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William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie

1847 - 1924

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William James Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, KP, PC, PC (Ire) (31 May 1847 – 7 June 1924) was a leading British shipbuilder and businessman. He was chairman of Harland & Wolff, shipbuilders, between 1895 and 1924, and also served as Lord Mayor of Belfast between 1896 and 1898. He was ennobled as Baron Pirrie in 1906, appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick in 1908 and made Viscount Pirrie in 1921. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie has received more than 273,943 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie is the 12,829th most popular politician, the 296th most popular biography from Canada and the 24th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie ranks 12,829 out of 15,577Before him are Dmitry Peskov, Damrong Rajanubhab, Ruth Williams Khama, Suchinda Kraprayoon, Michael Somare, and Sam Rainsy. After him are Litokwa Tomeing, Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Sushma Swaraj, Elisabeth Domitien, Élie Lescot, and Jan Šrámek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie ranks 67Before him are Ellen Terry, Domenico Ferrata, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, William Edward Ayrton, and Ida Saxton McKinley. After him are Julia Lermontova, Heinrich Gelzer, Milovan Glišić, Louis Henri Boussenard, Castro Alves, and Eliška Krásnohorská. Among people deceased in 1924, William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie ranks 90Before him are Eugène Simon, Jacques Loeb, Anna Palm de Rosa, Masujiro Nishida, Alois Riehl, and Luigi Pelloux. After him are Herman Georges Berger, Viktor Nogin, George Kennan, Herman Heijermans, Ivan Evstratiev Geshov, and Hugo von Seeliger.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie ranks 296 out of 1,350Before him are Bob Ezrin (1949), G. A. Cohen (1941), Joe Clark (1939), Peaches (1966), Donal Logue (1966), and Georges Vézina (1887). After him are Bobby Orr (1948), Cory Monteith (1982), David Suzuki (1936), Pat Patterson (1941), Kevin Durand (1974), and Edward Belcher (1799).

Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie ranks 24Before him are Kim Campbell (1947), Louis St. Laurent (1882), John Diefenbaker (1895), Michael Ignatieff (1947), John Abbott (1821), and Joe Clark (1939). After him are Julie Payette (1963), Brock Chisholm (1896), Myrtle Cook (1902), R. B. Bennett (1870), Robert Borden (1854), and Arthur Meighen (1874).