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John A. Macdonald

1815 - 1891

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Sir John Alexander Macdonald, (10 or 11 January 1815 – 6 June 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 until his death in 1891. He was the dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, and had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John A. Macdonald has received more than 3,133,094 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). John A. Macdonald is the 9,526th most popular politician (down from 8,229th in 2019), the 1,925th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,729th in 2019) and the 297th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John A. Macdonald ranks 9,526 out of 19,576. Before him are Nicomedes III of Bithynia, Shō Hashi, Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Dub, King of Scotland, Edward Ochab, and Rolandas Paksas. After him are Xiang of Xia, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Gustavo Noboa, Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, An-Nasir Hasan, and Cleomenes of Naucratis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, John A. Macdonald ranks 35. Before him are George Meade, Ii Naosuke, Alexander von Middendorff, James Curtis Hepburn, Jean-Delphin Alard, and Charles Renouvier. After him are Seru Epenisa Cakobau, Louis Le Chatelier, Robert Remak, Theophan the Recluse, George Averoff, and Temistocle Solera. Among people deceased in 1891, John A. Macdonald ranks 59. Before him are José Manuel Balmaceda, Hannibal Hamlin, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, Konstantin Leontiev, and Adolphe Alphand. After him are Ion C. Brătianu, Sanjō Sanetomi, Miklós Ybl, Charles Joshua Chaplin, Heinrich Graetz, and Pōmare V.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John A. Macdonald ranks 1,925 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince William of Gloucester (1941), Mary Hopkin (1950), Julian Lennon (1963), Colin Davis (1927), George Whitefield (1714), and Cynric (450). After him are Eddie Irvine (1965), Tobias Smollett (1721), Peter Yates (1929), Louisa Adams (1775), Richard Long (1945), and John Gould (1804).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John A. Macdonald ranks 297. Before him are John Hume (1937), Rædwald of East Anglia (550), Louise, Princess Royal (1867), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), Prince William of Gloucester (1941), and Cynric (450). After him are Louisa Adams (1775), Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), and Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751).

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