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
writer	16.4%	89
politician	11.6%	133
journalist	8.4%	56
entrepreneur	7.4%	17
film director	6.7%	14
businessperson	6.0%	52
actor	4.6%	22
television actor	4.0%	15
film producer	4.0%	12
American football player	3.9%	15
lawyer	3.9%	88
film actor	3.8%	15
publisher	3.2%	12
novelist	2.9%	20
university professor	2.7%	51

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
publisher	35.7×	12
entrepreneur	7.0×	17
photographer	5.1×	10
physician	4.7×	14
writer	3.8×	89
philosopher	3.6×	9
poet	3.5×	14
businessperson	3.3×	52
financier	3.2×	8
historian	3.2×	17
governor	3.2×	8
diplomat	3.0×	25
university professor	2.9×	51
journalist	2.9×	56
novelist	2.9×	20

Employers

Most common

Employer	% of its alumni	People
Harvard University	1.1%	20
Yale University	0.7%	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	7.5×	19
Harvard University	5.1×	20

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
Guggenheim Fellowship	1.7%	26
Bronze Star Medal	1.2%	10
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences	0.2%	14
Silver Star	0.1%	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
Bronze Star Medal	5.7×	10
Guggenheim Fellowship	3.7×	26
Silver Star	3.3×	8
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences	1.6×	14

Offices held

Most common

Office	% of its alumni	People
United States representative	1.8%	47
member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives	1.2%	21
member of the State Senate of Massachusetts	0.2%	16
United States senator	0.1%	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 Massachusetts House of Representatives	10.3×	21
member of the State Senate of Massachusetts	5.4×	16
United States representative	2.5×	47

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
American football	4.0%	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.