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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 2,683 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Pickering is the 16,695th most popular politician (down from 15,326th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from New Zealand and the 15th most popular New Zealander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bill Pickering ranks 16,695 out of 19,576. Before him are Donald Kalpokas, Nadiya Savchenko, Lynden Pindling, James McHenry, Oswulf of Northumbria, and Lilia Podkopayeva. After him are Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, Michael Glos, Chris Dodd, Erskine Childers, Sigurður Eggerz, and Rosy Bindi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Bill Pickering ranks 365. Before him are Herbert Adamski, Hilda Strike, Charles Kieffer, Jimmy Murphy, David Rose, and Raya Dunayevskaya. After him are Carlos Cillóniz, John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Charles Olson, Margaret Lindsay, Alexander Hurd, and Chidambaram Subramaniam. Among people deceased in 2004, Bill Pickering ranks 295. Before him are Lea De Mae, Robert Bacher, Arnold Orville Beckman, Vilayat Khan, George Hunter, and Jacek Kaczmarski. After him are Ruslan Gelayev, Lyudmila Shishova, Custódio Pinto, Friedrich Waller, Bernice Rubens, and Charles Dumas.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Bill Pickering ranks 85 out of 303. Before him are Geoff Murphy (1938), Keri Hulme (1947), Keith Park (1892), Anand Satyanand (1944), Jemaine Clement (1974), and Juliet Mitchell (1940). After him are Graeme Revell (1955), Jack Lovelock (1910), Jenny Shipley (1952), Chris Hipkins (1978), Bill English (1961), and Mark Hunt (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In New Zealand

Among politicians born in New Zealand, Bill Pickering ranks 15. Before him are John Gorton (1911), Silvia Cartwright (1943), Te Atairangikaahu (1931), David Lange (1942), Anand Satyanand (1944), and Juliet Mitchell (1940). After him are Jenny Shipley (1952), Chris Hipkins (1978), Bill English (1961), Tūheitia Paki (1955), Mike Moore (1949), and Catherine Tizard (1931).

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