Occupations
Every occupation that shows up in school fingerprints, ranked by how many notable
alumni hold it. Click one to see which schools dominate it.
| Occupation | People (all schools) | Schools |
|---|
| politician |
52,745 |
1206 |
| university professor |
35,191 |
613 |
| lawyer |
31,756 |
666 |
| writer |
29,363 |
768 |
| American football player |
23,791 |
570 |
| basketball player |
19,339 |
552 |
| journalist |
15,174 |
536 |
| actor |
12,354 |
574 |
| judge |
12,037 |
445 |
| businessperson |
11,006 |
476 |
| historian |
9,180 |
311 |
| researcher |
9,107 |
306 |
| military officer |
7,949 |
335 |
| television actor |
7,704 |
433 |
| screenwriter |
7,637 |
340 |
| economist |
7,337 |
216 |
| baseball player |
7,309 |
484 |
| novelist |
7,159 |
370 |
| film actor |
7,058 |
409 |
| composer |
6,618 |
299 |
| mathematician |
6,574 |
203 |
| film director |
6,531 |
306 |
| engineer |
6,118 |
232 |
| poet |
5,516 |
308 |
| physicist |
5,465 |
176 |
| soccer player |
5,453 |
332 |
| diplomat |
5,307 |
240 |
| academic |
5,232 |
248 |
| musician |
5,209 |
320 |
| physician |
5,022 |
220 |
| painter |
4,881 |
249 |
| film producer |
4,838 |
276 |
| teacher |
4,810 |
392 |
| basketball coach |
4,625 |
416 |
| jurist |
4,613 |
212 |
| computer scientist |
4,574 |
160 |
| artist |
4,531 |
253 |
| psychologist |
4,387 |
217 |
| singer |
3,846 |
323 |
| chemist |
3,574 |
194 |
| political scientist |
3,560 |
158 |
| military personnel |
3,399 |
224 |
| ice hockey player |
3,233 |
76 |
| stage actor |
3,223 |
239 |
| entrepreneur |
3,181 |
211 |
| philosopher |
3,121 |
152 |
| scientist |
3,015 |
171 |
| architect |
2,862 |
125 |
| television producer |
2,820 |
216 |
| sociologist |
2,761 |
142 |
| photographer |
2,734 |
217 |
| anthropologist |
2,722 |
141 |
| author |
2,702 |
212 |
| biologist |
2,644 |
151 |
| athletics competitor |
2,547 |
191 |
| director |
2,411 |
148 |
| editor |
2,335 |
185 |
| botanist |
2,294 |
151 |
| voice actor |
2,233 |
217 |
| professor |
2,150 |
144 |
| theologian |
2,139 |
183 |
| business executive |
2,119 |
170 |
| American football coach |
2,061 |
289 |
| translator |
2,059 |
134 |
| pianist |
1,971 |
113 |
| Canadian football player |
1,943 |
209 |
| sculptor |
1,844 |
154 |
| linguist |
1,720 |
104 |
| songwriter |
1,707 |
193 |
| astronomer |
1,603 |
91 |
| zoologist |
1,593 |
118 |
| tennis player |
1,569 |
111 |
| swimmer |
1,522 |
82 |
| art historian |
1,503 |
92 |
| jazz musician |
1,498 |
123 |
| educator |
1,490 |
152 |
| conductor |
1,485 |
95 |
| governor |
1,481 |
149 |
| head coach |
1,476 |
200 |
| Catholic priest |
1,446 |
97 |
| playwright |
1,444 |
111 |
| music educator |
1,418 |
100 |
| biochemist |
1,417 |
100 |
| geologist |
1,414 |
113 |
| children's writer |
1,386 |
148 |
| statistician |
1,323 |
87 |
| banker |
1,286 |
95 |
| curator |
1,277 |
124 |
| golfer |
1,268 |
117 |
| inventor |
1,260 |
116 |
| librarian |
1,248 |
118 |
| activist |
1,237 |
142 |
| literary critic |
1,209 |
90 |
| singer-songwriter |
1,197 |
159 |
| archaeologist |
1,149 |
84 |
| model |
1,141 |
146 |
| surgeon |
1,109 |
91 |
| literary scholar |
1,091 |
78 |
| radio personality |
1,074 |
143 |
| entomologist |
1,064 |
84 |
| academic administrator |
1,053 |
122 |
| neuroscientist |
1,037 |
78 |
| musicologist |
1,024 |
82 |
| geneticist |
1,020 |
80 |
| Catholic bishop |
1,005 |
74 |
| illustrator |
1,001 |
94 |
| psychiatrist |
970 |
77 |
| botanical collector |
970 |
92 |
| civil servant |
962 |
101 |
| record producer |
944 |
112 |
| visual artist |
930 |
100 |
| scientific collector |
918 |
87 |
| opera singer |
870 |
78 |
| biographer |
859 |
82 |
| non-fiction writer |
842 |
98 |
| science fiction writer |
841 |
114 |
| television director |
806 |
78 |
| essayist |
802 |
85 |
| television presenter |
796 |
99 |
| pedagogue |
795 |
83 |
| ecologist |
793 |
81 |
| electrical engineer |
789 |
61 |
| astrophysicist |
783 |
53 |
| coach |
774 |
145 |
| aircraft pilot |
748 |
84 |
| missionary |
740 |
80 |
| guitarist |
735 |
102 |
| designer |
726 |
73 |
| publisher |
692 |
79 |
| paleontologist |
687 |
66 |
| chief executive officer |
683 |
70 |
| civil engineer |
682 |
71 |
| scholar of English |
671 |
68 |
| legal scholar |
668 |
44 |
| rabbi |
666 |
37 |
| astronaut |
642 |
66 |
| soccer coach |
628 |
97 |
| comedian |
626 |
97 |
| priest |
611 |
66 |
| theatre director |
610 |
63 |
| draftsperson |
577 |
66 |
| art collector |
575 |
54 |
| printmaker |
574 |
74 |
| epidemiologist |
562 |
44 |
| installation artist |
561 |
64 |
| philologist |
556 |
45 |
| athlete |
549 |
90 |
| military flight engineer |
542 |
56 |
| microbiologist |
539 |
66 |
| opinion journalist |
538 |
53 |
| volleyball player |
527 |
66 |
| columnist |
510 |
67 |
| podcaster |
506 |
73 |
| sports commentator |
490 |
77 |
| video artist |
489 |
57 |
| violinist |
481 |
30 |
| manager |
480 |
58 |
| film editor |
469 |
57 |
| Christian minister |
468 |
48 |
| classical philologist |
463 |
34 |
| pastor |
463 |
64 |
| beauty pageant contestant |
462 |
88 |
| philanthropist |
458 |
51 |
| dancer |
455 |
72 |
| blogger |
450 |
59 |
| rower |
449 |
24 |
| human rights defender |
442 |
57 |
| soldier |
423 |
43 |
| financier |
419 |
31 |
| environmentalist |
416 |
50 |
| filmmaker |
413 |
52 |
| mechanical engineer |
412 |
42 |
| cinematographer |
410 |
46 |
| comics artist |
405 |
59 |
| neurologist |
402 |
50 |
| nuclear physicist |
395 |
36 |
| ornithologist |
380 |
36 |
| nurse |
374 |
53 |
| animator |
371 |
43 |
| geographer |
360 |
37 |
| fashion designer |
357 |
39 |
| film screenwriter |
357 |
49 |
| social worker |
355 |
56 |
| sprinter |
353 |
52 |
| dentist |
348 |
49 |
| prosecutor |
340 |
56 |
| cartoonist |
338 |
54 |
| physiologist |
335 |
43 |
| saxophonist |
331 |
37 |
| theoretical physicist |
329 |
29 |
| molecular biologist |
324 |
36 |
| lobbyist |
319 |
54 |
| mycologist |
318 |
41 |
| explorer |
318 |
36 |
| minister |
315 |
39 |
| farmer |
315 |
57 |
| programmer |
312 |
40 |
| biophysicist |
309 |
33 |
| meteorologist |
305 |
35 |
| executive producer |
304 |
39 |