Notable Waldorf Alumni
While fame may not be the best measure of success, renowned individuals offer a glimpse into the many ways a Waldorf education prepares every student to discover and pursue his or her passion with dedication to outstanding achievements, however they define success. This is only a partial list of alumni from Waldorf schools around the world.
- Benjamin Agosto
- ice dancer, 2006 Olympic Silver Medalist
- William Alexander
- winner of the 2012 National Book Award
- Sean Michael Leonard Anderson
- alias Big Sean, hip hop artist, debut album 2011
- Jennifer Aniston
- screen actor
- Duncan Black
- alias Atrios, economist, political blogger
- David E. Blackmer
- d. 2002, inventor of DBX noise reduction system and founder of dbx, Inc.
- Scott Boman
- Libertarian politician from Michigan, running for the US Senate 2012
- Stephanie Ann Boyd
- composer
- Sandra Bullock
- screen actor, winner of 2010 Academy Award for Best Actress
- Ever Dawn Carradine
- screen actor
- Kenneth Chenault
- former president and CEO of American Express, 1997-2001
- Austin Chick
- director, screenwriter, producer
- Chris Codish
- composer, musician
- Cybelle Codish
- photo journalist
- Lisa Coleman
- composer, musician
- Timothy Daly
- screen and stage actor
- Josh Dibb
- alias Deakin, musician, founding member of Animal Collective
- Winslow Eliot
- author, novelist
- Chris Elliott
- comedian screen actor, writer
- Miguel R. Forbes
- publisher, entrepreneur, philanthropist, senior executive of Forbes Media, LLC.
- Taimane Gardner
- Ukelele musician
- Adrian Grenier
- screen actor, musician, director
- Giuliano Hazan
- award winning chef
- Dan Hoyle
- theater actor
- Tamara Jenkins
- Olympic sprint canoer
- Peter Stephan Jungk
- award winning author, script-writer, and film director
- Zoe Isabella Kravitz
- actor, singer, model
- Sara La Fountain
- chef, cookbook author, television personality and designer
- James Lawrence
- entrepreneur, politician
- Noah Lennox
- alias Panda Bear, musician, founding member of Animal Collective
- Jennifer Leonhardt
- singer, songwriter
- Kristanna Loken
- screen actor
- Sanjaya Malakar
- pop singer
- Jordan Malloch
- Olympic sprint canoer
- Julianna Margulies
- actor, producer
- John McCrea
- singer
- Brendan McDaniel
- alias Candis Cayne, actor and performance artist
- Wendy Melvoin
- alias Wendy, guitarist, songwriter
- Judson Mills
- screen actor
- John Fitzallen Moore
- physicist, entrepreneur
- Victor Saul Navasky
- journalist, editor, author, professor
- Joanna Newsom
- harpist, pianist, vocalist, songwriter
- Mackenzie Phllips
- actor, singer
- Charles Rose
- architect
- Aram Roston
- television and newspaper reporter, investigative journalist
- Jennifer Rush
- pop/rock singer
- Amanda Sage
- painter
- Stefan C. Schaefer
- writer, director, producer of independent films and television
- William Lee Scott
- screen actor
- Marzuki Stevens
- long distance and marathon runner
- Sufjan Stevens
- singer, songwriter
- Tom Stone
- photographer
- Thomas C. Sudhof
- biochemist, co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Bryan Thao Worra
- award winning writer, poet, essayist, short story writer and playwright
- Justin Theroux
- actor, screenwriter
- Veronica Webb
- model, actor, writer, journalist and television personality