1920 - 2017
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.
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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.
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 14,478
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 14,479
1953 - 2009
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 14,480
1739 - 1800
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 14,481
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 14,482
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 14,483
1920 - 2017
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 14,484
1862 - 1928
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 14,485
1930 - 1999
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 14,486
1856 - 1923
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 14,487
1786 - 1857
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 14,488
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 14,489
1977 - Present
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 14,490
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.
1920 - 1998
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 318
1920 - 1996
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 319
1920 - 2016
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 320
1920 - 1993
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 321
1920 - 2003
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 322
1920 - 1994
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 323
1920 - 2017
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 324
1920 - 1986
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 325
1920 - 2023
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 326
1920 - 2012
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 327
1920 - 2019
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 328
1920 - 1994
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 329
1920 - 1988
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 330
1931 - 2017
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 395
1936 - 2017
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 396
1950 - 2017
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 397
1930 - 2017
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 398
1927 - 2017
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 399
1930 - 2017
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 400
1920 - 2017
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 401
1941 - 2017
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 402
1921 - 2017
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 403
1943 - 2017
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 404
1925 - 2017
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 405
1939 - 2017
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 406
1947 - 2017
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 407
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).
1665 - 1745
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 245
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 246
1879 - 1950
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 247
1981 - Present
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 248
1886 - 1939
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 249
1872 - 1922
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 250
1920 - 2017
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 251
1885 - 1968
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 252
1935 - 1958
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 253
1110 - 1171
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 254
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 255
1887 - 1959
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 256
1877 - 1938
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 257
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).
1923 - 2008
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 30
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 31
1822 - 1872
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 32
1882 - 1966
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 33
1911 - 1978
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 34
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