1898 - 1963
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. His ability to evade the traps set by the German Gestapo and Sicherheitsdienst (SD) earned him the nickname "The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican".After the war, he was named a papal domestic prelate by Pope Pius XII and served as notary of the Holy Office. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh O'Flaherty has received more than 468,711 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Hugh O'Flaherty is the 2,064th most popular religious figure (down from 1,933rd in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 181st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Irish Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 2,064 out of 2,238. Before him are Aleksander Kakowski, Harsiese A, Mir Qasim, Calgacus, Pedro Pardo de Cela, and Irmã Dulce. After him are Peter III of Alexandria, Wolfgang Haas, Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, Aram I, Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, and Remigius of Rouen.
1862 - 1938
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 2,058
1000 BC - 860 BC
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 2,059
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 2,060
10 - 100
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 2,061
1420 - 1483
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 2,062
1914 - 1992
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 2,063
1898 - 1963
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 2,064
500 - 490
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 2,065
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 2,066
1817 - 1898
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 2,067
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 2,068
1888 - 1977
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 2,069
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 2,070
Among people born in 1898, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 158. Before him are Dorothy Gish, Masuji Ibuse, Jan Brzechwa, Boughera El Ouafi, Anthony McAuliffe, and Simon Vestdijk. After him are Arend Heyting, Louis Adamic, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Emmanuel Bove, Aksel Airo, and Vasily Lebedev-Kumach. Among people deceased in 1963, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 113. Before him are Dick Powell, Fernando Tambroni, Erich Ollenhauer, Melville J. Herskovits, Benny Moré, and Mary Agnes Chase. After him are Barnum Brown, Shinobu Ishihara, Marie Marvingt, Wladimir Aïtoff, Ulises Saucedo, and John Farrow.
1898 - 1968
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 152
1898 - 1993
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 153
1898 - 1966
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 154
1898 - 1959
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 155
1898 - 1975
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 156
1898 - 1971
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 157
1898 - 1963
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 158
1898 - 1980
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 159
1898 - 1951
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 160
1898 - 1971
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 161
1898 - 1945
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 162
1898 - 1985
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 163
1898 - 1949
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 164
1904 - 1963
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 107
1901 - 1963
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 108
1901 - 1963
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 109
1895 - 1963
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 110
1919 - 1963
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 111
1869 - 1963
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 112
1898 - 1963
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 113
1873 - 1963
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 114
1879 - 1963
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 115
1875 - 1963
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 116
1879 - 1963
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 117
1896 - 1963
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 118
1904 - 1963
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 119
Among people born in Ireland, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 157 out of 501. Before him are Mary Harris Jones (1837), Shelley McNamara (1952), Aphex Twin (1971), Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785), William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620), and Michael William Balfe (1808). After him are Adomnán (624), Tom Moore (1883), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), Alan Cunningham (1887), Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913), and Alicia Boole Stott (1860).
1837 - 1930
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 151
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 152
1971 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 153
1785 - 1840
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 154
1620 - 1684
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 155
1808 - 1870
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 156
1898 - 1963
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 157
624 - 704
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 158
1883 - 1955
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 159
1852 - 1932
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 160
1887 - 1983
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 161
1913 - 2005
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 162
1860 - 1940
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 163
Among religious figures born in Ireland, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 13. Before him are Saint Kilian (640), Saint Fiacre (607), Dymphna (700), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), and Catald (700). After him are Adomnán (624), Finnian of Clonard (470), Aidan of Lindisfarne (600), William Quan Judge (1851), Violet Gibson (1876), and Oliver Plunkett (1625).
640 - 689
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 7
607 - 668
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 8
700 - 700
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 9
498 - 618
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 10
1000 - 1012
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 11
700 - 685
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 12
1898 - 1963
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 13
624 - 704
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 14
470 - 549
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 15
600 - 651
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 16
1851 - 1896
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 17
1876 - 1956
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 18
1625 - 1681
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 19