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John Howard

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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 and was the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Bennelong from 1974 to 2007. 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 3,069,803 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia. John Howard is the 8,351st 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

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Howard ranks 8,351 out of 19,576. Before 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 150. Before 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 1,143. Before 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).

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Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, John Howard ranks 4. Before 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).

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