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John Howard

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John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the second-longest in Australian history, behind only Sir Robert Menzies. Howard has also been the oldest living Australian former prime minister since the death of Bob Hawke in May 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Howard is the 9,629th most popular politician (down from 8,350th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Australia (down from 69th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Australian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Howard ranks 9,629 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger, Leonidas Pyrgos, Leonardo Donato, Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp, and Joseph Caillaux. After him are Rurik Rostislavich, Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi, Mikhail Loris-Melikov, Ahmad al-Muqtadir, Burna-Buriash II, and Michel Théato.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, John Howard ranks 180. Before him are Frank Vincent, Brian Mulroney, Harold E. Varmus, Heinz Holliger, Sal Mineo, and Peppino di Capri. After him are Donald Adamson, Ignacio Zoco, Silvana Armenulić, Wendy Carlos, Giulio Angioni, and Brenda Vaccaro.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, John Howard ranks 94 out of 1,143. Before him are Flea (1962), Pat Rafter (1972), Toni Collette (1972), David Helfgott (1947), Michael Hutchence (1960), and Nick Vujicic (1982). After him are Elle Macpherson (1964), Andy Thomas (1951), George Pell (1941), Bobby Pearce (1905), Morris West (1916), and Jack Crawford (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, John Howard ranks 6. Before him are Gough Whitlam (1916), Scott Morrison (1968), Michael Jeffery (1937), Harold Holt (1908), and Bob Brown (1944). After him are Anthony Albanese (1963), Edmund Barton (1849), Kevin Rudd (1957), John Curtin (1885), Alfred Deakin (1856), and Robert Menzies (1894).

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