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Billy Hughes

1862 - 1952

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William Morris Hughes (25 September 1862 – 28 October 1952) was an Australian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923. He led the nation during World War I, and his influence on national politics spanned several decades. He was a member of the federal parliament from the Federation of Australia in 1901 until his death in 1952, and is the only person to have served as a parliamentarian for more than 50 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Hughes has received more than 695,205 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Billy Hughes is the 15,134th most popular politician (down from 14,409th in 2019), the 3,952nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,038th in 2019) and the 511th most popular British Politician.

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  • 700k

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  • 53.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Billy Hughes ranks 15,134 out of 19,576. Before him are Gyula Szapáry, Ibrahim Biçakçiu, Huvishka, Lyuben Berov, Win Tin, and Eva Šuranová. After him are Marcelo Ebrard, Narciso Campero, Frank Knox, Valérie Pécresse, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, and Hui Liangyu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Billy Hughes ranks 133. Before him are Henry Slocum, Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Fernand Courty, Wilhelm Weinberg, Horatio Caro, and Andrew Fisher. After him are Cecilio Báez, Anastasios Metaxas, Adolf Bartels, Concepción Aleixandre, Robert Emden, and Antoni Lange. Among people deceased in 1952, Billy Hughes ranks 146. Before him are Curly Howard, Gregory La Cava, Katherine Sophie Dreier, Sándor Pósta, Carlo Agostini, and Henriette Roland Holst. After him are László Berti, Maryse Bastié, Forest Ray Moulton, Miina Sillanpää, Aleksandr Andronov, and Jack Conway.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Billy Hughes ranks 3,952 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Picton (1758), Donald Nicol (1923), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), Barry Foster (1931), Florence Pugh (1996), and Simon Gallup (1960). After him are Elton Dean (1945), Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764), Matthew Goode (1978), Liam Howlett (1971), Edward Carpenter (1844), and Henry Liddell (1811).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Billy Hughes ranks 511. Before him are Nicola Sturgeon (1970), Lambert Simnel (1477), Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1000), Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), and William Martin (1767). After him are William Warham (1450), Philip Hammond (1955), Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841), Grantley Goulding (1874), Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), and Michael Heseltine (1933).

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