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Brookline, MA
CDP (CENSUS-DESIGNATED PLACE)
Official Website:
http://www.brooklinema.gov/
Population:
57107 (2000 census) County:
Norfolk County SCHOOLS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ray Atherton |
Diplomat |
1883 |
1960 |
US Ambassador to Canada, 1943-48 |
| George S. Boutwell |
Politician |
28-Jan-1818 |
27-Feb-1905 |
Senator, Governor, US Treasury Secretary |
| Robert Cutler |
Government |
12-Jun-1895 |
8-May-1974 |
1950s National Security Advisor |
| Michael Dukakis |
Politician |
3-Nov-1933 |
|
Twice Governor of Massachusetts |
| Julius Genachowski |
Government |
19-Aug-1962 |
|
FCC Chairman |
| John Hodgman |
Author |
3-Jun-1971 |
|
The Areas of My Expertise |
| John F. Kennedy |
Head of State |
29-May-1917 |
22-Nov-1963 |
35th US President, 1961-63 |
| Kathleen Kennedy |
Relative |
20-Feb-1920 |
13-May-1948 |
Sister of John F. Kennedy |
| Rosemary Kennedy |
Relative |
13-Sep-1918 |
7-Jan-2005 |
Kennedy sibling, institutionalized |
| Ted Kennedy |
Politician |
22-Feb-1932 |
25-Aug-2009 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009 |
| Robert Kraft |
Business |
5-Jun-1941 |
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Owner, New England Patriots |
| Jon Krakauer |
Author |
12-Apr-1954 |
|
Into Thin Air |
| Patricia Kennedy Lawford |
Socialite |
6-May-1924 |
17-Sep-2006 |
Kennedy sister, wife of Peter Lawford |
| Lester A. Lefton |
Educator |
c. 1947 |
|
President, Kent State University |
| A. Lawrence Lowell |
Educator |
1-Jan-1856 |
6-Jan-1943 |
President, Harvard University, 1909-33 |
| Amy Lowell |
Poet |
9-Feb-1874 |
12-May-1925 |
What's O'Clock |
| Rachel P. Maines |
Scholar |
8-Jul-1950 |
|
The Technology of Orgasm |
| Albert Maysles |
Film Director |
26-Nov-1926 |
5-Mar-2015 |
Documentary filmmaker |
| Ralph Neas |
Activist |
17-May-1946 |
|
People for the American Way |
| Conan O'Brien |
Talk Show Host |
18-Apr-1963 |
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Briefly hosted The Tonight Show |
| Ken Ober |
Game Show Host |
3-Jul-1957 |
15-Nov-2009 |
Remote Control, Ober and Olsen |
| Gary Samore |
Government |
31-Mar-1953 |
|
White House WMD Czar, 2009-13 |
| Eunice Kennedy Shriver |
Relative |
10-Jul-1921 |
11-Aug-2009 |
Founder of the Special Olympics |
| Jean Kennedy Smith |
Diplomat |
20-Feb-1928 |
|
US Ambassador to Ireland, 1993-98 |
| Mike Wallace |
Journalist |
9-May-1918 |
7-Apr-2012 |
Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent |
| William A. Wellman |
Film Director |
29-Feb-1896 |
9-Dec-1975 |
The High and the Mighty |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Saul Bellow |
Novelist |
10-Jun-1915 |
5-Apr-2005 |
The Adventures of Augie March |
| Owen Brewster |
Politician |
22-Feb-1888 |
25-Dec-1961 |
Governor and Senator from Maine |
| Arthur Fiedler |
Conductor |
17-Dec-1894 |
10-Jul-1979 |
Conductor of the Boston Pops |
| Amy Lowell |
Poet |
9-Feb-1874 |
12-May-1925 |
What's O'Clock |
| George R. Minot |
Doctor |
2-Dec-1885 |
25-Feb-1950 |
Liver therapy for pernicious anemia |
| William P. Murphy |
Scientist |
6-Feb-1892 |
9-Oct-1987 |
Liver therapy for pernicious anemia |
| Olive Higgins Prouty |
Novelist |
10-Jan-1882 |
24-Mar-1974 |
Stella Dallas |
| James Ford Rhodes |
Author |
1-May-1848 |
22-Jan-1927 |
History of the Civil War |
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