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Pierce Butler

1744 - 1822

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Pierce Butler (July 11, 1744 – February 15, 1822) was an Irish-born American politician who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Born in the Kingdom of Ireland, Butler emigrated to the British North American colonies, where he fought in the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he served as a state legislator and was a member of the Congress of the Confederation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierce Butler has received more than 222,273 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierce Butler is the 18,602nd most popular politician (down from 16,954th in 2019), the 439th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 405th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Irish Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pierce Butler ranks 18,602 out of 19,576. Before him are Cynthia McKinney, Arturo Tolentino, Oveta Culp Hobby, Tzipi Hotovely, Olivier Véran, and Robert C. O'Brien. After him are Tom Emmer, Spencer Abraham, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, David Blunkett, Thom Tillis, and Charles Rangel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Pierce Butler ranks 31. Before him are David Allan, Heinrich Christian Boie, Mary Moser, Félix de Avelar Brotero, Tomás António Gonzaga, and Thomas Mifflin.  Among people deceased in 1822, Pierce Butler ranks 39. Before him are Uesugi Harunori, Rudolph Schadow, Pierre-François Bouchard, William Pinkney, James Sowerby, and Jared Ingersoll.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Pierce Butler ranks 439 out of 549. Before him are Dylan Moran (1971), Richard Dunne (1979), Séamus Coleman (1988), Amybeth McNulty (2001), Tommy Byrne (1958), and Markus Feehily (1980). After him are Brían F. O'Byrne (1967), Eoin Macken (1983), Frank Kelly (1938), Steve Staunton (1969), Eve Hewson (1991), and Eimear Quinn (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Pierce Butler ranks 66. Before him are Thomas Fitzsimons (1741), Éamonn Ceannt (1881), John Redmond (1856), Seán Mac Diarmada (1883), Michelle O'Neill (1977), and Thomas Francis Meagher (1823). After him are Charlie McCreevy (1949), Simon Coveney (1972), and Kellie Harrington (1989).

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