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Bill Rowling

1927 - 1995

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Sir Wallace Edward Rowling (; 15 November 1927 – 31 October 1995), commonly known as Bill Rowling, was a New Zealand politician who was the 30th prime minister of New Zealand from 1974 to 1975. He held office as the leader of the Labour Party. Before entering politics, Rowling worked as a teacher and briefly served in the army; he became a member of Parliament (MP) in the 1962 Buller by-election. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Rowling has received more than 151,143 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bill Rowling is the 18,329th most popular politician (down from 16,821st in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 141st in 2019) and the 33rd most popular New Zealander Politician.

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  • 150k

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  • 45.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bill Rowling ranks 18,329 out of 19,576. Before him are Gianni Vernetti, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Claire McCaskill, Ilhan Omar, Göran Hägglund, and William M. Daley. After him are Catherine Cortez Masto, Uxue Barkos, Giorgi Baramidze, Salabat Jung, Jeff Flake, and Jose W. Diokno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Bill Rowling ranks 499. Before him are Slim Dusty, Ken Dodd, Joan Birman, Barbara Cook, Eddie Sachs, and Ralph Beard. After him are Peggie Castle, Brock Adams, Rupert Crosse, Willie Ormond, Norman Petty, and Chris Heunis. Among people deceased in 1995, Bill Rowling ranks 335. Before him are James Merrill, Genevieve Tobin, Gale Gordon, Kay Aldridge, Jeffrey Lynn, and Alison Hargreaves. After him are Eddie Clamp, Andrea Fortunato, Oveta Culp Hobby, Wilfred Jacobs, Davie Cooper, and Clayton Lewis.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Bill Rowling ranks 152 out of 303. Before him are Hayley Westenra (1987), Ivan Vicelich (1976), Lorde (1996), Marilyn Waring (1952), Neroli Fairhall (1944), and Liam Lawson (2002). After him are Whina Cooper (1895), Brendon Hartley (1989), Ruth Park (1917), Rachel Hunter (1969), Jay Ryan (1981), and Nick Willis (1983).

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Among POLITICIANS In New Zealand

Among politicians born in New Zealand, Bill Rowling ranks 33. Before him are Geoffrey Palmer (1942), Robert Muldoon (1921), Christopher Luxon (1970), Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt (1900), Norman Kirk (1923), and George Forbes (1869). After him are Whina Cooper (1895), Ian Ferguson (1953), Nanaia Mahuta (1970), Judith Collins (1959), and Marc Ryan (1982).

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