# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-e-webb
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:53:59.268Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/james-e-webb"
name: "James E. Webb"
slug: "james-e-webb"
description: "James Edwin Webb was an American government official who served as Undersecretary of State from 1949 to 1952. He was the second administrator of NASA from February 14, 1961, to October 7, 1968. Webb led NASA from the beginning of the Kennedy administration through the end of the Johnson administration, thus overseeing each of the critical first crewed missions throughout the Mercury and Gemini programs until days before the launch of the first Apollo mission. He also dealt with the Apollo 1 fire. He helped found the National Academy of Public Administration, a key locus for governmental reform studies."
tagline: "Administrator of NASA in 1961–1968 (1906–1992)"
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birthDate: "1906-10-07"
deathDate: "1992-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump