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Éamon de Valera

1882 - 1975

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Éamon de Valera (, Irish: [ˈeːmˠən̪ˠ dʲɛ ˈwalʲəɾʲə]; first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was an American-born Irish statesman and political leader. He served several terms as head of government and head of state and had a leading role in introducing the 1937 Constitution of Ireland. De Valera was a commandant of the Irish Volunteers (Third Battalion) at Boland's Mill during the 1916 Easter Rising. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Éamon de Valera has received more than 4,149,370 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Éamon de Valera is the 3,151st most popular politician (up from 3,299th in 2019), the 989th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,088th in 2019) and the 85th most popular American Politician.

Éamon de Valera was the President of Ireland from 1959 to 1973. He is most famous for his role in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Éamon de Valera ranks 3,151 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Zhezong, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Caroline of Brunswick, Ladislaus III of Hungary, Abbas III, and Edda Mussolini. After him are Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Roman the Great, Zuzana Čaputová, Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans, Marcomer, and Postumus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Éamon de Valera ranks 49. Before him are Moritz Schlick, Yanka Kupala, Boris Shaposhnikov, Karol Szymanowski, Otto Neurath, and Lluís Companys. After him are B. Traven, Yusef of Morocco, Wacław Sierpiński, Jean Giraudoux, Petre Dumitrescu, and Pavel Florensky. Among people deceased in 1975, Éamon de Valera ranks 28. Before him are Antonín Novotný, Graham Hill, Jimmy Hoffa, Eisaku Satō, Paul Keres, and Latife Uşşaki. After him are Pavel Sukhoi, Edward Tatum, Julian Huxley, József Mindszenty, Chivu Stoica, and Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Éamon de Valera ranks 989 out of 20,380. Before him are Tippi Hedren (1930), Harry Markowitz (1927), Cormac McCarthy (1933), Matt Groening (1954), Nat Turner (1800), and Martha Graham (1894). After him are James Tobin (1918), Frances Marion (1888), Grant Wood (1891), Dennis Tito (1940), Mel Ferrer (1917), and Tori Amos (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Éamon de Valera ranks 85. Before him are Michelle Obama (1964), Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888), Lewis Strauss (1896), Jill Biden (1951), Barbara Bush (1925), and Condoleezza Rice (1954). After him are Frank B. Kellogg (1856), Jack Kemp (1935), Dred Scott (1795), Janet Yellen (1946), Mike Pence (1959), and Laura Bush (1946).

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