The Most Famous
PUBLIC WORKERS from United States
This page contains a list of the greatest American Public Workers. The pantheon dataset contains 15 Public Workers, 1 of which were born in United States. This makes United States the birth place of the 11th most number of Public Workers behind Germany, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary American Public Workers of all time. This list of famous American Public Workers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Chelsea Clinton (b. 1980)
With an HPI of 54.49, Chelsea Clinton is the most famous American Public Worker. Her biography has been translated into 50 different languages on wikipedia.
Chelsea Victoria Clinton (born February 27, 1980) is an American writer. She is the only child of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Clinton was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, during her father's first term as governor of Arkansas. She attended public schools there until her father was elected president and the family moved to the White House, when she began attending the private Sidwell Friends School. Clinton received an undergraduate degree at Stanford University, later earning master's degrees from University of Oxford and Columbia University and a Doctor of Philosophy in international relations from the University of Oxford in 2014. In 2007 and 2008, Clinton campaigned extensively on American college campuses for her mother's Democratic presidential nomination bid and introduced her at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. She assumed a similar role in her mother's 2016 presidential campaign, making more than 200 public appearances as her surrogate and again introducing her at the Democratic National Convention. Clinton has worked for McKinsey & Company, Avenue Capital Group, Columbia University, New York University, and NBC. She serves on several boards, including the board of the Clinton Foundation. Clinton has authored and co-authored best-selling children's non-fiction books and has co-authored a scholarly book for adults on global health policy.
2. Jeff Zients (b. 1966)
With an HPI of 39.33, Jeff Zients is the 2nd most famous American Public Worker. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Jeffrey Dunston Zients (; born November 12, 1966) is an American business executive and former government official who served as the 31st White House Chief of Staff from February 2023 to January 2025 under President Joe Biden. Earlier in the Biden administration, he served as counselor to the president and White House coronavirus response coordinator from January 2021 to April 2022. During the presidency of Barack Obama, Zients served as director of the National Economic Council from February 2014 to January 2017, served as acting director of the Office of Management and Budget in 2010 and from 2012 to 2013, and led the emergency effort to fix healthcare.gov after the troubled launch of that critical component of the Affordable Care Act. Before entering government, Zients was an executive at firms including the Advisory Board Company and CEB. Zients joined the Biden administration after taking leave from his position as chief executive officer of Cranemere, an investment firm. He was a member of Facebook's board of directors from 2018 to 2020.
3. Jay Carney (b. 1965)
With an HPI of 38.08, Jay Carney is the 3rd most famous American Public Worker. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Jay Carney (born May 22, 1965) is an American public relations officer and former journalist who served as the 28th White House press secretary from 2011 to 2014. He worked as Amazon's senior vice president of global corporate affairs from 2015 to 2022. Since 2022, he has been Global Head of Policy and Communications at Airbnb. As President Obama's chief spokesman for over three years, he remains the longest-serving White House press secretary of the 21st century. During the first two years of the Obama administration, Carney was director of communications for then-Vice President Joe Biden. Prior to his government service, Carney worked for 20 years at Time Magazine, and was the magazine's Washington bureau chief from 2005 to 2008. As a Washington-based reporter, Carney appeared frequently on various political talk shows, including This Week with George Stephanopoulos for ABC News.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as American public workers born between 1965 and 1980. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living American public workers include Chelsea Clinton, Jeff Zients, and Jay Carney. As of April 2024, 2 new American public workers have been added to Pantheon including Jeff Zients, and Jay Carney.
Living American Public Workers
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Chelsea Clinton
1980 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Jeff Zients
1966 - Present
HPI: 39.33
Jay Carney
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.08
