Jim Webb

Jim Webb is the sort of figure who makes a single life feel like several. Born in Missouri in 1946, he came home from Vietnam with the Navy Cross, Silver Star, and Purple Heart, then served as Secretary of the Navy and a U.S. senator, all while writing fiction as a published author. What I admire most is the through-line: whether on the battlefield, the Senate floor, or the page, he has insisted on speaking in his own voice. His shift from Republican to Democrat reads to me less like opportunism and more like a man following conviction. His biography is a novel.

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Name (English)

Jim Webb

Name (Japanese)

ジム・ウェッブ

Reading

じむ・うぇっぶ

Born

February 9, 1946 (age 80)

Origin

St. Joseph, Missouri, United States

Occupation

screenwriter / politician / writer / military officer / lawyer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dog

High school

Bellevue East High School

University

University of Southern California

Awards & achievements

• Bronze Star Medal
• Purple Heart
• Silver Star
• Navy Cross

• Official sitehttps://www.jameswebb.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/webb2016/
• Xhttps://x.com/jimwebbusa
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Webb
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%96
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q532279

Tags

• Missouri
• screenwriter
• politician
• writer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.