NOBLEMAN
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
1540 - 1616
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (Irish: Aodh Mór Ó Néill; c. 1550 – 20 July 1616) was an Irish Gaelic lord and key figure of the Nine Years' War. Known as the "Great Earl", he led the confederacy of Irish clans against the English Crown in resistance to the Tudor conquest of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth I. He was born into the O'Neill clan, Tír Eoghain's ruling noble family, during a violent succession conflict which saw his father assassinated. At the age of eight he was relocated to the Pale where he was raised by an English family. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone has received more than 415,301 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone is the 1,303rd most popular nobleman.
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420k
Page Views (PV)
45.33
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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Languages Editions (L)
2.12
Effective Languages (L*)
3.12
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Among NOBLEMEN
Among noblemen, Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone ranks 1,303 out of 1,415. Before him are Prince Faisal bin Hussein, Constantine Doukas of Thessaly, Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg, John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, and Robert of Namur. After him are Udul-kalama, Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Murad Bakhsh, Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon and Navarre, Leonor, Princess of Asturias, and Sithathoriunet.
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HPI: 45.13
Rank: 1,308
Sithathoriunet
1900 BC - 1900 BC
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 1,309
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1540, Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone ranks 30. Before him are Giovanni Artusi, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Michael Rohoza, Edmund Campion, Alessandro Striggio, and ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni. Among people deceased in 1616, Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone ranks 21. Before him are Tang Xianzu, Cornelis Ketel, Matthias de l'Obel, Francis Beaumont, Vitsentzos Kornaros, and Richard Hakluyt.
Others Born in 1540
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Giovanni Artusi
COMPOSER
1540 - 1613
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 24
Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser
EXPLORER
1540 - Present
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 25
Michael Rohoza
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1540 - 1599
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 26
Edmund Campion
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1540 - 1581
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 27
Alessandro Striggio
COMPOSER
1540 - 1592
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 28
ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni
HISTORIAN
1540 - 1615
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 29
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
NOBLEMAN
1540 - 1616
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 30
Others Deceased in 1616
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Tang Xianzu
WRITER
1550 - 1616
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 15
Cornelis Ketel
PAINTER
1548 - 1616
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 16
Matthias de l'Obel
BIOLOGIST
1538 - 1616
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 17
Francis Beaumont
WRITER
1584 - 1616
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 18
Vitsentzos Kornaros
WRITER
1553 - 1616
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 19
Richard Hakluyt
WRITER
1552 - 1616
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 20
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone
NOBLEMAN
1540 - 1616
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 21
