Phillips Exeter Academy

New Hampshire · 835 alumni prominent enough for Wikipedia. Tables below need at least 8 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

Mark Zuckerberg b. 1984	Franklin Pierce b. 1804	Dan Brown b. 1964
Gore Vidal b. 1925	Daniel Dennett b. 1942	John Irving b. 1942
Frederick Winslow Taylor b. 1856	Howard Hawks b. 1896	Paul M. Romer b. 1955
Lloyd Shapley b. 1923	Daniel Webster b. 1782	James Agee b. 1909

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
politician	21.3%	178
lawyer	17.1%	143
writer	15.3%	128
journalist	9.0%	75
university professor	7.4%	62
businessperson	5.4%	45
novelist	4.8%	40
judge	4.3%	36
historian	4.2%	35
diplomat	4.1%	34
screenwriter	3.5%	29
actor	3.4%	28
jurist	3.1%	26
editor	3.0%	25
American football player	2.6%	22

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
art historian	8.0×	10
translator	8.0×	14
rower	7.5×	10
editor	7.1×	25
publisher	7.0×	14
architect	6.3×	16
diplomat	6.1×	34
educator	5.7×	9
historian	5.5×	35
governor	5.3×	16
art collector	5.0×	10
academic	5.0×	12
banker	4.8×	10
economist	4.5×	16
jurist	4.3×	26

Employers

Most common

Employer	% of its alumni	People
Harvard University	4.8%	40
Columbia University	1.8%	15
Phillips Exeter Academy	1.6%	13
Yale University	1.4%	12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1.0%	8
University of Chicago	1.0%	8

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
Phillips Exeter Academy	71.3×	13
Harvard University	8.3×	40
Yale University	6.1×	12
Columbia University	6.0×	15
University of Chicago	4.7×	8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	3.9×	8

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
Guggenheim Fellowship	4.7%	39
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences	3.2%	27
Bronze Star Medal	1.0%	8

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
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences	6.2×	27
Guggenheim Fellowship	3.3×	39

Offices held

Most common

Office	% of its alumni	People
United States representative	6.9%	58
United States senator	2.2%	18
member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives	2.0%	17
member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives	2.0%	17
member of the State Senate of Massachusetts	1.6%	13
Governor of New Hampshire	1.0%	8

Most overrepresented

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

Office	× the national rate	People
Governor of New Hampshire	41.8×	8
member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives	24.2×	17
member of the State Senate of Massachusetts	14.3×	13
member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives	9.2×	17
United States senator	4.8×	18
United States representative	3.5×	58

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
American football	3.1%	26
rowing	1.7%	14
athletics	1.3%	11
basketball	1.1%	9
ice hockey	1.0%	8
baseball	1.0%	8

Most overrepresented

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

Sport	× the national rate	People
rowing	9.7×	14

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.