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John Curtin

1885 - 1945

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John Curtin (8 January 1885 – 5 July 1945) was an Australian politician who served as the 14th prime minister of Australia from 1941 until his death in 1945. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), having been most notable for leading the country through the majority of World War II, including all but the last few weeks of the war in the Pacific. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Curtin has received more than 1,338,314 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. John Curtin is the 10,766th most popular politician (down from 10,623rd in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Australia (down from 93rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Australian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Curtin ranks 10,766 out of 19,576. Before him are Herman Wrangel, Pierre Basile, Ahmad Qavam, Vasily Golitsyn, Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia, and Charles Jean Marie Barbaroux. After him are Gerry Adams, Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg, Juho Vennola, Alvise Pisani, Alcetas, and Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, John Curtin ranks 119. Before him are Jerome Kern, Henri Laurens, Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, François de La Rocque, Rolf Carls, and Friedrich Kirchner. After him are Liviu Rebreanu, Ethel Muckelt, Edward Lasker, Abdurauf Fitrat, Charles Dullin, and Antonio Bacci. Among people deceased in 1945, John Curtin ranks 208. Before him are Karl Decker, Henri Maspero, Roberto Farinacci, Augustín Malár, Rolf Carls, and Yakov Protazanov. After him are Gustav Fehn, Ludwig Müller, Alfred Delp, Henrietta Szold, Demyan Bedny, and Sekula Drljević.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, John Curtin ranks 94 out of 1,143. Before him are James Aldridge (1918), Germaine Greer (1939), Leo McKern (1920), Anthony Albanese (1963), Jason Clarke (1969), and Travis Fimmel (1979). After him are Christopher Doyle (1952), Banjo Paterson (1864), Jacki Weaver (1947), Edmund Barton (1849), Miranda Otto (1967), and Bob Hawke (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, John Curtin ranks 6. Before him are Gough Whitlam (1916), David Hurley (1953), Harold Holt (1908), John Howard (1939), and Anthony Albanese (1963). After him are Edmund Barton (1849), Bob Hawke (1929), Kevin Rudd (1957), Robert Menzies (1894), Bill Hayden (1933), and Peter Scully (1963).

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