San Francisco Polytechnic High School

California · 20 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

Luis Walter Alvarez b. 1911	Janet Gaynor b. 1906	Warner Baxter b. 1889
Paul Desmond b. 1924	Caspar Weinberger b. 1917	Barry Shabaka Henley b. 1954
Alice Marble b. 1913	Martha Wash b. 1953	Vonetta McGee b. 1945
Paul Terry b. 1887	George Fenneman b. 1919	Edward Ginzton b. 1915

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
actor	26.3%	5
film actor	21.6%	4
recording artist	18.5%	3
musician	18.5%	3
television actor	18.5%	3
American football player	16.1%	3
stage actor	14.8%	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
recording artist	9.4×	3
stage actor	2.3×	3
musician	1.9×	3
film actor	1.6×	4

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	11.8%	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
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	4.8×	3

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
American football	16.1%	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.