Mercersburg Academy

Pennsylvania · 62 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

James Stewart b. 1908	Benicio del Toro b. 1967	Burton Richter b. 1931
Ben Mendelsohn b. 1969	León Febres-Cordero b. 1931	Walker Evans b. 1903
John Payne b. 1912	Charles Moore b. 1929	Allen Woodring b. 1898
Bill Carr b. 1909	Dick Foran b. 1910	Dick Thornburgh b. 1932

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
film producer	13.2%	3
screenwriter	11.7%	5
American football player	11.1%	5
film actor	10.9%	6
swimmer	8.7%	4
politician	8.2%	12
television actor	7.9%	5
actor	7.5%	5
lawyer	7.1%	9
baseball player	7.1%	3
athletics competitor	3.2%	5
judge	2.8%	3
military officer	2.8%	6
writer	2.4%	3
sprinter	1.4%	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
swimmer	4.8×	4
film producer	2.8×	3
judge	2.5×	3
sprinter	2.5×	3
military officer	2.3×	6
screenwriter	2.0×	5
lawyer	1.8×	9

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
International Swimming Hall of Fame	6.1%	3
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	1.7%	3
Medal of Honor	1.4%	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
International Swimming Hall of Fame	40.5×	3
Medal of Honor	5.8×	3
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	2.0×	3

Offices held

Most common

Office	% of its alumni	People
United States representative	1.5%	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

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
American football	13.6%	7
basketball	9.7%	3
competitive swimming	8.7%	4
baseball	7.1%	3
athletics	3.7%	6

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
competitive swimming	5.1×	4

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.