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Stephen Harper

1959 - Today

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Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. He is to date the only prime minister to have come from the modern-day Conservative Party of Canada, serving as the party's first leader from 2004 to 2015. Harper studied economics, earning a bachelor's degree in 1985 and a master's degree in 1991 at the University of Calgary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Harper has received more than 6,651,018 page views. His biography is available in 94 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 92 in 2019). Stephen Harper is the 10,123rd most popular politician (down from 9,584th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Canada (down from 159th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Canadian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 94

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Stephen Harper ranks 10,123 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert Lansing, Ramón Castro Ruz, Élias Sarkis, István Friedrich, Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and Pietro Grimani. After him are James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Autobiography of Harkhuf, José Linhares, Enlil-nadin-apli, Arsenio Martínez Campos, and Benedetto Cairoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Stephen Harper ranks 126. Before him are Massimo Bonini, John C. McGinley, Thomas F. Wilson, Robert Smith, Catherine Keener, and Jim Yong Kim. After him are Helmuth Duckadam, Roberto Fiore, Henry Czerny, R. A. Salvatore, Jonathan Franzen, and Patrick Bruel.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Stephen Harper ranks 165 out of 1,622. Before him are John Tuzo Wilson (1908), Denys Arcand (1941), Shawn Mendes (1998), Brian Mulroney (1939), Raymond Massey (1896), and Jeff Wall (1946). After him are Joe Shuster (1914), Henry Czerny (1959), James Doohan (1920), Emily Carr (1871), Napoleon Sarony (1821), and Alfred Aho (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Stephen Harper ranks 13. Before him are Paul Martin (1938), Mary Simon (1947), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), Louis Riel (1844), Wilfrid Laurier (1841), and Brian Mulroney (1939). After him are René Lévesque (1922), Jean Béliveau (1931), John T. Dunlap (1957), Kim Campbell (1947), Louis St. Laurent (1882), and David Johnston (1941).

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