27 Notable alumni of Cornish College of the Arts
Updated: June 12, 2026 EliteDegrees
Cornish College of the Arts is ranked #5,285 in the world and #1,392 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 notable alumni from Cornish College of the Arts sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Cornish College of the Arts won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Ria Brodell
visual artist
Ria Brodell is an American artist, educator and author based in Boston.
2. Buddy Foley
1945-. (aged 81)
musician
Hubert Tibbles "Buddy" Foley is an American artist, musician, and video documentarist. He lives in Seattle.
3. Kent Devereaux
composer
Kent Devereaux is an American composer, director, academic administrator, and the 12th and current president of Goucher College. He was previously the president of the New Hampshire Institute of Art from 2015 to 2019.
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4. Brad Shepik
1966-. (aged 60)
jazz guitarist
musician
Brad Shepik, also known as Brad Schoeppach is an American jazz guitarist. He also plays the saz and tambura.
5. Wolfe Bowart
1962-. (aged 64)
playwright
actor
mime artist
Wolfe Bowart is a physical comedian, actor, director and playwright. He is the creator and performer of the physical theatre productions LaLaLuna, Letter's End and The Man the Sea Saw. Bowart is the son of writer Walter Bowart and Linda Dugmore, and grandson of the abstract expressionist artist Edward Dugmore.
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6. Jeanette Williams
1914-2008 (aged 94)
politician
human rights defender
Alice Jeanette Williams, née Alice Jeanette Klemptner, was an American politician and human and women's rights activist from Seattle, Washington. She served on the Seattle City Council from 1969 to 1989.
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7. Heather Hart
1975-. (aged 51)
artist
Heather T. Hart is an American visual artist who works in a variety of media including interactive and participatory Installation art, drawing, collage, and painting. She is a co-founder of the Black Lunch Table Project, which includes a Wikipedia initiative focused on addressing diversity representation in the arts on Wikipedia.
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8. Cole Weston
1919-2003 (aged 84)
photographer
Cole Weston was photographer Edward Weston's fourth and youngest son. Although Weston "was born into the tradition of craftsman-produced black-and-white art photography, he was to find his own photographic direction in colour."
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9. Jesse Brune
1980-. (aged 46)
Jesse Brune is a celebrity chef, personal trainer and lifestyle coach. He is best known for his roles on the reality television series Work Out on Bravo, Private Chefs of Beverly Hills on the Food Network, and Home Made Simple on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). He is the co-founder and executive director of Project Service LA.
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10. Zack Davisson
1972-. (aged 54)
translator
folklorist
social scientist
writer
Zack Davisson is an American writer, lecturer, and translator, especially known for translating the works of Shigeru Mizuki, Leiji Matsumoto, Go Nagai, Satoshi Kon, and Gou Tanabe. He is also well known for his works on Japanese folklore and ghosts.
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11. Rosie Thomas
1978-. (aged 48)
songwriter
podcaster
singer
comedian
Rosie Thomas is an American singer-songwriter and comedian, originally from Michigan.
12. Eyvind Kang
1971-. (aged 55)
violinist
composer
jazz musician
Eyvindur Y. Kang is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. His primary instrument is viola, but has also performed on violin, tuba, keyboards and others.
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13. Charlotte Dean
1982-. (aged 44)
illustrator
Charlotte Dean is a writer, illustrator, and visual artist known for writing and co-directing the show Charlotte's Shorts, along with Emmy award writer, director, and producer Tracy Newman.
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14. David Schomer
1956-. (aged 70)
military personnel
David Schomer is a co-founder of Espresso Vivace. The Seattle Times said "Schomer is as influential in the gourmet coffee world as Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is in the mainstream coffee industry."
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15. Mary Lambert
1989-. (aged 37)
singer
poet
writer
composer
singer-songwriter
Mary Danielle Lambert is an American singer, songwriter and spoken word artist. She worked with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis on a track on their album The Heist. Lambert is the featured artist of their LGBTQ rights single, "Same Love". Her contributions to "Same Love" draw upon her experiences as "a lesbian growing up in a tumultuous, Christian upbringing." Lambert took...
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16. Josephine Hutchinson
1903-1998 (aged 95)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Josephine Hutchinson was an American actress. She acted in dozens of theater plays and dozens of films, including Son of Frankenstein and North by Northwest, as well as numerous television appearances as guest star in various series including The Twilight Zone.
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17. Chet Huntley
1911-1974 (aged 63)
news presenter
journalist
television presenter
actor
Chester Robert Huntley was an American television newscaster, best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, for 14 years beginning in 1956.
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18. Michael Wilton
1962-. (aged 64)
musician
guitarist
Michael F. Wilton also known as The Whip, for how fast his fingers "whip" around the guitar fretboard, is an American musician, best known for being a guitarist and songwriter in the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, which he co-founded in 1982.
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19. Patrick O'Hearn
1954-. (aged 72)
composer
musician
Patrick John O'Hearn is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and recording artist.
20. Beatrice Straight
1914-2001 (aged 87)
film actor
television actor
stage actor
Beatrice Whitney Straight was an American theatre, film, television and radio actress and a member of the prominent Whitney family. She was both an Academy Award and Tony Award winner, as well as a Primetime Emmy Award nominee.
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21. C. S. Lee
1971-. (aged 55)
stage actor
film director
television actor
actor
film actor
Charlie Seunghee Lee is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing forensics analyst Vince Masuka on the Showtime drama series Dexter.
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22. Merce Cunningham
1919-2009 (aged 90)
ballet dancer
dancer
draftsperson
author
choreographer
Mercier Philip Cunningham was an American dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of American modern dance for more than 50 years. He frequently collaborated with artists of other disciplines, including musicians John Cage, David Tudor, Brian Eno, and graphic artists Robert Rauschenberg, Bruce Nauman, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, and Jasper Johns; and fashion designer Rei Kawakubo....
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23. Lena Raine
1984-. (aged 42)
composer
DJ producer
video game developer
musician
Lena Raine, also known as Lena Chappelle or Kuraine, is an American composer, producer, and video game developer. Raine is best known for her work on the soundtracks of Minecraft, Celeste, and Guild Wars 2. She has composed music for various other video games, including Deltarune and Chicory: A Colorful Tale.
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24. Brendan Fraser
1968-. (aged 58)
television actor
voice actor
film producer
actor
film actor
Brendan James Fraser is an American and Canadian actor. Fraser had his breakthrough in 1992 with the comedy Encino Man and the drama School Ties. He gained further prominence for his starring roles in the comedies With Honors (1994) and George of the Jungle (1997) and emerged as a star playing Rick O'Connell in The Mummy trilogy (1999–2008). He took...
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25. Jinkx Monsoon
1987-. (aged 39)
voice actor
singer
actor
drag queen
Hera Lilith Hoffer, best known by the stage name Jinkx Monsoon, is an American drag queen, actress, singer and comedian, best-known for winning the fifth season (2013) of RuPaul's Drag Race. She made her Broadway debut in 2023 and has appeared in character roles on television and in cabaret.
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26. Reggie Watts
1972-. (aged 54)
voice actor
composer
actor
television actor
music director
Reginald Lucien Frank Roger Watts is an American comedian, musician, beatboxer, and actor. His improvised musical sets are created using only his voice, a keyboard, and a looping machine. He refers to himself as a "disinformationist" who aims to disorient his audience in a comedic fashion. He was the regular house musician on the spoof IFC talk show Comedy Bang!...
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27. H. L. Richardson
1927-2020 (aged 93)
politician
Hubert Leon "Bill" Richardson was an American gun rights activist and former politician who founded Gun Owners of America (GOA) in 1976 and served as a California state senator from 1966 to 1989.
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