DeWitt Clinton High School

New York · 305 alumni prominent enough for Wikipedia. Tables below need at least 5 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

Stan Lee b. 1922	Burt Lancaster b. 1913	James Baldwin b. 1924
Garry Marshall b. 1934	Robert Hofstadter b. 1915	Edward Sapir b. 1884
George Cukor b. 1899	Ralph Lauren b. 1939	Sugar Ray Robinson b. 1921
Martin Balsam b. 1919	Stanley Kramer b. 1913	Richard Rodgers b. 1902

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
writer	17.0%	52
screenwriter	12.5%	38
actor	11.8%	36
basketball player	8.9%	27
lawyer	8.9%	27
composer	8.5%	26
journalist	8.5%	26
film actor	8.5%	26
politician	8.2%	25
television actor	6.9%	21
film producer	6.9%	21
songwriter	5.9%	18
stage actor	5.2%	16
playwright	4.9%	15
novelist	4.9%	15

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
librettist	22.5×	9
printmaker	14.5×	5
lyricist	11.7×	10
playwright	10.5×	15
producer	9.7×	7
draftsperson	9.6×	5
art collector	9.3×	7
theatre director	9.1×	7
comics artist	8.6×	8
film score composer	8.1×	5
cartoonist	8.0×	5
conductor	6.8×	8
photographer	5.8×	11
painter	4.1×	11
pianist	3.8×	8

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	5.2%	16
Guggenheim Fellowship	5.2%	16
Tony Award for Best Musical	2.3%	7
Purple Heart	2.3%	7
George Polk Award	2.0%	6
Inkpot Award	2.0%	6
Bronze Star Medal	1.6%	5
Pulitzer Prize for Drama	1.6%	5
National Medal of Arts	1.6%	5

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
Tony Award for Best Musical	77.8×	7
Pulitzer Prize for Drama	26.8×	5
George Polk Award	10.8×	6
Inkpot Award	9.9×	6
National Medal of Arts	9.4×	5
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	4.7×	16
Purple Heart	4.2×	7
Guggenheim Fellowship	3.6×	16
Bronze Star Medal	2.5×	5

Offices held

Most common

Office	% of its alumni	People
member of the New York State Assembly	3.9%	12
member of the State Senate of New York	2.6%	8

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 State Senate of New York	15.6×	8
member of the New York State Assembly	15.5×	12

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
basketball	8.9%	27
baseball	1.6%	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.