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POLITICIAN

Liam Cosgrave

1920 - 2017

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Liam Cosgrave (13 April 1920 – 4 October 2017) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1973 to 1977, Leader of Fine Gael from 1965 to 1977, Leader of the Opposition from 1965 to 1973, Minister for External Affairs from 1954 to 1957, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce and Government Chief Whip from 1948 to 1951. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1943 to 1981. Born in Castleknock, Dublin, Cosgrave was the son of W. T. Cosgrave, the first President of the Executive Council in the newly formed Irish Free State. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Liam Cosgrave has received more than 299,926 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Liam Cosgrave is the 14,484th most popular politician (down from 12,849th in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 213th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Irish Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Liam Cosgrave ranks 14,484 out of 15,577. Before him are Zlatko Lagumdžija, Khalid Skah, Shōichi Nakagawa, John Rutledge, Æthelred, and Stella Kyriakides. After him are Andrew Fisher, Paul-Émile de Souza, Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, Louis McLane, Lydie Polfer, and Robert Abela.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Liam Cosgrave ranks 324. Before him are Bella Abzug, William Colby, Carlo Monti, Paul Mebus, Jim Siedow, and Ljubomir Lovrić. After him are Alfonso Thiele, C. R. Rao, Clive Dunn, John Paul Stevens, Kelpo Gröndahl, and Ralph Meeker. Among people deceased in 2017, Liam Cosgrave ranks 401. Before him are Della Reese, Nils Nilsson, Martin McGuinness, Ty Hardin, Robert Alt, and Anthony Harvey. After him are Jared Martin, Richard Wilbur, Charles P. Thacker, Gunnar Birkerts, Ruth Perry, and Joseph Nicolosi.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Liam Cosgrave ranks 251 out of 501. Before him are James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Stuart Townsend (1972), Sara Allgood (1879), John O'Shea (1981), Owen Moore (1886), and William Desmond Taylor (1872). After him are Tim Ahearne (1885), Billy Whelan (1935), Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), Stephen Roche (1959), Patrick O'Connell (1887), and Tom Crean (1877).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Liam Cosgrave ranks 36. Before him are Patrick Hillery (1923), Enda Kenny (1951), Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822), Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), and James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665). After him are Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), W. T. Cosgrave (1880), Garret FitzGerald (1926), Charles Haughey (1925), John A. Costello (1891), and Peter Sutherland (1946).

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