Thomas Jefferson High School

New York · 55 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

Shelley Winters b. 1920	Danny Kaye b. 1911	Howard Zinn b. 1922
Daniel Keyes b. 1927	Paul Mazursky b. 1930	Ralph Bakshi b. 1938
Jimmy Smits b. 1955	Donald Kagan b. 1932	Hal David b. 1921
Riddick Bowe b. 1968	Steve Lawrence b. 1935	Sharon Jones b. 1956

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
basketball player	56.7%	13
baseball player	9.9%	3
basketball coach	5.9%	3
film actor	4.8%	8
television actor	4.8%	8
actor	4.7%	8
singer	4.4%	5
writer	4.1%	8
film producer	3.7%	5
university professor	2.4%	6
journalist	2.3%	5
screenwriter	2.2%	5
stage actor	1.6%	4
film director	1.4%	3
politician	1.3%	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

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	3.9%	6

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	2.4×	6

Offices held

Most common

Office	% of its alumni	People
member of the New York State Assembly	1.3%	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
member of the New York State Assembly	1.9×	3

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
basketball	56.7%	13
baseball	9.9%	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.