Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline, Massachusetts ranks 829th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Nikšić, Delft, and Victoria, British Columbia. Memorable people born in Brookline, Massachusetts include John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Rosemary Kennedy. Memorable people who died in Brookline, Massachusetts include Saul Bellow, William P. Murphy, and George Minot. Brookline, Massachusetts has been the birth place of many politicians and actors and the death place of many writers and physicians. Brookline, Massachusetts is located in United States.
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, and part of the Boston metropolitan area. Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Allston, Fenway–Kenmore, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, and West Roxbury. The city of Newton lies to the west of Brookline. Brookline was first settled in 1638 as a hamlet in Boston, known as Muddy River; it was incorporated as a separate town in 1705. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1818 and 1963, Brookline, Massachusetts was the birth place of 15 globally memorable people, including John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Rosemary Kennedy. Additionaly, 11 globally memorable people have passed away in Brookline, Massachusetts including Saul Bellow, William P. Murphy, and George Minot.
People Born in Brookline, Massachusetts
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John F. Kennedy
1917 - 1963
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 1
Robert F. Kennedy
1925 - 1968
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 2
Rosemary Kennedy
1918 - 2005
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 3
William A. Wellman
1896 - 1975
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 4
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
1921 - 2009
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 5
Jon Krakauer
1954 - Present
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 6
Michael Dukakis
1933 - Present
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 7
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
1924 - 2006
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 8
Conan O'Brien
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 9
Mike Wallace
1918 - 2012
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 10
Lothrop Stoddard
1883 - 1950
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 11
Amy Lowell
1874 - 1925
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Brookline, Massachusetts
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Saul Bellow
1915 - 2005
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 1
William P. Murphy
1892 - 1987
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 2
George Minot
1885 - 1950
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 3
Peter L. Berger
1929 - 2017
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 4
James Brendan Connolly
1868 - 1957
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 5
Oscar Zariski
1899 - 1986
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 6
Amy Lowell
1874 - 1925
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 7
Henry Hobson Richardson
1838 - 1886
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 8
John Munro Longyear
1850 - 1922
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 9
Arthur Fiedler
1894 - 1979
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 10
Theresa Weld
1893 - 1978
HPI: 39.45
Rank: 11
Newly Added People Deceased in Brookline, Massachusetts
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Brookline, Massachusetts were politicians (5), actors (2), celebrities (1), film directors (1), and mountaineers (1), while most who died were writers (3), physicians (2), sociologists (1), mathematicians (1), and architects (1).
Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Brookline, Massachusetts, including Robert F. Kennedy and Michael Dukakis. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Brookline, Massachusetts, including John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 12 globally memorable people born in Brookline, Massachusetts since 1700.
