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Bill English

1961 - Today

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Sir Simon William English (born 30 December 1961) is a New Zealand former politician who served as the 39th prime minister of New Zealand from 2016 to 2017 and leader of the National Party from 2001 to 2003 and 2016 to 2018. He had previously served as the 17th deputy prime minister of New Zealand and minister of finance from 2008 to 2016 under John Key and the Fifth National Government. A farmer and public servant before entering politics, English was elected to the New Zealand Parliament in 1990 as the National Party's candidate in the Wallace electorate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill English has received more than 1,332,549 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Bill English is the 16,873rd most popular politician (down from 14,698th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 65th in 2019) and the 18th most popular New Zealander Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bill English ranks 16,873 out of 19,576. Before him are Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Yukio Edano, Theresa Kachindamoto, Inese Vaidere, and César Villanueva. After him are Élie Doté, David Rice Atchison, Elizaveta Mukasei, Afzal-ud-Daulah, Leonard Orban, and Nello Musumeci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Bill English ranks 484. Before him are Jorge Barrios, Thomas Dooley, Dietmar Mögenburg, Julian Bailey, Miguel Tendillo, and Mercedes Aráoz. After him are Leonard Orban, Karin Enke, Anthony McCarten, Einars Repše, Bodil Jørgensen, and Andrea Pollack.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Bill English ranks 90 out of 303. Before him are Juliet Mitchell (1940), Bill Pickering (1910), Graeme Revell (1955), Jack Lovelock (1910), Jenny Shipley (1952), and Chris Hipkins (1978). After him are Mark Hunt (1974), Anthony McCarten (1961), Zoë Bell (1978), Graham McRae (1940), Richie McCaw (1980), and Ross Collinge (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In New Zealand

Among politicians born in New Zealand, Bill English ranks 18. Before him are David Lange (1942), Anand Satyanand (1944), Juliet Mitchell (1940), Bill Pickering (1910), Jenny Shipley (1952), and Chris Hipkins (1978). After him are Tūheitia Paki (1955), Mike Moore (1949), Catherine Tizard (1931), Winston Peters (1945), Jerry Mateparae (1954), and Keith Holyoake (1904).

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