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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 1,242,536 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). John Curtin is the 10,652nd most popular politician (down from 10,411th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Australia (up from 100th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Australian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Curtin ranks 10,652 out of 15,577. Before him are Leonid Pasechnik, Dmitry of Suzdal, Lori Lightfoot, Karl Buresch, Adolf III of Holstein, and Junius Rusticus. After him are Mirek Topolánek, Mutesa II of Buganda, Sibylla of Burgundy, Laodice VI, Nawaz Sharif, and Wan Waithayakon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, John Curtin ranks 118. Before him are Wallace Beery, François de La Rocque, Carmine Gallone, Rolf Carls, Jerome Kern, and Antonio Bacci. After him are Nils von Kantzow, Alice Paul, Abdurauf Fitrat, Georges Mandel, Paul Leni, and Eino Rahja. Among people deceased in 1945, John Curtin ranks 202. Before him are Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Walter Hohmann, Wincenty Witos, Rolf Carls, Jerome Kern, and Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria. After him are Emil von Reznicek, Alfred Saalwächter, Carl Moll, Yakov Protazanov, Vilhelms Purvītis, and Agnes Baden-Powell.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, John Curtin ranks 93 out of 925. Before him are David Hurley (1953), Christopher Doyle (1952), Roger Donaldson (1945), David Warren (1925), John Williams (1941), and Judy Davis (1955). After him are Leo McKern (1920), Mark Webber (1976), Bobby Pearce (1905), Kevin Rudd (1957), Annette Kellermann (1887), and Tommy Emmanuel (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, John Curtin ranks 5. Before him are Harold Holt (1908), John Howard (1939), Scott Morrison (1968), and David Hurley (1953). After him are Kevin Rudd (1957), Malcolm Turnbull (1954), Bob Hawke (1929), Robert Menzies (1894), Edmund Barton (1849), Gough Whitlam (1916), and Malcolm Fraser (1930).

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