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Robert McNamara

1916 - 2009

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Robert Strange McNamara (; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson at the height of the Cold War. He remains the longest-serving secretary of defense, having remained in office over seven years. He played a major role in promoting the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. McNamara was responsible for the institution of systems analysis in public policy, which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert McNamara is the 15th most popular businessperson (up from 76th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from United States (up from 784th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Businessperson.

Robert McNamara served as the Secretary of Defense for most of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He is most famous for being a key player in the escalation of the Vietnam War.

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Among businesspeople, Robert McNamara ranks 15 out of 847. Before him are John D. Rockefeller, Jeff Bezos, Sepp Blatter, Bernie Madoff, Vince McMahon, and Aristotle Onassis. After him are Ingvar Kamprad, Jamsetji Tata, Florentino Pérez, Cosimo de' Medici, Ferruccio Lamborghini, and Bernard Arnault.

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Among people born in 1916, Robert McNamara ranks 4. Before him are François Mitterrand, Edward Heath, and Herbert A. Simon. After him are Kirk Douglas, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Gregory Peck, Aldo Moro, Gough Whitlam, Elena Ceaușescu, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, and Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Among people deceased in 2009, Robert McNamara ranks 4. Before him are Michael Jackson, Patrick Swayze, and Claude Lévi-Strauss. After him are Kim Dae-jung, Roh Moo-hyun, Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Aage Bohr, Millvina Dean, Paul Samuelson, Maurice Jarre, and Pina Bausch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert McNamara ranks 141 out of 20,380. Before him are H. P. Lovecraft (1890), Liliʻuokalani (1838), Philip Warren Anderson (1923), John Adams (1735), Woody Allen (1935), and Jimi Hendrix (1942). After him are Harrison Ford (1942), Chuck Norris (1940), Patti Smith (1946), Meryl Streep (1949), Rosa Parks (1913), and Anton LaVey (1930).

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Among businesspeople born in United States, Robert McNamara ranks 8. Before him are Bill Gates (1955), Warren Buffett (1930), John D. Rockefeller (1839), Jeff Bezos (1964), Bernie Madoff (1938), and Vince McMahon (1945). After him are Tim Cook (1960), Fred Trump (1905), William Boeing (1881), Jeffrey Epstein (1953), Estée Lauder (1906), and Steve Ballmer (1956).

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