1892 - 1949
James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. Forrestal came from a very strict middle-class Irish Catholic family. He was a successful financier on Wall Street before becoming Undersecretary of the Navy in 1940, shortly before the United States entered the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Forrestal has received more than 1,505,657 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. James Forrestal is the 8,998th most popular politician (down from 8,594th in 2019), the 3,223rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,179th in 2019) and the 202nd most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, James Forrestal ranks 8,998 out of 15,577. Before him are Takako Shimazu, Lucius Papirius Cursor, Princess Mathilde of Saxony, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Yahya Khan, and Pēteris Stučka. After him are Arechis II of Benevento, Pierre Buyoya, Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, William A. Wheeler, Huzziya II, and Archidamus IV.
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 8,992
350 BC - 350 BC
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 8,993
1863 - 1933
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 8,994
1960 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 8,995
1914 - 1980
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 8,996
1865 - 1932
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 8,997
1892 - 1949
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 8,998
734 - 787
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 8,999
1949 - 2020
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 9,000
1843 - 1865
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 9,001
1819 - 1887
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 9,002
1500 BC - 1500 BC
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 9,003
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 9,004
Among people born in 1892, James Forrestal ranks 125. Before him are Carl Panzram, Henry Darger, Mabel Normand, Adolf Ziegler, Walter Krüger, and Juan Belmonte. After him are Liu Bocheng, Branislaw Tarashkyevich, John Alcock, Yi Kwang-su, Charles Nungesser, and Robert Watson-Watt. Among people deceased in 1949, James Forrestal ranks 73. Before him are Alejandro Lerroux, Wakatsuki Reijirō, Koçi Xoxe, Lead Belly, Martin Knudsen, and Damaskinos of Athens. After him are Tan Malaka, Boris Asafyev, Momčilo Tapavica, Traicho Kostov, Alfred J. Lotka, and Othon Friesz.
1892 - 1930
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 119
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 120
1892 - 1930
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 121
1892 - 1959
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 122
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 123
1892 - 1962
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 124
1892 - 1949
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 125
1892 - 1986
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 126
1892 - 1938
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 127
1892 - 1919
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 128
1892 - 1950
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 129
1892 - 1927
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 130
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 131
1864 - 1949
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 67
1866 - 1949
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 68
1911 - 1949
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 69
1888 - 1949
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 70
1871 - 1949
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 71
1891 - 1949
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 72
1892 - 1949
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 73
1897 - 1949
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 74
1884 - 1949
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 75
1872 - 1949
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 76
1897 - 1949
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 77
1880 - 1949
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 78
1879 - 1949
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 79
Among people born in United States, James Forrestal ranks 3,223 out of 18,182. Before him are Levi P. Morton (1824), Alfred P. Sloan (1875), Isiah Thomas (1961), Paul Winfield (1939), Richard Wright (1908), and Orson Bean (1928). After him are William A. Wheeler (1819), Fred Brooks (1931), Abel Ferrara (1951), Robert Sean Leonard (1969), Martin Ritt (1914), and John Zerzan (1943).
1824 - 1920
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 3,217
1875 - 1966
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 3,218
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 3,219
1939 - 2004
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 3,220
1908 - 1960
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 3,221
1928 - 2020
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 3,222
1892 - 1949
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 3,223
1819 - 1887
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 3,224
1931 - 2022
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 3,225
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 3,226
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 3,227
1914 - 1990
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 3,228
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 3,229
Among politicians born in United States, James Forrestal ranks 202. Before him are Kamehameha V (1830), Barry Goldwater (1909), Elbridge Gerry (1744), Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851), Steve Bannon (1953), and Levi P. Morton (1824). After him are William A. Wheeler (1819), Kamehameha IV (1834), George M. Dallas (1792), Jay Rockefeller (1937), Maurice Hilleman (1919), and Edith Head (1897).
1830 - 1872
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 196
1909 - 1998
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 197
1744 - 1814
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 198
1851 - 1921
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 199
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 200
1824 - 1920
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 201
1892 - 1949
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 202
1819 - 1887
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 203
1834 - 1863
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 204
1792 - 1864
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 205
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 206
1919 - 2005
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 207
1897 - 1981
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 208