Robert McNamara

Robert Strange McNamara 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. 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.'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.

9 June 1916

Born on the same birth date (9 June 1916): Jurij Brězan • Siegfried Graetschus

Born on the same birth day (9 June): Aaron Sorkin • Branch McCracken • Happy Rockefeller • Jackie Wilson • Jeremy Hardie • Jurij Brězan • Matt Bellamy • Mike Fontenot • Nicholas Lloyd • Richard Kahui

Born in the same month (June 1916): Al G. Wright • Buddy O'Connor • Eddie Joost • Emil Fackenheim • Fernand Leduc • Francis Crick • Hamani Diori • Herbert Friedman • Horacio Salgán • Jean-Jacques Bertrand • Johnny Jacobs • Julio César Turbay Ayala • Jurij Brězan • Luigi Comencini • Robert F. Furchgott • Robert Normann • Ruth Warrick • Saloua Raouda Choucair • Siegfried Graetschus • T. Texas Tyler • Tchan Fou-li • William B. Saxbe • William Rosenberg