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Arthur Fadden

1894 - 1973

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Sir Arthur William Fadden (13 April 1894 – 21 April 1973) was an Australian politician and accountant who served as the 13th prime minister of Australia from 29 August to 7 October 1941. He was the leader of the Country Party from 1940 to 1958 and served as treasurer of Australia from 1940 to 1941 and 1949 to 1958. Fadden was born in Ingham, Queensland, to Irish immigrant parents. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Fadden has received more than 265,524 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Arthur Fadden is the 16,169th most popular politician (down from 15,448th in 2019), the 295th most popular biography from Australia (up from 297th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Australian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arthur Fadden ranks 16,169 out of 19,576. Before him are Emil Stang, Folke Rogard, Özgür Özel, Alexander Volkov, Pany Yathotou, and Tomás Gomensoro Albín. After him are Máximo Santos, Alexander Dityatin, Michael Howard, Johan Sverdrup, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, and Sabri Boukadoum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Arthur Fadden ranks 236. Before him are August Dvorak, Kazimierz Wierzyński, Robert Benson, Boris Shchukin, Alexander Hall, and Anatoly Blagonravov. After him are Peter Warlock, Viktor Vinogradov, Lois Wilson, Jan Peka, Norman Kerry, and Jacob Opdahl. Among people deceased in 1973, Arthur Fadden ranks 249. Before him are Clarence White, Konstantinos Dovas, John Heysham Gibbon, Mário de Noronha, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Folke Rogard. After him are William Haines, Tim Holt, A. Edward Sutherland, Alla Tarasova, Michael Dunn, and Nasif Estéfano.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Arthur Fadden ranks 295 out of 1,143. Before him are Ben Chifley (1885), Joseph Lyons (1879), Mary MacKillop (1842), Michael Jeffery (1937), Edgar Moon (1904), and Helen Gourlay (1946). After him are Daphne Akhurst (1903), Lyn McClements (1951), Frank Gardner (1931), Bob Morley (1984), Robert Stigwood (1934), and Wilberforce Eaves (1867).

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Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, Arthur Fadden ranks 31. Before him are Stanley Bruce (1883), Earle Page (1880), Andrew Lesnie (1956), Ben Chifley (1885), Joseph Lyons (1879), and Michael Jeffery (1937). After him are James Scullin (1876), John McEwen (1900), Frank Forde (1890), Joan Hartigan (1912), Bob Tinning (1925), and Michael Joseph Savage (1872).

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