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	19.9%	27
rapper	14.4%	7
songwriter	13.7%	6
musician	13.2%	9
singer	12.3%	8
draftsperson	10.3%	9
illustrator	9.9%	24
fashion designer	9.6%	4
screenwriter	9.2%	14
comics artist	8.8%	30
writer	8.8%	20
artist	7.7%	18
visual artist	7.6%	7
actor	7.5%	18
composer	6.3%	5

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
draftsperson	55.8×	9
inker	29.1×	7
colorist	28.4×	3
visual artist	26.5×	7
painter	21.5×	27
illustrator	19.4×	24
printmaker	18.6×	5
penciller	17.6×	11
comics artist	14.7×	30
designer	12.8×	5
sculptor	10.0×	3
fashion designer	9.8×	4
artist	7.9×	18
cartoonist	7.1×	10
drummer	5.9×	3

Employers

Most common

Employer	% of its alumni	People
Marvel Comics	0.7%	3
School of Visual Arts	0.5%	4

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	438.8×	3
School of Visual Arts	61.5×	4

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
Inkpot Award	6.4%	23
Will Eisner Hall of Fame	1.7%	13
Guggenheim Fellowship	0.6%	3
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	0.5%	3
The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame	0.5%	5
Jack Kirby Hall of Fame	0.4%	4

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	336.0×	4
The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame	171.9×	5
Will Eisner Hall of Fame	59.7×	13
Inkpot Award	40.4×	23
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	1.5×	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.