The parent article is at List of University of Michigan alumni.
+Academic unit key Symbol Academic unit ARCH Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning BUS Ross School of Business COE College of Engineering DENT School of Dentistry GFSPP Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy HHRS Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies LAW Law School LSA College of LS&A MED Medical School SMTD School of Music, Theatre and Dance PHARM School of Pharmacy SED School of Education SNRE School of Natural Resources SOAD The Stamps School of Art & Design SOI School of Information SON School of Nursing SOK School of Kinesiology SOSW School of Social Work SPH School of Public Health MDNG Matriculated, did not graduate
This is a list of arts-related alumni from the University of Michigan.
Art, architecture, and design
Architecture and civil engineering
James Baird, civil engineer; directed the construction of the Flatiron Building, Lincoln Memorial, Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier John W. F. Bennett, civil engineer; supervised the construction of the Algonquin Hotel in New York and the Ritz and Waldorf Hotels in London Charles Correa (ARCH: B.Arch. 1953, Honorary Doctor of Architecture 1980), architect John Dinkeloo, civil engineer; partner of 1982 Pritzker Prize laureate Kevin Roche in the firm Roche-Dinkeloo Alden B. Dow, architect; son of Herbert Henry Dow (founder of the Dow Chemical Company) and Grace A. Dow Dan Dworsky (ARCH: B.Arch. 1950), architect who designed the University's Crisler Arena and the Federal Reserve Bank in Los Angeles; member of varsity football starting team at Michigan, 1945–1948; played professionally for the Los Angeles Dons in 1949; member of Jewish Sports Hall of Fame; all-time 50-year Rose Bowl team Francis E. Griffin (BS ca. 1935), architect in Detroit Maynard Lyndon (1907–1999), architect Malcolm McCullough, U of M architecture professor and author Charles Willard Moore (ARCH: B.Arch 1947, Hon Arch D. 1992), designer of Lurie Tower on Michigan's North Campus; winner of the AIA Gold Medal in 1991 Howard Sims (B.Arch 1963, M.Arch 1966), architect in Detroit
Academics
Raymond Ward Bissell (BA 1958, PhD 1966), art historian, professor of Art History Emeritus at the University of Michigan Jonathan M. Bloom (MA 1975), scholar of Islamic art, Norma Jean Calderwood University Professor of Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College Richard Keyes (SOAD: BA Design 1957), professor emeritus at Long Beach City College, after a 30-year career there teaching life drawing and painting Ralph Rapson, head of architecture at the University of Minnesota for many years; one of the world's oldest and most prolific practicing architects at his death at age 93 Marilyn Stokstad (PhD, 1957), art historian, Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor of Art History Emeritus at the University of Kansas
Designers
John DeLorean (BUS: MBA 1957), GM Group vice president; designer of the DeLorean Tony Fadell (COE: BSE CompE 1991), designer, inventor, "father of the Apple iPod" Susan Skarsgard (SOAD: MFA), graphic designer and calligrapher
Fine artists Benny Alba, painter, graduated in psychology Alice R. Ballard (BS, MFA 1968), ceramicist Bill Barrett (BS 1958, MS, MFA), sculptor and painter Mike Kelley (BFA 1976), gross-out artist in L.A., in the style of Paul McCarthy Tristan Meinecke (c. 1942, did not graduate), painter, writer, architect Robert Nickle (BA 1943), visual artist, known primarily for his "street scrap" collage work; studied architecture and design at Michigan; worked and taught at the Art Institute of Chicago Michele Oka Doner, visual artist and writer; Stamps School of Art & Design: BFA, 1966; MFA, 1968, Alumna in Residence, 1990, Hon. Dr. Fine Arts, 2016 Jason Polan, artist and illustrator; Stamps School of Art & Design: BFA, 2004 Bernard "Tony" Rosenthal (BA 1936), abstract sculptor Alison Ruttan (BFA, Photography, 1976), interdisciplinary artist and educator at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Eric Staller (BA 1971, Artist Architecture), mixed media visual artist Cosmo Whyte (SOAD MFA 2015), Jamaican-born American sculptor, painter, installation artist Matthew Wong (BA 2007), painter Alisa Yang (MFA, 2016), interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker
Others Jesse Frohman (BA Economics), photographer Kathryn Osebold Galbraith, writer of children's books"Kathryn O. Galbraith (1945-)." Something About the Author, vol. 347, Gale, 2019, pp. 88-91. Gale Literature: Something About the Author. Accessed 5 May 2023. Charles L. Kuhn (BA 1923), director of the Busch-Reisinger Museum at Harvard University Warren M. Robbins (MFA), art collector whose collection led to the formation of the National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution William A. Starrett, builder of the Empire State Building Harold P. Stern (BA 1943, MA 1948, PhD 1959), director of the Freer Gallery of Art Martha Tedeschi (MA, 1982), Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard Art Museums Raoul Wallenberg (ARCH: B.Arch 1935), Swedish diplomat famous for assisting Hungarian Jews in late World War II; namesake of the Wallenberg Fellowship and Taubman College's Wallenberg Studio Judd Winick (BA 1992 Drawing and Painting), cartoonist, screenwriter, author
Arts and entertainment
Dance Nina Davuluri (BS 2011), first Indian American Miss America (Miss America 2014); first to perform a Bollywood dance on that pageant's stage Janet Lilly, principal dancer for Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Sharmila Mukerjee, Odissi dancer and choreographer, a disciple of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Kapila Vatsyayan (born 1928), a leading scholar of Indian classical dance, art, architecture, and art history
Directors, producers, and screenwriters Libby Appel, fourth artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Wyatt Bardouille (BS 1997), producer and director of Dominica: Charting a Future for Paradise William J. Bell (March 6, 1927 – April 29, 2005), screenwriter and television producer, best known as the creator of the soap operas Another World, The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful Forman Brown (BA 1922), established Yale Puppeteers upon graduating; opened a puppet theatre in Los Angeles in the 1920s which attracted celebrity attention and support from Greta Garbo, Marie Dressler, Douglas Fairbanks, and Albert Einstein David Callaham (BA 1999), screenwriter of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Lillian Glass, award-winning director and producer, Reinventing Rosalee, Fiesty Fighter, Hey Beautiful, and De-Escalation
National Book Award Kevin Boyle, won the 2004 National Book Award for Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age Howard Moss, won the National Book Award in 1972 for Selected Poems Frank O'Hara, shared the 1972 National Book Award for Poetry for The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara, the first of several collections Theodore Roethke, won the annual National Book Award for Poetry in 1959 for Words for the Wind, and posthumously in 1965 for The Far Field Keith Waldrop, won the National Book Award for Poetry for his 2009 collection Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy Jesmyn Ward, won the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction for her second novel Salvage the Bones and the 2017 National Book Award for Sing, Unburied, Sing; the only two-time female winner Gloria Whelan, won the annual National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000 for the novel Homeless Bird
National Medal of the Arts James Earl Jones, 1992 recipient Arthur Miller, 1993 recipient Jessye Norman, 2009 recipient Roger L. Stevens, 1988 recipient
Emmy Award
Collectively, , 31 Michigan alumni have won 87 Emmy Awards.
James A. Baffico, winner of 2 Emmy Awards Michael Bellavia, winner of an Emmy Award Reg E. Cathey, winner of an Emmy Award David Connell, winner of 5 Emmy Awards Darren Criss, winner of an Emmy Award: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) Ann B. Davis, winner of 2 Emmy Awards Paul Devlin, winner of 5 Emmy Awards Neal Gabler, winner of an Emmy Award Cathy Guisewite, winner of an Emmy Award Sanjay Gupta, winner of an Emmy Award Peter Hansen, winner of an Emmy Award Gary Hutzel, winner of 4 Emmy Awards James Earl Jones, winner of 8 Emmy Awards Mick Kaczorowski, winner of 3 Emmy Awards Christine Lahti, winner of 3 Emmy Awards Joseph LoDuca, winner of 2 Emmy Awards Margo Martindale, winner of 3 Emmy Awards Bob McGrath, received a lifetime achievement Emmy in 1990 Ari Melber (born 1980), journalist for NBC News and host of MSNBC's The Beat with Ari Melber Arthur Miller, winner of 2 Emmy Awards Marilyn Suzanne Miller, winner of 3 Emmy Awards Pasek and Paul (Benj Pasek and Justin Paul), winners of an Emmy Award Gilda Radner, winner of 2 Emmy Awards John Rich, winner of 3 Emmy Awards Davy Rothbart, winner of an Emmy Award Kurt Sayenga, winner of an Emmy Award David Shuster, winner of an Emmy Award Curt Sobel, winner of an Emmy Award Mike Wallace, winner of 21 Emmy Awards Don Was, winner of an Emmy Award Beth Tanenhaus Winsten, winner of an Emmy Award
Golden Globe Award winners
Darren Criss, actor, singer and songwriter; won in 2019 Gary Gilbert (born 1965), film producer and the founder and president of Gilbert Films James Earl Jones (1931–2024), actor; career has spanned more than 60 years Christine Lahti (born 1950), actress, filmmaker, two-time Golden Globe winner Jeff Levy-Hinte (a.k.a. Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte), film producer; president of Antidote International Films Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone; born 1958), singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman Pasek and Paul (Benj Pasek and Justin Paul), songwriting duo and composing team for musical theater, films, and television John Rich (1925–2012), film and television director
Grammy Award winners
George Crumb (D.M.A.) (born 1929), composer of avant-garde music; winner of a Grammy and a Pulitzer prize Chip Davis (B.A.) (born 1947), founder and leader of Mannheim Steamroller John M. Eargle (M.A.) (1931–2007), Oscar and Grammy-winning audio engineer; musician David Effron (B.A.), conductor and educator Gabriela Lena Frank (D.M.A.) (born 1972), pianist and composer of contemporary classical music Joe Henry (B.A.) (born 1960), singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer; has released 13 studio albums and produced multiple recordings for other artists, including three Grammy Award-winning albums Bob James (M.A.) (born 1939), multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer James Earl Jones (B.A.) (1931–2024), actor; career spanning more than 60 years; has won three Grammys Fred LaBour (M.A.) (born 1948), better known by his stage name Too Slim; Grammy award-winning musician, best known for his work with the Western swing musical and comedy group Riders in the Sky Madonna (MDNG) (born 1958), singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman; referred to as the "Queen of Pop" since the 1980s; seven-time Grammy award winner Jessye Norman (MUSIC: MMUS 1968; HSCD 1987), opera and concert singer; 4-time Grammy winner Pasek and Paul (B.F.As) (Benj Pasek and Justin Paul), songwriting duo and composing team; Grammy winner Gilda Radner (1946–1989), comedian, actress, and one of seven original cast members of SNL Christopher Rouse (University of Michigan fellow) (born 1949), composer Jennifer Laura Thompson (B.F.A. 1991), actress and singer Don Was (MDNG) (born 1952), musician, record producer and record executive; winner of three Grammy awards
Tony Award winners
Gavin James Creel (1976–2024), actor, singer, and songwriter; best known for his work in musical theatre; received a Tony Award for his performance as Cornelius Hackl in Hello, Dolly! Darren Criss, 2025 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his performance as Oliver in Maybe Happy Ending David Allen Grier, for A Soldier's Play