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
comics artist	21.3%	30
painter	19.1%	27
illustrator	17.0%	24
writer	14.2%	20
artist	12.8%	18
actor	12.8%	18
screenwriter	9.9%	14
film actor	8.5%	12
penciller	7.8%	11
photographer	7.8%	11
cartoonist	7.1%	10
television actor	6.4%	9
draftsperson	6.4%	9
musician	6.4%	9
singer	5.7%	8

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	349.7×	3
inker	226.7×	7
penciller	164.4×	11
comics artist	65.1×	30
illustrator	46.4×	24
draftsperson	34.6×	9
cartoonist	32.3×	10
printmaker	29.3×	5
visual artist	28.1×	7
graphic designer	26.6×	4
comics writer	23.9×	6
painter	20.1×	27
artist	19.1×	18
designer	14.9×	5
filmmaker	13.4×	3

Employers

Most common

Employer	% of its alumni	People
School of Visual Arts	2.8%	4
Marvel Comics	2.1%	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	582.7×	3
School of Visual Arts	194.3×	4

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
Inkpot Award	16.3%	23
Will Eisner Hall of Fame	9.2%	13
The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame	3.5%	5
Jack Kirby Hall of Fame	2.8%	4
Guggenheim Fellowship	2.1%	3
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	2.1%	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
The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame	323.8×	5
Jack Kirby Hall of Fame	291.4×	4
Will Eisner Hall of Fame	113.2×	13
Inkpot Award	76.3×	23
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	1.9×	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.