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John Diefenbaker

1895 - 1979

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John George Diefenbaker (September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was the 13th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1957 to 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative party leader between 1930 and 1979 to lead the party to an election victory, doing so three times, although only once with a majority of the seats in the House of Commons. Diefenbaker was born in the small town of Neustadt in Southwestern Ontario. In 1903, his family migrated west to the portion of the North-West Territories that would soon become the province of Saskatchewan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Diefenbaker is the 12,881st most popular politician (up from 13,376th in 2019), the 291st most popular biography from Canada (down from 290th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Diefenbaker ranks 12,881 out of 19,576. Before him are Jusuf Kalla, Iñaki Urdangarin, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Dorin Recean, Sao Shwe Thaik, and John V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel. After him are Frederick II of Legnica, Lucius Marcius Philippus, Sarah Sanders, V. J. Sukselainen, Jean Van Houtte, and Henry Ireton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, John Diefenbaker ranks 174. Before him are Nigel Bruce, Georg Muche, John Ainsworth-Davis, Leonid Utyosov, Giovanni Brunero, and Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah. After him are Marie-Dominique Chenu, Vilho Tuulos, Vsevolod Ivanov, Plínio Salgado, Christian Herter, and Gabriel Chevallier. Among people deceased in 1979, John Diefenbaker ranks 155. Before him are Zeppo Marx, Alfred Deller, Sigrid Fick, Catherine Hessling, Imre Harangi, and John Wright. After him are Tapio Rautavaara, Georgy Beriev, Bruno Apitz, István Örkény, Hans von Funck, and Mahmoud Taleghani.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, John Diefenbaker ranks 291 out of 1,622. Before him are Allan Dwan (1885), Emily Carr (1871), Alan Thicke (1947), George Lawrence Price (1892), Alissa White-Gluz (1985), and Elias Koteas (1961). After him are Marie-Claire Blais (1939), Len Cariou (1939), Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879), David H. Levy (1948), Betty Taylor (1916), and Stana Katic (1978).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, John Diefenbaker ranks 32. Before him are Conrad Black (1944), Jean Béliveau (1931), Louis St. Laurent (1882), Terry Sawchuk (1929), John T. Dunlap (1957), and John Abbott (1821). After him are Patricia Jones (1930), Marc Garneau (1949), Robert Borden (1854), Julie Payette (1963), Michael Ignatieff (1947), and Arthur Meighen (1874).

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