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John Turner

1929 - 2020

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John Napier Wyndham Turner (June 7, 1929 – September 19, 2020) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Canada from June to September 1984. He served as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and leader of the Official Opposition from 1984 to 1990. Turner practised law before being elected as a member of Parliament in the 1962 federal election. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Turner has received more than 1,447,096 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. John Turner is the 11,732nd most popular politician (down from 9,641st in 2019), the 2,654th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,180th in 2019) and the 404th most popular British Politician.

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  • 49.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Turner ranks 11,732 out of 15,577. Before him are José María Guido, Sames I, Edmund Randolph, Qian Qichen, Bob Hawke, and Badr Hari. After him are Theodoric IV, Landgrave of Lusatia, Jaime Roldós Aguilera, Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais, Dumarsais Estimé, Cecile of France, and Pietro Grasso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, John Turner ranks 262. Before him are Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Nadja Tiller, Claude Goretta, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Paavo Berglund, and Bob Hawke. After him are Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, József Tóth, Barry Harris, Carlo Ubbiali, John Osborne, and Vija Artmane. Among people deceased in 2020, John Turner ranks 269. Before him are Jeremy Bulloch, Sadiq al-Mahdi, Idir, Roger Carel, Milka Babović, and Rosa Maria Sardà. After him are Theodor Wagner, Tengiz Sigua, Alfred Riedl, Norma Cappagli, Hamed Karoui, and Enrique Irazoqui.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Turner ranks 2,654 out of 7,765. Before him are Patrick Doyle (1953), Arthur Russell (1886), Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (1672), Reginald Punnett (1875), Minnie Driver (1970), and Charles Warren (1840). After him are Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), John Henry Mackay (1864), Ian Stewart (1945), I. A. Richards (1893), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), and Barry Morse (1918).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Turner ranks 404. Before him are John Wilkes (1725), Ralph Abercromby (1734), Anne of York (1475), John Lilburne (1614), John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822), and Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (1672). After him are Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871), Lady Arbella Stuart (1575), Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583), Elizabeth Fry (1780), Edward Fortunatus (1565), and Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400).

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