1917 - 1999
John Mary Lynch (15 August 1917 – 20 October 1999) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 to 1979, Leader of the Opposition from 1973 to 1977, Minister for Finance from 1965 to 1966, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1959 to 1965, Minister for Education 1957 to 1959, Minister for the Gaeltacht from March 1957 to June 1957, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Lands and Parliamentary Secretary to the Government from 1951 to 1954. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1948 to 1981.He was the third leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 until 1979, succeeding the hugely influential Seán Lemass. Lynch was the last party leader to secure (in 1977) an overall majority in the Dáil for his party. Historian and journalist T. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Lynch has received more than 352,999 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Lynch is the 15,801st most popular politician (down from 13,944th in 2019), the 329th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 280th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Irish Politician.
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Among politicians, Jack Lynch ranks 15,801 out of 15,577. Before him are Carl Levin, Cristóbal Montoro, Maria do Carmo Silveira, Patricia Espinosa, Zehava Gal-On, and Carl I. Hagen. After him are John Cornyn, Erkki Liikanen, Marcia Fudge, Silke Möller, David Marshall, and Nicole Bricq.
1934 - 2021
HPI: 40.21
Rank: 15,795
1950 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 15,796
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 15,797
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 15,798
1956 - Present
HPI: 40.19
Rank: 15,799
1944 - Present
HPI: 40.19
Rank: 15,800
1917 - 1999
HPI: 40.19
Rank: 15,801
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.19
Rank: 15,802
1950 - Present
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 15,803
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 15,804
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 15,805
1908 - 1995
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 15,806
1947 - 2017
HPI: 40.15
Rank: 15,807
Among people born in 1917, Jack Lynch ranks 293. Before him are Walter Munk, Arthur Laurents, Margo, Kamal Ranadive, Robert La Caze, and Marcel Hansenne. After him are Robert Merrill, Audrey Totter, Denis Healey, W. T. Tutte, Laurie Scott, and Fannie Lou Hamer. Among people deceased in 1999, Jack Lynch ranks 271. Before him are Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Hank Snow, Arvo Viitanen, Bailey Olter, Payne Stewart, and Gar Samuelson. After him are Harry Blackmun, Skip Spence, Hillary Brooke, Big L, Vere Bird, and Guy Mitchell.
1917 - 2019
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 287
1917 - 2011
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 288
1917 - 1985
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 289
1917 - 2001
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 290
1917 - 2015
HPI: 40.70
Rank: 291
1917 - 2002
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 292
1917 - 1999
HPI: 40.19
Rank: 293
1917 - 2004
HPI: 40.02
Rank: 294
1917 - 2013
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 295
1917 - 2015
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 296
1917 - 2002
HPI: 39.55
Rank: 297
1917 - 1999
HPI: 39.52
Rank: 298
1917 - 1977
HPI: 38.41
Rank: 299
1904 - 1999
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 265
1914 - 1999
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 266
1924 - 1999
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 267
1932 - 1999
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 268
1957 - 1999
HPI: 40.42
Rank: 269
1958 - 1999
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 270
1917 - 1999
HPI: 40.19
Rank: 271
1908 - 1999
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 272
1946 - 1999
HPI: 40.06
Rank: 273
1914 - 1999
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 274
1974 - 1999
HPI: 39.78
Rank: 275
1910 - 1999
HPI: 39.77
Rank: 276
1927 - 1999
HPI: 39.73
Rank: 277
Among people born in Ireland, Jack Lynch ranks 329 out of 501. Before him are Mabel Cahill (1863), Stephen Gately (1976), William Smith O'Brien (1803), Nahum Tate (1652), Christy Moore (1945), and Duncan Hamilton (1920). After him are Dave Allen (1936), Geoffrey Keating (1569), Patrick Kavanagh (1904), Shay Given (1976), Sheamus (1978), and Glen Hansard (1970).
1863 - 1905
HPI: 40.50
Rank: 323
1976 - 2009
HPI: 40.48
Rank: 324
1803 - 1864
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 325
1652 - 1715
HPI: 40.38
Rank: 326
1945 - Present
HPI: 40.34
Rank: 327
1920 - 1994
HPI: 40.32
Rank: 328
1917 - 1999
HPI: 40.19
Rank: 329
1936 - 2005
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 330
1569 - 1644
HPI: 40.06
Rank: 331
1904 - 1967
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 332
1976 - Present
HPI: 39.91
Rank: 333
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.85
Rank: 334
1970 - Present
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 335
Among politicians born in Ireland, Jack Lynch ranks 51. Before him are William Paterson (1745), William Hobson (1792), Richard Mulcahy (1886), Albert Reynolds (1932), Joseph Plunkett (1887), and Seán Mac Diarmada (1883). After him are Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (1116), Seán Lemass (1899), John Bruton (1947), Edward Carson (1854), William J. Duane (1780), and John Redmond (1856).
1745 - 1806
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 45
1792 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 46
1886 - 1971
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 47
1932 - 2014
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 48
1887 - 1916
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 49
1883 - 1916
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 50
1917 - 1999
HPI: 40.19
Rank: 51
1116 - 1198
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 52
1899 - 1971
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 53
1947 - 2024
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 54
1854 - 1935
HPI: 39.17
Rank: 55
1780 - 1865
HPI: 38.00
Rank: 56
1856 - 1918
HPI: 37.74
Rank: 57