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John Sparrow David Thompson

1845 - 1894

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Sir John Sparrow David Thompson (November 10, 1845 – December 12, 1894) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Canada from 1892 until his death. He had previously been fifth premier of Nova Scotia for a brief period in 1882, and as of 2024, is the only prime minister who was previously a provincial premier. Thompson was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Sparrow David Thompson has received more than 348,797 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. John Sparrow David Thompson is the 15,999th most popular politician (down from 14,100th in 2019), the 504th most popular biography from Canada (down from 402nd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Canadian Politician.

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  • 350k

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  • 52.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Sparrow David Thompson ranks 15,999 out of 19,576. Before him are Attilio Fontana, John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, John Morton, Shigeru Ishiba, John Canfield Spencer, and Osric of Northumbria. After him are Pedro Pierluisi, Subramanian Swamy, Ramón Piñeiro López, Daniel Goldin, Ælfwald I of Northumbria, and KP Sharma Oli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, John Sparrow David Thompson ranks 101. Before him are Lobengula, Facundo Machaín, Juan Bautista Egusquiza, George Reid, Nikolaos Deligiannis, and Henry Sweet. After him are William Christie, Daniel David Palmer, William Healey Dall, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, and Richard Seddon. Among people deceased in 1894, John Sparrow David Thompson ranks 84. Before him are Alphons Czibulka, R. M. Ballantyne, Kitamura Tokoku, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Alexander Wittek, and Lobengula. After him are José Eugenio Ellauri, Svend Foyn, Cajetan von Felder, Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, Nathaniel P. Banks, and David Payne.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, John Sparrow David Thompson ranks 504 out of 1,622. Before him are Joshua Jackson (1978), Monique Mercure (1930), Melissa Roxburgh (1992), George Orton (1873), Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929), and Barbara Wagner (1938). After him are Jill Hennessy (1968), Robert Benson (1894), Kenny Wheeler (1930), Davidson Black (1884), Megan Follows (1968), and Sven Delblanc (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, John Sparrow David Thompson ranks 42. Before him are François Legault (1957), Pauline Marois (1949), George-Étienne Cartier (1814), Myrtle Cook (1902), Jennifer Granholm (1959), and Ian Millar (1947). After him are Gaétan Boucher (1958), Marc Garneau (1949), Scotty Bowman (1933), Jeanne Sauvé (1922), Nellie McClung (1873), and Gus Dillon (1881).

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