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Bill Pickering

1910 - 2004

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William Hayward Pickering (24 December 1910 – 15 March 2004) was a New Zealand-born aerospace engineer who headed Pasadena, California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 22 years, retiring in 1976. He was a senior NASA luminary and pioneered the exploration of space. Pickering was also a founding member of the United States National Academy of Engineering. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Pickering is the 9,374th most popular politician (up from 16,692nd in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 86th in 2019) and the 6th most popular New Zealander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bill Pickering ranks 9,374 out of 19,576. Before him are Godepert, August Eigruber, Emperor Fei of Jin, Söyembikä of Kazan, Valentin Inzko, and Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus. After him are Rehavam Ze'evi, Iona Nikitchenko, Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Alexander Novikov, Anthony Mamo, and Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Bill Pickering ranks 124. Before him are Félix Candela, Artie Shaw, Alex North, Sylvia Sidney, Saint Alphonsa, and Fritz Leiber. After him are Jane Bell, Heinz Hoffmann, Howlin' Wolf, Richard Conte, Pierre Bézier, and Rachel Kempson. Among people deceased in 2004, Bill Pickering ranks 110. Before him are Vasili Mitrokhin, Carlos Lacoste, Jerry Orbach, Hussein al-Houthi, Fay Wray, and Laura Betti. After him are José López Portillo y Pacheco, Anthony Steffen, Michael Grant, Kalevi Sorsa, Rafael Eitan, and Jean Lefebvre.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Bill Pickering ranks 30 out of 303. Before him are Karl Urban (1972), Te Atairangikaahu (1931), John Money (1921), John Dew (1948), Nancy Wake (1912), and Geoffrey Palmer (1942). After him are Clive Revill (1930), Helen Clark (1950), Tūheitia Paki (1955), Alan Dale (1947), Marton Csokas (1966), and Lorde (1996).

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Among POLITICIANS In New Zealand

Among politicians born in New Zealand, Bill Pickering ranks 6. Before him are Patsy Reddy (1954), Robert Muldoon (1921), Burt Munro (1899), Te Atairangikaahu (1931), and Geoffrey Palmer (1942). After him are Helen Clark (1950), Tūheitia Paki (1955), George Forbes (1869), John Key (1961), Silvia Cartwright (1943), and Jean Batten (1909).

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