1935 - Today
James Brendan Bolger ( BOL-jər; born 31 May 1935) is a New Zealand retired politician of the National Party who was the 35th prime minister of New Zealand, serving from 1990 to 1997. Bolger was born in Ōpunake, Taranaki. Before entering politics, he farmed in Waikato, and was involved in Federated Farmers – a nationwide agricultural association. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Bolger has received more than 368,219 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jim Bolger is the 16,030th most popular politician (down from 14,131st in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 86th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular New Zealander Politician.
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Among politicians, Jim Bolger ranks 16,030 out of 15,577. Before him are Kubatbek Boronov, Ron Brown, Ivans Klementjevs, Bruce Golding, Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, and Malik Ghulam Muhammad. After him are Miriam Defensor Santiago, Amadou Sanogo, Tulsi Giri, Evans Paul, Zsolt Baumgartner, and John Bruton.
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 16,024
1941 - 1996
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 16,025
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 16,026
1947 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 16,027
1968 - Present
HPI: 39.25
Rank: 16,028
1895 - 1956
HPI: 39.25
Rank: 16,029
1935 - Present
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 16,030
1945 - 2016
HPI: 39.23
Rank: 16,031
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.23
Rank: 16,032
1926 - 2018
HPI: 39.23
Rank: 16,033
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 16,034
1981 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 16,035
1947 - 2024
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 16,036
Among people born in 1935, Jim Bolger ranks 439. Before him are Walter Mahlendorf, Ronnie Hawkins, Lucile Wheeler, Ron Springett, Alex Karras, and Derek Kevan. After him are John Inman, Harry B. Gray, Laurent Robuschi, P. J. Patterson, Peter Hollingworth, and Trevor Blokdyk.
1935 - Present
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 433
1935 - 2022
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 434
1935 - Present
HPI: 39.45
Rank: 435
1935 - 2015
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 436
1935 - 2012
HPI: 39.39
Rank: 437
1935 - 2013
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 438
1935 - Present
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 439
1935 - 2007
HPI: 39.23
Rank: 440
1935 - Present
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 441
1935 - Present
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 442
1935 - Present
HPI: 38.97
Rank: 443
1935 - Present
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 444
1935 - 1995
HPI: 38.76
Rank: 445
Among people born in New Zealand, Jim Bolger ranks 102 out of 248. Before him are Winston Peters (1945), Richard Pearse (1877), Dean O'Gorman (1976), Kerry Fox (1966), Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt (1900), and Keith Holyoake (1904). After him are Lisa Chappell (1968), Jerry Mateparae (1954), John Walker (1952), Jay Ryan (1981), Onny Parun (1947), and Brendon Hartley (1989).
1945 - Present
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 96
1877 - 1953
HPI: 40.31
Rank: 97
1976 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 98
1966 - Present
HPI: 39.79
Rank: 99
1900 - 1994
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 100
1904 - 1983
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 101
1935 - Present
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 102
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 103
1954 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 104
1952 - Present
HPI: 38.79
Rank: 105
1981 - Present
HPI: 38.50
Rank: 106
1947 - Present
HPI: 38.35
Rank: 107
1989 - Present
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 108
Among politicians born in New Zealand, Jim Bolger ranks 23. Before him are Mike Moore (1949), Jenny Shipley (1952), Silvia Cartwright (1943), Winston Peters (1945), Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt (1900), and Keith Holyoake (1904). After him are Jerry Mateparae (1954), Geoffrey Palmer (1942), Robert Muldoon (1921), Nanaia Mahuta (1970), Norman Kirk (1923), and Bill Rowling (1927).
1949 - 2020
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 17
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 18
1943 - Present
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 19
1945 - Present
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 20
1900 - 1994
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 21
1904 - 1983
HPI: 39.31
Rank: 22
1935 - Present
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 23
1954 - Present
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 24
1942 - Present
HPI: 37.86
Rank: 25
1921 - 1992
HPI: 36.62
Rank: 26
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 27
1923 - 1974
HPI: 34.60
Rank: 28
1927 - 1995
HPI: 34.31
Rank: 29