John F. Kennedy Many people have had profound impacts on America and how the country is and how it is ran. Many of these people are presidents, and one of these people is John Fritzgerald Kennedy. John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917. He was born into a rich family, and his father who was the Ambassador to Great Britain under Franklin Roosevelt raised him to be in politics. In 1946 Kennedy went to Harvard and four years later joined the Navy. While in the Pacific the PT-109, the boat he commanded, was rammed. He was able to rescue many of his crew and because of this he received