Van Nuys High School

California · 56 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

Marilyn Monroe b. 1926	Robert Redford b. 1936	Natalie Wood b. 1938
Joseph Gordon-Levitt b. 1981	Paula Abdul b. 1962	Jane Russell b. 1921
Vint Cerf b. 1943	Stacy Keach b. 1941	Erika Eleniak b. 1969
Diane Baker b. 1938	George O. Abell b. 1927	Ed Begley, Jr. b. 1949

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
actor	29.9%	17
film actor	29.6%	17
television actor	28.7%	16
film producer	10.4%	6
American football player	9.9%	6
film director	9.7%	5
voice actor	9.1%	5
screenwriter	8.1%	4
television director	7.2%	4
basketball player	6.9%	3
singer	6.7%	4
writer	6.0%	4
director	5.9%	3
stage actor	5.9%	3
television producer	5.5%	3

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
television director	7.7×	4
computer scientist	7.2×	3
radio personality	4.8×	3
director	3.7×	3
film actor	3.1×	17
voice actor	2.8×	5
television actor	2.8×	16
film producer	2.8×	6
television producer	2.4×	3
film director	2.3×	5
model	2.2×	3
actor	2.2×	17
stage actor	1.9×	3
screenwriter	1.8×	4

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	7.8%	5
Internet Hall of Fame	5.0%	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
Internet Hall of Fame	192.2×	3
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	6.7×	5

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
American football	10.9%	7
basketball	6.9%	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

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.