James Madison High School

New York · 86 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

Bernie Sanders b. 1941	Chester Bennington b. 1976	Martin Landau b. 1928
Ruth Bader Ginsburg b. 1933	Martin Lewis Perl b. 1927	Arthur Ashkin b. 1922
Gary S. Becker b. 1930	Chris Rock b. 1965	Robert Solow b. 1924
Chuck Schumer b. 1950	Stanley Cohen b. 1922	Carole King b. 1942

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
writer	12.3%	10
actor	11.7%	9
basketball player	11.5%	10
university professor	10.7%	10
television actor	9.6%	8
film actor	8.9%	7
musician	8.9%	7
lawyer	8.1%	7
screenwriter	7.5%	7
American football player	7.0%	4
film producer	6.9%	6
politician	5.9%	5
judge	5.7%	5
novelist	5.4%	5
singer	5.3%	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
economist	9.7×	5
physicist	8.2×	4
jurist	5.1×	3
judge	4.9×	5
playwright	4.8×	3
university professor	4.3×	10
comedian	3.3×	3
novelist	2.9×	5
film producer	2.1×	6
lawyer	2.1×	7
writer	2.1×	10
basketball coach	1.9×	4
musician	1.9×	7
screenwriter	1.8×	7
stage actor	1.6×	4

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
Guggenheim Fellowship	7.8%	8
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	5.0%	4
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences	4.0%	4
National Medal of Science	2.8%	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
National Medal of Science	20.0×	3
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences	7.9×	4
Guggenheim Fellowship	5.3×	8
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	4.9×	4

Offices held

Most common

Office	% of its alumni	People
United States senator	3.8%	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
United States senator	9.1×	3

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
basketball	11.5%	10
American football	7.0%	4
baseball	4.7%	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.