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Bobby Sands

1954 - 1981

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Robert Gerard Sands (Irish: Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh; 9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981) was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland. Sands helped to plan the 1976 Balmoral Furniture Company bombing in Dunmurry, which was followed by a gun battle with the Royal Ulster Constabulary. Sands was arrested while trying to escape and sentenced to 14 years for firearms possession. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Sands is the 12,204th most popular politician (down from 10,447th in 2019), the 2,813th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,152nd in 2019) and the 411th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bobby Sands ranks 12,204 out of 19,576. Before him are Thutmose, Alessandro Pirzio Biroli, Pietro Grasso, Oisc of Kent, Dannel Malloy, and William Fermor. After him are Jerry Nadler, Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores, Phetracha, Peter the Patrician, Isagoras, and Judith of Brittany.

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Among people born in 1954, Bobby Sands ranks 220. Before him are Iain Banks, Basia, Abdelaziz Djerad, Roddy Piper, Pascal Greggory, and Christian Gross. After him are Ricardo Bochini, Henk ten Cate, Dora Bakoyannis, Atif Dudaković, Abdullah al-Thani, and Patty Hearst. Among people deceased in 1981, Bobby Sands ranks 133. Before him are Lyudmila Zhivkova, Edward Lasker, Beatrice Tinsley, Zoilo Saldombide, Morris Kirksey, and François Bordes. After him are Boris Polevoy, Constantin Rădulescu, Julio Libonatti, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, Philippe Étancelin, and Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bobby Sands ranks 2,814 out of 8,785. Before him are Cuthred of Wessex (750), Harold Laski (1893), Vanessa Angel (1966), John Cockerill (1790), Alexander Albon (1996), and Gilbert Walker (1868). After him are William Turner (1510), George Rooke (1650), Toby Jones (1966), Siân Phillips (1933), Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865), and John Robison (1739).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Bobby Sands ranks 411. Before him are Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (1891), Henry Pottinger (1789), Charles James Fox (1749), Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886), Ed Davey (1965), and Cuthred of Wessex (750). After him are Ruth Belville (1854), John McDonnell (1951), Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739), Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (1301), Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831), and Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621).

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