Phillips Academy

Massachusetts · 651 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

George W. Bush b. 1946	George H. W. Bush b. 1924	Humphrey Bogart b. 1899
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck b. 1980	Edgar Rice Burroughs b. 1875	Jack Lemmon b. 1925
Olivia Wilde b. 1984	Marvin Minsky b. 1927	Oliver Wendell Holmes b. 1809
Jeb Bush b. 1953	Ryan O'Neal b. 1941	James Spader b. 1960

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
politician	20.4%	133
writer	13.7%	89
lawyer	13.5%	88
journalist	8.6%	56
businessperson	8.0%	52
university professor	7.8%	51
diplomat	3.8%	25
actor	3.4%	22
military officer	3.4%	22
judge	3.2%	21
novelist	3.1%	20
screenwriter	2.9%	19
historian	2.6%	17
entrepreneur	2.6%	17
film actor	2.3%	15

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
missionary	16.4×	9
librarian	10.7×	8
publisher	7.7×	12
financier	7.5×	8
art collector	6.4×	10
diplomat	5.7×	25
banker	5.5×	9
philosopher	5.4×	9
editor	4.7×	13
physician	4.2×	14
historian	3.4×	17
governor	3.4×	8
university professor	3.3×	51
lawyer	3.2×	88
businessperson	3.1×	52

Employers

Most common

Employer	% of its alumni	People
Harvard University	3.1%	20
Yale University	2.9%	19

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
Yale University	12.2×	19
Harvard University	5.3×	20

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
Guggenheim Fellowship	4.0%	26
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences	2.2%	14
Bronze Star Medal	1.5%	10
Silver Star	1.2%	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
Silver Star	4.3×	8
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences	4.1×	14
Guggenheim Fellowship	2.9×	26
Bronze Star Medal	2.4×	10

Offices held

Most common

Office	% of its alumni	People
United States representative	7.2%	47
member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives	3.2%	21
member of the State Senate of Massachusetts	2.5%	16
United States senator	1.4%	9

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
member of the State Senate of Massachusetts	22.4×	16
member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives	14.5×	21
United States representative	3.6×	47
United States senator	3.0×	9

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
American football	3.1%	20

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

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.