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Li Bai

Chinese poet

701 - 762

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His biography is available in 151 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 144 in 2024). Li Bai is the 56th most popular writer (up from 70th in 2024), the 9th most popular biography from China (up from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Writer.

Li bai is most famous for being a poet who was born in the Tang Dynasty and was well known for his poems about the natural world.

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#1

Of the 138 Writers born in China, Li Bai ranks first.

#1

Of the 12 people in Pantheon born in 701, Li Bai is the most memorable.

#519

More than 12 centuries after death, Li Bai still holds rank #519 among all individuals in Pantheon.

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Li Bai's biography appears in 151 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 99% of all Writers.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Li Bai ranks 56 out of 7,302. Before him are Charles Baudelaire, Marcel Proust, Denis Diderot, Émile Zola, Gustave Flaubert, and Euripides. After him are Octave Mirbeau, Astrid Lindgren, Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Henrik Ibsen, and Stendhal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 701, Li Bai ranks 1. After him are Ibn Hisham, Yazid III, Emperor Shōmu, John VII of Constantinople, Tzitzak, Saman Khuda, Al-Khayzuran, Theophano of Athens, Thekla, wife of Michael II, Yahya ibn Khalid, and Euphemius. Among people deceased in 762, Li Bai ranks 1. After him are Padmasambhava, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Emperor Suzong of Tang, Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, and Vineh of Bulgaria.

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In China

Among people born in China, Li Bai ranks 9 out of 1,610. Before him are Kublai Khan (1215), Qin Shi Huang (-258), Huang Xianfan (1899), Mao Zedong (1893), Chiang Kai-shek (1887), and Zheng He (1387). After him are Sun Tzu (-544), Sima Qian (-145), Puyi (1906), 14th Dalai Lama (1935), Xi Jinping (1953), and Sun Yat-sen (1866).

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Among Writers In China

Among writers born in China, Li Bai ranks 1. After him are Du Fu (712), Lu Xun (1881), Gao Xingjian (1940), Wu Cheng'en (1500), Qu Yuan (-343), Mo Yan (1955), Luo Guanzhong (1330), Bai Juyi (772), Su Shi (1037), Kumārajīva (343), and Faxian (340).

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