Braintree, Massachusetts
Braintree, Massachusetts ranks 4,307th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Neyagawa, Osaka, and Yamoussoukro. Memorable people born in Braintree, Massachusetts include John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and John Hancock. Braintree, Massachusetts has been the birth place of many politicians, and physicians. Braintree, Massachusetts is located in United States.
Braintree, officially the Town of Braintree, is a municipality in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It is officially known as a town, but Braintree is a city with a mayor-council form of government, and it is considered a city under Massachusetts law. The population was 39,143 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Greater Boston area with access to the MBTA Red Line and is a member of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council's South Shore Coalition. The first mayor of Braintree was Joe Sullivan, who served until January 2020. The current mayor of Braintree is Erin Joyce who was elected in 2023, defeating incumbent Charles Kokoros. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1735 and 1985, Braintree, Massachusetts was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and John Hancock.
People Born in Braintree, Massachusetts
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John Adams
POLITICIAN
1735 - 1826
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 1
John Quincy Adams
POLITICIAN
1767 - 1848
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 2
John Hancock
POLITICIAN
1737 - 1793
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 3
Priscilla Chan
PHYSICIAN
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Braintree, Massachusetts were politicians (3), and physicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, physicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Braintree, Massachusetts, including Priscilla Chan. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Braintree, Massachusetts, including John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and John Hancock.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Braintree, Massachusetts since 1700.
