WRITER

Patrick Pearse

1879 - 1916

Photo of Patrick Pearse

Icon of person Patrick Pearse

Patrick Henry Pearse (also known as Pádraig or Pádraic Pearse; Irish: Pádraig Anraí Mac Piarais; 10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Pearse has received more than 1,447,338 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Patrick Pearse is the 2,267th most popular writer (up from 2,412th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Ireland and the 18th most popular Irish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Patrick Pearse ranks 2,267 out of 7,302. Before him are Inger Christensen, Saigyō, Umberto Saba, Jeppe Aakjær, Konstantin Balmont, and Andrey Kurkov. After him are Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, Đura Jakšić, Edward Bunker, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, August von Platen-Hallermünde, and Fritz Leiber.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Patrick Pearse ranks 81. Before him are Aimo Cajander, Sándor Garbai, Hu Hanmin, Henri Wallon, Eli Heckscher, and Kosta Pećanac. After him are Oskar Barnack, Johan Nygaardsvold, Aleksandër Moisiu, Thomas Beecham, Thành Thái, and Vanessa Bell. Among people deceased in 1916, Patrick Pearse ranks 72. Before him are Herbert Kilpin, Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin, Friedrich Ernst Dorn, Saki, Huang Xing, and Ferdinand Fellner. After him are Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, Karl von Stürgkh, Fergus Suter, Hetty Green, Higaonna Kanryō, and Cai E.

Others Born in 1879

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1916

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Patrick Pearse ranks 92 out of 549. Before him are Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769), Oliver Goldsmith (1728), Saint Kilian (640), Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1845), Kevin Roche (1922), and Liam Cunningham (1961). After him are Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785), Dymphna (700), Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883), Charles Maturin (1780), John Flanagan (1873), and Edward Mulhare (1923).

Others born in Ireland

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Patrick Pearse ranks 18. Before him are Saint Gall (550), Thomas Moore (1779), Christy Brown (1932), Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), John Banville (1945), and Oliver Goldsmith (1728). After him are Charles Maturin (1780), John Millington Synge (1871), Cornelius Ryan (1920), John Boyne (1971), Edna O'Brien (1930), and Brendan Behan (1923).

Irish born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous