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Billy Hughes

1862 - 1952

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William Morris Hughes (25 September 1862 – 28 October 1952) was an Australian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923. He led the nation during World War I, and his influence on national politics spanned several decades. He was a member of the federal parliament from the Federation of Australia in 1901 until his death in 1952, and is the only person to have served as a parliamentarian for more than 50 years. He represented six political parties during his career, leading five, outlasting four, and being expelled from three. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Billy Hughes is the 14,978th most popular politician (up from 15,127th in 2019), the 3,944th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,951st in 2019) and the 520th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Billy Hughes ranks 14,978 out of 19,576. Before him are Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Károly Kárpáti, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Take Ionescu, Mikhail Solomentsev, and S. Yizhar. After him are Carlo Petrini, Evangelos Venizelos, Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski, Domenico Flabanico, Eva Šuranová, and Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Billy Hughes ranks 130. Before him are Hulda Garborg, Eugen Schmidt, Andrew Fisher, Moriz Rosenthal, Wil van Gogh, and Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller. After him are Theodor Fischer, Henry Slocum, Andrés Héctor Carvallo, Vladimir Burtsev, Concepción Aleixandre, and Antoni Lange. Among people deceased in 1952, Billy Hughes ranks 143. Before him are Ivan Olbracht, Itzik Feffer, Richard Johansson, Guido Castelnuovo, Sándor Pósta, and Jack Conway. After him are Gregory La Cava, Forest Ray Moulton, Fartein Valen, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Italo Montemezzi, and Henriette Roland Holst.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Billy Hughes ranks 3,945 out of 8,785. Before him are Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer (1897), Grace Chisholm Young (1868), Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628), Robert Lindsay (1890), Wilfrid Hyde-White (1903), and Michael Winner (1935). After him are Ælfric of Eynsham (955), Fred Frith (1949), Mary Garden (1874), Mortimer Wheeler (1890), Georges Passerieu (1885), and Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet (1800).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Billy Hughes ranks 520. Before him are Cenwalh of Wessex (601), Margaret Beckett (1943), Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885), Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871), Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), and Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628). After him are Zac Goldsmith (1975), Prince Frederick of Great Britain (1750), Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887), Grantley Goulding (1874), Hywel Dda (880), and Charlie Whiting (1952).

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