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James Connolly

1868 - 1916

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James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile; 5 June 1868 – 12 May 1916) was an Irish republican, socialist, and trade union leader. Born to Irish parents in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, Scotland, Connolly left school for working life at the age of ten, and became involved in socialist politics in the 1880s. Although mainly known for his position in Irish socialist and republican politics, he also took a role in Scottish and American politics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Connolly has received more than 1,793,792 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). James Connolly is the 10,291st most popular politician (down from 8,112th in 2019), the 2,105th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,703rd in 2019) and the 319th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of James Connollies by language

Over the past year James Connolly has had the most page views in the with 212,936 views, followed by Spanish (10,190), and French (8,966). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Polish (225.51%), Armenian (202.34%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (89.10%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Connolly ranks 10,291 out of 19,576. Before him are Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Jan Gies, Dmitri Shepilov, Hethum II, King of Armenia, Odo de St Amand, and Vitale II Michiel. After him are Esther Hayut, Skandagupta, Shu-Sin, Ignacio Zaragoza, Aureolus of Aragon, and Edith Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, James Connolly ranks 108. Before him are Georgy Voronoy, Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, Mihailo Petrović, Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria, Infanta Blanca of Spain, and Patriarch Miron of Romania. After him are George Ellery Hale, Josep Comas i Solà, Hugo Eckener, Vydūnas, Cuno Amiet, and Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern. Among people deceased in 1916, James Connolly ranks 85. Before him are Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Ota Benga, Artúr Görgei, William Foulke, and Roger Casement. After him are Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, Lily Braun, Hugo von Pohl, Tina Blau, and Émile Faguet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Connolly ranks 2,105 out of 8,785. Before him are Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816), Glenn Hoddle (1957), Frank Dicksee (1853), Irvine Welsh (1957), and Jane Digby (1807). After him are Anthony Horowitz (1955), Gregory Winter (1951), Barbara Steele (1937), Miriam Margolyes (1941), Jodie Whittaker (1982), and Peter Hammill (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James Connolly ranks 319. Before him are Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (1404), Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355), John Profumo (1915), Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883), Edward Balliol (1283), and Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1182). After him are Caratacus (15), Thomas Fairfax (1612), Edmund Crouchback (1245), Catherine Carey (1523), William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748), and Rosamund Clifford (1150).

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