Notable Alumni of Rhode Island School of Design [Sorted List]

1. Paul Curreri

1976-. (aged 50)

guitarist composer singer-songwriter

Paul Curreri, an American guitarist, pianist, songwriter, and music producer born in Seattle, Washington, and raised in Richmond, Virginia. He performs mainly in the folk and blues music styles. He married songwriter-guitarist Devon Sproule in May 2005 and lived with her in Charlottesville, Virginia. They have appeared and toured together, performing duets – most famously for Valentine's Day. He now...

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2. David Wiseman

1981-. (aged 45)

artist

David Wiseman is an American artist and designer whose work is known for its detailed craftsmanship and dialogue with traditional filigree decorative arts. His work spans from bronze filigree patterned screens and gates to bronze and terrazzo furniture, and from animal sculptures to porcelain vases.

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3. Liz Deschenes

1966-. (aged 60)

photographer artist

Liz Deschenes is an American contemporary artist and educator. Her work is situated between sculpture and image and engages with post-conceptual photography and Minimalism. Her work examines the fluidity of the medium of photography and expands on what constitutes the viewing of a photograph. Deschenes has stated that she seeks to "enable the viewer to see the inconstancy of the...

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4. Elizabeth Carpenter

1953-. (aged 73)

fashion designer

Elizabeth Carpenter is an American writer, fashion designer, maze maker, and board game designer. She lives in New York City where she operates her own business, Mazeology LLP.

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5. William Woodward

1859-1939 (aged 80)

painter

William Woodward was a U.S. artist and educator, best known for his impressionist paintings of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast of the United States.

6. Misha Kahn

1989-. (aged 37)

designer

Misha Kahn is an American designer and sculptor, known for assemblage. He incorporates refuse and found objects in his furniture and lighting designs. Kahn's style has been described as "disheveled, spontaneous maximalism".

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7. Michael Maltzan

1959-. (aged 67)

architect

Michael Maltzan is the principal architect at Michael Maltzan Architecture, a Los Angeles–based architecture firm. He received a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University and both a Bachelor of Architecture degree and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design. Maltzan was selected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 2007.

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8. Timothy White

photographer

Timothy White is an American celebrity photographer. He has photographed film actors and music artists, and shot for movie posters, magazine and music album covers. He has directed advertising campaigns and television commercials. He has published books of his photography works.

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9. Sarah Small

1979-. (aged 47)

performing artist

Sarah Small is a Brooklyn-based American artist, composer, singer, filmmaker, photographer, and performer featured on Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble's GRAMMY-Winning album, Sing Me Home. She is known for her photographic and Tableau Vivant performance series The Delirium Constructions, singing as part of the Balkan vocal trio Black Sea Hotel, acting as the protagonist in the feature film Butter on...

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10. Natalia Almada

1974-. (aged 52)

film director documentarian documentary filmmaker photographer

Natalia Almada is a Mexican-American photographer and filmmaker. Her work as a filmmaker focuses on Mexican history, politics, and culture in insightful and poetic films that push the boundaries of how the documentary form addresses social issues. Her films include "Everything Else " (2016), El Velador (2011), El General (2009), All Water Has a Perfect Memory (2001), and Al Otro...

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11. Nancy Elizabeth Prophet

1890-1960 (aged 70)

artist sculptor

Nancy Elizabeth Prophet was an American artist of African-American and Native American ancestry, known for her sculpture. She was the first African-American graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1918 and later studied at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris during the early 1920s. She became noted for her work in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1934,...

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12. Rose B. Simpson

1983-. (aged 43)

artist

Rose B. Simpson is a Tewa of Khaʼpʼoe Ówîngeh (Santa Clara Pueblo) mixed-media artist and sculptor who works in ceramic, metal, fashion, painting, music, performance, and installation. Simpson is the daughter of renowned Santa Clara Pueblo artist Roxanne Swentzell. She lives in Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Her work has been exhibited at SITE Santa Fe (2008, 2015); the Heard...

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13. Cheryl D. Miller

1952-. (aged 74)

writer designer

Cheryl D. Holmes Miller is an American graphic designer, Christian minister, writer, artist, theologian, and decolonizing historian. She is known for her contributions to racial and gender equality in the graphic design field, and establishing one of the first black-women-owned design firms in New York City in 1984.

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14. Karen LaMonte

1967-. (aged 59)

visual artist sculptor designer glass artist

Karen LaMonte is an American artist known for her life-size sculptures in ceramic, bronze, marble, and cast glass.

15. Katie Salen

1969-. (aged 57)

animator game designer

Katie Salen Tekinbaş is an American game designer, animator, and educator. She is a professor at the University of California, Irvine. Previously, she taught at DePaul University College of Computing and Digital Media, Parsons The New School for Design the University of Texas at Austin, New York University, and the Rhode Island School of Design. She has an MFA in...

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16. Rebecca Allen

1954-. (aged 72)

designer university teacher artist installation artist video artist

Rebecca Allen is an American digital artist inspired by the aesthetics of motion, the study of perception and behavior and the potential of advanced technology. Her artwork takes the form of experimental video, large-scale performances, live simulations and virtual and augmented reality art installations. It addresses issues of gender, identity and what it means to be human as technology redefines...

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17. Erica Henderson

comics artist visual artist illustrator

Erica Henderson is an American three-time Eisner Award-winning comics artist and animator, known for her work on The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and Jughead, and for her animation work on Venture Bros.

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18. Amy Devers

1971-. (aged 55)

carpenter television presenter

Amy Devers is an American furniture designer, carpenter, television personality and design blogger. She currently is the host (with Alan Luxmore) and design expert on A&E's Fix This Yard, the host of Victory Garden’s edibleFEAST on PBS, and a design and carpentry expert on OWN’s Home Made Simple. In the past she has hosted design oriented programs such as Freeform...

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19. Rosanne Somerson

1954-. (aged 72)

educator woodworker artist furniture designer

Rosanne Somerson is an American-born woodworker, furniture designer/maker, educator, and former President of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). An artist connected with the early years of the Studio Furniture, her work and career have been influential to the field.

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20. Amy Davis

singer film director artist

Amy Davis is an American fashion illustrator, filmmaker, and lo-fi musician. Her illustrations have been in shows all over the world, as well as published in magazines and books. She is recently divorced from filmmaker Jon Moritsugu, and helps run his film production company, Apathy Productions.

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21. Clare Rojas

1976-. (aged 50)

textile artist painter animator draftsperson graphic artist

Clare E. Rojas, also known by stage name Peggy Honeywell, is an American multidisciplinary artist. She is part of the Mission School. Rojas is "known for creating powerful folk-art-inspired tableaus that tackle traditional gender roles." She works in a variety of media, including painting, installations, video, street art, and children's books. Rojas lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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22. Paolo Rivera

1981-. (aged 45)

inker colorist penciller illustrator

Paolo Manuel Rivera is an American comic book artist. He is known for illustrating the Mythos series of one-shots and several issues of Spider-Man as well as his collaboration with writer Mark Waid, his father/inker Joe Rivera and colorist Javier Rodríguez on Daredevil. Although gaining acclaim and recognition through his early fully painted works, he has since moved on to...

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23. Hashim Sarkis

1964-. (aged 62)

exhibition curator non-fiction writer university teacher architect

Hashim A. Sarkis is a Lebanese educator and architect. Since 2015, Sarkis has been Professor and Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has also been the founding principal of Hashim Sarkis Studios since 1998.

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24. Tavares Strachan

1979-. (aged 47)

artist

Tavares Henderson Strachan is a Bahamian conceptual artist. His contemporary multi-media installations investigate science, technology, mythology, history, and exploration. He lives and works in New York City and Nassau, Bahamas.

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25. Diana Eng

1983-. (aged 43)

fashion designer

Diana Eng is a Chinese-American fashion designer, author and fashion technologist based in New York. She is best known as contestant on the second season of the reality television program Project Runway. Eng is a co-founder of an art/electronic group called NYC Resistor, and authored a book called Fashion Geek.

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26. Bernard Khoury

1968-. (aged 58)

architect

Bernard Khoury is a Lebanese architect. His work has been extensively published by the professional press. Khoury started an independent practice in 1993. Over the years, his office has developed an international reputation and a significant diverse portfolio of projects both locally and abroad.

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27. Veronica Vasicka

1975-. (aged 51)

radio personality

Veronica Vasicka is a photographer, record label founder, radio and club DJ. She is the founder of Minimal Wave Records, a record label focused on obscure electronic music from the 1970s and 1980s, as well as its sub label Cititrax, a platform for newer artists.

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28. Arno Rafael Minkkinen

1945-. (aged 81)

photographer teacher

Arno Rafael Minkkinen is a Finnish-American photographer who works in the United States.

29. Deborah Berke

1954-. (aged 72)

architect

Deborah Berke is an American architect and academic. She is the founder of TenBerke, formerly Deborah Berke Partners, a New York City-based architectural design firm. Berke is currently Dean and J.M. Hoppin Professor at the Yale School of Architecture, where she began teaching as an associate professor in 1987. At the time of her appointment in 2016, Berke became the...

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30. Arlene Shechet

1951-. (aged 75)

artist

Arlene Shechet is an American sculptor known for her inventive, gravity-defying arrangements and experimental use of diverse materials. Critics describe her work as both technical and intuitive, hybrid and polymorphous, freely mixing surfaces, finishes, styles and references to create visual paradoxes. Her abstract-figurative forms often function as metaphors for bodily experience and the human condition, touching upon imperfection and uncertainty...

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31. Nader Tehrani

1963-. (aged 63)

architect

Nader Tehrani is an Iranian-American designer and educator.

32. Jarrett J. Krosoczka

1977-. (aged 49)

writer children's writer

Jarrett J. Krosoczka is the author and illustrator of several graphic novels and picture books, most famously his Lunch Lady series.

33. Sonny Liew

1974-. (aged 52)

comics artist illustrator photographer

Sonny Liew Gene Sien is a Malaysian-born Singaporean comic artist and illustrator. He is best known for The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (2015).

34. John Rocco

1967-. (aged 59)

illustrator writer

Christopher John Rocco, simply known as John Rocco is an American illustrator of book covers and children's books. He is best known for illustrating the covers of books in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. He is the sole creator of some children's picture books.

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35. Alfonso A. Ossorio

1916-1990 (aged 74)

painter sculptor artist draftsperson

Alfonso Angel Yangco Ossorio was a Filipino American abstract expressionist artist who was born in Manila in 1916 to wealthy Filipino parents from the province of Negros Occidental. His heritage was Hispanic, Filipino, and Chinese. Between the ages of eight and thirteen, he attended school in England. At age fourteen, he moved to the United States. Ossorio attended Portsmouth Priory...

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36. Jason Lutes

1967-. (aged 59)

comics artist cartoonist comics writer

Jason Lutes is an American comics creator. His work is mainly historical fiction, but he also works in traditional fiction. He is best-known for his Berlin series, which he wrote and drew over 22 years. He has also written a handful of other graphic novels, as well as many short pieces for anthologies and compilations. He now teaches comics at...

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37. Jill Greenberg

1967-. (aged 59)

photographer

Jill Greenberg is a Canadian-born American photographer and Pop artist. She is known for her portraits and fine art work that often features anthropomorphized animals that have been digitally manipulated with painterly effects. Her photography of animals is regarded for its capability to show a wide range of expressions and feelings that are comparable to that of a seasoned actor...

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38. Katie Gallagher

1986-2022 (aged 36)

fashion designer

Kathryn Marie "'Katie" Gallagher was an American fashion designer and founder of her own brand in New York City. Gallagher's designs were featured in Vogue Italia, Elle, Interview magazine, and Refinery 29 magazines. Refinery 29 identified as one of six designers to watch. In January 2010, Gallagher was named as a semi-finalist in the 2009/2010 Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation search...

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39. Jesse Sykes

1967-. (aged 59)

singer-songwriter

Jesse Sykes is an American singer and songwriter, best known for her band Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, which was formed in 1999 with Phil Wandscher.

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40. Brian Gibson

1975-. (aged 51)

composer voice actor guitarist drummer

Brian Gibson is an American musician, artist, and video game designer based in Providence, Rhode Island. Gibson is best known as the bassist for the band Lightning Bolt. In the summer of 2015 he co-founded the game development company Drool. At Drool, he created the art and music for the video game Thumper and co-designed the game alongside Marc Flury....

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41. Charles Laquidara

1938-. (aged 88)

radio personality

Charles Laquidara is an American radio disc jockey whose show, The Big Mattress, was broadcast in the Boston, Massachusetts, area for nearly 30 years (1969–1996) on WBCN. He then spent four years doing The Charles Laquidara Radio Hour on WZLX. He hosted Charles Laquidara radio, an internet radio station from his home on Maui for several years and left Hawai'i...

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42. Steven Kellogg

1941-. (aged 85)

writer children's writer illustrator draftsperson

Steven Castle Kellogg is an American author and illustrator who has created more than 90 children's books.

43. Kenneth Jay Lane

1932-2017 (aged 85)

art collector socialite jewelry designer

Kenneth Jay Lane was an American costume jewelry designer.

44. Charles Ying

1979-. (aged 47)

singer

Charles Ying is a Cantopop singer and actor from Hong Kong. After singing the theme song Do I Still Love You of the film Leaving me, Loving you , he was signed by Leon Lai of East Asia Record Production and became one of the new hotly promoted new artists in 2005.

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45. Cassandra Jenkins

1984-. (aged 42)

singer

Cassandra Jenkins is an American singer-songwriter from New York City.

46. Walton Ford

1960-. (aged 66)

printmaker painter

Walton Ford is an American visual artist who makes paintings and prints in the style of naturalist illustrations, often depicting extinct species. In his more recent series of work such as shown in his 2025 "Tutto" exhibition at Gagosian Gallery in New York City, he has taken a more painterly approach. Each of his paintings is a meticulous, realistic study...

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47. Grace Lin

1974-. (aged 52)

children's writer novelist writer

Grace Lin is a Taiwanese-American children's writer and illustrator. She is a Newbery, Geisel, and Caldecott honoree, known for contributing to and advocating for Asian American representation and diversity in children’s literature. She has published more than 25 books, all of which are written for young and middle-grade audiences. Much of her work features young Asian and Asian American characters...

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48. Carol Twombly

1959-. (aged 67)

type designer graphic designer

Carol Twombly is an American designer, best known for her type design. She worked as a type designer at Adobe Systems from 1988 through 1999, during which time she designed, or contributed to the design of, many typefaces, including Trajan, Myriad and Adobe Caslon.

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49. Todd Hido

1968-. (aged 58)

photographer artist

Todd Hido is an American photographer. He has produced 17 books, had his work exhibited widely and included in various public collections. Hido is currently an adjunct professor at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.

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50. Kenneth Goldsmith

1961-. (aged 65)

university teacher installation artist computer artist performance artist poet

Kenneth Goldsmith is an American poet and critic. He is the founding editor of UbuWeb and an artist-in-residence at the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing (CPCW) at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches. He is also a senior editor of PennSound at the University of Pennsylvania. He hosted a weekly radio show at WFMU from 1995 until June...

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51. Ryan Trecartin

1981-. (aged 45)

film director casting director composer painter video artist

Ryan Trecartin is an American artist and filmmaker currently based in Athens, Ohio. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with a BFA in 2004. Trecartin has since lived and worked in New Orleans, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Miami. His creative partner and long-term collaborator is Lizzie Fitch, an artist that he has been working with since...

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52. Carlos Celdran

1972-2019 (aged 47)

comedian tour guide performance artist

John Charles Edward "Carlos" Pamintuan Celdran was a Filipino artist, tour guide, segment TV host and cultural activist. He was known for "Walk This Way", a guided tour of the Manila districts of Intramuros, Binondo, and Quiapo using a combination of music, visuals, and history lectures to immerse tourists into what life was like during the Spanish and American colonization...

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53. Brian Chippendale

1973-. (aged 53)

graphic artist musician

Brian Chippendale is an American musician and artist, known as the drummer and vocalist for the experimental noise rock band Lightning Bolt and for his graphic art. Chippendale is based in Providence, Rhode Island.

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54. Sam Posey

1944-. (aged 82)

journalist Formula One driver

Samuel Felton Posey is an American former racing driver and sports broadcast journalist.

55. Roni Horn

1955-. (aged 71)

painter draftsperson writer artist sculptor

Roni Horn is an American visual artist and writer. The granddaughter of Eastern European immigrants, she was born in New York City, where she lives and works. She is currently represented by Xavier Hufkens in Brussels and Hauser & Wirth. She is openly gay.

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56. Roz Chast

1954-. (aged 72)

comics artist cartoonist

Roz Chast is an American cartoonist and a staff cartoonist for The New Yorker. Since 1978, she has published more than 1000 cartoons in The New Yorker. She also publishes cartoons in Scientific American and the Harvard Business Review.

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57. Tobias Frere-Jones

1970-. (aged 56)

designer typographer type designer university teacher

Tobias Frere-Jones is an American type designer who works in New York City. He operates the company Frere-Jones Type and teaches typeface design at the Yale School of Art MFA program.

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58. Meri Katrantzou

1983-. (aged 43)

fashion designer

Mary Katrantzou is a Greek fashion designer who lives and works in London.

59. Nicole Eisenman

1965-. (aged 61)

painter draftsperson printmaker installation artist sculptor

Nicole Eisenman is a French-born American artist known for her oil paintings and sculptures. She has been awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship (1996), the Carnegie Prize (2013), and has thrice been included in the Whitney Biennial (1995, 2012, 2019). On September 29, 2015, she won a MacArthur Fellowship award for "restoring the representation of the human form a cultural significance that...

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60. Nicole Miller

1952-. (aged 74)

fashion designer

Nicole Miller is an American fashion designer and businesswoman.

61. Zio Ziegler

1988-. (aged 38)

muralist

Zio Ziegler is an American visual artist. He is known best for his paintings and murals, many of which appear in the Mission District of San Francisco, as well as around the world such as Tokyo, Los Angeles, London and Italy.

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62. Walt Simonson

1946-. (aged 80)

comics writer comics artist

Walter Simonson is an American comic book writer and artist, best known for a run on Marvel Comics' Thor from 1983 to 1987, during which he created the character Beta Ray Bill. He is also known for the creator-owned work Star Slammers, which he inaugurated in 1972 as a Rhode Island School of Design thesis. He has also worked on...

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63. David Mazzucchelli

1960-. (aged 66)

comics artist

David John Mazzucchelli is an American comics artist and writer, known for his work on seminal superhero comic book storylines Daredevil: Born Again and Batman: Year One, as well as for graphic novels in other genres, such as Asterios Polyp and City of Glass: The Graphic Novel. He is also an instructor who teaches comic book storytelling at the School...

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64. David Macaulay

1946-. (aged 80)

draftsperson children's writer university teacher architect illustrator

David Macaulay is a British-born American illustrator and writer. His works include Cathedral (1973), The Way Things Work (1988), and its updated revisions The New Way Things Work (1998) and The Way Things Work Now (2016). His illustrations have been featured in nonfiction books combining text and illustrations explaining architecture, design, and engineering, and he has written a number of...

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65. Christy Karacas

1975-. (aged 51)

television director musician film director animator television producer

Christy C. Karacas is an American animator, writer, producer, director, voice actor and musician. He is known for creating Superjail! and Ballmastrz: 9009 and Robotomy for Cartoon Network, the former two for its programming block Adult Swim. He is also a guitarist of the rock band Cheeseburger.

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66. Martha Coolidge

1946-. (aged 80)

film producer screenwriter director film editor film director

Martha Coolidge is an American film director and former President of the Directors Guild of America. She has directed such films as Valley Girl, Real Genius and Rambling Rose.

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67. Archduke Dominic of Austria

1937-. (aged 89)

industrial designer

Dominic von Habsburg is a member of the Grand Ducal Family of Tuscany and the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

68. Marissa Nadler

1981-. (aged 45)

singer painter singer-songwriter composer guitarist

Marissa Nadler is an American singer-songwriter. Active since 2000, she is currently signed to Sacred Bones Records and Bella Union, and released her tenth full-length studio album, New Radiations, in August 2025. Her music has been characterized as blending "traditional folk, Gothic Americana, and dreamy pop into an original musical framework". Her music "is rooted in old-school country and folk...

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69. Jessica Walsh

1986-. (aged 40)

graphic designer

Jessica Walsh is an American designer, art director, illustrator and educator. She was a partner of the design studio Sagmeister & Walsh (2010–2019), and the founder of the creative agency &Walsh (2019–present). &Walsh is one of the.1% of creative agencies owned by women. She has taught at the School of Visual Arts (SVA).

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70. Prince Peter of Serbia

1980-. (aged 46)

graphic designer aristocrat

Peter Karageorgevitch, also known as Prince Peter of Serbia and Yugoslavia, is an American born Spanish-Serbian graphic designer and a member of the House of Karađorđević. He is the oldest grandchild and the first grandson of the last Yugoslav king, Peter II. Between his birth and his renunciation in 2022, he was known as the Hereditary Prince.

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71. Jill Stuart

1965-. (aged 61)

personal stylist

Jill Stuart is an American businesswoman and fashion designer based in New York City, where she has been operating since 1988. She established her eponymous label in 1993. She also has a significant international client base, particularly in Japan.

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72. Brian Selznick

1966-. (aged 60)

novelist writer illustrator puppeteer children's writer

Brian Selznick is an American illustrator and author best known as the writer of The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007), Wonderstruck (2011), The Marvels (2015) and Kaleidoscope (2021). He won the 2008 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration recognizing The Invention of Hugo Cabret. He is also known for illustrating children's books such as the covers of Scholastic's 20th-anniversary...

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73. Julie Mehretu

1970-. (aged 56)

architectural draftsperson painter artist printmaker visual artist

Julie Mehretu is an Ethiopian American contemporary visual artist, known for her multi-layered paintings of abstracted landscapes on a large scale. Her paintings, drawings, and prints depict the cumulative effects of urban sociopolitical changes.

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74. Mitch Epstein

1952-. (aged 74)

photojournalist cinematographer journalist artist photographer

Mitchell Epstein is an American photographer and author. His books include Vietnam: A Book of Changes (1997); Family Business (2003), which won the 2004 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award; Recreation: American Photographs 1973–1988 (2005); Mitch Epstein: Work (2006); American Power (2009); Berlin (2011); New York Arbor (2013); Rocks and Clouds (2018); Sunshine Hotel (2019); In India (2021); and Property Rights (2021).

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75. Heather Nova

1968-. (aged 58)

singer recording artist singer-songwriter

Heather Nova is a Bermudian singer-songwriter. As of 2022, she has released eleven full-length albums, six EPs and twelve singles.

76. Angus MacLane

1975-. (aged 51)

screenwriter voice actor film director animator

Angus MacLane is an American animator, filmmaker and voice actor, best known for his work at Pixar Animation Studios. He co-directed the film Finding Dory (2016) and made his solo feature directorial debut with the Toy Story spin-off film Lightyear (2022). MacLane is also a Lego enthusiast and created the CubeDudes building format and designed a LEGO WALL-E that has...

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77. Ilene Chaiken

1957-. (aged 69)

film producer screenwriter television director television producer executive producer

Ilene Chaiken is an American television producer, director, writer, and founder of Little Chicken Productions. Chaiken was co-creator, writer and executive producer on the television series The L Word and an executive producer on Empire, The Handmaid's Tale, and Law & Order: Organized Crime.

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78. Bryan Konietzko

1976-. (aged 50)

executive producer art director writer film producer animation director

Bryan Joseph Konietzko is an American animator, writer, producer and director. He is best known, together with Michael Dante DiMartino, as the co-creator and executive producer of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra.

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79. Joe Gebbia

1981-. (aged 45)

computer scientist

Joseph Gebbia Jr. is an American designer and entrepreneur, and a co-founder of Airbnb. In 2025, he joined the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Gebbia was appointed by President Donald Trump as the first Chief Design Officer to lead the National Design Studio.

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80. Justin Lo

1976-. (aged 50)

singer television actor film actor songwriter recording artist

Justin Lo Ting Wei, known professionally by his stage name Jak Teen (Chinese: 側田), is a Hong Kong American singer-songwriter, actor and record producer working in Hong Kong.

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81. Kara Walker

1969-. (aged 57)

illustrator photographer visual artist architectural draftsperson printmaker

Kara Elizabeth Walker is an American contemporary painter, silhouettist, printmaker, installation artist, filmmaker, and professor who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity in her work. She is best known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes. Walker was awarded a MacArthur fellowship in 1997, at the age of 28, becoming one of the youngest ever recipients of the...

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82. Paul Graham

1964-. (aged 62)

writer essayist venture capitalist programmer journalist

Paul Graham is an English-American computer scientist, writer, essayist, entrepreneur and investor. His work includes the programming language Arc, the startup Viaweb (later renamed Yahoo! Store), co-founding the startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, a number of essays and books, and the media webpage Hacker News.

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83. Chris Frantz

1951-. (aged 75)

record producer songwriter drummer

Charton Christopher Frantz is an American musician and record producer. He is the drummer for both Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, both of which he co-founded with wife and Talking Heads bassist, Tina Weymouth. In 2002, Frantz was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Talking Heads.

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84. Chris Van Allsburg

1949-. (aged 77)

novelist children's writer science fiction writer concept artist illustrator

Chris Van Allsburg is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote, and were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For...

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85. Brian Chesky

1981-. (aged 45)

computer scientist entrepreneur

Brian Joseph Chesky is an American businessman and industrial designer and the co-founder and CEO of Airbnb. Chesky is the 290th richest person in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth of $9.2 billion, largely due to his 10 percent ownership stake in Airbnb.

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86. Michael Dante DiMartino

1974-. (aged 52)

television director film producer executive producer film director animator

Michael Dante DiMartino is an American animator, producer, writer, and director. He is best known, together with Bryan Konietzko, as the co-creator of the animated TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, both on Nickelodeon.

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87. Shepard Fairey

1970-. (aged 56)

graffiti artist designer serigrapher new media artist muralist

Frank Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary artist, activist and founder of OBEY Clothing who emerged from the skateboarding scene. In 1989, he designed the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (...OBEY...) sticker campaign while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).

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88. Jemima Kirke

1985-. (aged 41)

painter film director actor film actor

Jemima Jo Kirke is a British-American artist, actress and director. She gained international acclaim through her role as Jessa Johansson in the 2012 HBO series Girls. She made her film debut in the 2005 indie short Smile for the Camera and her feature-length debut in Tiny Furniture (2010), as a favour for her childhood friend Lena Dunham.

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89. Sam Hyde

1985-. (aged 41)

comedian television actor screenwriter

Samuel Whitcomb Hyde is an American comedian and a co-founder of the sketch comedy group Million Dollar Extreme (MDE), alongside Nick Rochefort and Charls Carroll. MDE gained notoriety on YouTube for their provocative, anti-sketch style and public pranks, including trolling staged performances at conventions and comedy clubs that pushed social boundaries and courted controversy. Widespread public attention followed one such...

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90. Martin Mull

1943-2024 (aged 81)

voice actor actor comedian television actor film actor

Martin Eugene Mull was an American actor, musician, and painter. He became known on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, its spin-off Fernwood 2 Night, and America 2 Night. His other notable roles included Colonel Mustard in the 1985 film Clue, Leon Carp on Roseanne, Willard Kraft on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Vlad Masters/Vlad Plasmius on Danny Phantom, and Gene Parmesan on...

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91. Tina Weymouth

1950-. (aged 76)

songwriter bassist singer musician

Martina Michèle Weymouth is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and a founding member and bassist of the new wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club, which she co-founded with her husband, Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz. In 2002, Weymouth was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Talking Heads.

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92. James Franco

1978-. (aged 48)

film editor film actor film producer film director television presenter

James Edward Franco is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat Pray Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He has collaborated with fellow actor Seth Rogen on multiple projects, including Pineapple Express (2008),...

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93. Seth MacFarlane

1973-. (aged 53)

film producer showrunner lyricist animator television producer

Seth Woodbury MacFarlane is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer. He is the creator and star of the television series Family Guy and The Orville, and co-creator of the television series American Dad! and The Cleveland Show. He also co-wrote, co-produced, directed, and starred in the films Ted, its sequel Ted 2, and A Million Ways...

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94. Gus Van Sant

1952-. (aged 74)

film director director actor film producer film editor

Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, photographer, painter, and musician. He has earned acclaim as an independent filmmaker, and is considered to be one of the most prominent auteurs of the new queer cinema movement. His films typically deal with themes of marginalized subcultures, especially within gay culture.

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95. Robert Richardson

1955-. (aged 71)

cinematographer

Robert Bridge Richardson, ASC is an American cinematographer.

96. Dale Chihuly

1941-. (aged 85)

photographer glassblower installation artist sculptor university teacher

Dale Chihuly is an American glass artist. He is well known in the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture".

97. Salima Hashmi

1942-. (aged 84)

painter writer anti-nuclear activist

Salima Hashmi is a Pakistani painter, artist, former college professor, anti-nuclear weapons activist and former caretaker minister in Sethi caretaker ministry. She has served for four years as a professor and the dean of National College of Arts. She is the firstborn daughter of the renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz and his British-born wife Alys Faiz.

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98. David Hanson

1969-. (aged 57)

sculptor chief executive officer roboticist

David George Hanson, Baron Hanson of Flint, PC, is a British politician who has served as Minister of State for the Home Office since July 2024. He previously served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Delyn from 1992 to 2019. He held several ministerial offices in the Blair and Brown governments, serving in the Home Office, the Ministry of...

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99. Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland

1979-. (aged 47)

aristocrat designer military personnel racing automobile driver

Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland is the only son and the second of three children of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. As of 2022, Prince Carl Philip is fourth in the line of succession, after his older sister, Crown Princess Victoria, his niece and goddaughter Princess Estelle, and his nephew Prince Oscar. He lives with...

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100. David Byrne

1952-. (aged 74)

record producer composer printmaker writer singer

David Byrne SC is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and barrister who served as Chancellor of Dublin City University from 2006 to 2011, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection from 1999 to 2004 and the Attorney General of Ireland from 1997 to 1999.

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