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Frank Sheeran

1920 - 2003

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Francis Joseph Sheeran (October 25, 1920 – December 14, 2003), also known as "The Irishman", was an American labor union official and enforcer for Jimmy Hoffa and Russell Bufalino. He was accused of having links to the Bufalino crime family in his capacity as a high-ranking official in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), the president of Local 326. Sheeran was a leading figure involved in the infiltration of unions by organized crime in the 1960s and 70s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Sheeran has received more than 12,880,859 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Frank Sheeran is the 75th most popular extremist (down from 57th in 2019), the 1,575th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,187th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Extremist.

In 2013, Ed Sheeran released his debut album, +. The album was a commercial success, reaching number one in the UK and Ireland, as well as the top five in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. The album has sold over 5 million copies worldwide.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Frank Sheeran ranks 75 out of 283. Before him are Johnny Torrio, Gary Ridgway, Willi Herold, Charles Sobhraj, Hermine Braunsteiner, and Jordan Belfort. After him are Shamil Basayev, Ma Barker, Emperor Norton, Wadie Haddad, Matija Gubec, and James Earl Ray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Frank Sheeran ranks 80. Before him are Takashi Kano, Arthur Hailey, Alicia Alonso, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Dorothea Binz, and Maurice Bucaille. After him are Gottfried Böhm, Mehdi Ben Barka, Peter D. Mitchell, Mario Benedetti, Hans Blumenberg, and Henri Verneuil. Among people deceased in 2003, Frank Sheeran ranks 52. Before him are Monique Wittig, Lee Yoo-hyung, Denis Thatcher, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Waichiro Omura, and Moktar Ould Daddah. After him are Anna Lindh, Rasul Gamzatov, Annemarie Schimmel, Valentin Pavlov, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, and Michael P. Anderson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Sheeran ranks 1,575 out of 20,380. Before him are Rollo May (1909), Jeremy Rifkin (1945), Chevy Chase (1943), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), and Edward Charles Pickering (1846). After him are George Wald (1906), Alben W. Barkley (1877), Don Ameche (1908), Mark Harmon (1951), Walter Gilbert (1932), and Jessica Chastain (1977).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Frank Sheeran ranks 22. Before him are Edmund Kemper (1948), Butch Cassidy (1866), Aileen Wuornos (1956), Dennis Rader (1945), Gary Ridgway (1949), and Jordan Belfort (1962). After him are Ma Barker (1873), James Earl Ray (1928), Susan Atkins (1948), Henry Lee Lucas (1936), Whitey Bulger (1929), and Robert Hansen (1939).

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