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Rob Ford

1969 - 2016

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Robert Bruce Ford (May 28, 1969 – March 22, 2016) was a Canadian politician and businessman who served as the 64th mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014. Before and after his term as mayor, Ford was a city councillor representing Ward 2 Etobicoke North. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rob Ford has received more than 4,753,561 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Rob Ford is the 18,785th most popular politician (down from 17,099th in 2019), the 1,042nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 910th in 2019) and the 77th most popular Canadian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rob Ford ranks 18,785 out of 19,576. Before him are Brian Goodell, David Pryor, Joshua Bolten, Elena Băsescu, Zoe Lofgren, and Peter MacKay. After him are Tomasz Makowski, Saxby Chambliss, Emil Dimitriev, Kristina Schröder, Mark Sanford, and Baciro Djá.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Rob Ford ranks 859. Before him are Raphael Warnock, Martin Frýdek, Alex Lopes do Nasciment, Adrian Goldsworthy, Gabriel Vidal, and Lyudmila Prokasheva. After him are Nicole Arendt, Simone Stelzer, Judah Friedlander, Josef Beránek, Christian Schwarzer, and Fernando Cornejo. Among people deceased in 2016, Rob Ford ranks 620. Before him are David Hahn, Frank Kelly, Rémy Vogel, Rose Mofford, Carlos Loyzaga, and Ananias Eloi Castro Monteiro. After him are Shahram Amiri, Pat Summitt, Conrad Burns, Santi Duangsawang, Mohammed Shahid, and Dave Mirra.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Rob Ford ranks 1,042 out of 1,622. Before him are Scott Stevens (1964), Issey Nakajima-Farran (1984), Alessandro Juliani (1975), Zack Ward (1970), James Heilman (1979), and Peter MacKay (1965). After him are Erik Guay (1981), Jessica Stam (1986), Christine Sinclair (1983), François Arnaud (1985), Val Venis (1971), and Donald Jackson (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Rob Ford ranks 77. Before him are Edward Schreyer (1935), Joseph Albert Sullivan (1901), André Boisclair (1966), Mark Carney (1965), François-Philippe Champagne (1970), and Peter MacKay (1965). After him are Marie Yovanovitch (1958), Jayna Hefford (1977), Pierre Poilievre (1979), Mélanie Joly (1979), Victor Davis (1964), and Nicolas Gill (1972).

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