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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 4,583,897 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Rob Ford is the 17,160th most popular politician (down from 15,020th in 2019), the 911th most popular biography from Canada (down from 726th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Canadian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rob Ford ranks 17,160 out of 15,577. Before him are Dannel Malloy, David Blunkett, Chiara Appendino, Vicente Zeballos, Elizabeth May, and Kaiane Aldorino. After him are Harry F. Byrd Jr., Dave Heineman, Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan, Édouard Ngirente, Bill Haslam, and Jong Song-ok.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Rob Ford ranks 751. Before him are Lev Grossman, Road Dogg, MaliVai Washington, Dorothee Schneider, Michael O'Neill, and Jimmi Madsen. After him are Annarita Sidoti, Mohammad Khakpour, Robert Změlík, Rebecca Walker, Cho Youn-jeong, and Arno van Zwam. Among people deceased in 2016, Rob Ford ranks 543. Before him are Marvin Kaplan, Mike Oxley, René Marsiglia, Arthur Maia, Henry Worsley, and John Disley. After him are Frank Kelly, Deborah S. Jin, Carlos Loyzaga, Rémy Vogel, Dave Mirra, and Santi Duangsawang.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Rob Ford ranks 911 out of 1,350. Before him are Mikaël Kingsbury (1992), Zack Ward (1970), Daniel Adair (1975), Colin Ferguson (1972), Erik Knudsen (1988), and Theoren Fleury (1968). After him are Leylah Fernandez (2002), Eric Staal (1984), Alessandro Juliani (1975), Cindy Klassen (1979), Kathleen Heddle (1965), and Paul Stalteri (1977).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Rob Ford ranks 68. Before him are Tom Mulcair (1954), Mark Carney (1965), Conrad Black (1944), Erin O'Toole (1973), André Boisclair (1966), and Kathleen Wynne (1953). After him are François-Philippe Champagne (1970), Marie Yovanovitch (1958), Peter MacKay (1965), Jayna Hefford (1977), Andrew Scheer (1979), and Dominique Maltais (1980).

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