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Pat McDonald

1878 - 1954

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Patrick Joseph McDonald (born McDonnell; July 29, 1878 – May 16, 1954) was an Irish-American track and field athlete. He was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club and of the New York City Police Department, working as a traffic cop in Times Square for many years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pat McDonald has received more than 14,758 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Pat McDonald is the 408th most popular athlete (down from 390th in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 190th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Pat McDonald ranks 408 out of 6,025. Before him are Juan Pacheco, Olga Fikotová, Eddie Tolan, Bernd Kannenberg, Natalia, and Hjalmar Andersson. After him are Carol, Arvo Askola, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle, Sara Simeoni, George Saling, and Team Hoyt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Pat McDonald ranks 162. Before him are Richard Goldschmidt, Holcombe Ward, Charles Dvorak, Carl Sternheim, Fidel Dávila Arrondo, and Viktor Nogin. After him are René Maire, Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Konstantinos Paspatis, Leopold Staff, Harry Carey, and Mohammad Ali Jauhar. Among people deceased in 1954, Pat McDonald ranks 100. Before him are Jacques Mieses, Zofia Nałkowska, Tang Enbo, Leonard Eugene Dickson, Pyotr Leshchenko, and Ellen Thesleff. After him are Ludwik Hirszfeld, Henri Laurent, Ivan Maslennikov, Kaare Klint, Alberto Braglia, and Mihri Müşfik Hanım.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Pat McDonald ranks 176 out of 549. Before him are Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (1909), Patrick Hillery (1923), Enda Kenny (1951), Elizabeth Bowen (1899), and Catald (700). After him are Seán O'Casey (1880), Maeve Binchy (1939), William Trevor (1928), Colm Tóibín (1955), Luke Kelly (1940), and Jason O'Mara (1972).

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Among ATHLETES In Ireland

Among athletes born in Ireland, Pat McDonald ranks 2. Before him are John Flanagan (1873). After him are 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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