1847 - 1924
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, William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie ranks 12,829 out of 15,577. Before 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.
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 12,823
1862 - 1943
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 12,824
1923 - 2002
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 12,825
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 12,826
1936 - 2021
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 12,827
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 12,828
1847 - 1924
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 12,829
1939 - 2020
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 12,830
1430 - 1475
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 12,831
1952 - 2019
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 12,832
1925 - 2005
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 12,833
1883 - 1974
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 12,834
1870 - 1956
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 12,835
Among people born in 1847, William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie ranks 67. Before 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 90. Before 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.
1847 - 1928
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 61
1847 - 1914
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 62
1847 - 1935
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 63
1847 - 1909
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 64
1847 - 1908
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 65
1847 - 1907
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 66
1847 - 1924
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 67
1847 - 1919
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 68
1847 - 1906
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 69
1847 - 1908
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 70
1847 - 1910
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 71
1847 - 1871
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 72
1847 - 1926
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 73
1848 - 1924
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 84
1859 - 1924
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 85
1859 - 1924
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 86
1899 - 1924
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 87
1844 - 1924
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 88
1839 - 1924
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 89
1847 - 1924
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 90
1875 - 1924
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 91
1878 - 1924
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 92
1845 - 1924
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 93
1864 - 1924
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 94
1849 - 1924
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 95
1849 - 1924
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 96
Among people born in Canada, William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie ranks 296 out of 1,350. Before 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).
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 290
1941 - 2009
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 291
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 292
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 293
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 294
1887 - 1926
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 295
1847 - 1924
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 296
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 297
1982 - 2013
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 298
1936 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 299
1941 - 2020
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 300
1974 - Present
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 301
1799 - 1877
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 302
Among politicians born in Canada, William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie ranks 24. Before 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).
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 18
1882 - 1973
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 19
1895 - 1979
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 20
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 21
1821 - 1893
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 22
1939 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 23
1847 - 1924
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 24
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 25
1896 - 1971
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 26
1902 - 1985
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 27
1870 - 1947
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 28
1854 - 1937
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 29
1874 - 1960
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 30