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John Kirby

1963 - Today

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John F. Kirby (born June 3, 1963) is a retired United States Navy rear admiral, serving as director of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics starting November 2025. In the Biden administration, he served as United States Department of Defense Press Secretary and Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs from 2021 to 2022 and as White House National Security Communications Advisor from 2022 to 2025. He worked as a military and diplomatic analyst for CNN from 2017 to 2021. In the second Obama administration, he served as United States Department of Defense Press Secretary from 2013 to 2015 and as Spokesperson for the United States Department of State and Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from 2015 to 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). John Kirby is the 2,051st most popular military personnel (down from 1,991st in 2024), the 14,443rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,721st in 2019) and the 197th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Kirby ranks 2,051 out of 2,058. Before him are Odette Hallowes, Nasser Shabani, Bahoz Erdal, Mykola Oleshchuk, Lynndie England, and Oleksiy Neizhpapa. After him are Sulim Yamadayev, Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, George Cathcart, Hikmat Mirzayev, Arnaud Beltrame, and Juba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, John Kirby ranks 798. Before him are Corinne Maier, Tomoo Kudaka, Wojciech Smarzowski, Oğuz Çetin, Chieko Honda, and Kristina Lilley. After him are Greg Daniels, Oleg Znarok, Mimma Zavoli, Waldemar Legień, Geir Karlstad, and Sándor Wladár.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Kirby ranks 14,447 out of 20,380. Before him are Douglas H. Wheelock (1960), Tim McCoy (1891), Ezra Meeker (1830), Saginaw Grant (1936), Sheridan Downey (1884), and Kristina Lilley (1963). After him are Nicole Krauss (1974), Maggie Lawson (1980), Walter Davis (1954), Chris Pitman (1961), P. J. Byrne (1974), and Daniel Cosgrove (1970).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, John Kirby ranks 197. Before him are Henry Warner Slocum (1827), John S. Bull (1934), Dan Caine (1968), Henry Heth (1825), H. R. McMaster (1962), and Lynndie England (1982). After him are Robert J. O'Neill (1976), Sybil Ludington (1761), Ricardo Sanchez (1953), CC Sabathia (1980), John W. Raymond (1962), and Harry B. Liversedge (1894).

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