1906 - 1992
James Edwin Webb (October 7, 1906 – March 27, 1992) was an American government official who served as Undersecretary of State from 1949 to 1952. He was the second Administrator of NASA from February 14, 1961, to October 7, 1968. Webb led NASA from the beginning of the Kennedy administration through the end of the Johnson administration, thus overseeing each of the critical first crewed missions throughout the Mercury and Gemini programs until days before the launch of the first Apollo mission. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James E. Webb has received more than 1,538,176 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). James E. Webb is the 1,771st most popular politician (up from 7,579th in 2019), the 544th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,696th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, James E. Webb ranks 1,771 out of 15,577. Before him are Prince Maximilian of Baden, Gordian I, Louis the Child, Ziying, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, and Munjong of Joseon. After him are Maymunah bint al-Harith, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Nelson Rockefeller, Yolande de Polastron, Kaidu, and Ish-bosheth.
1867 - 1929
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 1,765
159 - 238
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 1,766
893 - 911
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 1,767
300 BC - 206 BC
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 1,768
1913 - 1993
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 1,769
1414 - 1452
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 1,770
1906 - 1992
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 1,771
594 - 674
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 1,772
1584 - 1647
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 1,773
1908 - 1979
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 1,774
1749 - 1793
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 1,775
1230 - 1301
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 1,776
1100 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 1,777
Among people born in 1906, James E. Webb ranks 38. Before him are Hans Asperger, Alexey Stakhanov, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Josef Kramer, John Huston, and Wassily Leontief. After him are Hans Bethe, Dino Buzzati, Marcelo Caetano, Philip Johnson, Robert E. Howard, and Vladimir Prelog. Among people deceased in 1992, James E. Webb ranks 18. Before him are Francis Bacon, Barbara McClintock, Aribert Heim, Giovanni Falcone, Benny Hill, and Li Xiannian. After him are Anthony Perkins, Satyajit Ray, Jan Oort, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, Félix Guattari, and Ernst Happel.
1906 - 1980
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 32
1906 - 1977
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 33
1906 - 2001
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 34
1906 - 1945
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 35
1906 - 1987
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 36
1906 - 1999
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 37
1906 - 1992
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 38
1906 - 2005
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 39
1906 - 1972
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 40
1906 - 1980
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 41
1906 - 2005
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 42
1906 - 1936
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 43
1906 - 1998
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 44
1909 - 1992
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 12
1902 - 1992
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 13
1914 - 1992
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 14
1939 - 1992
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 15
1924 - 1992
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 16
1909 - 1992
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 17
1906 - 1992
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 18
1932 - 1992
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 19
1921 - 1992
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 20
1900 - 1992
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 21
1917 - 1992
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 22
1930 - 1992
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 23
1925 - 1992
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 24
Among people born in United States, James E. Webb ranks 544 out of 18,182. Before him are Albert Ellis (1913), Aaron T. Beck (1921), Sidney Sheldon (1917), Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888), John Howard Northrop (1891), and T. S. Eliot (1888). After him are Nelson Rockefeller (1908), Jerry Lewis (1926), Anthony Perkins (1932), Francis Fukuyama (1952), James Caan (1940), and Margaret Keane (1927).
1913 - 2007
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 538
1921 - 2021
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 539
1917 - 2007
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 540
1888 - 1963
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 541
1891 - 1987
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 542
1888 - 1965
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 543
1906 - 1992
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 544
1908 - 1979
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 545
1926 - 2017
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 546
1932 - 1992
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 547
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 548
1940 - 2022
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 549
1927 - 2022
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 550
Among politicians born in United States, James E. Webb ranks 63. Before him are Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), Sarah Palin (1964), Chester A. Arthur (1829), Crazy Horse (1840), John Kerry (1943), and Bernie Sanders (1941). After him are Nelson Rockefeller (1908), Boris Johnson (1964), Jim Mattis (1950), Donald Rumsfeld (1932), Ted Kennedy (1932), and Joseph McCarthy (1908).
1822 - 1893
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 57
1964 - Present
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 58
1829 - 1886
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 59
1840 - 1877
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 60
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 61
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 62
1906 - 1992
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 63
1908 - 1979
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 64
1964 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 65
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 66
1932 - 2021
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 67
1932 - 2009
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 68
1908 - 1957
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 69