List of prime ministers of New Zealand by date of birth


The following is a list of prime ministers of New Zealand, organised by date of birth, plus additional lists of birth related statistics.

Prime Ministers of New Zealand by date of birth

OBNameDate of birthOPAP
17 September 1807149
220 May 1811451
320 January 1812244
414 April 18121165
523 April 1812551
62 June 1813962
723 April 1819337
89 May 1823641
96 April 1824748
1018 December 18241255
111 November 18311045
1224 February 1835838
1327 March 18391452
1428 September 18441340
1522 June 18451548
1616 January 18511655
1731 March 18512074
1810 March 18531859
1926 March 18561956
2026 April 18561750
2112 March 18692261
2223 March 18722353
233 February 18782147
2412 February 18822775
2528 August 18842456
2618 October 18932556
2711 February 19042653
285 March 19122860
2925 September 19213154
306 January 19232949
3115 November 19273047
3231 May 19353555
3321 April 19423347
344 August 19423242
3528 January 19493441
3626 February 19503749
374 February 19523645
389 August 19613847
3930 December 19613954
4026 July 19804037

Births by century, decade and generation

Century

;Nineteenth century • : Henry Sewell, Alfred Domett, William Fox, George Grey, Frederick Whitaker, Daniel Pollen, Edward Stafford, Frederick Weld, George Waterhouse, John Hall, Harry Atkinson, Julius Vogel, John Ballance, Robert Stout, Richard Seddon, William Hall-Jones, Francis Bell, Thomas Mackenzie, William Massey, Joseph Ward, George Forbes, Michael Joseph Savage, Gordon Coates, Walter Nash, Peter Fraser, Sidney Holland
;Twentieth century • : Keith Holyoake, Jack Marshall, Robert Muldoon, Norman Kirk, Bill Rowling, Jim Bolger, Geoffrey Palmer, David Lange, Mike Moore, Helen Clark, Jenny Shipley, John Key, Bill English, Jacinda Ardern

Decade

Generation

;Transcendental Generation • : Henry Sewell, Alfred Domett, William Fox, George Grey, Frederick Whitaker, Daniel Pollen, Edward Stafford
;Gilded Generation • : Frederick Weld, George Waterhouse, John Hall, Harry Atkinson, Julius Vogel, John Ballance
;Progressive Generation • : Robert Stout, Richard Seddon, William Hall-Jones, Francis Bell, Thomas Mackenzie, William Massey, Joseph Ward
;Missionary Generation • : George Forbes, Michael Joseph Savage, Gordon Coates
;Lost Generation • : Walter Nash, Peter Fraser, Sidney Holland
;Greatest Generation • : Keith Holyoake, Jack Marshall, Robert Muldoon, Norman Kirk
;Silent Generation • : Bill Rowling, Jim Bolger
;Baby Boom Generation • : Geoffrey Palmer, David Lange, Mike Moore, Helen Clark, Jenny Shipley, John Key, Bill English
;Generation X • : Jacinda Ardern

Born in same year or same date

In same year

Only one date, 23 April, has been the birthday of more than one Prime Minister—Frederick Whitaker and Edward Stafford. The birthday problem indicates that, on average, a birthday will be shared after about 25 Prime Ministers have served. The Whitaker–Stafford birthday coincidence, the only one to date, occurred after only five distinct Prime Ministers had served.

Most and least births by month

Born before predecessor(s)

4th Prime Minister Alfred Domett
5th Prime Minister Frederick Whitaker
9th Prime Minister Daniel Pollen
10th Prime Minister Harry Atkinson
11th Prime Minister George Grey
12th Prime Minister John Hall
14th Prime Minister John Ballance
18th Prime Minister Thomas Mackenzie
19th Prime Minister William Massey
20th Prime Minister Francis Bell
22nd Prime Minister George Forbes
23rd Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage
27th Prime Minister Walter Nash
31st Prime Minister Robert Muldoon
33rd Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer
35th Prime Minister Jim Bolger
37th Prime Minister Helen Clark

Monarch at time of birth

George IV
William IV
Victoria
Edward VII
George V
George VI
Elizabeth II

Governor-General at time of birth

George Grey
Thomas Gore Browne
George Bowen
Marquess of Normanby
Arthur Hamilton-Gordon
William Jervois
Earl of Glasgow
Earl of Ranfurly
Baron Islington
Earl Jellicoe
Sir Charles Fergusson
Viscount Galway
Sir Cyril Newall
Baron Freyberg
Viscount Cobham
Keith Holyoake

Prime Minister at time of birth

William Fox
George Grey
John Hall
Harry Atkinson
Richard Seddon
Joseph Ward
William Massey
Gordon Coates
George Forbes
Peter Fraser
Sidney Holland
Keith Holyoake
Robert Muldoon