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James Brendan Connolly

1868 - 1957

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James Brendan Bennet Connolly (Irish: Séamas Breandán Ó Conghaile, October 28, 1868 – January 20, 1957) was an American athlete and author. In 1896, he became the first modern Olympic champion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Brendan Connolly is the 1,698th most popular writer (down from 1,282nd in 2019), the 2,479th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,520th in 2019) and the 199th most popular American Writer.

James Brendan Connolly is most famous for being the founder of the Irish Republican Army (IRA).

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Among writers, James Brendan Connolly ranks 1,698 out of 7,302. Before him are Karen Armstrong, Edward Albee, Symeon the Metaphrast, Mohamed Choukri, Sima Xiangru, and Ramón del Valle-Inclán. After him are Enzo of Sardinia, Mateo Alemán, Ole Nydahl, John Gray, Aleksandr Kuprin, and Anne Sexton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, James Brendan Connolly ranks 70. Before him are Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria, Noe Zhordania, Empress Dowager Longyu, Kantarō Suzuki, Ahmed Shawqi, and Henry Bergman. After him are Wilhelm Schmidt, Francis Jammes, Émile Chartier, Ernst Linder, Fakhri Pasha, and Infanta Blanca of Spain. Among people deceased in 1957, James Brendan Connolly ranks 71. Before him are Shoghi Effendi, Johann Rattenhuber, Joseph Augustus Zarelli, Théophile de Donder, Malcolm Lowry, and Theodor Körner. After him are Eugenio Castellotti, Jack Butler Yeats, Soemu Toyoda, Josef Lada, Shūmei Ōkawa, and Álvaro Gestido.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Brendan Connolly ranks 2,479 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Moog (1934), Edward Albee (1928), William Wirt (1772), Beau Bridges (1941), Eddie Constantine (1913), and Arthur Danto (1924). After him are John Gray (1951), John Romita Sr. (1930), Richard Dix (1893), Hank Williams (1923), Agnes Moorehead (1900), and Anne Sexton (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Brendan Connolly ranks 199. Before him are E. Howard Hunt (1918), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), Dean Koontz (1945), James Oliver Curwood (1878), Michael Cunningham (1952), and Edward Albee (1928). After him are John Gray (1951), Anne Sexton (1928), Patricia Cornwell (1956), Johnston McCulley (1883), Jack Vance (1916), and Rick Riordan (1964).

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