The Prep School Pantheon

Preparatory schools, be they boarding or day, graduate hundreds of students each year.  Some date back hundreds of years, such as the Roxbury Latin School, which was founded in 1645.  It has been referred to as the "oldest boys school in North America."  Not all those who attend prep schools are necessarily preppy, though.  The list we've provided may surprise you.  To make for easier reading, we've divided the list into categories.  Read on.

Entertainment -

Trey Antastasio - Taft School, Watertown CT
Mike Birbiglia - St. Mark's School, Southboro MA
Elizabeth Berkely - Cranbrook Schools, Bloomingfield Hills MI (x)
Humphry Bogart - Phillips Academy, Andover MA
Joy Bryant - Westminster School, Simsbury CT
Paul Butterfield - University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Chicago IL
Steve Carrell - Middlesex School, Concord MA
Chevy Chase - Dalton School, New York NY
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Taft School, Watertown CT
Glenn Close - Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford CT
Stephen Colbert - Porter - Gaud School, Charleston SC
Chris Collingwood - The Hill School, Pottstown PA
Buster Crabbe - Punahau School, Honolulu HI
David Crosby - Cate School, Carpinteria CA
Jamie Lee Curtis - Choate Rosemary Hall - Wallingford CT
Blythe Danner, George School, Newton PA

Ted Danson - The Kent School, Kent CT

Bette Davis - Cushing Academy, Ashburnham MA

David Duchonvy - Collegiate School, New York NY
Adam Duritz - Taft School, Watertown CT

Jane Fonda - Emma Willard School, Troy NY
Jodie Foster - Choate Rosemary Hall - Wallingford CT
Matthew Fox - Deerfield Academy, Deerfield MA
Stefani Germanotta - Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York City NY
Paul Giamatti - Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford CT

Jake Gyllenhaal - Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles CA
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Harvard Westlake School, Los Angeles CA
Larry Hagman - Trinity School, New York NY
Anne Heche - Francis W. Parker School, Chicago IL
Ed Helms - The Westminster Schools, Atlanta GA
Buck Henry - Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford CT

Hal Holbrook - Culver Academies, Culver IA

Linda Hunt - Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen MI
William Hurt - Middlesex School, Concord MA
Rashida Jones - Buckley School, Sherman Oaks CA
Warner Klemperer - Cate School, Carpinteria CA
Tom Lehrer - Horace Mann School, New York City, NY
Tea Leoni - Brearly School, New York NY
Alan Jay Lerner - Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford CT
Huey Lewis - Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville NJ
Lisa Loeb - Hockaday School, Dallas TX
Stacy London - Trinity School, New York City NY
Jon Lovitz - Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles CA
Seth Macfarlane - Kent School, Kent CT
Roger McGuinn - Latin School of Chicago, Chicago IL
Elizabeth Montgomery - Spence School, New York City NY
Frank Morgan - Trinity School, New York NY
Oliver Platt - Colorado Rocky Mountain School, Carbondale CO
Cole Porter - Worcester Academy, Worcester, MA

Keshia Knight Pulliam - Foxcroft School, Middleburg VA
Chris Raab - Church Farm School, Exton PA
Bonnie Raitt - Oakwood Friends School, Poughkeepsie NY
Christopher Reeve - Princeton Day School, Princeton NJ
Kyra Sedgwick - Friends Seminary, New York NY
Pete Seger - Avon Old Farms School, Avon CT
Wallace Shawn - Putney School, Putney VT
M. Night Shyamalan - Episcopal Academy, Newton Square PA
Stephen Sondheim - George School, Newton PA
James Spader - Brooks School, North Andover MA
James Stewart - Mercersburg Academy, Percersburg PA

Sufjan Stevens - Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen MI

Stephen Stills - Admiral Farragut Academy - Pine Beach, NJ

James Taylor - Milton Academy, Milton MA
Gene Tierney - Miss Porter's School, Farmington CT

Justin Theroux - Buxton School, Williamstown MA

Uma Thurman - Northfield Mt. Hermon School, Northfield MA

Rufus Wainwright - Milbrook School, Milbrook NY
Joss Wedon - Riverdale Country School, New York City NY
Carnie Wilson - Oakwood School, Los Angeles CA
Reese Witherspoon - Harpeth Hall, Nashville TN
Jeffrey Wright - St. Alban's School, Washington D.C.
James Van Der Beek - Cheshire Academy, Cheshire CT

Literature -

Edward Albee - Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford CT
Louis Auchincloss - Groton School, Groton MA
Dan Brown - Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter NH
William F. Buckley Jr. - Millbrook School, Millbrook NY
Truman Capote - Dwight School, New York City, NY
John Dos Passos - Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford CT
T.S. Eliot - Milton Academy, Milton MA
F. Scott Fitzgerald - Newman School, Hackensack NJ
John Green - Indian Springs School, India Springs Village AL

John Irving - Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter NH

Jack Kerouac - Horace Mann School, New York NY
John Knowles - Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter NH
Tucker Max - Blair Academy, Blairstown NJ
Bill Matthews - Berkshire School, Sheffield MA

Margaret Mitchell - Washington Seminary
Odgen Nash - St. George's School, Middletown RI

Edward Said - Northfield Mt. Hermon School, Northfield MA
Aram Sayoyan - Trinity School, New York City NY

Curtis Sittenfeld - Groton School, Groton MA
William Stryon - Christchurch School, Christchurch VA

Gore Vidal - Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter NH
DeWitt Wallace - Northfield Mt. Hermon School, Northfield MA
Thornton Wilder - Thacher School, Ojai CA (x)
Colson Whitehead - Trinity School, New York NY
William Carlos Williams - Horace Mann School, New York City NY

Richard Yates - Avon Old Farms School, Avon CT

Business -

S. Prestly Blake - Northfield Mt. Hermon School, Northfield MA
Ivan Boesky - Cranbrook Schools, Bloomingfield Hills MI (x)
Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee - St. Mark's School, Southborough MA
Jamie Dimon - Browning School, New York City, NY
Tom First - Concord Academy, Concord MA

Steve Forbes - Brooks School, North Andover MA
William Randolph Hurst - St. Paul's Preparatory School, Concord NH

Richard Mellon Scaife - Deerfield Academy, Deerfield MA
George Steinbrenner - Culver Academies, Culver IA
Donald Trump - New York Military Academy, Cornwall-on-Hudson NY
Ted Turner - McCallie School, Chatanooga TN

Mark Zuckerberg - Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter NH

Politics -

Howard Baker - McCallie School, Chatanooga TN
George Herbert Walker Bush - Phillips Academy Andover, Andover MA
George Walker Bush - Phillips Academy Andover, Andover MA
Peter Fisher - Concord Academy, Concord MA
John Fitzgerald Kennedy - Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford CT
Robert Francis Kennedy - Milton Academy, Milton MA

Edward Kennedy - Milton Academy, Milton MA

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis - Miss Porter's School, Farmington CT (although not a politician herself, she was known for being married to one)

John Kerry - St. Paul's School, Conchord NH
John McCain - Episcopal High School, Alexandria VA
Barack Obama - Punahau School, Honolulu HI
Deval Patrick - Milton Academy, Milton MA
Mitt Romney - Cranbrook Schools, Bloomingfield Hills MI
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Groton School, Groton MA
Eliot Spitzer - Horace Mann School, New York City NY

Daniel Webster - Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter NH

Other -
Josephine Patterson Albright - Foxcroft School, Middleburg VA
Tina Barney - Spence School, New York NY
Stephen Birmingham - Hotchkiss School, Lakeville CT
Judge Robert Bork - Hotchkiss School, Lakeville CT

Tucker Carlson - St. George's School, Middletown RI

Roy Cohn - Horace Mann School, New York City NY
Anderson Cooper - Dalton School, New York City, NY
Joseph Cornell - Phillips Academy Andover, Andover MA
Daniel Ellsberg - Cranbrook Schools, Bloomingfield Hills MI
Buckminster Fuller - Milton Academy, Milton MA
John Lahr - Riverdale Country School, New York City, NY
Sally Mann - Putney School, Putney VT (photographer)
Dr. William H. Masters - Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville NJ
Bill Nye - Sidwell Friends School, Washington D.C.
Keith Oblermann - Hackley School, Tarrytown NY
Georgia O'Keeffe - Chatam Hall, Chatam VA
Frederick Law Olmosted - Phillips Academy Andover, Andover MA
Princess Leila Pahlavi - Rye Country Day School, Rye NY
James Pierpont - Roxbury Latin School, Roxbury MA
Zac Posen - Saint Ann's School, New York City NY

John Silas Reed - Morristown School, Morristown NJ
Sally Ride - Harvard - Westlake School, Los Angeles CA
Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo - Darrow School, New Lebanon NY
Ilyasah Shabazz - The Masters School, West Simsbury CT
Dr. Benjamin Spock - Phillips Academy Andover, Andover MA
Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Emma Willard School, Troy NY
Vera Wang - Chapin School, New York NY

(x) = did not graduate

**more to come