Brookline (Massachusetts)

Norfolk County

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Brookline is a town in Norfolk County in Massachusetts. It is bordered by Newton in the southwest, and Boston.

Description

The first settlement in what is now the city area took place in the early 17th century. In 1705, Brookline was declared a city and has since been able to maintain its independence against the big city of Boston, which almost completely surrounds Brookline. Brookline is the birthplace of John F. Kennedy.

More

• Scenes of the movie Karate Kid were filmed in Brookline.
• Jonathan Coulton's song " Brookline " refers to this city.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Bradley Birkenfeld, bank manager
• Michael Dukakis, politician and Governor of Massachusetts
• Barry Gordon, actor
• Edward Kennedy, American politician
• John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States of America
• Patricia Kennedy Lawford, sister of John F. Kennedy
• Robert F. Kennedy, younger brother of John F. Kennedy, Senate lawyer, Justice Minister and Senator
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver, activist for disabled
• Jon Krakauer, author
• Amy Lowell, women's rights activist, literary scholar and poet
• Daniel Gregory Mason, Composer
• Conan O'Brien, talk show host, television producer and writer
• Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape architect
• Henry Hobson Richardson Architect
• Ana -Maria Rizzuto, psychoanalyst
• Conrad Salinger, composer, arranger and conductor
• Charles Sprague Sargent, botanist
• Georg Swarzenski, German art historian
• William James Sidis, eccentric genius
• Lothrop Stoddard, Eugenier and racist author
• William A. Wellman, Film Director