Bennington College
Discover the notable alumni of Bennington College. The list includes people like Peter Dinklage, Alan Arkin, Betty Aberlin, Michael Pollan & Helen Frankenthaler. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as writers, miscellaneous, media personalities, film & theater personalities and artists & painters etc.
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Peter Dinklage(Best Known for His Role as 'Tyrion Lannister' on the HBO Series 'Game of Thrones')
Birthdate: June 11, 1969
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Morristown, New Jersey, United States
Height: 4'5" (135 cm)
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Betty Ford(Former First Lady of the United States)
Birthdate: April 8, 1918
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: July 8, 2011
Birthdate: January 31, 1921
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, USA
Died: January 15, 2019
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Birthdate: February 24, 1956
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Birthdate: August 10, 1971
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Birthdate: March 7, 1964
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: April 24, 1955
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: March 27, 1929
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Died: August 11, 1988
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
Birthdate: December 23, 1963
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Greenwood, Mississippi, United States
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
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Kiran Desai
(Her novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize)
Birthdate: September 3, 1971
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New Delhi, India
Birthdate: December 30, 1942
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
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Yasmin Aga Khan(American Philanthropist Who Was Known for Raising Public Awareness of Alzheimer's Disease)
Birthdate: December 28, 1949
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lausanne, Switzerland
Birthdate: May 1, 1951
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lexington
Birthdate: September 26, 1946
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
Died: April 9, 2005
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Helen Frankenthaler
(Painter)
Birthdate: December 12, 1928
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York City
Died: December 27, 2011
Birthdate: October 25, 1963
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nicosia, Cyprus
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Melissa Rosenberg
(Screenwriter, Writer)
Birthdate: August 28, 1962
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Marin County
Birthdate: July 26, 1966
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City
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Hildegard Peplau
(American Nurse and the First Published Nursing Theorist Since Florence Nightingale)
Birthdate: September 1, 1909
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Reading
Died: March 17, 1999
20
Carolyn Cassady
(Writer, Painter)
Birthdate: April 28, 1923
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lansing
Died: September 20, 2013
21
Shirley Clarke
(Filmmaker)
Birthdate: October 2, 1919
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: September 23, 1997
Birthdate: September 6, 1938
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New Rochelle, New York, United States
23
Alwin Nikolais
(Choreographer)
Birthdate: November 25, 1910
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Southington, Connecticut, United States
Died: May 8, 1993
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Barbara Deming
(Writer, Journalist)
Birthdate: July 23, 1917
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: August 2, 1984
Birthdate: February 2, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: August 3, 2015
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Ulysses Dove
(Choreographer)
Birthdate: January 17, 1947
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Died: June 11, 1996
