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Patrick Hillery

1923 - 2008

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Patrick John Hillery (Irish: Pádraig J. Ó hIrghile; 2 May 1923 – 12 April 2008) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the sixth president of Ireland from December 1976 to December 1990. He also served as vice-president of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Social Affairs from 1973 to 1976, Minister for External Affairs from 1969 to 1973, Minister for Labour from 1966 to 1969, Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1965 to 1969 and Minister for Education from 1959 to 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Hillery has received more than 334,135 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Patrick Hillery is the 13,302nd most popular politician (down from 13,062nd in 2019), the 172nd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 188th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Irish Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Patrick Hillery ranks 13,302 out of 19,576. Before him are Abdullah Ensour, Hakainde Hichilema, Ashtavakra, Olli Rehn, William R. King, and Osceola. After him are Carlos Anaya, Publius Rutilius Lupus, Jacinda Ardern, Mayawati, Juan Carlos Varela, and Sushil Koirala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Patrick Hillery ranks 278. Before him are Thad Jones, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Hassan Ali Mansur, Daniil Shafran, Bülent Ulusu, and Oskar Fischer. After him are Ennio de Concini, Mikhail Pugovkin, Jim Reeves, Bruno Zumino, Adolf Grünbaum, and Isao Kimura. Among people deceased in 2008, Patrick Hillery ranks 198. Before him are Semka Sokolović-Bertok, Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, Raúl Reyes, Barry Morse, Rina Zaripova, and Cedella Booker. After him are Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, Ennio de Concini, Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Mikhail Pugovkin, Odetta, and Nikola Kljusev.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Patrick Hillery ranks 172 out of 549. Before him are Ronan Keating (1977), Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913), Violet Gibson (1876), Sinéad Cusack (1948), Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), and Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander (1909). After him are Enda Kenny (1951), Elizabeth Bowen (1899), Catald (700), Pat McDonald (1878), Seán O'Casey (1880), and Maeve Binchy (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Patrick Hillery ranks 30. Before him are Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), Charles Stewart Parnell (1846), Pat Cox (1952), John Bruton (1947), Edward Bruce (1275), and Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880). After him are Enda Kenny (1951), Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), Micheál Martin (1960), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), and Liam Cosgrave (1920).

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