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Maryland · 20 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

Al Gore b. 1948	Dan Quayle b. 1947	Walter Mondale b. 1928
Rob Riggle b. 1970	Gene Siskel b. 1946	Dale Dye b. 1944
Marshall Thompson b. 1925	Tony Dow b. 1945	Pat Sajak b. 1946
John Chancellor b. 1927	Adrian Cronauer b. 1938	Earl Woods b. 1932

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
military officer	28.9%	5
actor	19.3%	6
radio personality	18.6%	3
television presenter	15.5%	4
television actor	15.1%	4
writer	12.2%	6
journalist	10.6%	6
businessperson	6.4%	3
politician	5.2%	3
jurist	4.0%	3
lawyer	4.0%	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
military officer	4.9×	5
radio personality	3.0×	3
television presenter	2.4×	4
jurist	1.9×	3

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
Bronze Star Medal	15.0%	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
Bronze Star Medal	5.0×	3

Offices held

Most common

Office	% of its alumni	People
Vice President of the United States	5.2%	3
United States senator	5.2%	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
Vice President of the United States	36.9×	3
United States senator	3.5×	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.