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John Flanagan

1873 - 1938

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John Joseph Flanagan (sometimes spelled Flannigan; January 28, 1868 – June 3, 1938) was an Irish-American three-time Olympic gold medalist in the hammer throw, winning in 1900, 1904, and 1908. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Flanagan is the 14th most popular athlete (up from 114th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 97th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, John Flanagan ranks 14 out of 6,025. Before him are Florence Griffith Joyner, Spyridon Louis, Thomas Burke, Bob Beamon, Mara, and Douglas. After him are Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis, Iolanda Balaș, Usain Bolt, Robert Hichens, and Louis Zamperini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, John Flanagan ranks 33. Before him are Pavlo Skoropadskyi, Kyösti Kallio, Sándor Ferenczi, Max Reinhardt, William McMaster Murdoch, and Félix d'Herelle. After him are Feodor Chaliapin, Alice Guy-Blaché, Radoje Domanović, Thomas Curtis, Christian Rakovsky, and Ivanoe Bonomi. Among people deceased in 1938, John Flanagan ranks 35. Before him are Vasily Blyukher, Hans Christian Gram, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, William Stern, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, and Marianne von Werefkin. After him are Feodor Chaliapin, Otto Bauer, Branislav Nušić, Thomas Wolfe, Nikolai Kondratiev, and Nikolai Trubetzkoy.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, John Flanagan ranks 53 out of 549. Before him are Francis Beaufort (1774), Causantín mac Cináeda (836), Gabriel Byrne (1950), Michael Collins (1890), Brendan Gleeson (1955), and Brian Cowen (1960). After him are Ernest Walton (1903), Turlough O'Carolan (1670), Columba (521), John Toland (1670), Terry Wogan (1938), and Conor McGregor (1988).

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Among ATHLETES In Ireland

Among athletes born in Ireland, John Flanagan ranks 1. After him are Patrick Ryan (1881), Pat McDonald (1878), Martin Sheridan (1881), Tim Ahearne (1885), Matt McGrath (1875), Pat O'Callaghan (1906), William Carr (1876), Tom Kiely (1869), Patrick Leahy (1877), Con Leahy (1876), and James Mitchel (1864).

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