![]() ![]() Benjamin Tatar (Bachelor's degree in English and drama) – actor.Bill Strickland – founder of Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, an agency that inspires teenagers through the arts board member of National Endowment for the Arts awarded MacArthur prize.Gerald Stern (BA, English) – National Book Award-winning poet.Robert Sterling – actor best known for Topper.Jack Stauber – YouTuber, singer-songwriter, and animator most well known for his song "Buttercup" and Adult Swim collaborations.Julie Sokolow (A&S 2010) – documentary filmmaker, musician, and writer.Justin Sane (A&S 1998) – singer, guitarist of punk band Anti-Flag.Louis Post-Dispatch, Sporting News and Sports Illustrated Zelda Rubinstein – actress best known for Poltergeist, earned bachelor's degree in bacteriology.Fred Rogers – host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.Leo Robin (law degree) – composer and songwriter.Ed Roberson (A&S 1970, faculty) – award-winning poet.Beth Ostrosky – model, actress, and wife of Howard Stern.Ethelbert Nevin – pianist and composer, left school after one year.Thaddeus Mosley (A&S 1950) – sculptor who works mostly in wood.Jenna Morasca – actress, model and winner of Survivor: The Amazon.Bebe Moore Campbell ( EDU 1971) – author and journalist.Allison McAtee (A&S 2001) – actress, model, CSI: Miami, Life, Hell Ride, Bloomington.Kellee Maize – musician, rapper and hip-hop artist.Herb Magidson – lyricist, won first Academy Award for Best Original Song, in 1934.Lorin Maazel (A&S 1954) – conductor, violinist, and composer, New York Philharmonic.Jeanne Marie Laskas (MFA) – award-winning columnist, journalist, and author.Chris Kuzneski (A&S 1991, MEDU 1993) – New York Times best-selling author.Gene Kelly (A&S 1933) – Academy Award-winning dancer, actor, singer, film director, producer and choreographer, perhaps best known for performance in Singin' in the Rain.Nicole Johnson (Public Health 2007) – Miss America 1999 and diabetes advocate.John Irving – author of The Cider House Rules and The World According to Garp recipient of an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and a National Book Award for Fiction (did not graduate).Eddie Ifft – stand-up comedian, athlete (track and field, cross country). ![]() Samuel John Hazo (A&S 1957G) – novelist, playwright, first poet laureate of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.Terrance Hayes (MFA 1997, faculty 2013–present) – poet whose books have won National Book Award for Poetry and National Poetry Series.Ernie Hawkins (A&S 1973 degree in philosophy) – blues guitarist and singer.Gabbie Hanna (A&S 2013) – YouTuber, singer-songwriter, author, & internet personality. ![]() Jack Gilbert (A&S 1954) – award-winning poet.Flake (A&S 1978) – award-winning author of young adult literature Morton Fine (MA, English) - screenwriter/producer, winner of the Writers Guild of America Award for The Pawnbroker.Jim Donovan – professional drummer and percussionist, best known as the former drummer and one of the founding members of the band Rusted Root.Bill Cullen – host of many television game shows.Murray Chass (A&S 1960) – award-winning baseball journalist for The New York Times.Michael Chabon (A&S 1984) – Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.Mark Bulwinkle (BFA 1968) – graphic artist and sculptor.DJ Bonics (2002, real name Brandon Glova) – a hip hop DJ for Wiz Khalifa and radio DJ.Jeff Bergman (A&S 1983) – voice actor who provides modern-day voices of classic cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.Aleeza Ben Shalom – matchmaker, relationship-coach, best known for Netflix's Jewish Matchmaking.Peter Beagle (A&S 1959) – Hugo Award-winning fantasist and author of novels, nonfiction, and screenplays.Joseph Bathanti (A&S 1976) – poet, writer, professor NC Poet Laureate, 2012–2014.Olivia Anakwe (did not graduate) – fashion model.Hervey Allen (1915) – author, best known for Anthony Adverse.Geri Allen ( A&S 1983G, faculty) – jazz composer, educator, and pianist.Dilruba Ahmed - Bangladeshi poet and author.Kevin kara (2021) – Professional madden player. ![]() Arts and entertainment Alumnus Michael Chabon is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Wonder Boys, and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. ![]()
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