1961) Allan Arbus (1918–2013), actor (class of 1933) Nate Archibald (born 1948), Hall of Fame basketball player (class of 1966) Ben Auerbach (1919–1993), professional basketball player Richard Avedon (1923–2004), photographer (class of 1941) William Axt (1888–1959), film composer, The Thin Man (1935) (class of 1905) Sanjay Ayre (born 1980), runner (including silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the 4 x 400 meters relay) (class of 1999) Harold Baer (1905–1987), Justice, New York State Supreme Court (class of 1923) James Baldwin (1924–1987), writer (class of 1942) Martin Balsam (1919–1996), actor (class of 1938) Romare Bearden (1911–1988), artist (1925–1928) David Begelman (1921–1995), President of Columbia Pictures (class of 1938) Elliott V. Bell (1902–1983), former editor and publisher of BusinessWeek, Superintendent of Banks for the State of New York under Thomas E. Dewey Lou Bender (1910–2009), pioneer player with the Columbia Lions and in early pro basketball; later a successful trial attorney Ira Berlin (1941–2018), historian, author (class of 1959) Pandro S. Berman (1905–1996), film producer (class of 1923) Edward Bernays (1891–1995), "father of public relations" (class of 1908) Robert Blackburn (1920–2003), artist A Boogie wit da Hoodie (born 1995), artist, rapper Pedro Borbón Jr. (born 1967), professional baseball pitcher (class of 1985) Robert Butler, M.D. (1927 –2010), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1976 (class of 1944) Ron Canada, actor (class of 1966) winner of Emmy 1977, A.P.Broadcasters Award 1978, IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133474/?ref_=nmmi_mi_nm B. Gerald Cantor (1916–1996), founder of Cantor Fitzgerald (class of 1934) Richard Carmona (born 1949), former Surgeon General of the United States, dropped out at age 16 Al Casey (1915–2005), jazz guitarist (class of 1931) Gilbert Cates (1934–2011), producer of Academy Award telecasts (class of 1951) Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981), screenwriter (class of 1939) Richard Condon (1915–1996), author, The Manchurian Candidate, Prizzi's Honor (class of 1933) Avery Corman (born 1935), author, Kramer vs. Kramer, Oh, God! (class of 1952) Ricardo Cortez (1900-1977), guest at the Dean Martin Comedy Hour roasting Don Rickles (Man Of The Week), 8th February, 1974 Frank Corsaro (1924–2017), stage and opera director (class of 1942) Salvatore A. Cotillo (1886–1939), Italian-born New York lawyer and politician; first Italian-American to serve in both houses of the New York State Legislature and the first to serve as Justice of the New York State Supreme Court Ellis Cousens (born 1935), Executive VP and CFO of John Wiley & Sons (class of 1970) Milton Cross (1897–1975), Metropolitan