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Vincent Massey

1887 - 1967

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Charles Vincent Massey (February 20, 1887 – December 30, 1967) was a Canadian diplomat and statesman who served as the 18th governor general of Canada from 1952 to 1959. Massey was the first governor general of Canada who was born in Canada. Massey was born into an influential Toronto family and was educated in Ontario and England, obtaining a degree in history and befriending future prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King while studying at the University of Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vincent Massey has received more than 408,395 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Vincent Massey is the 18,159th most popular politician, the 851st most popular biography from Canada and the 69th most popular Canadian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

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  • 37.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vincent Massey ranks 18,159 out of 19,576. Before him are Joe Wilson, Oliver Spasovski, Jackie Speier, Lulzim Basha, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, and Figen Yüksekdağ. After him are Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Nicholas Brathwaite, Vincent Peillon, Paolo Rondelli, Sergei Udaltsov, and Mimi Kodheli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Vincent Massey ranks 296. Before him are William Frawley, Ralph Ince, Ernest Gruening, Jack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton, and Harry F. Byrd. After him is Sam Dickson. Among people deceased in 1967, Vincent Massey ranks 286. Before him are Patrick Kavanagh, Tom Conway, Stuart Erwin, Constance Titus, Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., and Nat Pendleton. After him are Willard Rice, Krishna Hutheesing, and Donald Sangster.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Vincent Massey ranks 851 out of 1,622. Before him are Ryder Hesjedal (1980), Isabelle Gélinas (1963), Andrea Jung (1959), Natasha St-Pier (1981), Ian Tracey (1964), and Steve MacLean (1954). After him are Sylvie Fréchette (1967), Jewel Staite (1982), Robert C. Cooper (1968), Robert Thirsk (1953), Harry Sinden (1932), and Guy Maddin (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Vincent Massey ranks 69. Before him are Georges Vanier (1888), Beattie Ramsay (1895), Ted Lindsay (1925), Kathleen Wynne (1953), Conrad Black (1944), and Hazel McCallion (1921). After him are Tom Mulcair (1954), Edward Schreyer (1935), Joseph Albert Sullivan (1901), André Boisclair (1966), Mark Carney (1965), and François-Philippe Champagne (1970).

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