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John Flanagan

1873 - 1938

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John Joseph Flanagan (sometimes spelled Flannigan; January 28, 1868 – June 3, 1938) was an Irish-American three-time Olympic gold medalist in the hammer throw, winning in 1900, 1904, and 1908. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Flanagan has received more than 34,769 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). John Flanagan is the 102nd most popular athlete (up from 117th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 108th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Athlete.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Flanagan ranks 102 out of 6,025. Before him are Niels Holst-Sørensen, Ralph Rose, Dora Ratjen, Frank Jarvis, Viktor Mamatov, and Robert Hichens. After him are Inese Jaunzeme, Theagenes of Thasos, Edwin Moses, Gaston Roelants, Volodymyr Holubnychy, and Thomas Curtis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, John Flanagan ranks 81. Before him are Louis Feuillade, Alexey Shchusev, Iuliu Maniu, Joseph Paul-Boncour, Nureddin Pasha, and Auguste Chevalier. After him are Leon Czolgosz, Thomas Curtis, Carl Flesch, Dámaso Berenguer, Joseph Jongen, and Daisy, Princess of Pless. Among people deceased in 1938, John Flanagan ranks 95. Before him are Ante Trumbić, Octavian Goga, Hans Litten, Jānis K. Bērziņš, King Oliver, and Frigyes Karinthy. After him are Émile Cohl, Otto Warburg, Axel Ljung, Joseph Strauss, Kazimierz Twardowski, and Boris Pilnyak.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, John Flanagan ranks 97 out of 549. Before him are Liam Cunningham (1961), Patrick Pearse (1879), Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785), Dymphna (700), Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883), and Charles Maturin (1780). After him are Edward Mulhare (1923), Roy Keane (1971), Arthur Griffith (1871), John Millington Synge (1871), Fiona Shaw (1958), and Arthur Guinness (1725).

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Among ATHLETES In Ireland

Among athletes born in Ireland, John Flanagan ranks 1. After him are Pat McDonald (1878), Patrick Ryan (1881), Patrick Leahy (1877), Tim Ahearne (1885), Martin Sheridan (1881), William Carr (1876), Matt McGrath (1875), Tom Kiely (1869), Edward Barrett (1877), Pat O'Callaghan (1906), and James Mitchel (1864).

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