1956 - Today
John James 'Sean' Kelly (born 24 May 1956) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer, one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s, and one of the finest Classics riders of all time. From becoming a professional in 1977 until his retirement in 1994, he won 193 professional races, including nine Monument Classics, Paris–Nice a record seven years consecutively and the first UCI Road World Cup in 1989. Kelly won one Grand Tour, the 1988 Vuelta a España, and four green jerseys in the Tour de France. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sean Kelly has received more than 61,947 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Sean Kelly is the 94th most popular cyclist (down from 90th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 142nd in 2019) and the most popular Irish Cyclist.
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Among cyclists, Sean Kelly ranks 94 out of 1,214. Before him are Carlo Galetti, Mino De Rossi, Robert Charpentier, Giovanni Brunero, Jean-Pierre Monseré, and Miguel Poblet. After him are Marino Basso, Edward Van Dijck, Heinz Müller, Adri van der Poel, Vittorio Adorni, and Alejandro Valverde.
1882 - 1949
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 88
1931 - 2022
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 89
1916 - 1966
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 90
1895 - 1934
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 91
1948 - 1971
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 92
1928 - 2013
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 93
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 94
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 95
1918 - 1977
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 96
1924 - 1975
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 97
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 98
1937 - 2022
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 99
1980 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 100
Among people born in 1956, Sean Kelly ranks 202. Before him are Andy Goldsworthy, Lilli Carati, Al Corley, Yiannis Kouros, Sinan Sakić, and Gary Cole. After him are Meena Keshwar Kamal, Chieko Hase, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Mae Jemison, Franz Tost, and Roberto Malone.
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 196
1956 - 2014
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 197
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 198
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 199
1956 - 2018
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 200
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 201
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 202
1956 - 1987
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 203
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 204
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 205
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 206
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 207
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 208
Among people born in Ireland, Sean Kelly ranks 165 out of 501. Before him are Tom Moore (1883), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), Alan Cunningham (1887), Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913), Alicia Boole Stott (1860), and Peter Woulfe (1727). After him are Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880), Sinéad Cusack (1948), Edna O'Brien (1930), Ronnie Drew (1934), Moya Brennan (1952), and Jason O'Mara (1972).
1883 - 1955
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 159
1852 - 1932
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 160
1887 - 1983
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 161
1913 - 2005
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 162
1860 - 1940
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 163
1727 - 1803
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 164
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 165
1880 - 1944
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 166
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 167
1930 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 168
1934 - 2008
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 169
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 170
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 171
Among cyclists born in Ireland, Sean Kelly ranks 1. After him are Stephen Roche (1959), Philip Deignan (1983), and Christopher Juul-Jensen (1989).
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 1
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 2
1983 - Present
HPI: 28.04
Rank: 3
1989 - Present
HPI: 27.26
Rank: 4