1927 - Today
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 545,931 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). William Perry is the 12,252nd most popular politician (up from 12,574th in 2019), the 5,200th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,543rd in 2019) and the 328th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, William Perry ranks 12,252 out of 15,577. Before him are Vitaly Churkin, Harald Edelstam, Seru Epenisa Cakobau, Lee Hoi-chang, David Kabua, and Markus Söder. After him are Hipólito Mejía, Alcetas II of Macedon, Tilemachos Karakalos, Paula-Mae Weekes, Sandra Roelofs, and Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany.
1952 - 2017
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 12,246
1913 - 1989
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 12,247
1815 - 1883
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 12,248
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 12,249
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 12,250
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 12,251
1927 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 12,252
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 12,253
500 BC - 448 BC
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 12,254
1866 - 1951
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 12,255
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 12,256
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 12,257
1739 - 1767
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 12,258
Among people born in 1927, William Perry ranks 229. Before him are Yusuf Idris, Thanin Kraivichien, Torbjørn Falkanger, Claude Abbes, Eugene Parker, and Jarl Kulle. After him are Robert Spaemann, Nikola Kljusev, Michael Constantine, Håkon Brusveen, Dezső Gyarmati, and Piero Tosi.
1927 - 1991
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 223
1927 - Present
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 224
1927 - 2013
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 225
1927 - 2008
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 226
1927 - 2022
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 227
1927 - 1997
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 228
1927 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 229
1927 - 2018
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 230
1927 - 2008
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 231
1927 - 2021
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 232
1927 - 2021
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 233
1927 - 2013
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 234
1927 - 2019
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 235
Among people born in United States, William Perry ranks 5,200 out of 18,182. Before him are Dennis Dugan (1946), Jennifer Esposito (1973), Paul Scheuring (1968), Kerwin Mathews (1926), Randy Orton (1980), and Earle Meadows (1913). After him are Kelly Rutherford (1968), M. C. Gainey (1948), Martin Johnson Heade (1819), Frederic Remington (1861), Gordon Douglas (1907), and Barrington Moore Jr. (1913).
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 5,194
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 5,195
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 5,196
1926 - 2007
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 5,197
1980 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 5,198
1913 - 1992
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 5,199
1927 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 5,200
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 5,201
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 5,202
1819 - 1904
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 5,203
1861 - 1909
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 5,204
1907 - 1993
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 5,205
1913 - 2005
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 5,206
Among politicians born in United States, William Perry ranks 328. Before him are Newt Gingrich (1943), Horace Mann (1796), Gus Hall (1910), Eddie Lawson (1958), Quanah Parker (1845), and Edward Stettinius Jr. (1900). After him are Charles Bolden (1946), Joe Manchin (1947), Juan Trippe (1899), Alexander H. Stephens (1812), Caroline Harrison (1832), and John Warner (1927).
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 322
1796 - 1859
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 323
1910 - 2000
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 324
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 325
1845 - 1911
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 326
1900 - 1949
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 327
1927 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 328
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 329
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 330
1899 - 1981
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 331
1812 - 1883
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 332
1832 - 1892
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 333
1927 - 2021
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 334