1927 - 1995
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. Rowling was a lecturer in economics when he entered politics; 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 136,525 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Rowling is the 16,882nd most popular politician, the 141st most popular biography from New Zealand and the 29th most popular New Zealander Politician.
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Among politicians, Bill Rowling ranks 16,882 out of 15,577. Before him are Dick Thornburgh, Princess Yōko of Mikasa, Stuart Symington, Sergei Udaltsov, John Slidell, and Ekaterina Zakharieva. After him are Bárður á Steig Nielsen, Israel Pickens, Jon Tester, Sam Rayburn, Konstantina Kouneva, and Zlatko Hasanbegović.
1932 - 2020
HPI: 34.34
Rank: 16,876
1983 - Present
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 16,877
1901 - 1988
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 16,878
1977 - Present
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 16,879
1793 - 1871
HPI: 34.32
Rank: 16,880
1975 - Present
HPI: 34.32
Rank: 16,881
1927 - 1995
HPI: 34.31
Rank: 16,882
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.30
Rank: 16,883
1780 - 1827
HPI: 34.29
Rank: 16,884
1956 - Present
HPI: 34.29
Rank: 16,885
1882 - 1961
HPI: 34.27
Rank: 16,886
1964 - Present
HPI: 34.26
Rank: 16,887
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.26
Rank: 16,888
Among people born in 1927, Bill Rowling ranks 439. Before him are Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, Peggie Castle, Peggy McCay, Ralph Beard, Edwin Edwards, and Ralph Stanley. After him are Arnold Wolfendale, Paula Hawkins, Marvin Kaplan, Brock Adams, and Abrar Alvi. Among people deceased in 1995, Bill Rowling ranks 301. Before him are Charles L. Veach, Alan Bush, James Merrill, Andrea Fortunato, Paul Kipkoech, and Tor Ulven. After him are Eddie Clamp and Alison Hargreaves.
1927 - 2019
HPI: 35.19
Rank: 433
1927 - 1973
HPI: 35.04
Rank: 434
1927 - 2018
HPI: 35.02
Rank: 435
1927 - 2007
HPI: 34.86
Rank: 436
1927 - 2021
HPI: 34.69
Rank: 437
1927 - 2016
HPI: 34.67
Rank: 438
1927 - 1995
HPI: 34.31
Rank: 439
1927 - 2020
HPI: 34.29
Rank: 440
1927 - 2009
HPI: 33.70
Rank: 441
1927 - 2016
HPI: 33.24
Rank: 442
1927 - 2004
HPI: 33.14
Rank: 443
1927 - 2009
HPI: 32.06
Rank: 444
1944 - 1995
HPI: 36.06
Rank: 295
1900 - 1995
HPI: 36.05
Rank: 296
1926 - 1995
HPI: 35.53
Rank: 297
1971 - 1995
HPI: 35.15
Rank: 298
1963 - 1995
HPI: 34.90
Rank: 299
1953 - 1995
HPI: 34.46
Rank: 300
1927 - 1995
HPI: 34.31
Rank: 301
1934 - 1995
HPI: 33.83
Rank: 302
1962 - 1995
HPI: 31.84
Rank: 303
Among people born in New Zealand, Bill Rowling ranks 141 out of 248. Before him are Valerie Adams (1984), Chris Wood (1991), Thomasin McKenzie (2000), Norman Kirk (1923), Richie McCaw (1980), and Archie Thompson (1978). After him are Ivan Vicelich (1976), Joe Earl (1952), Grant Bowler (1968), Rose McIver (1988), Anna Hutchison (1986), and Ian Ferguson (1953).
1984 - Present
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 135
1991 - Present
HPI: 34.86
Rank: 136
2000 - Present
HPI: 34.73
Rank: 137
1923 - 1974
HPI: 34.60
Rank: 138
1980 - Present
HPI: 34.33
Rank: 139
1978 - Present
HPI: 34.32
Rank: 140
1927 - 1995
HPI: 34.31
Rank: 141
1976 - Present
HPI: 34.28
Rank: 142
1952 - Present
HPI: 34.10
Rank: 143
1968 - Present
HPI: 34.05
Rank: 144
1988 - Present
HPI: 34.00
Rank: 145
1986 - Present
HPI: 33.97
Rank: 146
1953 - Present
HPI: 33.65
Rank: 147
Among politicians born in New Zealand, Bill Rowling ranks 29. Before him are Jim Bolger (1935), Jerry Mateparae (1954), Geoffrey Palmer (1942), Robert Muldoon (1921), Nanaia Mahuta (1970), and Norman Kirk (1923). After him are Ian Ferguson (1953), Georgina Beyer (1957), Judith Collins (1959), and Marc Ryan (1982).
1935 - Present
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 23
1954 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 24
1942 - Present
HPI: 37.86
Rank: 25
1921 - 1992
HPI: 36.62
Rank: 26
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 27
1923 - 1974
HPI: 34.60
Rank: 28
1927 - 1995
HPI: 34.31
Rank: 29
1953 - Present
HPI: 33.65
Rank: 30
1957 - 2023
HPI: 32.83
Rank: 31
1959 - Present
HPI: 28.63
Rank: 32
1982 - Present
HPI: 23.32
Rank: 33