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Michael D. Griffin

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Michael Douglas Griffin (born November 1, 1949) is an American physicist and aerospace engineer who served as the under secretary of defense for research and engineering from 2018 to 2020. He previously served as deputy of technology for the Strategic Defense Initiative, and as administrator of NASA from April 13, 2005, to January 20, 2009. As NASA administrator, Griffin oversaw such areas as private spaceflight, future human spaceflight to Mars, and the fate of the Hubble telescope. While he describes himself as a "simple aerospace engineer from a small town", Griffin has held several high-profile political appointments. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael D. Griffin is the 16,817th most popular politician (up from 16,819th in 2024), the 10,500th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,708th in 2019) and the 793rd most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Michael D. Griffin ranks 16,817 out of 19,576. Before him are Jean-François Deniau, Lokendra Bahadur Chand, Mae Young, Clemente Mastella, Rawya Ateya, and Retno Marsudi. After him are Ntsu Mokhehle, Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith, Marita Petersen, Ben Ray Luján, Nitzan Horowitz, and Mallikarjun Kharge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Michael D. Griffin ranks 624. Before him are Thomas Bopp, Rakesh Roshan, Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Dennis Taylor, Elena Salgado, and Poul Ruders. After him are Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye, Hans Lutz, Henryk Wieczorek, Kazimierz Lipień, Dave Gibbons, and Baleka Mbete.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael D. Griffin ranks 10,502 out of 20,380. Before him are John August Anderson (1876), Mae Young (1923), Albert Pyun (1953), Justice Smith (1995), Lee Unkrich (1967), and Peter Horton (1953). After him are Ellen Ochoa (1958), Kelly Rohrbach (1990), Eliphalet Remington (1793), Jennifer Lynch (1968), Bette Nesmith Graham (1924), and Connie Sellecca (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Michael D. Griffin ranks 793. Before him are Spark Matsunaga (1916), Mike Enzi (1944), Tom McMillen (1952), Thomas Ewing (1789), Henry Cabot Lodge (1850), and Mae Young (1923). After him are Ben Ray Luján (1972), Frances Perkins (1880), Edward James Roye (1815), Butch Otter (1942), Amy Klobuchar (1960), and Jim Inhofe (1934).

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