1894 - 1978
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, Robert Menzies ranks 12,138 out of 15,577. Before 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.
1882 - 1942
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 12,132
1876 - 1952
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 12,133
1895 - 1978
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 12,134
1875 - 1941
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 12,135
1844 - 1897
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 12,136
154 BC - 111 BC
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 12,137
1894 - 1978
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 12,138
1912 - 1988
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 12,139
1911 - 1982
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 12,140
114 BC - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 12,141
1874 - 1959
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 12,142
1785 - 1840
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 12,143
1964 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 12,144
Among people born in 1894, Robert Menzies ranks 160. Before 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 140. Before 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.
1894 - 1958
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 154
1894 - 1982
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 155
1894 - 1984
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 156
1894 - 1977
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 157
1894 - 1985
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 158
1894 - 1961
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 159
1894 - 1978
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 160
1894 - 1976
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 161
1894 - 1967
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 162
1894 - 1989
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 163
1894 - 1959
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 164
1894 - 1944
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 165
1894 - 1961
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 166
1899 - 1978
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 134
1927 - 1978
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 135
1906 - 1978
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 136
1903 - 1978
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 137
1901 - 1978
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 138
1895 - 1978
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 139
1894 - 1978
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 140
1913 - 1978
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 141
1906 - 1978
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 142
1893 - 1978
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 143
1905 - 1978
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 144
1915 - 1978
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 145
1908 - 1978
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 146
Among people born in Australia, Robert Menzies ranks 124 out of 925. Before 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).
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 118
1938 - 2015
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 119
1944 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 120
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 121
1882 - 1961
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 122
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 123
1894 - 1978
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 124
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 125
1979 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 126
1941 - 2020
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 127
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 128
1849 - 1920
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 129
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 130
Among politicians born in Australia, Robert Menzies ranks 9. Before 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).
1968 - Present
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 3
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 4
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 5
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 6
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 7
1929 - 2019
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 8
1894 - 1978
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 9
1849 - 1920
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 10
1916 - 2014
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 11
1930 - 2015
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 12
1937 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 13
1931 - Present
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 14
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 15