1942 - 2005
David Russell Lange ( LONG-ee; 4 August 1942 – 13 August 2005) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 32nd prime minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989. Lange was born and brought up in Ōtāhuhu, the son of a physician. He became a lawyer, and represented poor and struggling people in civil rights causes in the rapidly changing Auckland of the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Lange has received more than 470,333 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). David Lange is the 14,779th most popular politician (down from 13,469th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from New Zealand and the 10th most popular New Zealander Politician.
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Among politicians, David Lange ranks 14,779 out of 15,577. Before him are Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, Amarinder Singh, Andrea Montermini, Iñigo Urkullu, Juan Bautista Ceballos, and Leyla Yunus. After him are Aristides Gomes, Rashid Nurgaliyev, José Ignacio Pavón, Gartnait I, Te Atairangikaahu, and Frances Perkins.
1868 - 1938
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 14,773
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 14,774
1964 - Present
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 14,775
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 14,776
1811 - 1859
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 14,777
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 14,778
1942 - 2005
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 14,779
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 14,780
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 14,781
1791 - 1866
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 14,782
550 - 539
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 14,783
1931 - 2006
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 14,784
1880 - 1965
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 14,785
Among people born in 1942, David Lange ranks 520. Before him are Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Michael Crawford, Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi, Juan Carlos Sarnari, Ivan Koloff, and Amarinder Singh. After him are Edmond Baraffe, Alan Rachins, Rutanya Alda, Dan Haggerty, Jesús Glaría, and Daniel Revenu. Among people deceased in 2005, David Lange ranks 269. Before him are Robin Cook, Carl Amery, John Ostrom, Ismail Merchant, Aulis Kallakorpi, and Derek Bailey. After him are Dahlia Ravikovitch, Ihor Rybak, Leonid Shamkovich, Paul Winchell, John N. Bahcall, and Givi Nodia.
1942 - 2020
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 514
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 515
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 516
1942 - 2023
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 517
1942 - 2017
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 518
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 519
1942 - 2005
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 520
1942 - 2020
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 521
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 522
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 523
1942 - 2016
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 524
1942 - 1978
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 525
1942 - 2024
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 526
1946 - 2005
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 263
1922 - 2005
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 264
1928 - 2005
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 265
1936 - 2005
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 266
1929 - 2005
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 267
1930 - 2005
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 268
1942 - 2005
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 269
1936 - 2005
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 270
1934 - 2005
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 271
1923 - 2005
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 272
1922 - 2005
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 273
1934 - 2005
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 274
1948 - 2005
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 275
Among people born in New Zealand, David Lange ranks 67 out of 248. Before him are Rupert Julian (1879), Margaret Mahy (1936), John Key (1961), Terence Bayler (1930), Bill English (1961), and Lawrence Makoare (1968). After him are Te Atairangikaahu (1931), Andrew Adamson (1966), Peter Hambleton (1960), Hugh Walpole (1884), Keith Park (1892), and Neroli Fairhall (1944).
1879 - 1943
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 61
1936 - 2012
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 62
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 63
1930 - 2016
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 64
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 65
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 66
1942 - 2005
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 67
1931 - 2006
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 68
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 69
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 70
1884 - 1941
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 71
1892 - 1975
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 72
1944 - 2006
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 73
Among politicians born in New Zealand, David Lange ranks 10. Before him are Helen Clark (1950), Patsy Reddy (1954), Catherine Tizard (1931), Jean Batten (1909), John Key (1961), and Bill English (1961). After him are Te Atairangikaahu (1931), John Gorton (1911), Anand Satyanand (1944), Juliet Mitchell (1940), Tūheitia Paki (1955), and Bill Pickering (1910).
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 4
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 5
1931 - 2021
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 6
1909 - 1982
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 7
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 8
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 9
1942 - 2005
HPI: 43.72
Rank: 10
1931 - 2006
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 11
1911 - 2002
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 12
1944 - Present
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 13
1940 - Present
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 14
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.19
Rank: 15
1910 - 2004
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 16