Boys High School

New York · 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

Isaac Asimov b. 1920	Abraham Maslow b. 1908	Norman Mailer b. 1923
Man Ray b. 1890	Aaron Copland b. 1900	Leon Festinger b. 1919
Benjamin Graham b. 1894	Lenny Wilkens b. 1937	Max Roach b. 1924
Norman Lloyd b. 1914	Lawrence Tierney b. 1919	Mickey Marcus b. 1901

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
university professor	17.9%	10
lawyer	14.3%	8
writer	12.5%	7
actor	12.5%	7
film director	10.7%	6
film producer	10.7%	6
journalist	10.7%	6
basketball player	8.9%	5
screenwriter	8.9%	5
politician	7.1%	4
American football player	7.1%	4
historian	7.1%	4
director	7.1%	4
television actor	5.4%	3
military personnel	5.4%	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
autobiographer	14.4×	3
historian	7.3×	4
university professor	5.9×	10
director	4.9×	4
military personnel	4.6×	3
judge	3.4×	3
film producer	3.3×	6
film director	3.0×	6
television producer	2.8×	3
lawyer	2.8×	8
journalist	2.4×	6
screenwriter	2.1×	5
writer	1.9×	7

Employers

Most common

Employer	% of its alumni	People
New York University	5.4%	3
Columbia University	5.4%	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
New York University	20.9×	3
Columbia University	13.6×	3

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
Guggenheim Fellowship	10.7%	6

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
Guggenheim Fellowship	6.0×	6

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
basketball	10.7%	6
American football	5.4%	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.