POLITICIAN

Joseph Plunkett

1887 - 1916

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Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: Seosamh Máire Pluincéid; 21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish republican, poet and journalist. As a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising, he was one of the seven signatories to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Plunkett has received more than 757,625 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Joseph Plunkett is the 16,781st most popular politician (down from 15,602nd in 2019), the 316th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 317th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Plunkett ranks 16,781 out of 19,576Before him are Pravind Jugnauth, Chidambaram Subramaniam, Arvind Kejriwal, Otto Bahr Halvorsen, Petra Roth, and Māris Gailis. After him are Arta Dade, Marielle Franco, Zbigniew Wassermann, Paul Biyoghé Mba, Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera, and Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Joseph Plunkett ranks 274Before him are Olga Oelkers, Karl Neumer, Vincenzo Cardarelli, Harold Walden, Cayetano Saporiti, and Hedwig Kohn. After him are Lynn Fontanne, Carl-Friedrich Freiherr von Langen, Merritt Giffin, Kate Gillou, Raymond Thorne, and Roland Young. Among people deceased in 1916, Joseph Plunkett ranks 149Before him are Jørgen Pedersen Gram, William Stanley Jr., Tom Clarke, Lydia Zvereva, George Butterworth, and Samu Fóti. After him are Wilhelm Lützow, Charles Ericksen, Éamonn Ceannt, Seán Mac Diarmada, Thomas MacDonagh, and Inez Milholland.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Joseph Plunkett ranks 316 out of 549Before him are Cecelia Ahern (1981), Frank Harris (1856), Thomas Romney Robinson (1792), Terry Wogan (1938), Dave Allen (1936), and Mary Ward (1827). After him are Barry Keoghan (1992), Nicky Byrne (1978), Damien Rice (1973), Frank O'Farrell (1927), Robert Emmet (1778), and Duncan Hamilton (1920).

Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Joseph Plunkett ranks 49Before him are Jack Lynch (1917), John A. Costello (1891), Peter Sutherland (1946), Richard Mulcahy (1886), Albert Reynolds (1932), and Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715). After him are Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), William Hobson (1792), William J. Duane (1780), Seán Lemass (1899), Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (1116), and Edward Carson (1854).