, Emmy Award (1975)
- Thelonious Monk '35 — jazz musician (did not graduate)
- Stacey Nelkin '77 — actress
- Mace (Morris) Neufeld '45 — Film & Television producer, The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, & Clear and Present Danger; Emmy award
- Michael Oreskes '71 — Ass't Managing Editor, The New York Times; 3 Pulitzer Prizes
- Alvin F. Poussaint '52 — received New England Emmy
- Vladimir Pozner '48 — Soviet television personality
- George Raft — actor
- Paul Reiser '73 — actor and producer
- Tim Robbins '76 — Actor, screenwriter, director, producer; Academy Award (Mystic River)
- Kate Schellenbach '83 — musician with the Beastie Boys and Luscious Jackson
- Steve Schenck '71 &mdasg; music industry, worked with Blue Öyster Cult and Weird Al Yankovich
- John Schoenherr, illustrator
- George Segal '41 — sculptor
- Robert Siegel '64 — radio journalist
- Ron Silver '63 — actor, director
- Kai Winding '40 — composer, musician
Educators
- Neil Grabois '53 — former president of Colgate University
- Steven Koonin '68 — former Vice President and Provost of California Institute of Technology
- Hans Mark '47 — former Chancellor of the University of Texas system, former Deputy Administrator of NASA, former Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Lewis Mumford '12 — historian of technology and science
- Peter Sammartino '21 — former Chancellor of Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Albert Shanker '46 — former President of the American Federation of Teachers, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Joseph Shenker '57 — former Provost of C.W. Post College
- John Tietjen '46 — former President of Concordia Seminary and Christ Seminary-Seminex, both in St. Louis
- John Theobald '22 — former Chancellor of New York City Board of Education
- Robert J. Zimmer '64 — Provost, Brown University; Professor, mathematics, University of Chicago
Entrepreneurs
- Arthur Blank '60 — founder of Home Depot, owner of the Atlanta Falcons
- Jack Kreindler '16 — Restaurateur, founder of 21 Club
- Saul Katz '56 — President, New York Mets
- Paul Levitz '73 — President of DC Comics
- Jeffrey Loria '57 — Owner, Montreal Expos and Florida Marlins
- Jack Nash '46 — former Chairman of Oppenheimer & Company
Athletes
- Ray Arcel '17 — International Boxing Hall of Fame
- Norman C. Armitage (Cohn) '23 — Six Olympic fencing teams, bronze medal winner (1948)
- Albert Axelrod '38 — 1960 Olympic Bronze Medalist, Fencing
- Leroy Brown '23 — 1924 Olympic Silver Medalist, High Jump
- Frank Hussey '24 — 1924 Olympic Gold Medalist, sprinter
- Charles Scott '66 — NBA Basketball guard, North Carolina, Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics, and LA Lakers; Olympic Gold Medal Team (1968)Renee
- Herbert Vollmer '14 — 1924 Olympic Bronze Medalist, Water Polo
Writers
- Eric Van Lustbader '64 — author The Bourne Legacy and Ninja
- Matt Ruff '83 — writer
- Marv Goldberg '60 — author of More Than Words Can Say: The Ink Spots And Their Music, as well as hundreds of articles on Rhythm & Blues music of the 1940s and 1950s.
- Edward Wortis circa '55 — author of children's books, better known as Avi (did not graduate)
- Gary Shteyngart 90's; Author of The Russian Debutante's Handbook
Faculty
- Frank McCourt, author of 'Tis and Angela's Ashes
Other
- Rebecca Sealfon '01 — won Scripps National Spelling Bee in 1997
Returning alumni
Alumni who have returned to teach at Stuyvesant:
- Jennie Chan '89 — teacher, English
- Carol Liu-Cohen '92 — teacher, math
- Walter Gern '62 — teacher, English
- Boris Granovskiy '98 — teacher, math & computer science
- Dr. Richard R. Hampton '54 — teacher, physics (died 2000)
- Jacob Lieberman '11 — teacher, chemistry (deceased)
- Robert Rodney '65 — teacher, chemistry (retired)
- Dr. Richard Rothenberg `63, — former chairman of the Mathematics Department, died on May 15, 1997
- Steven Rothenberg '63 — teacher, technology
- Fred Schoenberg `15 — former Principal (deceased)
- Mr. Schechter '51? — teacher, health/English now a substitute teacher
- Annie Thoms '93 — Editor, With Their Eyes: September 11th – The View from a High School at Ground Zero; teacher, English
- Edward Wong '77 — teacher, math; Program Chairman and Assistant Principal of Technology Services
- Michael Zamansky '84 — Computer Science teacher, network administrator