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POLITICIAN

Robert Menzies

1894 - 1978

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Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978) was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th prime minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and 1949 to 1966. He held office as the leader of the United Australia Party (UAP) in his first term, and subsequently as the inaugural leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, which he was responsible for establishing and defining in policy and political outreach. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Menzies has received more than 1,610,430 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Robert Menzies is the 12,138th most popular politician (down from 11,225th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Australia (up from 128th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Australian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Menzies ranks 12,138 out of 15,577Before him are Nevile Henderson, Solomon Lozovsky, Jerzy Kuryłowicz, Fritz Manteuffel, Mutsu Munemitsu, and Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica. After him are Herluf Bidstrup, Antonio Guzmán Fernández, Marcus Pupius Piso Frugi Calpurnianus, Sténio Vincent, Nicholas Aylward Vigors, and Ylva Johansson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Robert Menzies ranks 160Before him are Goro Yamada, Johan Wilhelm Rangell, Giuseppe Tucci, Willem Schermerhorn, Viorica Ursuleac, and James Thurber. After him are Walter Piston, Oskar Maria Graf, José Bustamante y Rivero, Esfir Shub, Henryk Sławik, and Nita Naldi. Among people deceased in 1978, Robert Menzies ranks 140Before him are Rudolf Svensson, Liane Augustin, Roman Karmen, Claude Dauphin, Mária Mednyánszky, and Jerzy Kuryłowicz. After him are Jean Nicolas, Luo Ruiqing, Costante Girardengo, Eric Frank Russell, Leigh Brackett, and Gotthard Handrick.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Robert Menzies ranks 124 out of 925Before him are Ron Mueck (1958), Daevid Allen (1938), Raewyn Connell (1944), Gregory David Roberts (1952), Percy Grainger (1882), and Portia de Rossi (1973). After him are James Harrison (1936), Rose Byrne (1979), Helen Reddy (1941), Anthony LaPaglia (1959), Edmund Barton (1849), and Joel Edgerton (1974).

Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, Robert Menzies ranks 9Before him are Scott Morrison (1968), David Hurley (1953), John Curtin (1885), Kevin Rudd (1957), Malcolm Turnbull (1954), and Bob Hawke (1929). After him are Edmund Barton (1849), Gough Whitlam (1916), Malcolm Fraser (1930), Dawn Fraser (1937), William Deane (1931), and Paul Keating (1944).