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Bill Pickering

1910 - 2004

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William Hayward Pickering (24 December 1910 – 15 March 2004) was a New Zealand-born aerospace engineer who headed Pasadena, California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 22 years, retiring in 1976. He was a senior NASA luminary and pioneered the exploration of space. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Pickering has received more than 2,597 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Pickering is the 15,383rd most popular politician (down from 14,022nd in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 80th in 2019) and the 16th most popular New Zealander Politician.

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  • 17

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  • 2.87

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bill Pickering ranks 15,383 out of 15,577. Before him are I. I. Chundrigar, Lisa Murkowski, Uri Rosenthal, Reneta Indzhova, Jürgen Rüttgers, and Gabriela von Habsburg. After him are José Bono, Einar Arnórsson, John O. Brennan, Pedro Calungsod, Hamed Bakayoko, and Mirja Lehtonen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Bill Pickering ranks 331. Before him are Carl Knowles, Jack Lovelock, Tom Richards, Alexandru Cuedan, Mae Clarke, and Vittorio Tamagnini. After him are Chidambaram Subramaniam, Tyrus Wong, Freddie Wolff, Aldo Montano, József Várszegi, and David Lack. Among people deceased in 2004, Bill Pickering ranks 257. Before him are Julius Sang, Vilayat Khan, Mulk Raj Anand, Jacek Kaczmarski, Nirupa Roy, and Robert Bacher. After him are Alan King, Kamisese Mara, Sylvi Saimo, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Beyers Naudé, and Fred Ebb.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Bill Pickering ranks 85 out of 248. Before him are Walter Buller (1838), Juliet Mitchell (1940), Jack Lovelock (1910), Tūheitia Paki (1955), Graeme Revell (1955), and Zoë Bell (1978). After him are Murray Halberg (1933), Mike Moore (1949), Niki Caro (1967), John Dew (1948), Jenny Shipley (1952), and Jemaine Clement (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In New Zealand

Among politicians born in New Zealand, Bill Pickering ranks 16. Before him are David Lange (1942), Te Atairangikaahu (1931), John Gorton (1911), Anand Satyanand (1944), Juliet Mitchell (1940), and Tūheitia Paki (1955). After him are Mike Moore (1949), Jenny Shipley (1952), Silvia Cartwright (1943), Winston Peters (1945), Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt (1900), and Keith Holyoake (1904).

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