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James Scullin

1876 - 1953

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James Henry Scullin (18 September 1876 – 28 January 1953) was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the ninth prime minister of Australia from 1929 to 1932. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), having briefly served as treasurer of Australia during his time in office from 1930 to 1931. His time in office was primarily categorised by the Wall Street Crash of 1929 which transpired just two days after his swearing in, thus heralding the beginning of the Great Depression in Australia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Scullin has received more than 251,430 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). James Scullin is the 16,455th most popular politician (down from 16,008th in 2019), the 316th most popular biography from Australia (up from 357th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Australian Politician.

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Scullin ranks 16,455 out of 19,576. Before him are Paulo d'Eça Leal, Pablo Arosemena, Eduard Novák, Eanfrith of Bernicia, James Oglethorpe, and Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé. After him are Alexander Acosta, José Montilla, Panagiotis Poulitsas, Richard Rush, Cheick Modibo Diarra, and Elihu B. Washburne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, James Scullin ranks 191. Before him are Mariam Thresia Chiramel, Thomas Mofolo, Pietro Speciale, Marcel Lambert, Lionel Tertis, and Ralph Barton Perry. After him are Claude Buckenham, John Garstang, George Cloutier, Jānis Akuraters, James Larkin, and John August Anderson. Among people deceased in 1953, James Scullin ranks 183. Before him are Fred M. Vinson, Paul Niggli, Luis Alberto Riart, Henri Padé, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and Thomas Thorstensen. After him are Edward Sedgwick, Alex James, Josef Ternström, Robert G. Vignola, Alan Curtis, and Roland Young.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, James Scullin ranks 316 out of 1,143. Before him are Ruby Payne-Scott (1912), Pat Rafter (1972), Faith Leech (1941), Danny Clark (1951), Walter Frederick Gale (1865), and Charles Kingsford Smith (1897). After him are Teresa Palmer (1986), Kerry Melville (1947), Gail Chanfreau (1945), Isabel Lucas (1985), Esna Boyd (1899), and Thelma Coyne Long (1918).

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Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, James Scullin ranks 32. Before him are Earle Page (1880), Andrew Lesnie (1956), Ben Chifley (1885), Joseph Lyons (1879), Michael Jeffery (1937), and Arthur Fadden (1894). After him are John McEwen (1900), Frank Forde (1890), Joan Hartigan (1912), Bob Tinning (1925), Michael Joseph Savage (1872), and Edith Cowan (1861).

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