1880 - 1965
William Thomas Cosgrave (5 June 1880 – 16 November 1965) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as the president of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932, leader of the Opposition in both the Free State and Ireland from 1932 to 1944, leader of Fine Gael from 1934 to 1944, founder and leader of Fine Gael's predecessor, Cumann na nGaedheal, from 1923 to 1933, chairman of the Provisional Government from August 1922 to December 1922, the president of Dáil Éireann from September 1922 to December 1922, the minister for Finance from 1922 to 1923 and minister for Local Government from 1919 to 1922. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1921 to 1944. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Kilkenny North constituency from 1918 to 1922.While Cosgrave never officially held the office of Taoiseach (the current title of Ireland's prime minister, created in 1937), Ireland considers him to be its first Taoiseach due to having been the Free State's first head of government. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. T. Cosgrave has received more than 429,346 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. W. T. Cosgrave is the 14,673rd most popular politician (down from 13,091st in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 227th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Irish Politician.
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Among politicians, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 14,673 out of 15,577. Before him are Dimitar Stanchov, Carlos Dávila, Joaquín Jovellar y Soler, Joe Arpaio, Enrico Mizzi, and Juan Bautista Egusquiza. After him are Juan Esteban Montero, Ignacio de Veintemilla, Rafał Trzaskowski, Eochaid Buide, Jean-Pierre Bemba, and Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero.
1863 - 1940
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 14,667
1887 - 1955
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 14,668
1819 - 1892
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 14,669
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 14,670
1885 - Present
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 14,671
1845 - 1902
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 14,672
1880 - 1965
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 14,673
1879 - 1948
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 14,674
1828 - 1908
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 14,675
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 14,676
501 - 629
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 14,677
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 14,678
1790 - 1871
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 14,679
Among people born in 1880, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 180. Before him are Eric Carlberg, Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, Nils Widforss, Dorothea Köring, Herman Glass, and Fred Alexander. After him are Vilhelm Carlberg, George Herriman, Rudolf Cvetko, Charles King, Vladimir Sukachev, and Damon Runyon. Among people deceased in 1965, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 178. Before him are Aimée Antoinette Camus, William Petersson, Bill Black, Sulamith Goldhaber, Renzo Minoli, and Everett Sloane. After him are Frances Perkins, Harry Babcock, Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh, Mary Boland, William Hogenson, and Joaquín Vázquez.
1880 - 1963
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 174
1880 - 1959
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 175
1880 - 1960
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 176
1880 - 1945
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 177
1880 - 1961
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 178
1880 - 1969
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 179
1880 - 1965
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 180
1880 - 1970
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 181
1880 - 1944
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 182
1880 - 1977
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 183
1880 - 1958
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 184
1880 - 1967
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 185
1880 - 1946
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 186
1879 - 1965
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 172
1895 - 1965
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 173
1926 - 1965
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 174
1923 - 1965
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 175
1904 - 1965
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 176
1909 - 1965
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 177
1880 - 1965
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 178
1880 - 1965
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 179
1890 - 1965
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 180
1905 - 1965
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 181
1882 - 1965
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 182
1884 - 1965
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 183
1897 - 1965
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 184
Among people born in Ireland, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 261 out of 501. Before him are Stephen Roche (1959), Patrick O'Connell (1887), Tom Crean (1877), Geraldine Somerville (1967), Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779), and Aidan Turner (1983). After him are Garret FitzGerald (1926), Terence MacSwiney (1879), Thomas Romney Robinson (1792), Liam Brady (1956), Charles Haughey (1925), and John Connolly (1968).
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 255
1887 - 1959
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 256
1877 - 1938
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 257
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 258
1779 - 1869
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 259
1983 - Present
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 260
1880 - 1965
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 261
1926 - 2011
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 262
1879 - 1920
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 263
1792 - 1882
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 264
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 265
1925 - 2006
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 266
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 267
Among politicians born in Ireland, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 38. Before him are Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822), Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Liam Cosgrave (1920), and Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110). After him are Garret FitzGerald (1926), Charles Haughey (1925), John A. Costello (1891), Peter Sutherland (1946), Cathal Brugha (1874), and Mairead McGuinness (1959).
1822 - 1872
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 32
1882 - 1966
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 33
1911 - 1978
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 34
1665 - 1745
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 35
1920 - 2017
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 36
1110 - 1171
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 37
1880 - 1965
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 38
1926 - 2011
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 39
1925 - 2006
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 40
1891 - 1976
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 41
1946 - 2018
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 42
1874 - 1922
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 43
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 44