1885 - 1945
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, 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.
1970 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 10,646
1322 - 1383
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 10,647
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 10,648
1878 - 1936
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 10,649
1160 - 1225
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 10,650
100 - 170
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 10,651
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 10,652
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 10,653
1924 - 1969
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 10,654
1126 - 1150
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 10,655
200 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 10,656
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 10,657
1891 - 1976
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 10,658
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.
1885 - 1949
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 112
1885 - 1946
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 113
1885 - 1973
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 114
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 115
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 116
1885 - 1971
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 117
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 118
1885 - 1967
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 119
1885 - 1977
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 120
1885 - 1938
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 121
1885 - 1944
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 122
1885 - 1929
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 123
1885 - 1936
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 124
1865 - 1945
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 196
1880 - 1945
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 197
1874 - 1945
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 198
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 199
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 200
1869 - 1945
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 201
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 202
1860 - 1945
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 203
1883 - 1945
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 204
1861 - 1945
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 205
1881 - 1945
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 206
1872 - 1945
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 207
1858 - 1945
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 208
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).
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 87
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 88
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 89
1925 - 2010
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 90
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 91
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 92
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 93
1920 - 2002
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 94
1976 - Present
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 95
1905 - 1976
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 96
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 97
1887 - 1975
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 98
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 99
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).
1908 - 1967
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 1
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 2
1968 - Present
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 3
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 4
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 5
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 6
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 7
1929 - 2019
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 8
1894 - 1978
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 9
1849 - 1920
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 10
1916 - 2014
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 11
1930 - 2015
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 12