Famous Faces in Boston: A Matching Game
As you might remember, xtra xtra is a proud partner of Boston.com’s Your Town pages. These hyperlocal pages offer readers in-depth news and announcements from their favorite communities. The leaders at Boston.com are adding regularly adding new Your Town pages to the site, but we wonder if you know how many milestone-makers hail from the greater Boston area.
Each person listed below spent some part of his or her life living in a Boston-area community. Can you match the name to the town? Find the answers below!
People
- Sylvia Plath—Poet and novelist (b. 1932, d. 1963)
- John Slattery—Actor, “Mad Men” and “Iron Man 2” (b. 1962)
- Helen Keller—Author and activist (b. 1880, d. 1968)
- George H.W. Bush—41st President of the United States (b. 1924)
- Conan O’Brien—Comedian and talk show host (b. 1963)
- William Cushing—Supreme Court Justice (b. 1732, d. 1810)
- Jo Dee Messina—Country music singer (b. 1970)
- Abigail Adams—First Lady of the United States (b. 1744, d. 1818)
- JD Salinger—Author, “The Catcher in the Rye” (b. 1919, d. 2010)
- John Krasinski—Actor, “The Office” (b. 1979)
Towns: Brookline, Watertown, Needham, Scituate, Newton, Dedham, Wellesley, Milton, Framingham, Quincy
Leave us a comment to tell us how many you got right!
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