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Patrick Leahy

1877 - 1926

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Patrick Joseph Leahy (20 May 1877 – 29 December 1927) was an Irish athlete who won Olympic medals (for Great Britain and Ireland) in the high jump and long jump at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Leahy was born in Creggane, in the Civil parish of Hackmys, in the barony of Coshma near Kilmallock in County Limerick, near the border between County Limerick and County Cork. He was one of seven brothers all of whom were sportsmen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Leahy has received more than 4,983,401 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Leahy is the 630th most popular athlete (up from 1,207th in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 285th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Irish Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Patrick Leahies by language

Over the past year Patrick Leahy has had the most page views in the with 278,199 views, followed by Italian (617), and Latvian (601). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (100.98%), Latvian (78.34%), and Catalan (64.80%)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Patrick Leahy ranks 630 out of 6,025. Before him are Janne Lundblad, Maricica Puică, Elfriede Kaun, Leonid Spirin, Pino Dordoni, and Marc Wright. After him are Konrad Stäheli, Anne-Marie Colchen, Vera Nikolić, Sven Thofelt, Anatoly Khrapaty, and Anatoly Mikhaylov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Patrick Leahy ranks 145. Before him are Julius Curtius, René Navarre, Roelof Klein, Ioannis Persakis, Otto Gebühr, and Ernst Wetter. After him are Yan Huiqing, Dudley Pound, W. D. Ross, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Maud Wagner, and Andrejs Upīts. Among people deceased in 1926, Patrick Leahy ranks 97. Before him are Jan Szczepanik, Hermann Bollé, Eliška Krásnohorská, Antonius van den Broek, Barbara La Marr, and Carlo Luigi Spegazzini. After him are Olle Lanner, Jan Kasprowicz, Jeanna Bauck, André Gaudin, Paul Matschie, and Charles Montagu Doughty.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Patrick Leahy ranks 212 out of 549. Before him are Micheál Martin (1960), Alison Doody (1966), Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833), Hugh O'Flaherty (1898), Larry Mullen Jr. (1961), and Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911). After him are George Moore (1852), Tim Ahearne (1885), J. B. Bury (1861), William Thompson (1775), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), and Joe Kelly (1913).

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Among ATHLETES In Ireland

Among athletes born in Ireland, Patrick Leahy ranks 4. Before him are John Flanagan (1873), Pat McDonald (1878), and Patrick Ryan (1881). After him are 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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