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Veronica Guerin

1958 - 1996

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Veronica Guerin Turley (5 July 1959 – 26 June 1996) was an Irish investigative journalist focusing on organised crime in the Republic of Ireland, who was murdered in a contract killing believed to have been ordered by a South Dublin-based drug cartel. Born in Dublin, she was an athlete in school and later played on the Irish national teams for both Association football and basketball. After studying accountancy she ran a public-relations firm for seven years, before working for Fianna Fáil and as an election agent for Seán Haughey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Veronica Guerin has received more than 1,179,680 page views. Her biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Veronica Guerin is the 68th most popular journalist (down from 63rd in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 175th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Journalist.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Veronica Guerin ranks 68 out of 127. Before her are Selma Rıza, William Wilson, Bernard Pivot, Pierre Brossolette, Martin Parr, and Michaëlle Jean. After her are Vladislav Listyev, Murray Walker, Harriet Quimby, Dith Pran, Malcolm Browne, and Dmitry Kiselyov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Veronica Guerin ranks 195. Before her are Sheree J. Wilson, Mark Milley, Tom Lister Jr., Nick Park, Peter H. Gilmore, and Scott Patterson. After her are Duško Marković, Hiroshi Yoshida, Nikos Anastopoulos, Julia Nickson, Francisco Buyo, and Lyudmila Kondratyeva. Among people deceased in 1996, Veronica Guerin ranks 192. Before her are Lola Beltrán, Raaj Kumar, Bob Shaw, Edvin Wide, Julio César Méndez Montenegro, and Tommy Rettig. After her are Jurandir de Freitas, Johan Kraag, Jon Pertwee, Zainab Biisheva, José Sasía, and Alfredo Nobre da Costa.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Veronica Guerin ranks 194 out of 501. Before her are Tim O'Reilly (1954), Patrick Hillery (1923), William Trevor (1928), Pat McDonald (1878), William Quan Judge (1851), and Robbie Keane (1980). After her are George Moore (1852), Matt McGrath (1875), Enda Kenny (1951), Michael McElhatton (1963), Patrick Bergin (1951), and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (1865).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Ireland

Among journalists born in Ireland, Veronica Guerin ranks 1. 

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