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Éamon de Valera

1882 - 1975

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Éamon de Valera (; Irish: [ˈeːmˠən̪ˠ dʲɛ ˈwalʲəɾʲə]; first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was an American-born Irish statesman and political leader. He served as the 3rd President of Ireland from 1959 to 1973, and several terms as the Taoiseach. He had a leading role in introducing the Constitution of Ireland in 1937, and was a dominant figure in Irish political circles from the early 1930s to the late 1960s, when he served terms as both the head of government and head of state. De Valera was a commandant of the Irish Volunteers (Third Battalion) at Boland's Mill during the 1916 Easter Rising. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Éamon de Valera is the 4,063rd most popular politician (down from 3,151st in 2019), the 1,476th most popular biography from United States (down from 989th in 2019) and the 137th most popular American Politician.

Éamon de Valera was the President of Ireland from 1959 to 1973. He is most famous for his role in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War.

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Among politicians, Éamon de Valera ranks 4,063 out of 19,576. Before him are Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Henry I of Navarre, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, Ségolène Royal, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, and Intef III. After him are Donald III of Scotland, Tigellinus, Merenre Nemtyemsaf I, Sveinn Björnsson, Liutprand, King of the Lombards, and Dmitry Ustinov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Éamon de Valera ranks 58. Before him are Jean Giraudoux, Aleksandra Ekster, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, August Kopff, Princess Alexandra of Hanover, and Yusef of Morocco. After him are Wacław Sierpiński, Yakub Kolas, Robert Hichens, Pavel Florensky, B. Traven, and Petre Dumitrescu. Among people deceased in 1975, Éamon de Valera ranks 37. Before him are François Tombalbaye, Shojiro Sugimura, Erich Kempka, Pavel Sukhoi, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, and G. I. Taylor. After him are Gottlob Berger, Julian Huxley, P. G. Wodehouse, Carlo Levi, Vicente Feola, and Rex Stout.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Éamon de Valera ranks 1,476 out of 20,380. Before him are Brian Dennehy (1938), Floyd Mayweather Jr. (1977), David M. Brown (1956), Robert Wise (1914), Billy West (1952), and Brooke Shields (1965). After him are Kyle MacLachlan (1959), Davy Crockett (1786), Mary Higgins Clark (1927), David Robinson (1965), John Lee Hooker (1917), and Annette Bening (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Éamon de Valera ranks 137. Before him are Paul Bremer (1941), Eric Adams (1960), Robert M. La Follette (1855), Gina Haspel (1956), Charles G. Dawes (1865), and Bill de Blasio (1961). After him are Paul Manafort (1949), John Kennedy (1951), Janet Yellen (1946), Mitt Romney (1947), Cordell Hull (1871), and Cyrus Vance (1917).

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