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Newton, MA

CITY

Official Website:
http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/

Population:
83829 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1630 (settled)

County:
Middlesex County

SCHOOLS

SchoolFounded
Mount Ida College
1899
Newton North High School, Newton, MA
1859
Lasell College
1851

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Russell Banks
Author
28-Mar-1940   The Sweet Hereafter
Thomas Bulfinch
Author
15-Jul-1796 27-May-1867 Bullfinch's Mythology
Ram Dass
Religion
5-Apr-1931   Be Here Now
Kathryn Erbe
Actor
5-Jul-1966   Law and Order: Criminal Intent
Mark Foley
Politician
8-Sep-1954   Congressman from Florida, 1995-2006
Ellen Goodman
Journalist
11-Apr-1941   Retired columnist for The Boston Globe
Paul G. Kirk, Jr.
Politician
18-Jan-1938   US Senator from Massachusetts
John Krasinski
Actor
20-Oct-1979   Jim Halpert on The Office
Matt LeBlanc
Actor
25-Jul-1967   Joey on Friends
Jack Lemmon
Actor
8-Feb-1925 27-Jun-2001 The Odd Couple
Robert Morse
Actor
18-May-1931   How to Succeed in Business
B. J. Novak
Actor
31-Jul-1979   Ryan Howard on The Office
Allen I. Questrom
Business
13-Apr-1941   CEO of JC Penney, 2000-04
Anne Sexton
Poet
9-Nov-1928 4-Oct-1974 Live or Die
Gabriel Sherman
Journalist
c. 1979   The Loudest Voice in the Room
Roger Sherman
Politician
19-Apr-1721 23-Jul-1793 Architect of the Connecticut Compromise
James Simons
Mathematician
c. 1938   Renaissance Technologies hedge fund
Julie Taymor
Film Director
15-Dec-1952   Across the Universe

DEATHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Arnold Stang
Actor
28-Sep-1918 20-Dec-2009 Bespectacled character actor
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Novelist
31-Aug-1844 28-Jan-1911 The Story of Avis
Victor Weisskopf
Physicist
19-Sep-1908 21-Apr-2002 Head of CERN, 1961-65



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