Brooklyn Technical High School

New York · 112 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

Arno Allan Penzias b. 1933	Richard Matheson b. 1926	George Wald b. 1906
Alan Kay b. 1940	Frederik Pohl b. 1919	Robert Anton Wilson b. 1932
Lou Ferrigno b. 1951	Harry Chapin b. 1942	Anthony Weiner b. 1964
Gerry Goffin b. 1939	Karol J. Bobko b. 1937	Raymond Scott b. 1908

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
politician	9.7%	10
writer	6.1%	8
basketball player	5.9%	6
engineer	5.8%	7
inventor	5.7%	7
actor	5.6%	6
businessperson	5.4%	6
television actor	5.1%	5
university professor	5.0%	7
novelist	4.6%	6
lawyer	4.5%	5
journalist	4.3%	5
fencer	4.2%	3
musician	3.9%	4
composer	3.7%	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
fencer	39.4×	3
electrical engineer	30.9×	3
inventor	22.1×	7
chemist	9.9×	3
aircraft pilot	9.0×	4
engineer	7.7×	7
science fiction writer	6.9×	3
physicist	5.0×	3
military personnel	3.7×	4
poet	3.0×	3
novelist	2.7×	6
university professor	2.4×	7
entrepreneur	2.4×	3
judge	2.4×	3
businessperson	2.2×	6

Employers

Most common

Employer	% of its alumni	People
Harvard University	2.6%	4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	8.9×	3
Harvard University	5.1×	4

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
Guggenheim Fellowship	4.7%	7
National Inventors Hall of Fame	2.7%	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
National Inventors Hall of Fame	28.6×	3
Guggenheim Fellowship	3.6×	7

Offices held

Most common

Office	% of its alumni	People
United States representative	2.7%	3

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
United States representative	1.8×	3

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
basketball	7.4%	7
fencing	4.2%	3

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
fencing	37.6×	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.