78 Notable alumni of SUNY at Purchase College
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
SUNY at Purchase College is ranked #1,891 in the world and #465 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 78 notable alumni from SUNY at Purchase College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with SUNY at Purchase College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Ingrid Calame
1968-. (aged 58)
painter
draftsperson
artist
Ingrid Calame is an American artist based in Los Angeles, known for her abstract, map-like paintings inspired by human detritus. Her works are in the permanent collections of museums worldwide including the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and the Kunstmuseum...
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2. Jill Bargonetti
1962-. (aged 64)
scientist
Jill Bargonetti is an American professor at the City University of New York with dual appointments at Hunter College and The Graduate Center. Her research is focused on tumor suppressor protein p53 and its role as an oncogene when it is mutated in breast cancer.
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3. Mary Ruth Ray
1956-2013 (aged 57)
musician
Mary Ruth Ray was an internationally known classical musician who received critical acclaim throughout the United States, Europe and Russia.
4. Adam Rafferty
1969-. (aged 57)
musician
jazz musician
Adam Rafferty is an American guitarist and composer. He is known for his cover versions of pop songs by Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, and the Beatles and for the use of beatboxing while playing guitar.
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5. Nicholas Benson
1964-. (aged 62)
designer
typographer
lithographer
Nicholas Waite "Nick" Benson is a third generation American stone carver, stone letterer and owner of The John Stevens Shop in Newport, Rhode Island. He was named a 2010 MacArthur Fellow.
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6. Nasreen Pervin Huq
1958-2006 (aged 48)
nutritionist
activist
Nasreen Pervin Huq was a prominent women's activist and campaigner for women's rights and social justice. She died in an accident at her home in Dhaka, when she was crushed by a vehicle. The vehicle was driven by her chauffeur, who was picking her up to go to work as Director of the UK non-governmental organisation Action Aid. Though her...
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7. Jeanne Darst
1968-. (aged 58)
writer
Jeanne Darst is an American author. She is a regular contributor to This American Life and has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, and Vogue. Her memoir, Fiction Ruined My Family, was published in October 2011 by Riverhead Books.
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8. Joel Rubin
1955-. (aged 71)
musician
Joel Rubin is an American clarinetist, klezmer musician, ethnomusicologist, and scholar of Jewish music. Since becoming involved in the klezmer revival in the late 1970s, he has been researching, teaching and performing klezmer music and related genres. He has been a member of, or performed with, such groups as Brave Old World, the Joel Rubin Ensemble, and Veretski Pass.
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9. Brian MacDevitt
1956-. (aged 70)
lighting designer
Brian MacDevitt is a lighting designer and educator. He has worked extensively on Broadway and Off Broadway, as well as touring, Regional theatre, and Industrial productions. He won the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design for his work on the 2002 Broadway revival of Into The Woods. He also won the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Play...
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10. Jordan McLean
1974-. (aged 52)
university teacher
trumpeter
composer
music educator
bandleader
Jordan McLean is a New York City-based composer, arranger, bandleader, trumpeter, producer and educator. McLean has been active in the professional music world since 1995.
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11. Dean Haspiel
1967-. (aged 59)
caricaturist
illustrator
comics writer
Dean Edmund Haspiel is an American comic book artist, writer, and playwright. He is known for creating Billy Dogma, The Red Hook, and for his collaborations with writer Harvey Pekar on his American Splendor series as well as the graphic novel The Quitter, and for his collaborations with Jonathan Ames on The Alcoholic and HBO's Bored to Death. He has...
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12. The Potash Twins
1993-. (aged 33)
musician
Adeev and Ezra Potash professionally known as The Potash Twins are American identical twin musicians and television personalities from Omaha, Nebraska. The twins have hosted several TV shows on Food Network, Bravo TV and Travel Channel.. They have performed with John Legend, Jonas Brothers, Diplo, Snoop Dogg, Lil Baby, Jon Batiste, Robert Glasper, Major Lazer and Wynton Marsalis. In 2025,...
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13. Champian Fulton
1985-. (aged 41)
singer
pianist
Champian Fulton is an American jazz singer and pianist.
14. Wooden Wand
musician
recording artist
singer-songwriter
Wooden Wand is the stage name of singer-songwriter James Jackson Toth, who has recorded under his given name as well as the name WAND. The style of music recorded by Toth and his many incarnations has drawn on a variety of both conventional and experimental folk and rock influences, including psychedelic folk, freak folk and indie. Though he was a...
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15. John Treacy Egan
1962-. (aged 64)
stage actor
actor
John Treacy Egan is an American actor and singer known for starring in the Broadway productions of The Producers and The Little Mermaid.
16. Edward W. Hardy
1992-. (aged 34)
instrumentalist
violinist
musical theatre composer
music director
classical composer
Edward W. Hardy is an American composer, music director, violinist and violist. He is known as the composer, co-conceiver, music director, and violinist of the Off-Broadway show The Woodsman and is the owner of The Black Violin.
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17. Michelle Beck
actor
stage actor
film director
Michelle Beck is an American actress based in New York City known for her performances in Shakespeare plays and other stage works. She has also appeared in film and television.
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18. Brian Gaskill
1970-. (aged 56)
film actor
actor
television actor
Brian Richard Gaskill is an American actor.
19. Victor Axelrod
1972-. (aged 54)
record producer
composer
musician
Victor Axelrod is an American musician, producer, and audio engineer from Brooklyn, New York. Since the mid-1990s, he has worked primarily in the genres of reggae, Afrobeat and soul, recording and producing under his own name and using the alias Ticklah.
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20. Jenny O
1989-. (aged 37)
singer-songwriter
composer
Jennifer Ognibene, known by her stage name Jenny O., is an American singer-songwriter, based in Los Angeles, California.
21. Katherine Bradford
1942-. (aged 84)
painter
Katherine Bradford, née Houston, is an American artist based in New York City, known for figurative paintings, particularly of swimmers, that critics describe as simultaneously representational, abstract and metaphorical. She began her art career relatively late and has received her widest recognition in her seventies and eighties. Critic John Yau characterizes her work as independent of canon or genre dictates,...
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22. Donald Margulies
1954-. (aged 72)
writer
playwright
Donald Margulies is an American playwright and academic. In 2000, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Dinner with Friends.
23. Gabriel Garzon-Montano
1989-. (aged 37)
singer-songwriter
multi-instrumentalist
Gabriel Lorenzo Garzón-Montano is a Colombian-French-American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. After earning a spotlight by opening for Lenny Kravitz's European tour in 2014 and being sampled in the Drake song "Jungle" in 2015, part of a Grammy nominated and double platinum album, Garzón-Montano released his debut album, JardÃn in 2017 through Stones Throw Records. Garzón-Montano has...
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24. Carl Safina
1955-. (aged 71)
biologist
writer
researcher
ecologist
oceanographer
Carl Safina is an American ecologist and author of books and other writings about the human relationship with the natural world. His books include Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace; Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel; Song for the Blue Ocean; Eye of the Albatross; The View From Lazy Point: A Natural Year...
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25. Imani Coppola
1978-. (aged 48)
singer
songwriter
rapper
musician
violinist
Imani Francesca Coppola is an American singer-songwriter and violinist. Her debut single "Legend of a Cowgirl" reached the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart in 1997. Her debut album, Chupacabra, released by Columbia Records, was praised by critics and appeared on the US Heatseekers Albums chart. In 2001, Coppola appeared as a guest artist...
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26. Bill Charlap
1966-. (aged 60)
pianist
composer
jazz musician
William Morrison Charlap is an American jazz pianist and educator.
27. Jenny Owen Youngs
1981-. (aged 45)
composer
singer-songwriter
singer
podcaster
Jenny Owen Youngs is an American singer-songwriter. She has released four albums and a handful of EPs both independently and via Nettwerk Records, and has toured worldwide. Youngs is also a songwriting collaborator whose cuts include the 2018 Panic! at the Disco single "High Hopes," as well as songs with Brett Dennen, Ingrid Michaelson, Shungudzo, Pitbull, and others.
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28. Mal Blum
1988-. (aged 38)
songwriter
Mal Blum is an American songwriter, musician, writer and performer from New York. Blum has released six full-length albums, either self-released or on independent record labels, the most recent being The Villain.
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29. Azazel Jacobs
1972-. (aged 54)
film director
screenwriter
Azazel Jacobs is an American film director and screenwriter. His feature films include The GoodTimesKid (2005), Terri (2011), The Lovers (2017), French Exit (2020), and His Three Daughters (2023).
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30. Nomi Prins
writer
businessperson
journalist
Nomi Prins is an American economist, author, journalist, and public speaker who writes about Wall Street and the US economy.
31. Görel Crona
1959-. (aged 67)
actor
screenwriter
film director
Görel Elisabeth Crona is a Swedish film director, actress and singer/songwriter. She had her first role in the Sveriges Television series Varuhuset.
32. Langhorne Slim
1980-. (aged 46)
musician
guitarist
Langhorne Slim is an American singer-songwriter. He attended high school at Solebury School in New Hope, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College, part of the SUNY system.
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33. Todd Graff
1959-. (aged 67)
stage actor
actor
television actor
director
writer
Todd Graff is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for writing and directing the musical comedy films Camp (2003), for which he was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Bandslam (2009), and Joyful Noise (2012). Graff is also known for his supporting roles in the science fiction films The Abyss (1989) and...
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34. Danny Leiner
1961-2018 (aged 57)
screenwriter
film director
television director
film producer
Daniel Leiner was an American film and television director. He was best known for directing the stoner comedy films Dude, Where's My Car? and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
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35. Jeffrey Lewis
1975-. (aged 51)
singer-songwriter
comics artist
singer
musician
Jeffrey Lewis is an American singer-songwriter and comic book artist.
36. Adetokumboh M'Cormack
1982-. (aged 44)
actor
television actor
film director
Frederick Adetokumboh M'Cormack, sometimes credited as Ade McCormack, Frederick McCormack, or Adetokumoh McCormack, is a Sierra Leonean-born American actor, known for his roles in the television series Lost and Heroes.
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37. Philip Anthony-Rodriguez
1968-. (aged 58)
actor
television actor
voice actor
Philip Anthony-Rodriguez is an American actor known for his roles on Jake 2.0 as Kyle Duarte, the voice of disc jockey Maurice Chavez in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and as Jetstream Sam in the 2013 video game Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.
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38. Jamil Walker Smith
1982-. (aged 44)
dub actor
television actor
voice actor
actor
film actor
Jamil Walker Smith is an American actor, director, producer and writer. His best known role is as the voice of Gerald, a fourth grader and Arnold's best friend in the Nickelodeon animated TV series Hey Arnold!. He also appeared on several shows like Sister, Sister; Girlfriends; Bones; The X-Files; and The Bernie Mac Show. He is an actor by trade...
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39. Jessica Valenti
1978-. (aged 48)
editing staff
opinion journalist
writer
journalist
blogger
Jessica Valenti is an American feminist writer. She was the co-founder of the blog Feministing, which she wrote for from 2004 to 2011. Valenti is the author of six books: Full Frontal Feminism (2007), He's a Stud, She's a Slut (2008), The Purity Myth (2009), Why Have Kids? (2012), Sex Object: A Memoir (2016), and Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies,...
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40. Dan Deacon
1981-. (aged 45)
composer
musician
Daniel Deacon is an American composer and electronic musician based in Baltimore, Maryland.
41. Thorgy Thor
1984-. (aged 42)
violinist
drag queen
Thorgy Thor is the stage name of Shane Thor Galligan, an American drag queen and musician who came to international attention on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and on the third season of All Stars.
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42. Bill Sage
1962-. (aged 64)
film actor
actor
television actor
William Sage III is an American actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Hal Hartley. Sage has appeared in more than 90 movies, most notably American Psycho (2000), We Are What We Are (2013), Every Secret Thing (2014), and Wrong Turn (2021).
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43. Mike Maronna
1977-. (aged 49)
cinematographer
television actor
podcaster
actor
film actor
Michael C. Maronna is an American actor, who has appeared in several television programs and films. He is best known for his roles as "Big Pete" Wrigley on the television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete and as Jeff McCallister in the movie Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992).
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44. Hal Hartley
1959-. (aged 67)
theatrical director
composer
film producer
film director
author
Hal Hartley is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and composer who became a key figure in the American independent film movement of the 1980s and '90s. His films include The Unbelievable Truth (1989), Trust (1990), Simple Men (1992), Amateur (1994) and Henry Fool (1997), which are notable for deadpan humour and offbeat characters quoting philosophical dialogue. Hartley frequently scores...
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45. Gregory Crewdson
1962-. (aged 64)
photographer
university teacher
Gregory Crewdson is an American photographer who makes large-scale, cinematic, psychologically charged prints of staged scenes set in suburban landscapes and interiors. He directs a large production and lighting crew to construct his images.
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46. Kali Hawk
1986-. (aged 40)
television actor
actor
film actor
jewelry designer
Kali Hawk is an American actress, comedian, model and jewelry designer. She has starred in films such as Fifty Shades of Black, Couples Retreat, Bridesmaids and Tyler Perry Presents Peeples. She recurred as Shelby in New Girl and co-starred in the first two seasons of the Adult Swim series Black Jesus.
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47. Jonathan Cahn
1961-. (aged 65)
religious writer
pastor
Jonathan David Cahn is an American Messianic rabbi, author, and novelist known for his debut novel The Harbinger. He is the founder and leader of the Beth Israel Worship Center in Wayne, New Jersey. His ministry weaves together contemporary American politics with right-wing Christian beliefs and the text of the Christian Bible. He is a controversial figure among Christians, Jews,...
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48. Mizuo Peck
1977-. (aged 49)
film actor
television actor
stage actor
Mizuo Peck is an American actress. She is best known for playing Sacagawea in the Night at the Museum film series.
49. Malcolm Goodwin
1982-. (aged 44)
television director
film producer
film actor
film director
television actor
Malcolm Goodwin is an American actor, known for his role as Clive Babineaux in The CW supernatural comedy-drama series iZombie (2015–2019).
50. Mel Rodriguez
1973-. (aged 53)
film actor
actor
television actor
Melvin Dimas RodrÃguez is an American actor and comedian, best known for starring as Nurse Patsy de la Serda on the HBO comedy Getting On, as Todd Rodriguez on the Fox comedy The Last Man on Earth, and as Ernie Gomes on the Showtime drama On Becoming a God in Central Florida. Other notable works include recurring as Marco Pasternak...
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51. Terry Serpico
1964-. (aged 62)
stunt performer
television actor
actor
film actor
Terry Serpico is an American film and television actor.
52. Janel Moloney
1969-. (aged 57)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Janel Moloney is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Donna Moss on the television series The West Wing, a role for which she received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2002 and 2004. From 2014 to 2017, she starred in the television series The Leftovers.
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53. Susie Essman
1955-. (aged 71)
television writer
television producer
voice actor
stand-up comedian
film screenwriter
Susan Essman is an American comedian, actress, producer, and writer. She is best known for her role as Susie Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024), as the voice of Mittens in Bolt (2008), and as Bobbi Wexler on Broad City (2009–2011).
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54. Jay O. Sanders
1953-. (aged 73)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Jay Olcutt Sanders is an American film, theatre and television actor and playwright. He frequently appears in plays off-Broadway at The Public Theatre. He has received a Drama Desk Award and a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award.
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55. Rochelle Aytes
1976-. (aged 50)
model
television actor
voice actor
actor
film actor
Rochelle Aytes is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as April Malloy on the ABC drama series Mistresses and as the voice of Rochelle in the critically acclaimed video game Left 4 Dead 2 (2009). Aytes also starred in the auto-biography story film of TLC titled CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story as Perri "Pebbles" Reid,...
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56. Seth Gilliam
1968-. (aged 58)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Seth Gilliam is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Ellis Carver on The Wire, Clayton Hughes on Oz, Dr. Alan Deaton on Teen Wolf, and Father Gabriel Stokes on The Walking Dead.
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57. Amanda Seales
1981-. (aged 45)
podcaster
songwriter
activist
media personality
singer
Amanda Ingrid Seales, formerly known by the stage names Amanda Diva and Mendacious D, is a Grenadian-American actress. From 2017 to 2021, she starred in the HBO comedy series Insecure. In 2019, HBO released her first stand-up comedy special, I Be Knowin. Then, in 2020, Seales launched Smart Funny & Black, a comedy gameshow that showcases Black culture, history, and...
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58. Steven Weber
1961-. (aged 65)
television director
film actor
stage actor
television actor
actor
Steven Robert Weber is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Brian Hackett on the television series Wings, and as Dr. Dean Archer on NBC’s Chicago Med. He also voiced Charlie B. Barkin in All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series, and portrayed Jack Torrance in the TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's The...
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59. David Graeber
1961-2020 (aged 59)
trade unionist
anthropologist
cultural anthropologist
university teacher
ethnologist
David Rolfe Graeber was an American anthropologist and anarchist social and political activist. His influential work in social and economic anthropology, particularly his books Debt: The First 5,000 Years (2011), The Utopia of Rules (2015), Bullshit Jobs (2018), and The Dawn of Everything (2021), and his leading role in the Occupy movement earned him recognition as one of the foremost...
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60. Kirk Acevedo
1971-. (aged 55)
film actor
actor
television actor
Kirkland M. Acevedo is an American actor best known as Miguel Alvarez in Oz, Joe Toye in Band of Brothers, and FBI Agent Charlie Francis on Fringe. His best-known films are The Thin Red Line, Dinner Rush and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. He also was José Ramse on 12 Monkeys (2015–18), as well as Ricardo Diaz /...
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61. Jason Ralph
1986-. (aged 40)
actor
television actor
Jason Ralph is an American actor and theater producer. Ralph began his career in theater, most notably performing in Peter and the Starcatcher on Broadway and off-Broadway and producing The Woodsman. From 2015 to 2019, he starred as Quentin Coldwater in the Syfy television series The Magicians. He has also had recurring roles on shows including Aquarius and Younger.
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62. Regina Spektor
1980-. (aged 46)
composer
guitarist
lyricist
film director
pianist
Regina Ilyinichna Spektor is a Russian-born American singer, songwriter, and pianist.
63. Melissa Leo
1960-. (aged 66)
voice actor
television actor
actor
film actor
Melissa Chessington Leo is an American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and two Critics' Choice Awards.
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64. Mitski
1990-. (aged 36)
singer
Mitsuki Laycock, also known as Mitski Miyawaki, and known professionally as Mitski, is an American singer-songwriter. She self-released her first two albums, Lush (2012), and Retired from Sad, New Career in Business (2013), while studying composition at Purchase College's Conservatory of Music. Her third studio album, Bury Me at Makeout Creek, was released in 2014 on the label Double Double...
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65. Alexandra Hedison
1969-. (aged 57)
photographer
film actor
stage actor
film director
television actor
Alexandra Hedison is an American photographer, director, and actress. She is married to actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster.
66. Moby
1965-. (aged 61)
photographer
pianist
television actor
film producer
record producer
Richard Melville Hall, known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "among the most important dance music figures of the early 1990s, helping bring dance music to a mainstream audience both in the United States and the United Kingdom".
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67. Parker Posey
1968-. (aged 58)
musician
film actor
mandolinist
television actor
singer
Parker Christian Posey is an American actress. Known for playing eccentric characters in independent films, she was named "Queen of the Indies" by Time in 1997. She has received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Independent Spirit Awards.
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68. Edie Falco
1963-. (aged 63)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Edith Falco is an American actress. A prominent figure in American television, she is known for her roles on stage and screen and has received numerous accolades including four Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as a nomination for a Tony Award. She is the most nominated performer in the Screen...
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69. Wesley Snipes
1962-. (aged 64)
stage actor
actor
karateka
film producer
singer
Wesley Trent Snipes is an American actor and martial artist. In a film career spanning more than thirty years, Snipes has appeared in a variety of genres, such as numerous thrillers, dramatic feature films, and comedies, though he is best known for his action films. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his work...
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70. Constance Wu
1982-. (aged 44)
television actor
film director
actor
film actor
Constance Wu is an American actress. Wu's breakthrough role came with the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat (2015–2020), which earned her four nominations at the Critics' Choice Television Awards. For leading the romantic comedy-drama film Crazy Rich Asians (2018), she became the fourth Asian woman to be nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion...
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71. Stanley Tucci
1960-. (aged 66)
voice actor
stage actor
actor
television actor
film actor
Stanley Tucci Jr. is an American actor. Known as a character actor, he has played a wide variety of roles, earning numerous accolades for his work.
72. Josh Hartnett
1978-. (aged 48)
actor
television actor
film actor
stage actor
environmentalist
Joshua Daniel Hartnett is an American actor. He began his career on ABC's drama series Cracker (1997–1998), after which he became known as a teen idol through starring parts in films such as Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, The Faculty (both 1998), The Virgin Suicides (1999), Pearl Harbor, O, Black Hawk Down (all 2001), and 40 Days and 40 Nights...
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73. Ving Rhames
1959-. (aged 67)
actor
television actor
character actor
film actor
voice actor
Irving Rameses Rhames is an American actor. Born and raised in Harlem, New York City, he studied drama at SUNY Purchase before transferring to the Juilliard School, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1983. After early stage work in Shakespeare and contemporary plays, he made his screen debut in 1985 and gained attention through roles in Jacob's Ladder...
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74. Chris Wedge
1957-. (aged 69)
film director
director
actor
animator
executive producer
John Christian Wedge is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. He is best known for being the lead animator of the sci-fi action film Tron (1982), co-founding the now-defunct animation studio Blue Sky Studios, and directing the short film Bunny (1998) and the feature films Ice Age (2002), Robots (2005) and Epic (2013). Wedge has received two Academy Awards...
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75. Anna Anthropy
2016-2025 (aged 9)
electronic literature writer
writer
video game developer
designer
journalist
Anna Anthropy is an American video game designer, role-playing game designer, and interactive fiction author whose works include Mighty Jill Off and Dys4ia. From 2016 - 2025 she was the game designer in residence at the DePaul University College of Computing and Digital Media. She has also gone by the name Auntie Pixelante.
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76. Shea Whigham
1969-. (aged 57)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Shea Whigham is an American actor best known for portraying Elias "Eli" Thompson in the drama series Boardwalk Empire. He also appeared in the first season of True Detective and the third season of Fargo and in numerous films, including Silver Linings Playbook, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Joker.
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77. Kaori Ito
1979-. (aged 47)
filmmaker
dancer
theatrical director
creator
choreographer
Kaori Ito (born 1979) is a Japanese dancer and choreographer who is active in France. She founded the dance company Hime.
78. David Herman
1967-. (aged 59)
postdoctoral researcher
actor
David Herman is an American actor and comedian. He was an original cast member on MADtv from 1995 to 1997 and played Michael Bolton in Office Space.