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James Connolly

1868 - 1916

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James Connolly (Irish: Séamas Ó Conghaile; 5 June 1868 – 12 May 1916) was a Scottish-born Irish republican, socialist, and trade union leader, executed for his part in the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland. He remains an important figure both for the Irish labour movement and for Irish republicanism. He became an active socialist in Scotland, where he had been born in 1868 to Irish parents. On moving to Ireland in 1896, he established the country's first socialist party, the Irish Socialist Republican Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Connolly is the 1,237th most popular politician (up from 10,288th in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,106th in 2019) and the 81st most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, James Connolly ranks 1,237 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis V of France, Hua Guofeng, Anthony Eden, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Edmund Ironside, and Itō Hirobumi. After him are Grigory Zinoviev, Samuel of Bulgaria, Pepin of Herstal, James I of Aragon, Stanisław August Poniatowski, and Maria Anna of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, James Connolly ranks 15. Before him are Abdulmejid II, W. E. B. Du Bois, Robert Andrews Millikan, Constantine I of Greece, Emanuel Lasker, and Arnold Sommerfeld. After him are Gichin Funakoshi, Émile Bernard, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, Fuad I of Egypt, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, and Theodore William Richards. Among people deceased in 1916, James Connolly ranks 14. Before him are Élie Metchnikoff, Yuan Shikai, Charles Taze Russell, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Odilon Redon, and Franz Marc. After him are Richard Dedekind, Otto of Bavaria, José Echegaray, Sholem Aleichem, Henry James, and Umberto Boccioni.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Connolly ranks 330 out of 8,785. Before him are Frederick North, Lord North (1732), Francis Crick (1916), Ben Kingsley (1943), Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887), Anthony Eden (1897), and Edmund Ironside (993). After him are Jeremy Irons (1948), Claude Auchinleck (1884), John Herschel (1792), Roald Dahl (1916), Arnold J. Toynbee (1889), and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James Connolly ranks 81. Before him are Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519), Frederick North, Lord North (1732), Anthony Eden (1897), and Edmund Ironside (993). After him are Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), Benjamin Disraeli (1804), Tony Blair (1953), Edward the Elder (871), Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803), and Richard of Cornwall (1209).

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