High School of Art and Design

New York · 141 alumni prominent enough for Wikipedia. Tables below need at least 3 people before a trait can appear.

All of history equally The last decade or two Recent decades The last half-century

The era pills change the weighting: "recent decades" (the default) counts someone who graduated around 2010 far more than someone from 1940.

Prominent alumni

Tony Bennett b. 1926	Calvin Klein b. 1942	Ronald Wayne b. 1934
Marc Jacobs b. 1963	Ralph Bakshi b. 1938	Harvey Fierstein b. 1952
Eva Hesse b. 1936	Art Spiegelman b. 1948	Eric Carr b. 1950
Paul Winchell b. 1922	Fabolous b. 1977	John Romita Sr. b. 1930

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
painter	19.0%	27
comics artist	15.8%	30
illustrator	13.7%	24
writer	13.4%	20
actor	12.0%	18
artist	11.7%	18
screenwriter	10.2%	14
musician	9.8%	9
rapper	9.2%	7
film actor	8.5%	12
singer	8.2%	8
songwriter	7.9%	6
draftsperson	6.9%	9
photographer	6.7%	11
television actor	6.7%	9

Most overrepresented

"3×" = this school's noted alumni are three times as likely to have this occupation as noted high-school alumni nationally.

Occupation	× the national rate	People
colorist	234.4×	3
inker	137.5×	7
penciller	94.0×	11
draftsperson	51.1×	9
comics artist	45.7×	30
illustrator	42.9×	24
printmaker	37.0×	5
visual artist	35.5×	7
painter	28.9×	27
cartoonist	24.3×	10
artist	19.8×	18
designer	17.3×	5
comics writer	15.1×	6
fashion designer	13.4×	4
graphic designer	12.8×	4

Employers

Most common

Employer	% of its alumni	People
School of Visual Arts	1.7%	4
Marvel Comics	1.7%	3

Most overrepresented

"3×" = this school's noted alumni are three times as likely to have this employer as noted high-school alumni nationally.

Employer	× the national rate	People
Marvel Comics	637.2×	3
School of Visual Arts	167.9×	4

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
Inkpot Award	12.3%	23
Will Eisner Hall of Fame	5.6%	13
The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame	2.0%	5
Guggenheim Fellowship	1.6%	3
Jack Kirby Hall of Fame	1.5%	4
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	1.3%	3

Most overrepresented

"3×" = this school's noted alumni are three times as likely to have this award as noted high-school alumni nationally.

Award	× the national rate	People
Jack Kirby Hall of Fame	388.6×	4
The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame	331.3×	5
Will Eisner Hall of Fame	120.8×	13
Inkpot Award	73.9×	23
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	2.2×	3
Guggenheim Fellowship	1.7×	3

Notes for the methodologically curious. Shares and multiples use recency weighting (people who came of age recently count more, per the era pills) and shrinkage: each school gets 20 virtual alumni at national rates, so a school with 4 noted alumni can't post a 200× multiple. High-school data on Wikidata is far sparser than college data — a missing trait usually means Wikipedia editors didn't record it, not that no alumnus has it.