Notable alumni of Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
86 graduates and former students with Wikipedia coverage, ranked by international notability.
Vincent Price
film actor · 1911–1993
American actor (1911–1993)
Jeff Wall
printmaker · b. 1946
Canadian photographer (born 1946)
Nicole Krauss
novelist · b. 1974
American novelist (born 1974)
Griselda Pollock
cultural studies scholar · b. 1949
British art historian
Perdita Weeks
video game actor · b. 1985
British actress
Neil MacGregor
non-fiction writer · b. 1946
British art historian (born 1946)
Reyner Banham
architecture critic · 1922–1988
British architectural critic (1922–1988)
Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan of Jordan
archaeologist · b. 1971
Jordanian Royal
Iain Sinclair
critic · b. 1943
British writer (born 1943)
Peter Foldes
film director · 1924–1977
Hungarian-British filmmaker and cartoonist (1924-1977)
Jeremy Deller
video artist · b. 1966
British artist (born 1966)
Lucy Ellmann
novelist · b. 1956
American writer
Martin Kemp
opinion journalist · b. 1942
British art historian
Rozsika Parker
feminist · 1945–2010
British art historian (1945-2010)
Nancy Johnson
politician · b. 1935
American politician
Frances Morris
gallerist · b. 1959
British curator
Max Porter
writer · b. 1981
English writer and editor
Cynthia Wu
business executive · b. 1978
Taiwanese business executive and politician
Nicholas Serota
art historian · b. 1946
British curator
Denis Mahon
art collector · 1910–2011
English art historian and collector (1910–2011)
David White
genealogist · b. 1961
Garter King of Arms
Narisa Chakrabongse
activist · b. 1956
princess
Gabriele Finaldi
art historian · b. 1965
16th director of the National Gallery
T. J. Clark
art historian · b. 1943
British art historian and writer
Anne d'Harnoncourt
art historian · 1943–2008
American art historian and museum director (1943-2008)
Cecil Gould
gallerist · 1918–1994
British art historian
Naomi Beckwith
curator · b. 1976
American curator
Robin Cormack
Byzantinist · b. 1938
art historian
Paweł Leszkowicz
art historian · b. 1970
Polish art historian
John Russell Taylor
theatre critic · 1935–2025
British writer
Lavinia Greenlaw
librettist · b. 1962
British writer
Brian Sewell
autobiographer · 1931–2015
English art critic (1931–2015)
Olivier Berggruen
museologist · b. 1963
German art historian
Bernard Smith
art critic · 1916–2011
Australian artist (1916-2011)
Nicholas Penny
art historian · b. 1949
British art historian
Andrew Graham-Dixon
art critic · b. 1960
British art historian, presenter
Rosemary Harris
children's writer · 1923–2019
British fiction writer of children's fiction (1923 – 2019)
Joan Abse
art historian · 1926–2005
British art historian, writer (1926-2005)
Roselee Goldberg
choreographer · b. 1947
South African-born art historian
Christopher White
art historian · 1930–2026
British art historian
William J. R. Curtis
historian · b. 1948
British architectural historian
Penelope Curtis
art historian · b. 1961
British art historian and curator
Dawn Adès
art critic · b. 1943
British art historian and academic (born 1943)
Velia Abdel-Huda
art historian · 1916–2012
Turkish art historian (1916–2012)
Nicolai Tangen
hedge fund manager · b. 1966
Norwegian hedge fund manager and philanthropist
David Elliott
art historian · b. 1949
British curator
Alan Bowness
art critic · 1928–2021
British art historian (1928–2021)
Betty Churcher
art historian · 1931–2015
Australian art gallery director (1931-2015)
Mark Jones
numismatist · b. 1951
British art historian, numismatist and museum director
Nell Dunn
novelist · b. 1936
English playwright, screenwriter, and author
Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti
art historian · 1929–2021
Danish art historian
John Béchervaise
explorer · 1910–1998
Australian writer, artist,historian and explorer (1910-1998)
Peter Lasko
art historian · 1924–2003
German-British art historian
Aaron Scharf
art historian · 1922–1993
American art historian
Joachim Pissarro
art historian · b. 1959
American academic
Ann Sutherland Harris
art historian · b. 1937
British art historian (1937-)
Anne Olivier Bell
preservationist · 1916–2018
English art scholar, member of Bloomsbury Group and Monuments Men,
Ambrose (Baird)
Christian minister · b. 1949
Miren Arzalluz
fashion historian · b. 1978
Basque fashion historian
Alan Borg
art historian · b. 1942
Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Tamar Garb
art historian · b. 1956
British art historian
Sir Oliver Millar
art historian · 1923–2007
British art historian (1923–2007)
Caroline Campbell
art historian · b. 1973
British museum curator
Nancy Underhill
editing staff · b. 1938
American art historian (born 1938)
Benedict Read
art historian · 1945–2016
British art historian (1945–2016)
Jane Roberts
gallerist · 1949–2021
British librarian, art historian (1949-2021)
Joan Elizabeth Woollard
art educator · 1916–2008
sculptor
John K. G. Shearman
art historian · 1931–2003
British historian
Michael Jaffé
art historian · 1923–1997
British art historian (1923-1997)
Noah Charney
novelist · b. 1979
American writer
Peter Murray
art historian · 1920–1992
art historian (1920–1992)
Simon Thurley
exhibition curator · b. 1962
British architectural historian
Ellen Lanyon
printmaker · 1926–2013
American artist (1926-2013)
Rafael Cardoso
art historian · b. 1964
art historian
Amy Plum
young adult author · b. 1967
French-American author
Alixe Bovey
medievalist · b. 1950
British historian
Emmanuel Di Donna
art dealer · b. 1971
art dealer
Bridget Cherry
architectural historian · b. 1941
British architectural historian
Jonathan Mane-Wheoki
academic · 1943–2014
New Zealand art historian, academic, and curator (1943-2014)
Noah Horowitz
art historian · b. 1979
American art historian
Amy Dempsey
art historian · b. 1963
art historian
Frank Salmon
art historian · b. 1962
English architectural historian
Antony Griffiths
museologist · b. 1951
William Griswold
curator · b. 1965
American museum director and curator
Charlotte Bolland
art historian
British art historian and museum curator
Gilly Macmillan
novelist · b. 1970
British novelist
Source: Wikidata (P69 educated_at). Notability ranking uses Wikipedia language coverage.