RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hugh O'Flaherty

1898 - 1963

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Hugh O'Flaherty (28 February 1898 – 30 October 1963) was an Irish Catholic priest, a senior official of the Roman Curia and a significant figure in the Catholic resistance to Nazism. During the Second World War, O'Flaherty was responsible for saving 6,500 Allied soldiers and Jews. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh O'Flaherty has received more than 610,515 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Hugh O'Flaherty is the 2,623rd most popular religious figure (down from 2,142nd in 2019), the 209th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 156th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Irish Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 610k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 2,623 out of 3,187. Before him are Johannes de Jong, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Pope Primus of Alexandria, Ulf Ekman, Luigi De Magistris, and Pope Timothy II of Alexandria. After him are Georg Sterzinsky, Samson of Dol, Roberto de Nobili, Flavian I of Antioch, Ignaty Krachkovsky, and Mario Delpini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 208. Before him are Jim Fouché, Preston Sturges, Roald Larsen, Richmond Landon, Edward Lawry Norton, and Zhu Ziqing. After him are Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Marilyn Miller, Antonio Urdinarán, Eduard Wiiralt, Georgy Langemak, and Rosa Chacel. Among people deceased in 1963, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 161. Before him are Joseph Sweeney, Learco Guerra, Vasyl Barvinsky, Medgar Evers, Frans Blom, and István Somodi. After him are Al St. John, Ernst Wetter, József Turay, Fernando Altimani, Dionisio Mejía, and Abram Deborin.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 209 out of 549. Before him are Patrick Ryan (1881), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), Sara Allgood (1879), Micheál Martin (1960), Alison Doody (1966), and Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833). After him are Larry Mullen Jr. (1961), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), Patrick Leahy (1877), George Moore (1852), Tim Ahearne (1885), and J. B. Bury (1861).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ireland

Among religious figures born in Ireland, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 15. Before him are Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Adomnán (624), Violet Gibson (1876), Catald (700), and Aidan of Lindisfarne (600). After him are Oliver Plunkett (1625), Finnian of Clonard (470), Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (516), Seán Brady (1939), Geoffrey Keating (1569), and Desmond Connell (1926).

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