John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years, a
Oval Office portrait, 1963
The Kennedy family in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, with JFK at top left in the white shirt, c. 1931
Kennedy on his navy patrol boat, the PT-109, 1943
Kennedy (standing, far right) and his crew on the deck of PT 109 in the Solomon Islands, 1943
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., also referred to as JFK Jr., was an American businessman, attorney, magazine publisher, and journalist. He was the son of the 35th U.S. president John F. Kennedy, and Firs
John F. Kennedy
…in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. After a miscarriage in 1955 and a stillbirth in 1956 (their daughter Arabella), their daughter Caroline was born in 1957. John Jr., nicknamed "John-John" by the press as a child, was born in late November 1960, 17 days after his father was elected. John Jr. died in 1999 when the…
Kennedy at age two with his father in the White House
Kennedy's ninth grade Collegiate School yearbook photo, 1975