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Mary Simon

1947 - Today

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Mary Jeannie May Simon (in Inuktitut syllabics: ᒥᐊᓕ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ; Inuktitut: Ningiukudluk; born August 21, 1947) is a Canadian civil servant, diplomat, and former broadcaster who has served as the 30th governor general of Canada since July 26, 2021. Simon is Inuk, making her the first Indigenous person to hold the office.Simon was born in Fort Severight (now Kangiqsualujjuaq), Quebec. She briefly worked as a producer and announcer for the CBC Northern Service in the 1970s before entering public service, serving on the board of the Northern Quebec Inuit Association and playing a key role in the Charlottetown Accord negotiations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Simon has received more than 1,015,339 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Mary Simon is the 7,943rd most popular politician (up from 10,873rd in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Canada (up from 203rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Canadian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mary Simons by language

Over the past year Mary Simon has had the most page views in the with 254,356 views, followed by French (28,283), and Russian (23,490). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (630.56%), Dutch (454.11%), and Ido (130.25%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mary Simon ranks 7,943 out of 19,576. Before her are Dirk V, Count of Holland, Ye Wanyong, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg, Sabah I bin Jaber, Amursana, and Anacaona. After her are Gerberga, wife of Carloman I, John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Werner I, Count of Klettgau, Tengiz Kitovani, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, and Alexander Shliapnikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Mary Simon ranks 182. Before her are James Dyson, Sergio Badilla Castillo, Alain Connes, Malam Bacai Sanhá, Mario Aurelio Poli, and Godfrey Chitalu. After her are Ben Cross, Philippe Herreweghe, Somchai Wongsawat, Rita Lee, Michel Sardou, and Larry David.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Mary Simon ranks 123 out of 1,622. Before her are Linda Evangelista (1965), Bruce Greenwood (1956), Graham Greene (1952), Florence Lawrence (1886), Loreena McKennitt (1957), and Eric McCormack (1963). After her are Steven Pinker (1954), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), Lorne Greene (1915), John Stanley Plaskett (1865), William Osler (1849), and Evangeline Lilly (1979).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Mary Simon ranks 8. Before her are Pierre Trudeau (1919), Lester B. Pearson (1897), Bonar Law (1858), Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880), Jean Chrétien (1934), and Paul Martin (1938). After her are William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), Louis Riel (1844), Wilfrid Laurier (1841), Brian Mulroney (1939), Stephen Harper (1959), and René Lévesque (1922).

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