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William Perry

1927 - Today

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William James Perry (born October 11, 1927) is an American mathematician, engineer, businessman, and civil servant who was the United States Secretary of Defense from February 3, 1994, to January 23, 1997, under President Bill Clinton. He also served as Deputy Secretary of Defense (1993–1994) and Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (1977–1981). Perry is the Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor (emeritus) at Stanford University, with a joint appointment at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the School of Engineering. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Perry has received more than 550,726 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). William Perry is the 12,344th most popular politician (down from 12,210th in 2019), the 4,773rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,188th in 2019) and the 309th most popular American Politician.

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  • 550k

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  • 57.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Perry ranks 12,344 out of 19,576. Before him are Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, Alexander, Prince of Lippe, Anaxandridas I, Rafael Addiego Bruno, Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel, and Stefano Domenicali. After him are Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Winfield Scott Hancock, Arshak II, Oʻtkir Sultonov, Farooq Leghari, and Giovanni I Cornaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, William Perry ranks 225. Before him are Thorkild Hansen, Liane Augustin, Fathima Beevi, John Cranko, John Ashbery, and Jerry Schatzberg. After him are David Hedison, Simin Behbahani, Theodor Wagner, Robert N. Bellah, Theodore Maiman, and Franco Donatoni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Perry ranks 4,773 out of 20,380. Before him are Prodigy (1974), Charlie Haden (1937), Michael Moriarty (1941), Tim Kang (1973), Thomas Jane (1969), and Walter Piston (1894). After him are David Hedison (1927), Ted Nugent (1948), Winfield Scott Hancock (1824), Raymond Smith Dugan (1878), Mira Sorvino (1967), and Lon L. Fuller (1902).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William Perry ranks 309. Before him are Michael Kors (1959), Adlai Stevenson I (1835), William B. Travis (1809), Frances Cleveland (1864), Susanna M. Salter (1860), and Kay Ivey (1944). After him are Winfield Scott Hancock (1824), Sargent Shriver (1915), John Hay (1838), Angelica Singleton Van Buren (1818), Oliver North (1943), and Alexander H. Stephens (1812).

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