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Seán O'Casey

1880 - 1964

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Seán O'Casey (Irish: Seán Ó Cathasaigh [ˈʃaːn̪ˠ oː ˈkahəsˠiː]; born John Casey; 30 March 1880 – 18 September 1964) was an Irish dramatist and memoirist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seán O'Casey has received more than 606,734 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Seán O'Casey is the 4,180th most popular writer (down from 3,363rd in 2019), the 174th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 140th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Irish Writer.

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  • 610k

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  • 48.12

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  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Seán O'Casey ranks 4,180 out of 5,755Before him are Ludvík Vaculík, Graham Hancock, Maria Edgeworth, Beatriz Galindo, Gerbrand Bredero, and Patrick Poivre d'Arvor. After him are Andrew Marvell, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Źmitrok Biadula, Fadwa Tuqan, Jakob Hurt, and Anthony Hope.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Seán O'Casey ranks 142Before him are Oswald Veblen, Kullervo Manner, Cora Sandel, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Philibert Jacques Melotte, and Conrad Albrecht. After him are Viggo Larsen, Harold Rainsford Stark, Jacob Epstein, Herbert Brenon, Jean Alexandre Barré, and Hans Moser. Among people deceased in 1964, Seán O'Casey ranks 125Before him are Henry Maitland Wilson, Peter Romanovsky, Ólafur Thors, Pentti Eskola, Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, and Jan de Vries. After him are Cecília Meireles, Reg Parnell, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, Bodil Ipsen, Maurice Farman, and Agnes Miegel.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Seán O'Casey ranks 174 out of 501Before him are Edna O'Brien (1930), Ronnie Drew (1934), Moya Brennan (1952), Jason O'Mara (1972), Micheál Martin (1960), and Paul Kane (1810). After him are Finnian of Clonard (470), Domhnall Gleeson (1983), Maeve Binchy (1939), Richard Todd (1919), Aidan of Lindisfarne (600), and Dorothea Jordan (1761).

Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Seán O'Casey ranks 26Before him are Cornelius Ryan (1920), John Millington Synge (1871), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Brendan Behan (1923), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), and Edna O'Brien (1930). After him are Maeve Binchy (1939), Jane Wilde (1821), Richard Steele (1672), William Trevor (1928), George Moore (1852), and Elizabeth Bowen (1899).