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Robert Borden

1854 - 1937

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Sir Robert Laird Borden (June 26, 1854 – June 10, 1937) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. He is best known for his leadership of Canada during World War I. Borden was born in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. He worked as a schoolteacher for a period and then served his articles of clerkship at a Halifax law firm. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Borden has received more than 854,067 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Borden is the 13,518th most popular politician (down from 13,307th in 2019), the 295th most popular biography from Canada (up from 334th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Canadian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 850k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Robert Bordens by language

Over the past year Robert Borden has had the most page views in the with 109,772 views, followed by French (7,428), and Russian (4,001). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (103.53%), Ido (67.49%), and Yoruba (54.84%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Borden ranks 13,518 out of 19,576. Before him are Arsen Avakov, Mohammad Natsir, Georgios Kountouriotis, Vicente Rocafuerte, Pierre Dupong, and Mariela Castro. After him are Shattuara, Antti Tulenheimo, Ekrem İmamoğlu, Sally Yates, Alexander Lebedev, and Carl Gustaf Mannerheim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Robert Borden ranks 90. Before him are L. A. Ring, Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt, Takamine Jōkichi, Théodore Flournoy, Ruth Belville, and Georges Eekhoud. After him are Adela Zamudio, Marcel Brillouin, Hans Jæger, Alexandru Marghiloman, Hermann von Stein, and Aristarkh Belopolsky. Among people deceased in 1937, Robert Borden ranks 124. Before him are Alexander Chayanov, Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, Valerian Pidmohylny, Victor Laloux, Titsian Tabidze, and Mykhailo Boychuk. After him are Meliton Balanchivadze, Silvestras Žukauskas, Paul Bekker, Mykola Kulish, Yan Gamarnik, and Felix Graf von Bothmer.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Robert Borden ranks 295 out of 1,622. Before him are John Diefenbaker (1895), Natasha Henstridge (1974), George Hodgson (1893), Sunny Leone (1981), Terry Jacks (1944), and Katherine DeMille (1911). After him are Robin Sharma (1965), Mordecai Richler (1931), Michael Ignatieff (1947), Shyla Stylez (1982), Alexander Knox (1907), and John Ireland (1914).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Robert Borden ranks 23. Before him are Kim Campbell (1947), Louis St. Laurent (1882), David Johnston (1941), Joe Clark (1939), Terry Sawchuk (1929), and John Diefenbaker (1895). After him are Michael Ignatieff (1947), John Abbott (1821), Arthur Meighen (1874), Tommy Burns (1881), R. B. Bennett (1870), and Julie Payette (1963).

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