List of Skidmore College people

Distinguished alumni

Arts and entertainment

• Zazie Beetz, actor, Deadpool 2 and Atlanta
• Lake Bell, actor, Boston Legal and Childrens Hospital
• Jon Bernthal, actor, The Walking Dead and The Wolf of Wall Street
• Eddie Cahill, actor, Miracle and '
• Ruth Sacks Caplin, screenwriter of Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
• Kyle Carey, singer and musician
• Kathleen Collins, playwright, filmmaker, director, civil rights activist, and educator, Losing Ground
• Kelly Curtis, actor
• Evan Dando, musician with The Lemonheads
• Grace DeGennaro, visual artist
• Pete Donnelly, musician, founding member of The Figgs, as well as former member of NRBQ, Soul Asylum, Mike Viola and the Candybutchers
• Garrett "G. Love" Dutton, musician with G. Love & Special Sauce
• Judith Flanders, author and historian
• Chris Fleming, comedian and creator of the web series Gayle
• Tawny Godin, former Miss America 1976
• Holter Graham, actor and producer
• Gary Gray, host and producer of The Helmetcam Show
• Mick Grøndahl, bassist with Jeff Buckley
• Justin Henry, actor, Kramer vs. Kramer and Sixteen Candles
• Scott Jacoby, record producer
• Ian Kahn, actor, '
• Skylar Kergil, musician and activist
• Jason Keyser, musician with death metal band Skinless
• Elizabeth LeCompte, co-founder and director of The Wooster Group, and a MacArthur Fellow
• Patrick Maher, author
• Sydney Magruder Washington, ballet dancer
• Evan Mast and Mike Stroud, musicians with Ratatat
• Molly McGrann, novelist and literary critic
• Will Menaker, co-host of Chapo Trap House
• David Miner, television producer, 30 Rock and The Tracy Morgan Show
• Michael Nozik, film producer, Crossing Delancey, The Motorcycle Diaries, and Quiz Show
• Nelle Nugent, Broadway producer, Time Stands Still
• Julia Nunes, singer, songwriter, YouTube celebrity
• Jason Reitman, filmmaker, Juno and Up in the Air
• Ariana Richards, actor and painter, Jurassic Park
• Jane Roberts, author and poet
• Sybil Shearer, modern dance pioneer and writer
• Micah Sloat, actor, Paranormal Activity
• Michael Zegen, actor, Rescue Me

  Athletics

• Matt Hyson, professional wrestler whose stage name is Spike Dudley

  Business

• Barbara Bloom, senior vice president of CBS Daytime
• Cynthia Carroll, CEO of Anglo American, ranked 14th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes in 2010
• Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
• Helen Corbitt, chef and cookbook author
• Louise Fili, graphic designer
• J. Joel Quadracci, CEO of Quad/Graphics
• Benjamin Sargent, chef and Food Network television personality
• Wilma Stein Tisch, board member and philanthropist

  Education and science

• Benjamin Bolger, sociology professor at the College of William & Mary
• Michael Breus, author, media personality and clinical psychologist known as "The Sleep Doctor"
• Sallie W. Chisholm, oceanographer
• Hazel Stiebeling, nutritionist and early developer of "daily allowance" guidelines
• Amy Townsend-Small, director of the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Cincinnati

  Journalism

• Arwa Damon, Middle East correspondent for CNN
• Grace Mirabella, author and former editor-in-chief of Vogue
• Cal Perry, correspondent for CNN based in the network's Beirut bureau
• Webster Tarpley, author, historian, conspiracy theorist

  Politics

• Senator Joseph Bruno, New York State Senate Majority Leader
• Jennie Cave, first woman mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut
• Fred Guttenberg, political activist
• Helene Schneider, former mayor of Santa Barbara, California
• Anne Wexler, political advisor and lobbyist

  Notable faculty

• Regis Brodie, Art professor
• Sheldon Solomon, Psychology professor

  Presidents of the College

• Charles Henry Keyes
• Henry T. Moore
• Val H. Wilson
• Joseph C. Palamountain, Jr.
• David H. Porter
• Jamienne S. Studley
• Philip A. Glotzbach