Erasmus Hall High School

New York · 192 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

Bobby Fischer b. 1943	Barbra Streisand b. 1942	Barbara McClintock b. 1902
Barbara Stanwyck b. 1907	Eli Wallach b. 1915	Susan Hayward b. 1917
Neil Diamond b. 1941	Clara Bow b. 1905	Eric Kandel b. 1929
Joseph Barbera b. 1911	Bernard Malamud b. 1914	Beverly Sills b. 1929

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
actor	16.1%	34
writer	10.5%	23
television actor	10.3%	20
songwriter	9.6%	13
composer	8.7%	14
American football player	8.6%	10
film actor	8.5%	22
singer	8.2%	14
record producer	7.6%	8
university professor	7.1%	14
stage actor	6.5%	18
musician	6.4%	11
businessperson	6.1%	15
singer-songwriter	6.1%	8
journalist	5.9%	13

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
psychiatrist	31.8×	5
jazz musician	5.0×	6
recording artist	4.1×	5
jurist	3.8×	5
university professor	3.6×	14
record producer	3.6×	8
songwriter	2.8×	13
businessperson	2.4×	15
composer	2.4×	14
singer-songwriter	2.3×	8
stage actor	2.3×	18
novelist	2.2×	7
writer	2.0×	23
journalist	1.7×	13
film director	1.6×	8

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
Guggenheim Fellowship	5.3%	8
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	4.3%	12

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	5.8×	12
Guggenheim Fellowship	4.6×	8

Offices held

Most common

Office	% of its alumni	People
United States representative	0.8%	6

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

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
American football	8.4%	9
basketball	4.2%	9
baseball	3.1%	8

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.