1854 - 1937
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 13,354th most popular politician (down from 11,555th in 2019), the 335th most popular biography from Canada (down from 264th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Canadian Politician.
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Among politicians, Robert Borden ranks 13,354 out of 15,577. Before him are Jay Garner, Abel Matutes, Jean, Count of Paris, Joan of Acre, Ramazan Abdulatipov, and Abdullah Ensour. After him are Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Otilio Ulate Blanco, William Lai, Virginia Raggi, Polites, and Sarah Childress Polk.
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 13,348
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 13,349
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 13,350
1272 - 1307
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 13,351
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 13,352
1939 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 13,353
1854 - 1937
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 13,354
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 13,355
1891 - 1973
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 13,356
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 13,357
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 13,358
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 13,359
1803 - 1891
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 13,360
Among people born in 1854, Robert Borden ranks 91. Before him are Georges Eekhoud, Niels Neergaard, Adela Zamudio, Germán Riesco, Napoleon Cybulski, and Gerhard Louis De Geer. After him are Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt, Petros Protopapadakis, Théodore Flournoy, Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Jan Sztolcman, and Hermann Oldenberg. Among people deceased in 1937, Robert Borden ranks 127. Before him are Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Yan Gamarnik, Ernst Hoppenberg, Alexander Chervyakov, Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk, and Meliton Balanchivadze. After him are Ndre Mjeda, Yordan Yovkov, Walter Burley Griffin, Nikolai Klyuev, Axel Bakunts, and Marguerite Audoux.
1854 - 1927
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 85
1854 - 1936
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 86
1854 - 1928
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 87
1854 - 1916
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 88
1854 - 1919
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 89
1854 - 1935
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 90
1854 - 1937
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 91
1854 - 1925
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 92
1854 - 1922
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 93
1854 - 1920
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 94
1854 - 1898
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 95
1854 - 1928
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 96
1854 - 1920
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 97
1852 - 1937
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 121
1894 - 1937
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 122
1878 - 1937
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 123
1892 - 1937
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 124
1884 - 1937
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 125
1862 - 1937
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 126
1854 - 1937
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 127
1866 - 1937
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 128
1880 - 1937
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 129
1876 - 1937
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 130
1884 - 1937
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 131
1899 - 1937
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 132
1863 - 1937
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 133
Among people born in Canada, Robert Borden ranks 335 out of 1,350. Before him are Xavier Dolan (1989), Myrtle Cook (1902), Matt Craven (1956), Stu Hart (1915), Billy Bishop (1894), and R. B. Bennett (1870). After him are Nia Vardalos (1962), David Reimer (1965), Stephen Amell (1981), Robert Joy (1951), Victor Jory (1902), and Bernard Lonergan (1904).
1989 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 329
1902 - 1985
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 330
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 331
1915 - 2003
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 332
1894 - 1956
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 333
1870 - 1947
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 334
1854 - 1937
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 335
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 336
1965 - 2004
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 337
1981 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 338
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 339
1902 - 1982
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 340
1904 - 1984
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 341
Among politicians born in Canada, Robert Borden ranks 29. Before him are Joe Clark (1939), William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie (1847), Julie Payette (1963), Brock Chisholm (1896), Myrtle Cook (1902), and R. B. Bennett (1870). After him are Arthur Meighen (1874), Tommy Burns (1881), Jacques Parizeau (1930), François Legault (1957), John Sparrow David Thompson (1845), and Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879).
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 23
1847 - 1924
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 24
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 25
1896 - 1971
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 26
1902 - 1985
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 27
1870 - 1947
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 28
1854 - 1937
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 29
1874 - 1960
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 30
1881 - 1955
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 31
1930 - 2015
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 32
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 33
1845 - 1894
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 34
1879 - 1964
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 35