Townsend Harris High School alumni

Jewish-American inventor of polio vaccine (1914–1995)

American theoretical physicist (1918–1994)

American economist (1921–2017)

American mathematician (1917–2011)

Romanian-American actor (1893-1973)

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

American writer (1915-2019)

Polish-American psychologist (1907-1996)

American actor, singer, dancer (1889–1966)

American lyricist (1896–1983)

Hungarian-American actor and film director

American cartoonist, children's illustrator and writer (1907–2003)

American actor, teacher, musician and engineer (1891-1984)

Polish-born American logician (1897–1954)

American songwriter (1910–1969)

former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1882–1965)

American lyricist (1896–1981)

American politician (1877-1953)

American physicist (1925–1999)

American actor (1919–2005)

American composer and lyricist (1895–1996)

American statistician

American writer (1906-1995)

American publisher and author (1898-1971)

American composer and lyricist (1928–2025)

American astronomer (1925-2008)

American physicist (1919-2000)

American Baptist pastor and politician (1908–1972)

American journalist, critic and film producer (1903–1947)

American songwriter (1919-2015)

American publicist, lyricist, and librettist (1896-1983)

American banker (1893–1973)

American anthropologist (1923–1986)

American physicist (1918–1981)

American composer and songwriter (1892–1953)

American businessman

American statistician (1923-1998)

American journalist and author

American comedian

American author (1913–2012)

American architect, composer and conductor (1911–1994)

American politician (1898-1987)

American publicist (1921–2008)

American philosopher (1896-1954)

American screenwriter (1918-2010)

American historian (1925-1990)

American columnist for Variety (1922–2009)