Bard College Notable Alumni

Discover the notable alumni of Bard College. The list includes people like Chevy Chase, Olivia Wilde, Tom Ford, Adrian Grenier & Adam Yauch. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as film & theater personalities, musicians, fashion, singers and dancers etc.
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Chevy Chase
('Saturday Night Live's' First Breakout Star)
Chevy Chase
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Birthdate: October 8, 1943
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lower Manhattan, New York, United States

Chevy Chase is often credited with the overall success of Saturday Night Live as he played a major role as the show's key cast member in the show's first season, thereby setting the pace for the show's eventual success. Apart from being an actor, he is also a popular comedian, producer, and screenwriter.

 2 
Ronan Farrow
(Journalist, Lawyer and Human Rights Activist)
Ronan Farrow
26
Birthdate: December 19, 1987
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

American journalist Ronan Farrow played a major role in reporting the sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein. His work, which was published in The New Yorker, earned the magazine the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. He is also responsible for exposing allegations against personalities like jurist Brett Kavanaugh, media executive Les Moonves, and politician Eric Schneiderman.

 3 
Peter Sarsgaard
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Birthdate: March 7, 1971
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Illinois, United States

Peter Sarsgaard is a versatile American actor known for his work on stage, films, and TV series. A world-renowned actor, Peter is equally good with women and has dated several good-looking women like Dita Von Teese and Shalom Harlow.

 4 
Blythe Danner
(Best Known for Her Role as ‘Isabelle Huffstodt’ in the TV Series ‘Huff’)
Blythe Danner
15
Birthdate: February 3, 1943
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Blythe Danner, mother of Gwyneth Paltrow, won two Emmys for playing Izzy in Huffstodt on Huff and a Tony for the play Butterflies Are Free. Fans loved her in Will & Grace, and Meet the Parents and its sequels. She works for oral cancer awareness and is an avid environmentalist.
 5 
Donald Fagen
(Singer-songwriter, Singer, Pianist)
Donald Fagen
11
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: January 10, 1948
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Passaic, New Jersey, United States
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 6 
Christopher Guest
(Known in Hollywood for His Series of Comedy Films Shot in 'Mockumentary' Style)
Christopher Guest
13
Birthdate: February 5, 1948
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Screenwriter, composer, musician, and director Christopher Guest is a multifaceted man. He is known for writing and directing a series of comedy films shot in mock-documentary (mockumentary) style. He has also starred in many of his films, often playing comedic characters. Despite his penchant for portraying comedic characters onscreen, he is known to be a serious person in real life.

 7 
Adam Yauch
(Founding Member of the Hip Hop Group ‘Beastie Boys’)
Adam Yauch
38
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 5, 1964
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: May 4, 2012

Rapper and bass guitarist Adam Yauch, better known by his pseudonym, “MCA,” was a founding member of the hip-hop and rap rock Beastie Boys. He also owned a film distributing company and was a practicing Buddhist who supported the Tibetan independence movement. He died of parotid cancer.

 8 
Larry Hagman
(Actor, Director and Producer Known for His Role as ‘J. R. Ewing’ in the TV Soap Opera ‘Dallas’)
Larry Hagman
3
Birthdate: September 21, 1931
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Died: November 23, 2012
Larry Hagman, son of actor Mary Martin, is best remembered as astronaut Tony Nelson from the iconic series I Dream of Jeannie and as oil baron J.R. Ewing from the long-running soap Dallas. He had also delivered several guest performances and dabbled in direction and production, before dying of leukemia.
 9 
Walter Becker
(American Musician, Songwriter and Record Producer)
Walter Becker
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: February 20, 1950
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Queens, New York, United States
Died: July 3, 2017
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 10 
Frances Bean Cobain
(American Visual Artist and Model)
Frances Bean Cobain
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Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: August 18, 1992
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Model, artist, and musician Frances Bean Cobain is the only child of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain and Hole singer Courtney Love. She had a difficult childhood due to her parents’ drug issues and her father’s suicide. She was also removed from her parents’ custody briefly. She now owns Kurt’s copyrights.
 11 
Gaby Hoffmann
(Actress)
Gaby Hoffmann
7
Birthdate: January 8, 1982
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Gaby Hoffmann is best known for her Emmy-nominated roles in the series Girls and Transparent. She had initially been a child actor in films such as Now and Then and Volcano. She has also appeared in Sleepless in Seattle and has won a Young Artist Award for Field of Dreams.
 12 
Tracy Nelson
(Actress who played a valley girl in Square Pegs)
Tracy Nelson
9
Birthdate: October 25, 1963
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 13 
Jordan Bridges
(Actor)
Jordan Bridges
3
Birthdate: November 13, 1973
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Los Angeles County, California, USA
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Lola Glaudini
(Best Known for Role as ‘Elle Greenaway’ in the TV Series ‘Criminal Minds’)
Lola Glaudini
4
Birthdate: November 24, 1971
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States

Lola Glaudini is an American actress best known for playing Elle Greenaway in the popular police procedural crime drama TV series, Criminal Minds. Glaudini started her acting career by playing interesting roles at the Mark Taper Forum, where she also won a Drama-Logue Award. She then went on to establish herself as a film and TV actress.

 15 
Lola Kirke
(Film actress)
Lola Kirke
5
Birthdate: September 27, 1990
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Westminster, London, England
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 16 
Alexandra Wentworth
(Actress)
Alexandra Wentworth
8
Birthdate: January 12, 1965
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 17 
Matt Taibbi
(Journalist)
Matt Taibbi
2
Birthdate: March 2, 1970
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
 18 
Todd Haynes
(Film director)
Todd Haynes
1
Birthdate: January 2, 1961
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 19 
Gia Coppola
(Director)
Gia Coppola
2
Birthdate: January 1, 1987
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 20 
Tod Williams
(Director)
Tod Williams
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Birthdate: September 27, 1968
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, Unites States
 21 
Hannah Bronfman
(Entrepreneur, DJ)
Hannah Bronfman
3
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: October 26, 1987
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 22 
Robert Bernard Sherman
(Songwriter)
Robert Bernard Sherman
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 19, 1925
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York, US
Died: March 6, 2012
 23 
Chris Claremont
(Writer)
Chris Claremont
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 25, 1950
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ealing, London, England, UK
 24 
Herb Ritts
(Black-and-white photographer known for his iconic images of celebrities such as George Clooney and Julia Roberts.)
Herb Ritts
1
Birthdate: August 13, 1952
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: December 26, 2002
 25 
Richard M. Sherman
(Songwriters)
Richard M. Sherman
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 12, 1928
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
 26 
Jonathan Rosenbaum
(Film critic, Journalist)
Jonathan Rosenbaum
0
Birthdate: February 27, 1943
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Florence
 27 
Albert J. Nock
(Author)
Albert J. Nock
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 13, 1870
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Scranton
Died: April 28, 1905
 28 
Jonathan Tunick
(American Orchestrator, Musical Director and Composer)
Jonathan Tunick
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 19, 1938
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
 29 
Peter Hess Stone
(Screenwriter)
Peter Hess Stone
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 27, 1930
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: April 26, 2003
 30 
Anthony Hecht
(Poet, Writer)
Anthony Hecht
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 16, 1923
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York City
Died: October 20, 2004
 31 
Zeena Parkins
(Musician)
Zeena Parkins
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 1956 AD
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
 32 
Deborah Sussman
(Designer)
Deborah Sussman
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 26, 1931
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: August 20, 2014