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Lester B. Pearson

1897 - 1972

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Lester Bowles Pearson (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian politician, diplomat, statesman, and scholar who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968. He also served as MP for Algoma East, whose largest municipality was the then-new City of Elliot Lake. Born in Newtonbrook, Ontario (now part of Toronto), Pearson pursued a career in the Department of External Affairs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lester B. Pearson has received more than 1,808,297 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Lester B. Pearson is the 4,689th most popular politician (up from 6,140th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Canada (up from 92nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Politician.

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  • 71

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lester B. Pearson ranks 4,689 out of 19,576. Before him are Jovan Vladimir, Al-Rashid of Morocco, Nikolay Bobrikov, Vologases V, Tage Erlander, and Adalbert of Italy. After him are Al-Muktafi, Emperor Shun of Han, Elisiv of Kiev, Anna Komnene Angelina, Vicente Guerrero, and Franz Gürtner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Lester B. Pearson ranks 60. Before him are Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Einar Gerhardsen, Douglas Sirk, Dmitry Pavlov, Zakir Husain, and Theodor Busse. After him are Yeghishe Charents, Ana Aslan, Jiroemon Kimura, Vito Genovese, Benjamin Lee Whorf, and Karl Löwith. Among people deceased in 1972, Lester B. Pearson ranks 43. Before him are Ferdinand Čatloš, Said bin Taimur, Lale Andersen, Mahalia Jackson, Fredric Brown, and Louis Leakey. After him are Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Josep Samitier, Karl Silberbauer, S. R. Ranganathan, Hans Scharoun, and Bronislava Nijinska.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Lester B. Pearson ranks 63 out of 1,622. Before him are Mack Sennett (1880), Norman Jewison (1926), Maud Lewis (1903), John Candy (1950), Brian Tracy (1944), and Donald O. Hebb (1904). After him are Sidney Altman (1939), A. E. van Vogt (1912), Elizabeth Arden (1878), Mike Myers (1963), Glenn Ford (1916), and Joe Weider (1919).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Lester B. Pearson ranks 3. Before him are Justin Trudeau (1971), and Pierre Trudeau (1919). After him are Bonar Law (1858), Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880), Jean Chrétien (1934), Paul Martin (1938), Mary Simon (1947), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), Louis Riel (1844), Wilfrid Laurier (1841), and Brian Mulroney (1939).

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