Boston English High School

Massachusetts · 50 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

Leonard Nimoy b. 1931	J. P. Morgan b. 1837	Louis Sullivan b. 1856
Samuel Langley b. 1834	Louis Farrakhan b. 1933	Frank Bunker Gilbreth b. 1868
Matthew Ridgway b. 1895	Jordan Knight b. 1970	William Healey Dall b. 1845
Jerry Colonna b. 1904	Paul X. Kelley b. 1928	Stanley Elkins b. 1925

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
politician	22.9%	11
musician	19.9%	4
businessperson	11.2%	4
baseball player	8.5%	3
writer	7.6%	7
actor	7.1%	3
military officer	6.0%	3
journalist	5.0%	4
university professor	4.1%	4

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	2.3×	3
businessperson	1.8×	4
musician	1.7×	4

Employers

Most common

Employer	% of its alumni	People
Harvard University	3.6%	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
Harvard University	2.7×	3

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
Guggenheim Fellowship	7.5%	3
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	7.1%	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
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	3.1×	3
Guggenheim Fellowship	2.4×	3

Offices held

Most common

Office	% of its alumni	People
member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives	17.3%	8
member of the State Senate of Massachusetts	9.0%	5

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 Massachusetts	40.0×	5
member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives	25.2×	8

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
baseball	8.5%	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.