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List Rules People on this list must have gone to Barnard College and be of some renown.

List of famous alumni from Barnard College, with photos when available. Prominent graduates from Barnard College include celebrities, politicians, business people, athletes and more. This list of distinguished Barnard College alumni is loosely ordered by relevance, so the most recognizable celebrities who attended Barnard College are at the top of the list. This directory is not just composed of graduates of this school, as some of the famous people on this list didn't necessarily earn a degree from Barnard College.

List is made up of many different graduates, including Joan Rivers and Lauren Graham.

This list answers the questions “Which famous people went to Barnard College?” and “Which celebrities are Barnard College alumni?”

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Joan Rivers is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Joan Rivers Talk show host, Comedian, Television producer

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Cynthia Nixon is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Cynthia Nixon Actor, Voice acting

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Martha Stewart is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Martha Stewart Business magnate, Publisher, Television producer

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Shari Lewis is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Shari Lewis Film Producer, Screenwriter, Ventriloquist

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Lauren Graham is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Lauren Graham Television producer, Novelist, Actor

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Patricia Highsmith is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Patricia Highsmith Crime writer, Novelist, Cartoonist

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Catherine de Castelbajac is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Catherine de Castelbajac Corporate trainer, Model, Writer

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Eileen Ford is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Eileen Ford Businessperson, Television producer

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Zora Neale Hurston is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Zora Neale Hurston Anthropologist, Novelist, Author

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Jane Wyatt is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Jane Wyatt Actor

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Margaret Mead is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Margaret Mead Cultural Anthropologist, Anthropologist, Professor

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Vinessa Shaw is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Vinessa Shaw Model, Actor

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Christy Carlson Romano is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Christy Carlson Romano Songwriter, Musician, Author

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Jamie Babbit is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Jamie Babbit Television director, Television producer, Film Producer

Famous Celebrities Born With Cleft Lips

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Natalie Angier is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Natalie Angier Journalist, Writer, Social activist

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Jhumpa Lahiri is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Jhumpa Lahiri Novelist, Author, Writer

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Mia Sara is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Mia Sara Actor

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Suzanne Vega is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Suzanne Vega Record producer, Guitarist, Songwriter

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Lee Remick is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Lee Remick Actor

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Erica Jong is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Erica Jong Novelist, Author, Writer

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Helen Gahagan Douglas is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Helen Gahagan Douglas Politician, Actor, Singer

The Hottest Red Head Actresses

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Laurie Anderson is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Laurie Anderson Musician, Screenwriter, Actor

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Ellen Kushner is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Ellen Kushner Radio personality, Writer

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Chelsea Peretti is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Chelsea Peretti Comedian, Screenwriter, Actor

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Atoosa Rubenstein is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Atoosa Rubenstein Editor

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Norma Merrick Sklarek is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Norma Merrick Sklarek Architect

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Juliet Stuart Poyntz is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Juliet Stuart Poyntz

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Flora Wovschin is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Flora Wovschin

38 Celebrities Caught with Sex Tapes

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Judith Coplon is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Judith Coplon

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Marion Davis Berdecio is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Marion Davis Berdecio

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Jeane Kirkpatrick is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Jeane Kirkpatrick Politician, Diplomat

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Twyla Tharp is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Twyla Tharp Television director, Theatre Director, Choreographer

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Maya Soetoro-Ng is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Maya Soetoro-Ng Writer, Teacher

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Jessica Einhorn is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Jessica Einhorn

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Jacqueline Barton is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Jacqueline Barton Chemist, Professor, Biophysical Chemist

Famous Long-Term Couples Who Never Married

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Alexis Stewart is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Alexis Stewart Radio personality, Presenter

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Tory Dent is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Tory Dent Commentator, Poet, Art critic

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June Jordan is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
June Jordan Activist, Poet, Journalist

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Vanessa Daou is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Vanessa Daou Poet, Songwriter, Singer

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Anna Quindlen is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Anna Quindlen Journalist, Novelist, Author

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Beth Seidenberg is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Beth Seidenberg Venture capitalist

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Lis Wiehl is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Lis Wiehl Legal analyst, Author, Lawyer

List of Katy Perry Interviews

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Daphne Merkin is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Daphne Merkin Literary critic, Novelist, Essayist

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Carol Dweck is listed (or ranked) 44 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Carol Dweck Professor, Psychologist, Author

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Ellen V. Futter is listed (or ranked) 45 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Ellen V. Futter Businessperson, Lawyer

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Ann Brashares is listed (or ranked) 46 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Ann Brashares Novelist, Author, Writer

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Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal is listed (or ranked) 47 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal Television producer, Film Producer, Screenwriter

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Hope Portocarrero is listed (or ranked) 48 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Hope Portocarrero

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Edwidge Danticat is listed (or ranked) 49 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
Edwidge Danticat Novelist, Author, Essayist

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June Bingham Birge is listed (or ranked) 50 on the list Famous Barnard College Alumni
June Bingham Birge Author, Playwright