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Ian Paisley

1926 - 2014

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Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, (6 April 1926 – 12 September 2014) was a loyalist politician and Protestant religious leader from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 1971 to 2008 and First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2008. Paisley became a Protestant evangelical minister in 1946 and remained one for the rest of his life. In 1951 he co-founded the Reformed fundamentalist Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster and was its leader until 2008. Paisley became known for his fiery sermons and regularly preached anti-Catholicism, anti-ecumenism and against homosexuality. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ian Paisley is the 13,752nd most popular politician (down from 12,869th in 2019), the 3,363rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,853rd in 2019) and the 469th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Ian Paisley ranks 13,752 out of 19,576. Before him are Dimitrios Rallis, Carl Bonde, Nubnefer, Polemon II of Pontus, Pier Luigi Bersani, and Gervasio Antonio de Posadas. After him are Bertuccio Valier, Georg von Habsburg, Yemi Osinbajo, Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla, Peada of Mercia, and Carlos Veiga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Ian Paisley ranks 304. Before him are Kurt Schmied, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Geoffrey Howe, Ludvík Vaculík, Jacques Rozier, and Christine Jorgensen. After him are James Krüss, Bal Thackeray, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Astrid Ivask, Sverre Stenersen, and Bryan Johnson. Among people deceased in 2014, Ian Paisley ranks 276. Before him are Wu Ma, Yoshihito, Prince Katsura, Martin Špegelj, Thomas Berger, Brian Hart, and Glen A. Larson. After him are Mel Patton, Samih al-Qasim, Louise Brough, Alice Coachman, Brian G. Hutton, and Frans van der Lugt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Paisley ranks 3,364 out of 8,785. Before him are George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758), Herbert Baddeley (1872), George Bass (1771), Maud Watson (1864), Jock Stein (1922), and Raphael Holinshed (1529). After him are Mary Ann Cotton (1832), Gladys Cooper (1888), George Graham (1673), Radclyffe Hall (1880), Martin Barre (1946), and George Eastham (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Ian Paisley ranks 469. Before him are Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609), Matthew Hopkins (1620), Elizabeth Fry (1780), Geoffrey Howe (1926), Herbert Lawford (1851), and George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758). After him are William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768), George W. Campbell (1769), Roy Jenkins (1920), Emil Voigt (1883), Thérèse Coffey (1971), and Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724).

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