Riverdale Country School

New York · 71 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

John F. Kennedy b. 1917	Robert F. Kennedy b. 1925	Cesar Romero b. 1907
Joss Whedon b. 1964	Chevy Chase b. 1943	Ratan Tata b. 1937
Carly Simon b. 1943	Lawrence Ferlinghetti b. 1919	Steven Mnuchin b. 1962
Carlos Kleiber b. 1930	Richard Blumenthal b. 1946	Tracee Ellis Ross b. 1972

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
actor	26.2%	11
television actor	24.1%	10
film actor	22.6%	8
journalist	20.2%	14
writer	18.6%	15
film producer	13.4%	6
film director	12.5%	5
screenwriter	9.9%	6
novelist	9.5%	4
politician	9.4%	9
composer	7.8%	6
record producer	7.5%	3
television producer	7.3%	4
voice actor	6.8%	4
singer	6.0%	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
financier	9.4×	3
historian	5.0×	3
biographer	4.5×	3
novelist	3.4×	4
journalist	2.7×	14
television presenter	2.6×	3
film producer	2.2×	6
writer	2.0×	15
record producer	1.8×	3
film director	1.8×	5
television producer	1.8×	4
film actor	1.6×	8
screenwriter	1.6×	6
television actor	1.6×	10
voice actor	1.5×	4

Employers

Most common

Employer	% of its alumni	People
Harvard University	1.3%	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	2.5×	3

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
Guggenheim Fellowship	1.1%	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

Offices held

Most common

Office	% of its alumni	People
United States senator	0.5%	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	2.0×	3

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
American football	3.7%	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.