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 |
44,888 |
1203 |
| university professor |
33,091 |
606 |
| writer |
27,047 |
766 |
| American football player |
23,513 |
567 |
| lawyer |
21,634 |
663 |
| basketball player |
19,242 |
550 |
| journalist |
13,616 |
530 |
| actor |
11,292 |
572 |
| businessperson |
9,390 |
470 |
| historian |
8,796 |
308 |
| researcher |
8,548 |
302 |
| judge |
7,845 |
433 |
| baseball player |
7,213 |
483 |
| military officer |
7,105 |
329 |
| television actor |
7,038 |
431 |
| economist |
6,835 |
213 |
| novelist |
6,765 |
366 |
| screenwriter |
6,723 |
338 |
| mathematician |
6,483 |
202 |
| film actor |
6,448 |
409 |
| composer |
5,867 |
296 |
| engineer |
5,824 |
231 |
| film director |
5,650 |
303 |
| soccer player |
5,414 |
330 |
| physicist |
5,376 |
176 |
| poet |
5,295 |
307 |
| academic |
4,833 |
246 |
| musician |
4,676 |
319 |
| basketball coach |
4,587 |
415 |
| painter |
4,480 |
245 |
| computer scientist |
4,451 |
158 |
| teacher |
4,386 |
386 |
| diplomat |
4,337 |
232 |
| psychologist |
4,243 |
217 |
| film producer |
4,204 |
273 |
| artist |
4,181 |
250 |
| physician |
3,729 |
213 |
| singer |
3,543 |
318 |
| chemist |
3,470 |
193 |
| political scientist |
3,334 |
158 |
| ice hockey player |
3,213 |
75 |
| military personnel |
3,085 |
219 |
| philosopher |
2,980 |
152 |
| jurist |
2,972 |
199 |
| stage actor |
2,857 |
238 |
| scientist |
2,738 |
167 |
| entrepreneur |
2,679 |
209 |
| sociologist |
2,667 |
142 |
| anthropologist |
2,631 |
141 |
| photographer |
2,520 |
215 |
| biologist |
2,512 |
149 |
| athletics competitor |
2,499 |
191 |
| television producer |
2,485 |
213 |
| author |
2,431 |
208 |
| architect |
2,392 |
123 |
| botanist |
2,214 |
149 |
| editor |
2,112 |
181 |
| director |
2,071 |
148 |
| voice actor |
2,056 |
216 |
| American football coach |
2,018 |
289 |
| theologian |
1,978 |
181 |
| translator |
1,976 |
133 |
| Canadian football player |
1,932 |
207 |
| professor |
1,927 |
140 |
| pianist |
1,732 |
111 |
| sculptor |
1,682 |
152 |
| linguist |
1,674 |
103 |
| business executive |
1,624 |
165 |
| songwriter |
1,568 |
189 |
| astronomer |
1,561 |
91 |
| zoologist |
1,525 |
117 |
| tennis player |
1,522 |
108 |
| swimmer |
1,481 |
80 |
| head coach |
1,442 |
199 |
| educator |
1,396 |
152 |
| Catholic priest |
1,394 |
94 |
| art historian |
1,387 |
92 |
| geologist |
1,364 |
112 |
| biochemist |
1,333 |
99 |
| jazz musician |
1,306 |
119 |
| children's writer |
1,293 |
145 |
| statistician |
1,289 |
86 |
| golfer |
1,255 |
115 |
| conductor |
1,244 |
92 |
| playwright |
1,234 |
109 |
| curator |
1,217 |
123 |
| governor |
1,200 |
142 |
| music educator |
1,192 |
98 |
| inventor |
1,166 |
113 |
| literary critic |
1,161 |
90 |
| librarian |
1,138 |
116 |
| activist |
1,114 |
139 |
| singer-songwriter |
1,104 |
155 |
| archaeologist |
1,104 |
83 |
| literary scholar |
1,065 |
78 |
| model |
1,053 |
145 |
| entomologist |
1,038 |
84 |
| banker |
1,004 |
90 |
| Catholic bishop |
988 |
73 |
| academic administrator |
962 |
122 |
| radio personality |
958 |
139 |
| geneticist |
942 |
79 |
| neuroscientist |
938 |
77 |
| illustrator |
926 |
92 |
| botanical collector |
925 |
91 |
| musicologist |
909 |
77 |
| scientific collector |
883 |
86 |
| record producer |
860 |
108 |
| visual artist |
835 |
96 |
| science fiction writer |
794 |
109 |
| astrophysicist |
773 |
53 |
| non-fiction writer |
770 |
96 |
| ecologist |
766 |
80 |
| electrical engineer |
764 |
60 |
| essayist |
762 |
85 |
| biographer |
753 |
77 |
| coach |
752 |
143 |
| surgeon |
748 |
89 |
| civil servant |
741 |
97 |
| pedagogue |
730 |
79 |
| opera singer |
723 |
75 |
| television presenter |
712 |
97 |
| psychiatrist |
710 |
74 |
| aircraft pilot |
687 |
80 |
| missionary |
680 |
77 |
| television director |
674 |
77 |
| paleontologist |
673 |
65 |
| guitarist |
672 |
95 |
| scholar of English |
653 |
68 |
| civil engineer |
640 |
69 |
| soccer coach |
621 |
96 |
| designer |
611 |
69 |
| astronaut |
606 |
62 |
| rabbi |
597 |
37 |
| publisher |
588 |
71 |
| comedian |
566 |
94 |
| priest |
542 |
65 |
| philologist |
541 |
45 |
| chief executive officer |
538 |
69 |
| printmaker |
526 |
69 |
| volleyball player |
521 |
65 |
| military flight engineer |
519 |
55 |
| draftsperson |
519 |
65 |
| athlete |
504 |
86 |
| installation artist |
504 |
62 |
| theatre director |
497 |
62 |
| microbiologist |
495 |
63 |
| sports commentator |
471 |
77 |
| opinion journalist |
462 |
50 |
| art collector |
457 |
50 |
| classical philologist |
448 |
34 |
| podcaster |
444 |
71 |
| columnist |
443 |
67 |
| video artist |
433 |
54 |
| pastor |
425 |
61 |
| violinist |
421 |
24 |
| beauty pageant contestant |
420 |
84 |
| dancer |
419 |
69 |
| rower |
418 |
24 |
| Christian minister |
412 |
48 |
| epidemiologist |
411 |
44 |
| mechanical engineer |
399 |
42 |
| nuclear physicist |
392 |
36 |
| blogger |
387 |
57 |
| comics artist |
384 |
56 |
| film editor |
381 |
56 |
| soldier |
377 |
40 |
| philanthropist |
373 |
50 |
| filmmaker |
365 |
52 |
| ornithologist |
363 |
36 |
| environmentalist |
362 |
50 |
| manager |
356 |
54 |
| sprinter |
349 |
52 |
| geographer |
347 |
37 |
| human rights defender |
346 |
54 |
| animator |
341 |
41 |
| nurse |
337 |
51 |
| legal scholar |
336 |
38 |
| theoretical physicist |
327 |
29 |
| social worker |
322 |
53 |
| cinematographer |
315 |
44 |
| cartoonist |
310 |
50 |
| mycologist |
306 |
40 |
| molecular biologist |
303 |
35 |
| meteorologist |
302 |
35 |
| financier |
299 |
29 |
| biophysicist |
297 |
33 |
| programmer |
296 |
40 |
| film screenwriter |
294 |
45 |
| physiologist |
293 |
43 |
| classical scholar |
292 |
26 |
| herpetologist |
288 |
41 |
| geophysicist |
284 |
29 |
| explorer |
278 |
34 |
| saxophonist |
277 |
33 |
| neurologist |
277 |
44 |
| farmer |
272 |
54 |
| docent |
271 |
35 |
| artificial intelligence researcher |
270 |
27 |
| amateur wrestler |
268 |
30 |