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 also the second appointed administrator of NASA from February 14, 1961, to October 7, 1968. Webb oversaw 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 962,219 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). James E. Webb is the 7,588th most popular politician (up from 9,366th in 2019), the 2,697th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,362nd in 2019) and the 160th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, James E. Webb ranks 7,588 out of 15,710. Before him are Lupus II of Gascony, Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, Muhammad bin Nayef, Takeo Miki, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Duke Philipp of Württemberg. After him are Henry of Speyer, Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Charles IV of Anjou, Walid Jumblatt, and Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan.
718 - 778
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 7,582
1802 - 1875
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 7,583
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 7,584
1907 - 1988
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 7,585
1673 - 1741
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 7,586
1838 - 1917
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 7,587
1906 - 1992
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 7,588
971 - 1000
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 7,589
1173 - 1227
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 7,590
1853 - 1927
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 7,591
1446 - 1481
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 7,592
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 7,593
1009 - 1097
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 7,594
Among people born in 1906, James E. Webb ranks 116. Before him are Pierre Fournier, Berthold, Margrave of Baden, Jack Churchill, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Musa Cälil, and Sait Faik Abasıyanık. After him are Igor Moiseyev, Mary Astor, Samad Vurgun, José Della Torre, Antal Doráti, and Humberto Delgado. Among people deceased in 1992, James E. Webb ranks 85. Before him are Giorgio Perlasca, Isidro Lángara, Deng Yingchao, Marisa Mell, Ajahn Chah, and Néstor Almendros. After him are Camarón de la Isla, Lusine Zakaryan, Fritz Leiber, Ernst Schäfer, Allen Newell, and Frederick William Franz.
1906 - 1986
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 110
1906 - 1963
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 111
1906 - 1996
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 112
1906 - 1988
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 113
1906 - 1944
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 114
1906 - 1954
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 115
1906 - 1992
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 116
1906 - 2007
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 117
1906 - 1987
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 118
1906 - 1956
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 119
1906 - 1979
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 120
1906 - 1988
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 121
1906 - 1965
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 122
1910 - 1992
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 79
1912 - 1992
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 80
1904 - 1992
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 81
1939 - 1992
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 82
1918 - 1992
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 83
1930 - 1992
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 84
1906 - 1992
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 85
1950 - 1992
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 86
1937 - 1992
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 87
1910 - 1992
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 88
1910 - 1992
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 89
1927 - 1992
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 90
1893 - 1992
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 91
Among people born in United States, James E. Webb ranks 2,697 out of 15,968. Before him are Nathan Homer Knorr (1905), Cissy Houston (1933), Dinah Washington (1924), Edward Herrmann (1943), Linda Kozlowski (1958), and Terry Crews (1968). After him are Matthew Modine (1959), David Soul (1943), Benjamin West (1738), Elbridge Gerry (1744), Nikki Sixx (1958), and William C. Durant (1861).
1905 - 1977
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 2,691
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 2,692
1924 - 1963
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 2,693
1943 - 2014
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 2,694
1958 - Present
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 2,695
1968 - Present
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 2,696
1906 - 1992
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 2,697
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 2,698
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 2,699
1738 - 1820
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 2,700
1744 - 1814
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 2,701
1958 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 2,702
1861 - 1947
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 2,703
Among politicians born in United States, James E. Webb ranks 160. Before him are Ignacio Zaragoza (1829), Clyde Tolson (1900), Lynne Cheney (1941), Jeb Bush (1953), Paul Bremer (1941), and James Baker (1930). After him are Elbridge Gerry (1744), John C. Calhoun (1782), Kamehameha III (1814), Kaʻahumanu (1768), David Duke (1950), and Harry Dexter White (1892).
1829 - 1862
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 154
1900 - 1975
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 155
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 156
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 157
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 158
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 159
1906 - 1992
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 160
1744 - 1814
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 161
1782 - 1850
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 162
1814 - 1854
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 163
1768 - 1832
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 164
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 165
1892 - 1948
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 166