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David Johnston

1941 - Today

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David Lloyd Johnston (born June 28, 1941) is a Canadian academic, author, and statesman who served as the 28th governor general of Canada from 2010 to 2017. Johnston was the special rapporteur appointed to investigate reports of foreign interference in recent Canadian federal elections until his resignation on June 9, 2023. Johnston was born and raised in Ontario, studying there before enrolling at Harvard University and later Cambridge and Queen's universities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Johnston has received more than 1,270,486 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. David Johnston is the 13,138th most popular politician (down from 10,476th in 2019), the 281st most popular biography from Canada (down from 186th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Canadian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, David Johnston ranks 13,138 out of 19,576. Before him are Lucius Aurelius Cotta, Ed Koch, Walter Momper, Alexander Bezborodko, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, and Denis Pushilin. After him are Wiglaf of Mercia, Jędrzej Moraczewski, Quim Torra, Paul-Émile Janson, William Cohen, and Elie Saab.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, David Johnston ranks 342. Before him are Christopher Hogwood, Alla Kushnir, Richard Martin West, Charlotte Stewart, Bas van Fraassen, and Hank Marvin. After him are Bo Svenson, Ed Roberts, Pepetela, Pete Rose, Rina Zaripova, and Tatyana Kuznetsova.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, David Johnston ranks 281 out of 1,622. Before him are Paul Haggis (1953), Gordon Lightfoot (1938), Lothaire Bluteau (1957), Henri Richard (1936), Marie-Claire Blais (1939), and Deborah Kara Unger (1966). After him are Patricia Churchland (1943), Bobby Orr (1948), André Bessette (1845), Joe Clark (1939), Yannick Bisson (1969), and Édouard Gagnon (1918).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, David Johnston ranks 19. Before him are Stephen Harper (1959), René Lévesque (1922), Jean Béliveau (1931), John T. Dunlap (1957), Kim Campbell (1947), and Louis St. Laurent (1882). After him are Joe Clark (1939), Terry Sawchuk (1929), John Diefenbaker (1895), Robert Borden (1854), Michael Ignatieff (1947), and John Abbott (1821).

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