1923 - 1964
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) ( BEE-ən; Irish: Breandán Ó Beacháin; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican, an activist who wrote in both English and Irish. His widely acknowledged alcohol dependence, despite attempts to treat it, impacted his creative capacities and contributed to health and social problems which curtailed his artistic output and finally his life. In 2023 reports emerged of his allegedly sexually violent behaviour against a young New York publicist, Letty Cottin Pogrebin in the early 1960s.An Irish Republican and a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army, Behan was born in Dublin into a staunchly republican family, becoming a member of the IRA's youth organization Fianna Éireann at the age of fourteen. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brendan Behan has received more than 1,090,924 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Brendan Behan is the 3,494th most popular writer (up from 3,911th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 169th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Irish Writer.
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Among writers, Brendan Behan ranks 3,494 out of 5,755. Before him are Paul Johnson, Giuseppe Parini, Pelagonius, Berdi Kerbabayev, Herman Wouk, and Luigi Capuana. After him are Mariano Azuela, Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Misuzu Kaneko, Frédéric Beigbeder, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, and Mikhail Koltsov.
1928 - 2023
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 3,488
1729 - 1799
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 3,489
400 - 400
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 3,490
1894 - 1974
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 3,491
1915 - 2019
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 3,492
1839 - 1915
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 3,493
1923 - 1964
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 3,494
1873 - 1952
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 3,495
1911 - 1938
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 3,496
1903 - 1930
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 3,497
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 3,498
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 3,499
1898 - 1940
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 3,500
Among people born in 1923, Brendan Behan ranks 209. Before him are Shoshana Damari, Vladimir Basov, Chang Cheh, Achille Silvestrini, James Karen, and Misael Pastrana Borrero. After him are Simeon ten Holt, Madeleine Lebeau, Jim Reeves, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, Giulio Cabianca, and Barney Kessel. Among people deceased in 1964, Brendan Behan ranks 107. Before him are Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Aleksander Zawadzki, Eugen Varga, Ernst Toch, Anita Malfatti, and Rudolph Maté. After him are Ary Barroso, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, Jim Reeves, Giuseppe Amato, Joseph Schildkraut, and Bernhard Goetzke.
1923 - 2006
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 203
1923 - 1987
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 204
1923 - 2002
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 205
1923 - 2019
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 206
1923 - 2018
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 207
1923 - 1997
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 208
1923 - 1964
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 209
1923 - 2012
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 210
1923 - 2016
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 211
1923 - 1964
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 212
1923 - 1969
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 213
1923 - 1961
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 214
1923 - 2004
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 215
1907 - 1964
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 101
1899 - 1964
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 102
1879 - 1964
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 103
1887 - 1964
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 104
1889 - 1964
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 105
1898 - 1964
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 106
1923 - 1964
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 107
1903 - 1964
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 108
1879 - 1964
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 109
1923 - 1964
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 110
1899 - 1964
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 111
1896 - 1964
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 112
1884 - 1964
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 113
Among people born in Ireland, Brendan Behan ranks 140 out of 501. Before him are Sally Oldfield (1947), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Richard Montgomery (1738), Anne de Mortimer (1390), Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (1909), and Colm Meaney (1953). After him are Pat Cox (1952), Ninette de Valois (1898), William Howard Russell (1820), Kathleen Lonsdale (1903), John Sealy Townsend (1868), and Edward Sabine (1788).
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 134
1000 - 1012
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 135
1738 - 1775
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 136
1390 - 1411
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 137
1909 - 1974
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 138
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 139
1923 - 1964
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 140
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 141
1898 - 2001
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 142
1820 - 1907
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 143
1903 - 1971
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 144
1868 - 1957
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 145
1788 - 1883
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 146
Among writers born in Ireland, Brendan Behan ranks 23. Before him are Oliver Goldsmith (1728), Patrick Pearse (1879), John Banville (1945), Cornelius Ryan (1920), John Millington Synge (1871), and Cecil Day-Lewis (1904). After him are Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), Edna O'Brien (1930), Seán O'Casey (1880), Maeve Binchy (1939), Jane Wilde (1821), and Richard Steele (1672).
1728 - 1774
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 17
1879 - 1916
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 18
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 19
1920 - 1974
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 20
1871 - 1909
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 21
1904 - 1972
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 22
1923 - 1964
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 23
1852 - 1932
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 24
1930 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 25
1880 - 1964
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 26
1939 - 2012
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 27
1821 - 1896
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 28
1672 - 1729
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 29