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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 311,090 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Patrick Hillery is the 13,107th most popular politician (down from 11,218th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 159th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Irish Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Patrick Hillery ranks 13,107 out of 15,577. Before him are Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Jubal Early, Christian Lundeberg, Pedro Santana Lopes, Ermesinde of Luxembourg, Countess of Namur, and Vinicio Cerezo. After him are George Sabra, Thaddeus Stevens, Meira Kumar, Nazi-Maruttash, William Davies Evans, and Edgar Lungu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Patrick Hillery ranks 273. Before him are Juan Arza, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Thad Jones, Stefan Bozhkov, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, and Harold Gould. After him are Murray Walker, Eric Sykes, Sara Lidman, Vittorio De Seta, Ivan Gubijan, and Alfredo Nobre da Costa. Among people deceased in 2008, Patrick Hillery ranks 209. Before him are William Gibson, Ricardo Infante, Heinz Kwiatkowski, Rina Zaripova, Sarla Thakral, and Neil Aspinall. After him are Tom Lantos, Ollie Johnston, Mustafa Khalil, Gary Gygax, Nikolai Baibakov, and Dith Pran.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Patrick Hillery ranks 189 out of 501. Before him are Andrew Scott (1976), Herbert Brenon (1880), Yvonne Farrell (1951), Jane Wilde (1821), Richard Steele (1672), and Tim O'Reilly (1954). After him are William Trevor (1928), Pat McDonald (1878), William Quan Judge (1851), Robbie Keane (1980), Veronica Guerin (1958), and George Moore (1852).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Patrick Hillery ranks 30. Before him are John Boland (1870), Douglas Hyde (1860), Pat Cox (1952), Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785), Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), and Micheál Martin (1960). After him are Enda Kenny (1951), Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822), Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), and Liam Cosgrave (1920).

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