1898 - 1963
Hugh O'Flaherty (28 February 1898 – 30 October 1963), was an Irish Catholic priest and senior official of the Roman Curia, and a significant figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism. During World War II, 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 O'Flaherty the nickname "The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh O'Flaherty has received more than 393,467 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh O'Flaherty is the 1,936th most popular religious figure, the 181st most popular biography from Ireland and the 13th most popular Irish Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 1,936 out of 2,272. Before him are Salvatore De Giorgi, Leonid Stadnyk, Anselmo Lorenzo, Pope Theonas of Alexandria, László Lékai, and John Patrick Foley. After him are Ísleifur Gissurarson, Pino Puglisi, Louis Raphaël I Sako, Carlos Osoro Sierra, Pope Timothy I of Alexandria, and James Michael Harvey.
1930 - Present
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 1,930
1969 - 2014
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 1,931
1841 - 1914
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 1,932
300 - 300
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 1,933
1910 - 1986
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 1,934
1935 - 2011
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 1,935
1898 - 1963
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 1,936
1006 - 1080
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 1,937
1937 - 1993
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 1,938
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 1,939
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 1,940
350 - 384
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 1,941
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 1,942
Among people born in 1898, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 182. Before him are Henry Luce, Norman Vincent Peale, Grace Moore, Blind Willie McTell, Preston Sturges, and Rosa Chacel. After him are Shirley Booth, John Grierson, Félix Sesúmaga, Jim Fouché, Riichi Yokomitsu, and Vasily Lebedev-Kumach. Among people deceased in 1963, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 134. Before him are Sabu Dastagir, Dick Powell, Louis Bastien, Al St. John, Sonny Clark, and József Turay. After him are Ernie Davis, Artur Lemba, Abram Deborin, Cilly Aussem, Charles Winslow, and Arthur Jonath.
1898 - 1967
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 176
1898 - 1993
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 177
1898 - 1947
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 178
1898 - 1959
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 179
1898 - 1959
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 180
1898 - 1994
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 181
1898 - 1963
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 182
1898 - 1992
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 183
1898 - 1972
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 184
1898 - 1925
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 185
1898 - 1980
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 186
1898 - 1947
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 187
1898 - 1949
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 188
1924 - 1963
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 128
1904 - 1963
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 129
1881 - 1963
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 130
1892 - 1963
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 131
1931 - 1963
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 132
1905 - 1963
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 133
1898 - 1963
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 134
1939 - 1963
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 135
1885 - 1963
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 136
1881 - 1963
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 137
1909 - 1963
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 138
1888 - 1963
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 139
1909 - 1963
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 140
Among people born in Ireland, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 181 out of 460. Before him are Veronica Guerin (1958), Pat McDonald (1878), Ronnie Drew (1934), George Allman (1812), Elizabeth Bowen (1899), and Seán T. O'Kelly (1882). After him are John Boyne (1971), Dorothea Jordan (1761), Jason O'Mara (1972), Pat Cox (1952), William Orpen (1878), and George Abraham Grierson (1851).
1958 - 1996
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 175
1878 - 1954
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 176
1934 - 2008
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 177
1812 - 1898
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 178
1899 - 1973
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 179
1882 - 1966
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 180
1898 - 1963
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 181
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 182
1761 - 1816
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 183
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 184
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 185
1878 - 1931
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 186
1851 - 1941
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 187
Among religious figures born in Ireland, Hugh O'Flaherty ranks 13. Before him are Saint Kilian (640), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Dymphna (700), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Aidan of Lindisfarne (600), and Adomnán (624). After him are Desmond Connell (1926), Seán Brady (1939), and Geoffrey Keating (1569).
640 - 689
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 7
498 - 618
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 8
700 - 700
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 9
1000 - 1012
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 10
600 - 651
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 11
624 - 704
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 12
1898 - 1963
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 13
1926 - 2017
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 14
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 15
1569 - 1644
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 16