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John Howard

1939 - Today

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John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, having previously served as the treasurer of Australia from 1977 to 1983 under Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the second-longest in Australian history, behind only Sir Robert Menzies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Howard has received more than 2,858,674 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia. John Howard is the 8,353rd most popular politician (up from 9,164th in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Australia (up from 77th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Australian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Howards by language

Over the past year John Howard has had the most page views in the with 296,831 views, followed by Spanish (8,099), and German (7,925). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (126.28%), Ido (69.59%), and Galician (69.17%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Howard ranks 8,353 out of 19,576Before him are Charles W. Fairbanks, Ahmad al-Khatib, William of Modena, Korbinian Brodmann, Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon, and Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle. After him are Giovanni Dandolo, Agapenor, William IX, Marquis of Montferrat, Jerry Rawlings, Decentius, and Kilij Arslan III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, John Howard ranks 150Before him are Adelardo Rodríguez, Maria Bueno, Grace Slick, Rosie Reyes, Leo Brouwer, and Ariane Mnouchkine. After him are Bertrand Blier, Janusz Gajos, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Vladimir Menshov, Jason Miller, and Ali Farka Touré.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, John Howard ranks 69 out of 1,143Before him are Annette Kellermann (1887), Nellie Melba (1861), David Hurley (1953), Harold Holt (1908), Colin Burgess (1946), and Raymond Dart (1893). After him are Peter Sculthorpe (1929), Bryan Brown (1947), Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark (1972), Elizabeth von Arnim (1866), Diane Cilento (1933), and Howard Florey (1898).

Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, John Howard ranks 4Before him are Gough Whitlam (1916), David Hurley (1953), and Harold Holt (1908). After him are Anthony Albanese (1963), John Curtin (1885), Edmund Barton (1849), Bob Hawke (1929), Kevin Rudd (1957), Robert Menzies (1894), Bill Hayden (1933), and Peter Scully (1963).