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William H. Webster

1924 - 2025

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William Hedgcock Webster (March 6, 1924 – August 8, 2025) was an American attorney and jurist who served as chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council from 2005 until 2020. He was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit before serving as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1978 to 1987 and director of Central Intelligence (CIA) from 1987 to 1991. He is the only person to have held both positions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). William H. Webster is the 17,108th most popular politician (down from 16,182nd in 2024), the 11,142nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,332nd in 2019) and the 849th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, William H. Webster ranks 17,108 out of 19,576. Before him are Isidore Mvouba, Hiram Johnson, Jane Dee Hull, Uberto De Morpurgo, Janusz Wojciechowski, and Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke. After him are Susanna M. Salter, Choguel Kokalla Maïga, Howell Cobb, Múte Bourup Egede, Dunja Mijatović, and Sari Essayah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, William H. Webster ranks 466. Before him are Evelyn Boyd Granville, Jack Weston, Harvey Kurtzman, Paulo Muwanga, Matti Kassila, and Joy Page. After him are Norvel Lee, Joe Gaetjens, Tapan Sinha, Georges Dransart, Wally Cox, and Bill Smith. Among people deceased in 2025, William H. Webster ranks 405. Before him are Ken Dryden, Jorge Bolaño, Andrei Chemerkin, Stoyan Yordanov, Tomas Lindberg, and Günter Haritz. After him are Steve Shirley, Audun Grønvold, Chris Dreja, Angela Mortimer, Bob Uecker, and Gus Williams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William H. Webster ranks 11,144 out of 20,380. Before him are James Badge Dale (1978), Lea Michele (1986), Hiram Johnson (1866), Jane Dee Hull (1935), Michael Oher (1986), and Arnold Kopelson (1935). After him are Claudia Christian (1965), Anita Baker (1958), Michael Milken (1946), Woody Shaw (1944), Susanna M. Salter (1860), and Jim Neidhart (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William H. Webster ranks 849. Before him are Roger Wicker (1951), James Skivring Smith (1825), William H. McRaven (1955), Dennis Hastert (1942), Hiram Johnson (1866), and Jane Dee Hull (1935). After him are Susanna M. Salter (1860), Howell Cobb (1815), William Samuel Johnson (1727), Greg Gianforte (1961), Abraham Baldwin (1754), and Henry McMaster (1947).

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