Boys and Girls High School

New York · 33 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	Rita Hayworth b. 1918	Norman Mailer b. 1923
Man Ray b. 1890	Shirley Chisholm b. 1924	Aaron Copland b. 1900
Lena Horne b. 1917	Irving Thalberg b. 1899	Lenny Wilkens b. 1937
Fabolous b. 1977	Edward Everett Horton b. 1886	Alan King b. 1927

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
musician	32.8%	8
basketball player	24.6%	5
singer	20.1%	5
composer	14.8%	5
film actor	14.7%	6
actor	14.5%	8
stage actor	11.6%	6
screenwriter	10.1%	5
jazz musician	8.6%	5
model	8.0%	3
film producer	7.7%	3
film director	7.5%	3
writer	6.6%	4
university professor	5.5%	3
politician	4.4%	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
film editor	4.3×	3
jazz musician	4.0×	5
musician	2.7×	8
dancer	2.2×	3
stage actor	2.0×	6
composer	2.0×	5
model	1.7×	3
university professor	1.7×	3
singer	1.7×	5
director	1.6×	3

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	4.8%	4

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
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	3.0×	4

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
basketball	24.6%	5

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.