1868 - 1916
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 11, 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 1,353,137 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. James Connolly is the 7,435th most popular politician (down from 6,334th in 2019), the 1,621st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,336th in 2019) and the 269th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, James Connolly ranks 7,435 out of 15,710. Before him are Malyuta Skuratov, Ammi-Ditana, Konstanty Kalinowski, Mwai Kibaki, Abd al-Rahman V, and Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt. After him are Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, H. H. Kung, Said Halim Pasha, Publius Decius Mus, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, and Gian Giacomo Trivulzio.
1600 - 1573
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 7,429
1700 BC - 1700 BC
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 7,430
1838 - 1864
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 7,431
1931 - Present
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 7,432
1001 - 1024
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 7,433
1831 - 1904
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 7,434
1868 - 1916
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 7,435
1831 - 1873
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 7,436
1881 - 1967
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 7,437
1865 - 1921
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 7,438
400 BC - 295 BC
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 7,439
1673 - 1743
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 7,440
1440 - 1518
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 7,441
Among people born in 1868, James Connolly ranks 73. Before him are Ernst Linder, Otto von Lossow, Robert W. Wood, Jane Avril, Francis Jammes, and Wilhelm Schmidt. After him are Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria, Giovanni Giacometti, Infanta Blanca of Spain, Lin Sen, Edgar Lee Masters, and Stanisław Przybyszewski. Among people deceased in 1916, James Connolly ranks 66. Before him are Hetty Green, Nedeljko Čabrinović, Fredrik Idestam, August Leskien, Huang Xing, and William Foulke. After him are Marie Bracquemond, Friedrich Ernst Dorn, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Higaonna Kanryō, Oskar Backlund, and Petar Kočić.
1868 - 1943
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 67
1868 - 1938
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 68
1868 - 1955
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 69
1868 - 1943
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 70
1868 - 1938
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 71
1868 - 1954
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 72
1868 - 1916
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 73
1868 - 1915
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 74
1868 - 1933
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 75
1868 - 1949
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 76
1868 - 1943
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 77
1868 - 1950
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 78
1868 - 1927
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 79
1834 - 1916
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 60
1895 - 1916
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 61
1838 - 1916
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 62
1840 - 1916
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 63
1874 - 1916
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 64
1874 - 1916
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 65
1868 - 1916
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 66
1840 - 1916
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 67
1848 - 1916
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 68
1850 - 1916
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 69
1853 - 1916
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 70
1846 - 1916
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 71
1877 - 1916
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 72
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Connolly ranks 1,621 out of 6,924. Before him are John Kemp Starley (1854), Alan Sillitoe (1928), William Kent (1685), James Gillray (1756), Terry Eagleton (1943), and William Renshaw (1861). After him are Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Gary Glitter (1944), Christina Rossetti (1830), Matthew Festing (1949), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), and Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694).
1854 - 1901
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 1,615
1928 - 2010
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 1,616
1685 - 1748
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 1,617
1756 - 1815
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 1,618
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 1,619
1861 - 1904
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 1,620
1868 - 1916
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 1,621
1673 - 1743
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 1,622
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 1,623
1830 - 1894
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 1,624
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1,625
1773 - 1843
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1,626
1694 - 1773
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1,627
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James Connolly ranks 269. Before him are William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738), Owain Glyndŵr (1359), William Hamilton (1730), Beorhtric of Wessex (800), Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770), and Lord Guildford Dudley (1536). After him are Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Matthew Festing (1949), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), Edward the Exile (1016), and James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812).
1738 - 1809
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 263
1359 - 1415
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 264
1730 - 1803
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 265
800 - 802
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 266
1770 - 1840
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 267
1536 - 1553
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 268
1868 - 1916
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 269
1673 - 1743
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 270
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 271
1773 - 1843
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 272
1694 - 1773
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 273
1016 - 1057
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 274
1812 - 1860
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 275