CITY

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

Population:
83829 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1630 (settled)

County:
Middlesex County

SCHOOLS

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

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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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