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Robert McNamara

1916 - 2009

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Robert Strange McNamara (; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson at the height of the Cold War. He remains the longest-serving secretary of defense, having remained in office over seven years. He played a major role in promoting the U.S.'s involvement in the Vietnam War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert McNamara has received more than 5,856,907 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Robert McNamara is the 76th most popular businessperson (down from 67th in 2019), the 784th most popular biography from United States (down from 723rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Businessperson.

Robert McNamara served as the Secretary of Defense for most of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He is most famous for being a key player in the escalation of the Vietnam War.

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  • 49

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  • 4.83

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  • 4.48

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Robert McNamara ranks 76 out of 847. Before him are Bernie Ecclestone, J. Bruce Ismay, Richard Branson, Stan Kroenke, Stanley Rous, and Jack Ma. After him are Kris Jenner, Louis Vuitton, Adnan Khashoggi, Mercédès Jellinek, Mark Zuckerberg, and Akio Morita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Robert McNamara ranks 28. Before him are Hans Eysenck, Maurice Wilkins, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Alexander Prokhorov, Camilo José Cela, and Jack Vance. After him are Frederick Chapman Robbins, Natalia Ginzburg, Dương Văn Minh, Abdul Rahman Arif, Vitaly Ginzburg, and Paul Keres. Among people deceased in 2009, Robert McNamara ranks 20. Before him are Farrah Fawcett, Abdurrahman Wahid, Mercedes Sosa, Karl Malden, Les Paul, and Raúl Alfonsín. After him are Milorad Pavić, Ted Kennedy, Vivian Maier, Vitaly Ginzburg, Ralf Dahrendorf, and Bobby Robson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert McNamara ranks 784 out of 20,380. Before him are David J. Wineland (1944), Jim Jones (1931), Brandon Lee (1965), Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921), Joe DiMaggio (1914), and Robert Hofstadter (1915). After him are Dalton Trumbo (1905), Judith Butler (1956), Antony Blinken (1962), Mark Hamill (1951), Marvin Gaye (1939), and Bill Russell (1934).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Robert McNamara ranks 25. Before him are Robert Kiyosaki (1947), Ray Kroc (1902), Martin Cooper (1928), Ronald Wayne (1934), Robert Kardashian (1944), and Stan Kroenke (1947). After him are Kris Jenner (1955), Mark Zuckerberg (1984), Benjamin Guggenheim (1865), Estée Lauder (1906), Paul Allen (1953), and Gordon Moore (1929).

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