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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 is best known for leading the country during World War I, but his influence on national politics spanned several decades. Hughes was a member of federal parliament from Federation in 1901 until his death in 1952, the only person to have served for more than 50 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Hughes has received more than 636,550 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Billy Hughes is the 14,458th most popular politician (down from 13,278th in 2019), the 4,046th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,930th in 2019) and the 501st most popular British Politician.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Billy Hughes ranks 14,458 out of 15,577. Before him are Henry Jarvis Raymond, Alhred of Northumbria, Carme Forcadell, Daniel Morgan, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, and Raimundo Pereira. After him are Alboin of Spoleto, Elizabeth Dole, Philipp Rösler, Jack Straw, Dimitar Petkov, and Nicolas Dupont-Aignan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Billy Hughes ranks 127. Before him are Jules Renkin, Anastasios Metaxas, Adolf Bartels, Wilhelm Weinberg, Semyon Nadson, and Antoni Lange. After him are Andrew Fisher, Robert Emden, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Robert Reid, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, and Santeri Alkio. Among people deceased in 1952, Billy Hughes ranks 142. Before him are Henriette Roland Holst, Aleksandr Andronov, Sándor Pósta, Maryse Bastié, Enrique Jardiel Poncela, and Juan Bautista Pérez. After him are Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Katherine Sophie Dreier, Ronald Rawson, Fartein Valen, Frank Kugler, and Susan Peters.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Billy Hughes ranks 4,046 out of 7,765. Before him are John Goodall (1863), Bernard Lovell (1913), Terry Cooper (1944), Peter Arundell (1933), Thomas Nuttall (1786), and Billy McNeill (1940). After him are Hereward the Wake (1035), Jack Straw (1946), Ian McElhinney (1948), Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), James D'Arcy (1975), and Izaak Walton (1593).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Billy Hughes ranks 501. Before him are Philip Hammond (1955), John Hunter (1737), Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393), Alex Salmond (1954), Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), and Martin McGuinness (1950). After him are Jack Straw (1946), Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905), Andrew Fisher (1862), Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674), William Warham (1450), and Susie Wolff (1982).

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