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Michael D. Griffin

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Michael Douglas Griffin (born November 1, 1949) is an American physicist and aerospace engineer who served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering from 2018 to 2020. He previously served as deputy of technology for the Strategic Defense Initiative, and as administrator of NASA from April 13, 2005, to January 20, 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael D. Griffin has received more than 409,280 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Michael D. Griffin is the 16,832nd most popular politician (down from 15,060th in 2019), the 10,712th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,062nd in 2019) and the 700th most popular American Politician.

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  • 410k

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  • 50.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michael D. Griffin ranks 16,832 out of 19,576. Before him are Eadberht of Northumbria, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Mahammed Dionne, Liu Guoliang, Ludwik Dorn, and Buta Singh. After him are Elena Salgado, Yuli Tamir, Mirja Lehtonen, John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, John C. Stennis, and Susan Rice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Michael D. Griffin ranks 637. Before him are Roy Bittan, Nick Lowe, Scott Asheton, Julio Cardeñosa, Owen Arthur, and Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen. After him are Elena Salgado, Henryk Wieczorek, Olle Nordin, Evgeny Lovchev, Isabel Celaá, and Jean Kalala N'Tumba.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael D. Griffin ranks 10,712 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Dumas (1937), Susan Solomon (1956), Lloyd Price (1933), Summer Phoenix (1978), Lorraine Hansberry (1930), and Bob Bryan (1978). After him are Bret Michaels (1963), Ed Czerkiewicz (1913), George Follmer (1934), Mississippi Fred McDowell (1906), Mark Mothersbaugh (1950), and Glenn Greenwald (1967).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Michael D. Griffin ranks 700. Before him are Frank Church (1924), Richard Blumenthal (1946), Xavier Becerra (1958), Thomas S. Gates Jr. (1906), G. William Miller (1925), and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746). After him are John C. Stennis (1901), Susan Rice (1964), Nathaniel P. Banks (1816), Cory Booker (1969), Nellie Connally (1919), and Dennis Hastert (1942).

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