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William Perry

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William James Perry (born October 11, 1927) is an American mathematician, engineer, businessman, and civil servant who was the United States Secretary of Defense from February 3, 1994, to January 23, 1997, under President Bill Clinton. He also served as Deputy Secretary of Defense (1993–1994) and Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (1977–1981). Perry is the Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor (emeritus) at Stanford University, with a joint appointment at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the School of Engineering. He is also a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Perry is the 3,164th most popular politician (up from 12,342nd in 2019), the 1,141st most popular biography from United States (up from 4,773rd in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, William Perry ranks 3,164 out of 19,576. Before him are Philip I, Count of Flanders, Gongmin of Goryeo, Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, and Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After him are Intef I, Askar Akayev, Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, Myint Swe, Israel Katz, and Tokugawa Iemitsu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, William Perry ranks 48. Before him are Raúl Alfonsín, Harry Mulisch, Juliette Gréco, Roy Cohn, Robert Ludlum, and Sydney Brenner. After him are Hugo Pratt, Geneviève Page, George O. Abell, Alan MacDiarmid, Romano Mussolini, and Stan Getz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Perry ranks 1,141 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank B. Kellogg (1856), Adam Sandler (1966), Robert Ludlum (1927), William Saroyan (1908), John Franklin Enders (1897), and Lenny Kravitz (1964). After him are Julian Schwinger (1918), Philip Johnson (1906), Phylicia Rashad (1948), Barbara Stanwyck (1907), Mike Wallace (1918), and Michael Cimino (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William Perry ranks 104. Before him are Joseph McCarthy (1908), John Sherman (1823), Kamehameha I (1758), James Comey (1960), Lewis Strauss (1896), and Frank B. Kellogg (1856). After him are Edward Stettinius Jr. (1900), Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891), Frank Caprio (1936), Ted Kennedy (1932), Marco Rubio (1971), and Colin Powell (1937).

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