John Brooks (governor)

John Brooks was an American doctor, military officer, and politician from Massachusetts. He served as the 11th Governor of Massachusetts from 1816 to 1823, and was one of the last Federalist officials elected in the United States.

4 May 1752

Born on the same birth day (4 May): Alice Liddell • Augustus Le Plongeon • Bartolomeo Cristofori • Betsy Rawls • Chris Tomlin • Colin Bass • Derek Roy • Eugenie Clark • Franklin Carmichael • Jane Jacobs • John Madden (ice hockey) • Julia Gardiner Tyler • Maedayama Eigorō • Manuel Contreras • Manuel Tolsá • Richard Baggallay (cricketer) • Richard Graves • Ron Carter • Ronnie Aird • Rory McIlroy • Thomas Henry Huxley • Tony McCoy • Will Arnett

Born in the same month (May 1752): Albrecht Thaer • Johann Friedrich Blumenbach • Louis Legendre • Ludwig August Lebrun • Timothy Dwight IV