POLITICIAN

Peter Garrett

1953 - Today

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Peter Robert Garrett (born 16 April 1953) is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and former politician. In 1973, Garrett became the lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil. As a performer he is known for his signature bald head, his eccentric dance style, and a "mesmerising onstage presence". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Garrett has received more than 1,494,213 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Peter Garrett is the 15,340th most popular politician (down from 14,270th in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Australia (down from 217th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Australian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peter Garrett ranks 15,340 out of 19,576. Before him are Ismail of Ghazni, Ella Pamfilova, John Mahama, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, and Jakov Milatović. After him are Pedro Blanco Soto, Hasdrubal I of Carthage, Ashur-nadin-ahhe I, Hanns Seidel, Charles Haughey, and Bronislovas Lubys.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Peter Garrett ranks 367. Before him are Robert Beltran, Ingo Hoffmann, Sergei Starostin, Robert Cray, Peter Firth, and Ella Pamfilova. After him are Colin Hay, David Thompson, David Thornton, Lyle Mays, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, and Carol Thatcher.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Peter Garrett ranks 240 out of 1,143. Before him are Marjorie Jackson-Nelson (1931), Gregory Mathews (1876), Beryl Penrose (1930), Trudi Canavan (1969), Harry Hopman (1906), and Lauren Jackson (1981). After him are Fleur Mellor (1936), Richard Bonynge (1930), Joseph Jacobs (1854), Patricia Wrightson (1921), David Malet Armstrong (1926), and Adrian Quist (1913).

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Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, Peter Garrett ranks 24. Before him are Gerald Patterson (1895), Scott Morrison (1968), Quentin Bryce (1942), Paul Keating (1944), William Deane (1931), and Gregory Mathews (1876). After him are Stanley Bruce (1883), Earle Page (1880), Andrew Lesnie (1956), Ben Chifley (1885), Joseph Lyons (1879), and Michael Jeffery (1937).

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