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Brian O'Driscoll

1979 - Today

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Brian Gerard O'Driscoll (born 21 January 1979) is an Irish former professional rugby union player. He played at outside centre for the Irish provincial team Leinster and for Ireland. He captained Ireland from 2003 until 2012, and captained the British & Irish Lions for their 2005 tour of New Zealand. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian O'Driscoll has received more than 1,405,318 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Brian O'Driscoll is the 25th most popular rugby player (down from 18th in 2019), the 458th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 442nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Rugby Player.

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  • 1.4M

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  • 31.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RUGBY PLAYERS

Among rugby players, Brian O'Driscoll ranks 25 out of 35. Before him are Mike Tindall, Keith Wood, Shane Williams, Brodie Retallick, Siya Kolisi, and Kieran Read. After him are Owen Farrell, Josua Tuisova, Schalk Burger, Leone Nakarawa, Dan Biggar, and Kelly Brazier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Brian O'Driscoll ranks 880. Before him are Laia Palau, Yasuyo Yamagishi, Chuck Comeau, Naoshi Nakamura, Kim Hyang-mi, and Atsuhiko Mori. After him are Milan Nikolić, Nicolien Sauerbreij, Yuta Minami, Hyun Young-min, Murilo Fischer, and Séverine Beltrame.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Brian O'Driscoll ranks 458 out of 549. Before him are Victoria Smurfit (1974), Matt Doherty (1992), Charlie McCreevy (1949), Samantha Mumba (1983), Patrick McCabe (1955), and Eamonn Coghlan (1952). After him are Daniel O'Donnell (1961), Troy Parrott (2002), Sonia O'Sullivan (1969), Ian Harte (1977), Anthony Stokes (1988), and Aisling Franciosi (1993).

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Among RUGBY PLAYERS In Ireland

Among rugby players born in Ireland, Brian O'Driscoll ranks 3. Before him are Jonathan Sexton (1985), and Keith Wood (1972). After him are Adam Leavy (1995), Max McFarland (1993), Gavin Mullin (1997), Jordan Conroy (1994), and Foster Horan (1992).

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