Newton, Massachusetts
Newton, Massachusetts ranks 626th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pavia, Vladikavkaz, and Coburg. Memorable people born in Newton, Massachusetts include Jack Lemmon, Matt LeBlanc, and Anne Sexton. Memorable people who died in Newton, Massachusetts include Roy J. Glauber, Victor Weisskopf, and Percy Spencer. Newton, Massachusetts has been the birth place of many actors, and writers and the death place of many physicists, and inventors. Newton, Massachusetts is located in United States.
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is roughly 8 miles (13 km) west of downtown Boston, and comprises a patchwork of thirteen villages. The city borders Boston to the northeast and southeast, Brookline to the east, Watertown and Waltham to the north, and Weston, Wellesley, and Needham to the west. At the 2020 U.S. census, the population of Newton was 88,923. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1721 and 1995, Newton, Massachusetts was the birth place of 24 globally memorable people, including Jack Lemmon, Matt LeBlanc, and Anne Sexton. Additionaly, 10 globally memorable people have passed away in Newton, Massachusetts including Roy J. Glauber, Victor Weisskopf, and Percy Spencer.
People Born in Newton, Massachusetts
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Jack Lemmon
ACTOR
1925 - 2001
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 1
Matt LeBlanc
ACTOR
1967 - Present
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 2
Anne Sexton
WRITER
1928 - 1974
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 3
Jim Simons
MATHEMATICIAN
1938 - 2024
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 4
Peter Lynch
BUSINESSPERSON
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 5
Russell Banks
WRITER
1940 - 2023
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 6
Mike Mangini
MUSICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 7
Eli Roth
FILM DIRECTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 8
Roger Sherman
POLITICIAN
1721 - 1793
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 9
Robert Preston
ACTOR
1918 - 1987
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 10
Amy Poehler
COMEDIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 11
Julie Taymor
FILM DIRECTOR
1952 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Newton, Massachusetts
Go to all RankingsPeter Lynch
BUSINESSPERSON
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 5
Willard Rice
ATHLETE
1895 - 1967
HPI: 37.50
Rank: 19
Jake Fishman
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1995 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 23
Genevra Stone
ATHLETE
1985 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 24
People Deceased in Newton, Massachusetts
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Roy J. Glauber
PHYSICIST
1925 - 2018
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 1
Victor Weisskopf
PHYSICIST
1908 - 2002
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 2
Percy Spencer
INVENTOR
1894 - 1970
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 3
Mary Baker Eddy
WRITER
1821 - 1910
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 4
George Kingsley Zipf
LINGUIST
1902 - 1950
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 5
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
TENNIS PLAYER
1886 - 1974
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 6
Tom Heinsohn
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1934 - 2020
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 7
Mary Whiton Calkins
PHILOSOPHER
1863 - 1930
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 8
Arnold Stang
ACTOR
1918 - 2009
HPI: 39.65
Rank: 9
Roman Totenberg
MUSICIAN
1911 - 2012
HPI: 39.39
Rank: 10
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Newton, Massachusetts were actors (5), writers (3), politicians (3), musicians (2), and film directors (2), while most who died were physicists (2), inventors (1), writers (1), linguists (1), and tennis players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Newton, Massachusetts, including Jack Lemmon, Matt LeBlanc, and Robert Morse. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Newton, Massachusetts, including Jack Lemmon, Matt LeBlanc, and Robert Preston.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 9 globally memorable people born in Newton, Massachusetts since 1700.
