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Wilfrid Laurier

1841 - 1919

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier (November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was a Canadian lawyer, statesman, and Liberal politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The first French Canadian prime minister, his 15-year tenure remains the longest uninterrupted term of office among Canadian prime ministers and his nearly 45 years of service in the House of Commons is a record for the House. Laurier is best known for his compromises between English and French Canada. Laurier studied law at McGill University and practised as a lawyer before being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1871. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilfrid Laurier is the 10,122nd most popular politician (down from 9,231st in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from Canada (down from 150th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among politicians, Wilfrid Laurier ranks 10,122 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, Alexander Guchkov, Artaxias II, Alfonso López Michelsen, Berenice, and Maria Zakharova. After him are Octavia the Elder, Egon Bahr, Helian Bobo, Sergey Sobyanin, Tokugawa Mitsukuni, and Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac.

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Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg
1841 - 1914
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 10,121
Alexander Guchkov
1862 - 1936
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 10,122
Artaxias II
100 BC - 20 BC
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 10,123
Alfonso López Michelsen
1913 - 2007
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 10,124
Berenice
50 BC - Present
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 10,125
Maria Zakharova
1975 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 10,126
Wilfrid Laurier
1841 - 1919
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 10,127
Octavia the Elder
100 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 10,128
Egon Bahr
1922 - 2015
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 10,129
Helian Bobo
381 - 425
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 10,130
Sergey Sobyanin
1958 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 10,131
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
1628 - 1701
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 10,132
Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac
1778 - 1832
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 10,133

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Wilfrid Laurier ranks 51. Before him are Luigi Luzzatti, Elfrida Andrée, Philipp Spitta, Marie Alfred Cornu, Sam Loyd, and Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg. After him are James Gordon Bennett Jr., Giovanni Sgambati, Catulle Mendès, Vasily Klyuchevsky, Princess Marie of the Netherlands, and Charles J. Guiteau. Among people deceased in 1919, Wilfrid Laurier ranks 82. Before him are Laurence Doherty, Michel Théato, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Daniel Peter, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, and László Mednyánszky. After him are André Prévost, Szymon Winawer, Vera Kholodnaya, José Gregorio Hernández, Francisco Moreno, and Maryana Marrash.

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Luigi Luzzatti
POLITICIAN
1841 - 1927
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 45
Elfrida Andrée
COMPOSER
1841 - 1929
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 46
Philipp Spitta
HISTORIAN
1841 - 1894
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 47
Marie Alfred Cornu
PHYSICIST
1841 - 1902
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 48
Sam Loyd
MATHEMATICIAN
1841 - 1911
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 49
Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg
POLITICIAN
1841 - 1914
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 50
Wilfrid Laurier
POLITICIAN
1841 - 1919
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 51
James Gordon Bennett Jr.
BUSINESSPERSON
1841 - 1918
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 52
Giovanni Sgambati
MUSICIAN
1841 - 1914
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 53
Catulle Mendès
WRITER
1841 - 1909
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 54
Vasily Klyuchevsky
HISTORIAN
1841 - 1911
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 55
Princess Marie of the Netherlands
COMPANION
1841 - 1910
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 56
Charles J. Guiteau
POLITICIAN
1841 - 1882
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 57