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Brian Cowen

1960 - Today

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Brian Bernard Cowen (born 10 January 1960) is an Irish former politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 2008 to 2011. Cowen served as a TD for the constituency of Laois–Offaly from 1984 to 2011 and served in a number of ministerial roles between 1992 and 2011, including as Minister for Finance from 2004 to 2008 and Tánaiste from 2007 to 2008. Cowen was elected leader of Fianna Fáil in May 2008, upon the resignation of Bertie Ahern, and was nominated by Dáil Éireann to replace him as Taoiseach. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Cowen has received more than 593,014 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Cowen is the 5,863rd most popular politician (up from 6,054th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 64th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Irish Politician.

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  • 590k

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  • 58.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 21.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Brian Cowen ranks 5,863 out of 19,576. Before him are Æthelberht of Kent, Salome I, Otto Wels, Xiao Xin, Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, and Charles Taylor. After him are Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Bagrat IV of Georgia, Ben Carson, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, and Maria Palaiologina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Brian Cowen ranks 63. Before him are Jennifer Grey, John Galliano, Hideaki Anno, Walter Zenga, Jonas Gahr Støre, and Jeremy Clarkson. After him are Sarah Brightman, Hirohiko Araki, Barham Salih, Daryl Hannah, José Maria Neves, and Željko Obradović.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Brian Cowen ranks 60 out of 549. Before him are Richard Cantillon (1680), Mary Jane Kelly (1863), George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449), Colin Farrell (1976), Thomas Moore (1779), and Sinéad O'Connor (1966). After him are Mary Robinson (1944), George Francis FitzGerald (1851), Christy Brown (1932), Kevin Farrell (1947), Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), and Brian Boru (941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Brian Cowen ranks 9. Before him are Michael D. Higgins (1941), Michael Collins (1890), Causantín mac Cináeda (836), Bertie Ahern (1951), Harald Gille (1103), and George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449). After him are Mary Robinson (1944), Brian Boru (941), Edmund the Martyr (841), Malcolm II of Scotland (954), Eliza Lynch (1833), and Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769).

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