12. Multiple Nobel Laureates Graduated from Stuyvesant High School
Stuyvesant High School has produced four Nobel laureates, making it one of only six secondary schools in the world with four or more laureates. Stuyvesant High School is often considered one of New York City’s best high schools and one of the most competitive to get into. These Nobel laureates include Joshua Lederberg, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1958; Roald Hoffmann, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981; Robert Fogel, who won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1993; and Richard Axel, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004.
Stuyvesant, located right along the Hudson River, was founded in 1904 and has since had dozens of famous alumni. These include former Attorney General Eric Holder, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, comedian Billy Eichner, physicist Lisa Randall, jazz musician Thelonius Monk, and Obama Senior Advisor David Axelrod.
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