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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 from 2010 to 2017 as Governor General of Canada, the 28th since Canadian Confederation. 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. He went on to work as a professor at various post-secondary institutions in Canada, eventually serving administrative roles as dean of law at the University of Western Ontario, principal of McGill University, and president of the University of Waterloo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Johnston has received more than 1,245,537 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). David Johnston is the 10,504th most popular politician (down from 8,372nd in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Canada (down from 147th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Canadian Politician.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, David Johnston ranks 10,504 out of 15,577. Before him are Duke Eugen of Württemberg, José Canalejas, Zipoetes I of Bithynia, Gregoria, Hans-Jochen Vogel, and Cniva. After him are Eutropia, Johann Niemann, Cædwalla of Wessex, Marie I, Countess of Boulogne, Meskalamdug, and Ralph Nader.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, David Johnston ranks 240. Before him are Yevhen Marchuk, Andrea de Adamich, Prince William of Gloucester, Robert McKee, Desmond Dekker, and Silvio Moser. After him are Jiří Raška, Alfred Aho, Mike Love, John Williams, Gregory Benford, and Lothar Bisky.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, David Johnston ranks 186 out of 1,350. Before him are Ted Kotcheff (1931), Emily Carr (1871), Sandra Oh (1971), Marie-Claire Blais (1939), Ann Rutherford (1917), and Jean Béliveau (1931). After him are Oliver Platt (1960), René Lévesque (1922), Bret Hart (1957), Alfred Aho (1941), Ian Hacking (1936), and Gabrielle Roy (1909).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, David Johnston ranks 15. Before him are Wilfrid Laurier (1841), Paul Martin (1938), Brian Mulroney (1939), Terry Sawchuk (1929), Stephen Harper (1959), and Jean Béliveau (1931). After him are René Lévesque (1922), Mary Simon (1947), Kim Campbell (1947), Louis St. Laurent (1882), John Diefenbaker (1895), and Michael Ignatieff (1947).

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