1939 - Today
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 2,726,150 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). John Howard is the 9,314th most popular politician (down from 7,647th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Australia (down from 65th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Politician.
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Among politicians, John Howard ranks 9,314 out of 15,577. Before him are Ignaz Seipel, Ioannis Palaiokrassas, Gevork Vartanian, Flavio Cotti, François-Xavier Ortoli, and Aulus Postumius Albinus. After him are Arnoldo Alemán, Leo IV, King of Armenia, Suleiman Frangieh, Mir Jafar, Galindo Aznárez I, and Helena of Bulgaria, Empress of Serbia.
1876 - 1932
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 9,308
1934 - 2021
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 9,309
1924 - 2012
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 9,310
1939 - 2020
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 9,311
1925 - 2007
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 9,312
151 BC - 146 BC
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 9,313
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 9,314
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 9,315
1308 - 1341
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 9,316
1910 - 1992
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 9,317
1691 - 1765
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 9,318
825 - 867
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 9,319
1400 - 1374
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 9,320
Among people born in 1939, John Howard ranks 181. Before him are Paul Winfield, Glauber Rocha, John Badham, Ron Rifkin, Hércules Brito Ruas, and Flavio Cotti. After him are Jason Miller, John Amos, Russell Means, William Devane, Zeng Qinghong, and Dean Corll.
1939 - 2004
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 175
1939 - 1981
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 176
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 177
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 178
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 179
1939 - 2020
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 180
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 181
1939 - 2001
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 182
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 183
1939 - 2012
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 184
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 185
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 186
1939 - 1973
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 187
Among people born in Australia, John Howard ranks 77 out of 925. Before him are Germaine Greer (1939), Diane Cilento (1933), Miranda Otto (1967), Bryan Brown (1947), Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark (1972), and James Aldridge (1918). After him are David Wenham (1965), Bill Mollison (1928), Morris West (1916), Jason Clarke (1969), Vernon Wells (1945), and Toni Collette (1972).
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 71
1933 - 2011
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 72
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 73
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 74
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 75
1918 - 2015
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 76
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 77
1965 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 78
1928 - 2016
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 79
1916 - 1999
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 80
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 81
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 82
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 83
Among politicians born in Australia, John Howard ranks 2. Before him are Harold Holt (1908). After him are Scott Morrison (1968), David Hurley (1953), John Curtin (1885), 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