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Louis St. Laurent

1882 - 1973

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Louis Stephen St. Laurent (French: [lwi sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃]; February 1, 1882 – July 25, 1973) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 12th prime minister of Canada from 1948 to 1957. Born and raised in southeastern Quebec, St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis St. Laurent has received more than 747,959 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Louis St. Laurent is the 12,819th most popular politician (down from 11,731st in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from Canada (down from 237th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Canadian Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 4.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis St. Laurent ranks 12,819 out of 19,576Before him are Doğu Perinçek, Cotys I, Fazlullah Nouri, Abu Sa'id Uthman II, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, and Cleitus. After him are Haj Ali Razmara, Sekiryo Kaneda, Prince August of Württemberg, Igor Dodon, Fujiwara no Tadahira, and Otto Graf Lambsdorff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Louis St. Laurent ranks 165Before him are Hendrik Willem van Loon, Oldřich Duras, George Bellows, Jenő Fuchs, Kyusaku Ogino, and Rockwell Kent. After him are Emmanouil Tsouderos, Manuel Goded Llopis, Júlio Prestes, Walter Jakobsson, Giorgio Abetti, and Elisabeth Abegg. Among people deceased in 1973, Louis St. Laurent ranks 157Before him are Winthrop Rockefeller, Lev Artsimovich, Paul Kletzki, Nancy Mitford, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, and Armas Toivonen. After him are Alina Szapocznikow, Joe E. Brown, Kid Ory, David Murray, Charles Daniels, and Alexander Rou.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Louis St. Laurent ranks 264 out of 1,622Before him are Edward Routh (1831), Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879), Alan Thicke (1947), Anne Hébert (1916), Guy Laliberté (1959), and Mario Lemieux (1965). After him are Percy Faith (1908), Agnes Martin (1912), Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661), Albert S. Ruddy (1930), Anna Paquin (1982), and Manly P. Hall (1901).

Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Louis St. Laurent ranks 18Before him are Brian Mulroney (1939), Stephen Harper (1959), René Lévesque (1922), Jean Béliveau (1931), John T. Dunlap (1957), and Kim Campbell (1947). After him are David Johnston (1941), Joe Clark (1939), Terry Sawchuk (1929), John Diefenbaker (1895), Robert Borden (1854), and Michael Ignatieff (1947).