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John Gorton

1911 - 2002

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Sir John Grey Gorton (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002) was an Australian politician, farmer and airman who served as the 19th prime minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, having previously served as a senator for Victoria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Gorton has received more than 646,599 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). John Gorton is the 15,855th most popular politician (down from 15,006th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 74th in 2019) and the 9th most popular New Zealander Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

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  • 52.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Gorton ranks 15,855 out of 19,576. Before him are María Corina Machado, Jón Þorláksson, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Östen Undén, Anders Lange, and Muiz ud din Bahram. After him are Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Ted Kaufman, Tom Vilsack, Volen Siderov, Jennifer Granholm, and Hamilton Fish.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, John Gorton ranks 319. Before him are Rıfat Ilgaz, Gusztáv Juhász, Eduardo González Valiño, Terence Rattigan, René Bougnol, and André Saeys. After him are Sten Suvio, Betty Nuthall, Robert Lamoot, Yaşar Erkan, Chris Berger, and Näcip Cihanov. Among people deceased in 2002, John Gorton ranks 274. Before him are Katrin Cartlidge, Willie Davenport, Conny Vandenbos, John Buscema, Ruth Svedberg, and Jack Shea. After him are Dee Brown, Kees Mijnders, Vladimir Vasyutin, Lily Carlstedt, Regīna Ezera, and Ruth Williams Khama.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, John Gorton ranks 70 out of 303. Before him are Michael Hardie Boys (1931), Yvette Williams (1929), Jed Brophy (1963), John Key (1961), Andrew Adamson (1966), and Hugh Walpole (1884). After him are Silvia Cartwright (1943), Margaret Mahy (1936), Neil Finn (1958), John Nicholson (1941), Lawrence Makoare (1968), and Te Atairangikaahu (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In New Zealand

Among politicians born in New Zealand, John Gorton ranks 9. Before him are Jacinda Ardern (1980), Jean Batten (1909), Patsy Reddy (1954), Wallace Fard Muhammad (1893), Michael Hardie Boys (1931), and John Key (1961). After him are Silvia Cartwright (1943), Te Atairangikaahu (1931), David Lange (1942), Anand Satyanand (1944), Juliet Mitchell (1940), and Bill Pickering (1910).

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