Townsend Harris High School

New York · 68 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

Julian Seymour Schwinger b. 1918	Kenneth Arrow b. 1921	Edward G. Robinson b. 1893
Richard Rodgers b. 1902	Herman Wouk b. 1915	Clifton Webb b. 1889
Cornel Wilde b. 1912	William Steig b. 1907	Sam Jaffe b. 1893
Emil Leon Post b. 1897	Frank Loesser b. 1910	Yip Harburg b. 1896

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
screenwriter	17.6%	12
writer	14.7%	10
journalist	14.7%	10
songwriter	13.2%	9
university professor	13.2%	9
composer	13.2%	9
actor	11.8%	8
businessperson	8.8%	6
physicist	8.8%	6
lyricist	8.8%	6
politician	7.4%	5
lawyer	7.4%	5
librettist	7.4%	5
nuclear physicist	5.9%	4
musician	5.9%	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
nuclear physicist	85.5×	4
librettist	46.2×	5
lyricist	26.0×	6
scientist	18.3×	3
physicist	15.1×	6
art collector	14.8×	3
philosopher	14.0×	3
mathematician	12.1×	4
playwright	8.0×	3
songwriter	5.0×	9
teacher	4.7×	3
university professor	4.6×	9
screenwriter	4.0×	12
composer	3.8×	9
journalist	3.3×	10

Employers

Most common

Employer	% of its alumni	People
Columbia University	7.4%	5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	4.4%	3
Harvard University	4.4%	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
Columbia University	19.5×	5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	14.5×	3
Harvard University	6.2×	3

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
Guggenheim Fellowship	7.4%	5
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	7.4%	5
Academy Award for Best Original Song	4.4%	3
Tony Award for Best Musical	4.4%	3
Pulitzer Prize for Drama	4.4%	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
Tony Award for Best Musical	123.2×	3
Academy Award for Best Original Song	60.6×	3
Pulitzer Prize for Drama	59.4×	3
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	5.6×	5
Guggenheim Fellowship	4.4×	5

Offices held

Most common

Office	% of its alumni	People
member of the New York State Assembly	4.4%	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	14.5×	3

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.