This list is of members of The Harvard Lampoon, a student satirical literary society founded in 1876. Writers, producers, and directors John Aboud – American screenwriter and producer Winthrop Ames – American theater director and producer, playwright and screenwriter Kurt Andersen – American novelist Richard Appel – American writer and producer known for his work on King of the Hill, The Cleveland Show and Family Guy Henry Beard – cofounder of the National Lampoon Robert Benchley – humorist and film actor, known for writings in Vanity Fair and The New Yorker John Berendt – author Andy Borowitz – writer and creator of the The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Robert Carlock – television writer and producer Christopher Cerf – musician, writer and humorist Michael Colton – screenwriter and producer Greg Daniels – co-creator of King of the Hill, the American version of The Office, Parks and Recreation, and The Paper Jim Downey – comedy writer Aaron Ehasz – screenwriter and producer Glenn Eichler – television writer and co-creator of Daria Rodman Flender – movie director Michael K. Frith – Bermudan artist and television producer, former executive vice-president and creative director of The Jim Henson Company"Alligator (A Harvard Lampoon Parody)". Bookseller product display. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-09-23. William Gaddis – novelist, author of The Recognitions and J R. Lisa Henson – producer and first woman elected president of Harvard Lampoon Justin Hurwitz – American television writer and film composer Walter Isaacson – American biographer and journalist, author of Einstein: His Life and Universe Al Jean – American producer and writer known for The Simpsons Douglas Kenney – American writer and actor, cofounder of the National Lampoon Josh Lieb – American television writer, producer and author David Mandel – writer and producer known for Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Veep Edward Sandford Martin – first literary editor of Life Magazine and founding member of the Lampoon, 1877. Jeff Martin – American writer George Meyer – writer and founder of humor magazine Army Man Lawrence O'Donnell – American television producer, writer, pundit, and hostWright, Jeanne. "The Sharp Shooter" (Aug 12, 1994). Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 14, 2010. Bill Oakley – American television writer and producer George Plimpton – American journalist, writer, literary editor, actor John Reed – American journalist, poet, and socialist activist, author of Ten Days That Shook the WorldEric Homberger, John Reed. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1990. p. 16. Mike Reiss – American humor writer known for The Simpsons Simon Rich – American humorist, novelist, and screenwriter Thomas Parker Sanborn – American poet, model for the protagonist of Santayana's novel The Last Puritan Michael Schur – co-creator of Parks and Recreation, The Good Place, and Brooklyn 99 Robert E. Sherwood – American playwright, editor, and screenwriter, speechwriter for Franklin Roosevelt Alex Shoumatoff – American writer Ernest Thayer – American writer and poet, writer of "Casey at the Bat" George W.S. Trow – American writer, humorist, and cultural critic John Updike – American novelist, poet, short story writer, art and literary critic, Pulitzer Prize winner for Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest Patric M. Verrone – American television writer and labor leader. Jon Vitti – American writer known for The Simpsons Josh Weinstein, American writer known for The Simpsons John Brooks Wheelwright – American poet, founding member of the Socialist Workers Party in the United States John P. Marquand – American writer Geneva Robertson-Dworet – American screenwriter Alexis Wilkinson – American writer Maiya Williams – American screenwriter and author Alan Yang – American screenwriter, producer and actor Steve Young – American television writer
Academics Frederick Lewis Allen – historian and editor of Harper's Magazine Archibald Cary Coolidge – academic, diplomat, and co-founder of the Council on Foreign Relations George Santayana – Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelistParri, Alice Two Harvard Friends: Charles Loeser and George Santayana Cass Sunstein – legal scholar F. Van Wyck Mason – American historian and novelist Herbert Eustis Winlock – Egyptologist
Actors and entertainers
Fred Gwynne – American actor, artist and author Merle Hazard – American satirical country singer and economist. Colin Jost – American actor, comedian, and screenwriterZaino, Nick A. III (July 25, 2013). "Colin Jost, from Harvard Lampoon to 'SNL'" . The Boston Globe.Ramisetti, Kirthana (January 23, 2014). "Colin Jost to replace Seth Meyers as 'Weekend Update' cohost on 'Saturday Night Live'" B. J. Novak – actor Conan O'Brien – television host, comedian, writer, and television producer
Business executives
William Randolph Hearst – American businessman, politician, and newspaper publisher. Robert Hoffman – co-founder of National Lampoon James Murdoch – British-born American businessman, the son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Hunt Wentworth – socialite and businessman in the early aviation industry
Lawyers, politicians and government officials
Curtis Guild Jr. – Governor of Massachusetts Roger Sherman Hoar – Massachusetts politician and science fiction author Elliot Richardson – American lawyer and politician, United States Attorney General Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1966–1977 Frederic Jesup Stimson – United States ambassador to Argentina
Architects, musicians, sculptors and painters Carter Burwell – film composer Nathaniel Choate – painter and sculptor who served as vice president of the National Sculpture Society, 1922. Ralph Wormeley Curtis – painter and graphic artist in the Impressionist style, 1876. Charles Hopkinson – portraitist George Howe – American architect and educator William R. Huntington – American architect and Quaker representative to the United Nations Harold Weston – American modernist painter Edmund March Wheelwright American architect, City Architect of Boston: Lampoons co-founder and architect of the Harvard Lampoon Castle
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