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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 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 Irish Volunteers 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 3,739,546 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia. Éamon de Valera is the 3,309th most popular politician (down from 2,952nd in 2019), the 1,088th most popular biography from United States (down from 970th in 2019) and the 87th 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 3,309 out of 15,577. Before him are Muhammad I of Granada, Artavasdes II of Armenia, John I Albert, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Tigellinus, and Kavad II. After him are Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Daji, Esen Taishi, Alexander I of Epirus, Henri Christophe, and Sabine Bergmann-Pohl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Éamon de Valera ranks 51. Before him are Otto Neurath, Yanka Kupala, Friedrich Dollmann, John Rabe, B. Traven, and Lluís Companys. After him are Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Aleksandra Ekster, Johnny Torrio, Wacław Sierpiński, John Bauer, and Petre Dumitrescu. Among people deceased in 1975, Éamon de Valera ranks 32. Before him are Pavel Sukhoi, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, Eisaku Satō, Paul Keres, Erich Kempka, and Gottlob Berger. After him are József Mindszenty, Ernst Hanfstaengl, Avery Brundage, Latife Uşşaki, Theodosius Dobzhansky, and Susan Hayward.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Éamon de Valera ranks 1,088 out of 18,182. Before him are Sheldon Lee Glashow (1932), Dick Van Dyke (1925), Mark Felt (1913), Ernie Hudson (1945), William H. Macy (1950), and Muddy Waters (1913). After him are Edmund Phelps (1933), Douglas Fairbanks (1883), Jonathan Demme (1944), James Jones (1921), Edmund Kemper (1948), and Kathryn Bigelow (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Éamon de Valera ranks 87. Before him are Frank B. Kellogg (1856), Rudy Giuliani (1944), Michelle Obama (1964), Harvey Milk (1930), Cordell Hull (1871), and Mark Felt (1913). After him are Jill Biden (1951), Dred Scott (1795), Avery Brundage (1887), Condoleezza Rice (1954), Andrew Dickson White (1832), and Aaron Burr (1756).

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