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Tommy Douglas

1904 - 1986

Tommy Douglas

Thomas Clement Douglas (20 October 1904 – 24 February 1986) was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who served as the seventh premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971. A Baptist minister, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1935 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). He left federal politics to become leader of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and then the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan. His government introduced the continent's first single-payer, universal health care program. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Tommy Douglas is the 15,480th most popular politician (down from 14,747th in 2024), the 4,245th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,709th in 2019) and the 535th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tommy Douglas ranks 15,480 out of 19,576. Before him are Wallace Fard Muhammad, Hoshyar Zebari, Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, Anwaar ul Haq Kakar, José Tomás Ovalle, and Heide Simonis. After him are Massasoit, Masrour Barzani, Jean-Marie Doré, C. E. Ruthenberg, Duncan Hunter, and Sarduri IV.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

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Wallace Fard Muhammad
1893 - 1934
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 15,481
Hoshyar Zebari
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 15,482
Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 15,483
Anwaar ul Haq Kakar
1971 - Present
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 15,484
José Tomás Ovalle
1787 - 1831
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 15,485
Heide Simonis
1943 - 2023
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 15,486
Tommy Douglas
1904 - 1986
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 15,487
Massasoit
1580 - 1662
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 15,488
Masrour Barzani
1969 - Present
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 15,489
Jean-Marie Doré
1938 - 2016
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 15,490
C. E. Ruthenberg
1882 - 1927
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 15,491
Duncan Hunter
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 15,492
Sarduri IV
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 15,493

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Tommy Douglas ranks 274. Before him are Alfred Bohrmann, Carmelo Camet, Semyon Ignatyev, Henry Johansen, August Jakobson, and August Heim. After him are Humberto Elgueta, Giorgio La Pira, Edgar Moon, Francisco Garza Gutiérrez, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, and Roberto Figueroa. Among people deceased in 1986, Tommy Douglas ranks 229. Before him are Lya Lys, Joyce Mansour, Dominique Mbonyumutwa, Olaf Hoffsbakken, David Hand, and Robert A. Lovett. After him are Richard Manuel, Susan Cabot, Felipe Rosas, Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Ramón Alberto Villaverde, and Samuel Zauber.

Others Born in 1904

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Alfred Bohrmann
ASTRONOMER
1904 - 2000
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 268
Carmelo Camet
FENCER
1904 - 2007
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 269
Semyon Ignatyev
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1983
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 270
Henry Johansen
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1988
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 271
August Jakobson
WRITER
1904 - 1963
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 272
August Heim
FENCER
1904 - 1976
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 273
Tommy Douglas
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1986
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 274
Humberto Elgueta
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1976
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 275
Giorgio La Pira
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1977
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 276
Edgar Moon
TENNIS PLAYER
1904 - 1976
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 277
Francisco Garza Gutiérrez
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1965
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 278
Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz
DIPLOMAT
1904 - 1973
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 279
Roberto Figueroa
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1989
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 280