DeWitt Clinton High School alumni

American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer (1922–2018)

American actor (1913–1994)

American writer (1924–1987)

American linguist and anthropologist (1884-1939)

American film director and producer (1899–1983)

American fashion designer (born 1939)

American film director and producer (1913-2001)

American propaganda and marketing pioneer (1891-1995)

American composer of songs and Broadway musicals (1902–1979)

American playwright, writer, academic (1927-2018)

American actor (1919–1996)

American comic book artist, the co-creator of Batman (1915-1998)

American composer and conductor (1911-1975)

American jazz pianist and composer (1904–1943)

American cartoonist, writer and entrepreneur (1917–2005)

American comic strip and comic book writer (1914-1974)

American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author (1949–2011)

American photographer (1923–2004)

Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley was an American musician who was the original lead guitarist, occasional vocalist, and a founding member of the rock band Kiss. He invented the persona of the Spaceman and originally played with the group from its inception in 1973 until his departure in 1982, before later rejoining in 1996 until his final departure in 2002.

American actor and comedian

American actor

American actor (1923–2005)

American film director (1914–1990)

American basketball player (born 1948)

American actor (1923–2022)

American basketball player and coach (1928–2015)

American playwright, screenwriter and novelist (1923-1981)

American actor and photographer (1918–2013)

American actor (1918-1997)

American literary critic (1905–1975)

speed skater (1906-1981)

former congressman from Harlem, New York

American author (1903–1946)

American politician (1910-1999)

American opera singer (1904–1984)

film director (1907-2000)

American film producer (1921–2023)

American novelist, historian, political activist and literary critic (1889–1967)

American actor (1909-1994)

American actress

basketball player

African-American visual artist (1907-1977)

American film director and television producer (1934–2011)

German-born Jewish-American impresario and rock concert promoter (1931–1991)

athletics competitor

American basketball player

American stand-up comedian

American conductor (1888–1959)

American playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director (1925–2015)

Puerto Rican basketball player

American political novelist (1915–1996)

American writer (1903–1978)

American actor (1922-2005)

American writer

American basketball player

American lawyer and civil rights activist (1919-1995)

Canadian politician (1922-2012)

American film producer (1916-2001)

Russian-American Tin Pan Alley lyricist, songwriter (1893-1958)

American jazz guitarist (1915–2005)