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Bill Hayden

1933 - 2023

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William George Hayden (23 January 1933 – 21 October 2023) was an Australian politician who served as the 21st governor-general of Australia from 1989 to 1996. He was Leader of the Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1977 to 1983, and served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from 1983 to 1988 under Bob Hawke and as Treasurer of Australia in 1975 under Gough Whitlam. Hayden was born in Brisbane, Queensland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Hayden has received more than 411,956 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Bill Hayden is the 12,885th most popular politician (up from 16,104th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Australia (up from 366th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Australian Politician.

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  • 50.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bill Hayden ranks 12,885 out of 19,576. Before him are Shapur IV, Aksel Airo, Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg, John I, Count Palatine of Simmern, Oliver Ivanović, and Đorđe Martinović incident. After him are Ernst Streeruwitz, Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães, Cenwalh of Wessex, Igor Rodionov, Ahmad Samani, and Maria, wife of Constantine V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Bill Hayden ranks 281. Before him are Máté Fenyvesi, Javier Lozano Barragán, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Tete Montoliu, James Wolfensohn, and Charlie Wilson. After him are Bill Nieder, Tsuneko Okazaki, Georgi Atanasov, Suchinda Kraprayoon, Ulrich Biesinger, and H. D. Deve Gowda. Among people deceased in 2023, Bill Hayden ranks 347. Before him are Anderl Molterer, Dževad Karahasan, Alain Besançon, Helena Pilejczyk, Abraham Lempel, and Alfredo Rojas. After him are Wilferd Madelung, Renate Boy, Erkin Koray, Pat McCormick, Nicolae Neagoe, and Russell Banks.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Bill Hayden ranks 133 out of 1,143. Before him are John Williams (1941), Raewyn Connell (1944), Yagan (1800), Albert Namatjira (1902), Russell Mulcahy (1953), and James Wolfensohn (1933). After him are Joan Lindsay (1896), Peter Scully (1963), Radha Mitchell (1973), Tim Schenken (1943), John Winter (1924), and Mick Doohan (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, Bill Hayden ranks 11. Before him are Anthony Albanese (1963), John Curtin (1885), Edmund Barton (1849), Bob Hawke (1929), Kevin Rudd (1957), and Robert Menzies (1894). After him are Peter Scully (1963), Dawn Fraser (1937), Alfred Deakin (1856), Malcolm Fraser (1930), Malcolm Turnbull (1954), and William McMahon (1908).

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