Referee
Peter O'Leary
New Zealand association football referee
1972 - today
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Peter O'Leary
His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter O'Leary is the 43rd most popular referee (up from 93rd in 2024), the 82nd most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 142nd in 2019) and the most popular New Zealander Referee.
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Peter O'Leary climbed 18,671 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #83,132 to #64,579.
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Among Referees
Among referees, Peter O'Leary ranks 43 out of 178. Before him are Byron Moreno, Olegário Benquerença, Kim Milton Nielsen, Slavko Vinčić, Pedro Proença, and Jorge Larrionda. After him are Pierluigi Pairetto, Urs Meier, Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Yuichi Nishimura, Manuel Mejuto González, and Felix Brych.
Most Popular Referees in Wikipedia
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Byron Moreno
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 37
Olegário Benquerença
1969 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 38
Kim Milton Nielsen
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 39
Slavko Vinčić
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 40
Pedro Proença
1970 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 41
Jorge Larrionda
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 42
Peter O'Leary
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 43
Pierluigi Pairetto
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 44
Urs Meier
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 45
Marco Antonio Rodríguez
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 46
Yuichi Nishimura
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 47
Manuel Mejuto González
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 48
Felix Brych
1975 - Present
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 49
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1972, Peter O'Leary ranks 251. Before him are Serhiy Skachenko, Giuseppe Favalli, Jérôme Le Banner, Sam Houser, Michael Rosenbaum, and Gilles Lellouche. After him are Alex Kapranos, Cristina Scabbia, Luca Turilli, Seo Taiji, Konstantin Khabensky, and Henrique Capriles.
Others Born in 1972
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Serhiy Skachenko
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 245
Giuseppe Favalli
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 246
Jérôme Le Banner
MARTIAL ARTS
1972 - Present
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 247
Sam Houser
WRITER
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 248
Michael Rosenbaum
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 249
Gilles Lellouche
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 250
Peter O'Leary
REFEREE
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 251
Alex Kapranos
SINGER
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 252
Cristina Scabbia
SINGER
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 253
Luca Turilli
MUSICIAN
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 254
Seo Taiji
SINGER
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 255
Konstantin Khabensky
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 256
Henrique Capriles
POLITICIAN
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 257
In New Zealand
Among people born in New Zealand, Peter O'Leary ranks 82 out of 529. Before him are Lee Tamahori (1950), Jonah Lomu (1975), Jenny Shipley (1952), John Gorton (1911), Keri Hulme (1947), and Andrew Adamson (1966). After him are John Nicholson (1941), David Lange (1942), Les Mills (1934), Dudley Storey (1939), Hugh Anderson (1936), and Eric Verdonk (1959).
Others born in New Zealand
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Lee Tamahori
FILM DIRECTOR
1950 - 2025
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 76
Jonah Lomu
RUGBY PLAYER
1975 - 2015
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 77
Jenny Shipley
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 78
John Gorton
POLITICIAN
1911 - 2002
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 79
Keri Hulme
WRITER
1947 - 2021
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 80
Andrew Adamson
FILM DIRECTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 81
Peter O'Leary
REFEREE
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 82
John Nicholson
RACING DRIVER
1941 - 2017
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 83
David Lange
POLITICIAN
1942 - 2005
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 84
Les Mills
ATHLETE
1934 - 2026
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 85
Dudley Storey
ATHLETE
1939 - 2017
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 86
Hugh Anderson
ATHLETE
1936 - Present
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 87
Eric Verdonk
ATHLETE
1959 - 2020
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 88
Among Referees In New Zealand
Among referees born in New Zealand, Peter O'Leary ranks 1.
