1891 - 1976
John Aloysius Costello (20 June 1891 – 5 January 1976) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1948 to 1951 and from 1954 to 1957, Leader of the Opposition from 1951 to 1954 and from 1957 to 1959, and Attorney General of Ireland from 1926 to 1932. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John A. Costello has received more than 203,623 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John A. Costello is the 14,858th most popular politician (down from 12,526th in 2019), the 269th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 196th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Irish Politician.
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Among politicians, John A. Costello ranks 14,858 out of 15,577. Before him are Aslaug Dahl, Dimitrios Maximos, Lotay Tshering, Justiniano Borgoño, Galina Shamrai, and Ælfwald I of Northumbria. After him are Steny Hoyer, Ilias Tsirimokos, Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani, Enrique Múgica, Lindsey Graham, and Stanley Bruce.
1949 - Present
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 14,852
1873 - 1955
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 14,853
1969 - Present
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 14,854
1836 - 1921
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 14,855
1931 - 2022
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 14,856
759 - 788
HPI: 43.50
Rank: 14,857
1891 - 1976
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 14,858
1939 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 14,859
1907 - 1968
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 14,860
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 14,861
1932 - 2020
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 14,862
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 14,863
1883 - 1967
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 14,864
Among people born in 1891, John A. Costello ranks 230. Before him are Erik Lindahl, Willy Birgel, Lorenzo Mangiante, August Gailit, Jetta Goudal, and René Barbier. After him are Arnold Jackson, Audrey Munson, Leo Burnett, Reginald Denny, Paolo Salvi, and Oreste Puliti. Among people deceased in 1976, John A. Costello ranks 208. Before him are DeHart Hubbard, María Corda, Jimmy Garrison, Martín Luis Guzmán, Armen Ohanian, and Mortimer Wheeler. After him are Stith Thompson, John Ainsworth-Davis, Mario Alborta, Camilo Ponce Enríquez, Muhammad Sakizli, and James Wong Howe.
1891 - 1960
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 224
1891 - 1973
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 225
1891 - 1936
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 226
1891 - 1960
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 227
1891 - 1985
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 228
1891 - 1966
HPI: 43.57
Rank: 229
1891 - 1976
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 230
1891 - 1972
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 231
1891 - 1996
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 232
1891 - 1971
HPI: 43.11
Rank: 233
1891 - 1967
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 234
1891 - 1945
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 235
1891 - 1958
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 236
1903 - 1976
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 202
1898 - 1976
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 203
1934 - 1976
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 204
1887 - 1976
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 205
1887 - 1976
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 206
1890 - 1976
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 207
1891 - 1976
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 208
1885 - 1976
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 209
1895 - 1976
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 210
1910 - 1976
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 211
1912 - 1976
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 212
1892 - 1976
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 213
1899 - 1976
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 214
Among people born in Ireland, John A. Costello ranks 269 out of 501. Before him are Terence MacSwiney (1879), Thomas Romney Robinson (1792), Liam Brady (1956), Charles Haughey (1925), John Connolly (1968), and Colm Tóibín (1955). After him are Eoin O'Duffy (1890), Andrea Corr (1974), Graham Norton (1963), John Lynch (1961), Peter Sutherland (1946), and Louis Walsh (1952).
1879 - 1920
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 263
1792 - 1882
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 264
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 265
1925 - 2006
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 266
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 267
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.50
Rank: 268
1891 - 1976
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 269
1890 - 1944
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 270
1974 - Present
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 271
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 272
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 273
1946 - 2018
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 274
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 275
Among politicians born in Ireland, John A. Costello ranks 41. Before him are James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Liam Cosgrave (1920), Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), W. T. Cosgrave (1880), Garret FitzGerald (1926), and Charles Haughey (1925). After him are Peter Sutherland (1946), Cathal Brugha (1874), Mairead McGuinness (1959), William Paterson (1745), William Hobson (1792), and Richard Mulcahy (1886).
1665 - 1745
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 35
1920 - 2017
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 36
1110 - 1171
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 37
1880 - 1965
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 38
1926 - 2011
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 39
1925 - 2006
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 40
1891 - 1976
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 41
1946 - 2018
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 42
1874 - 1922
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 43
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 44
1745 - 1806
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 45
1792 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 46
1886 - 1971
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 47