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Jean Béliveau

1931 - 2014

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Joseph Jean Arthur Béliveau (August 31, 1931 – December 2, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played parts of 20 seasons with the National Hockey League's (NHL) Montreal Canadiens from 1950 to 1971. Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972, "Le Gros Bill" Béliveau is widely regarded as one of the ten greatest NHL players of all time. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Béliveau first played professionally in the Quebec Major Hockey League (QMHL). He made his NHL debut with the Canadiens in 1950, but chose to remain in the QMHL full-time until 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Béliveau is the 11,813th most popular politician (down from 11,564th in 2019), the 245th most popular biography from Canada (down from 202nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jean Béliveau ranks 11,813 out of 19,576. Before him are Hunter Biden, Yuriy Boyko, Branko Mamula, Antonio Priuli, Pat Buchanan, and Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Guillermo Endara, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Lady Adela, Zoran Janković, Atef Ebeid, and Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Jean Béliveau ranks 246. Before him are Sven Tumba, Shunichiro Okano, Ernst Degner, León Febres Cordero, Galina Zybina, and Bernard Panafieu. After him are Yulian Semyonov, Mino De Rossi, Michel Deville, José Alencar, Willie Mays, and Richard Ratsimandrava. Among people deceased in 2014, Jean Béliveau ranks 201. Before him are Jaime Lusinchi, Ferdinando Terruzzi, Reuven Feuerstein, Carlos Borges, Theodore Van Kirk, and Käbi Laretei. After him are Atef Ebeid, Joel Camargo, René Burri, Manuel Uribe, Carlos Páez Vilaró, and Charlie Haden.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jean Béliveau ranks 245 out of 1,622. Before him are Walter Pidgeon (1897), Harold Russell (1914), René Lévesque (1922), Roger Spottiswoode (1945), Conrad Black (1944), and Bobby Hull (1939). After him are Northrop Frye (1912), Maud Menten (1879), Neve Campbell (1973), Neil Peart (1952), Suzanne Morrow Francis (1930), and Arthur Hill (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Jean Béliveau ranks 27. Before him are Kim Campbell (1947), Vincent Massey (1887), Pierre Poilievre (1979), Joe Clark (1939), René Lévesque (1922), and Conrad Black (1944). After him are Louis St. Laurent (1882), Terry Sawchuk (1929), John T. Dunlap (1957), John Abbott (1821), John Diefenbaker (1895), and Patricia Jones (1930).

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