SOCIAL ACTIVIST

An Jung-geun

1879 - 1910

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An Jung-geun (Korean: 안중근; Korean pronunciation: [ɐndʑuŋɡɯn]; 2 September 1879 – 26 March 1910), sometimes spelled Ahn Joong-keun, was a Korean independence activist and pan-Asianist. His baptismal name was Thomas (도마).He is remembered as a martyr in both South and North Korea for his 1909 assassination of the Japanese politician Itō Hirobumi, who had previously served as the Resident-General of Korea and first Prime Minister of Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of An Jung-geun has received more than 624,551 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). An Jung-geun is the 113th most popular social activist (down from 102nd in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from North Korea (down from 18th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular North Korean Social Activist.

An Jung-geun was a Korean independence activist who assassinated Ito Hirobumi, the first Japanese Resident-General of Korea, on October 26, 1909.

Memorability Metrics

  • 620k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of An Jung-geuns by language

Over the past year An Jung-geun has had the most page views in the with 380,561 views, followed by Japanese (165,117), and English (80,994). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cantonese (103.31%), Korean (96.26%), and Tagalog (82.54%)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, An Jung-geun ranks 113 out of 840. Before him are Bugsy Siegel, Ishikawa Goemon, Narges Mohammadi, Nat Turner, Vlado Chernozemski, and René Cassin. After him are Frank Costello, Alexander Parvus, Yun Chi-ho, Léon Jouhaux, Hans Scholl, and Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, An Jung-geun ranks 29. Before him are Sarojini Naidu, Francis Peyton Rous, Joseph Wirth, Italo Gariboldi, Henri Giraud, and Ali of Hejaz. After him are Victor Sjöström, Fritz Haarmann, Knud Rasmussen, Hans Lammers, Léon Jouhaux, and Chen Duxiu. Among people deceased in 1910, An Jung-geun ranks 23. Before him are Léon Walras, Huo Yuanjia, Elizabeth Blackwell, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Jules Renard, and Pauline Viardot. After him are Stanislao Cannizzaro, Karl Lueger, William Holman Hunt, Albert Anker, Carl Reinecke, and Jean Moréas.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, An Jung-geun ranks 21 out of 162. Before him are Kim Hyong-jik (1894), Choe Ryong-hae (1950), Sun Myung Moon (1920), Kim Koo (1876), U of Goryeo (1365), and Gyeongjong of Goryeo (955). After him are Yeon Gaesomun (603), Pak Pong-ju (1939), Choe Yong-rim (1930), Seongjong of Goryeo (960), Gongyang of Goryeo (1345), and Kim Kyong-hui (1946).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In North Korea

Among social activists born in North Korea, An Jung-geun ranks 2. Before him are Kim Hyong-jik (1894). After him are Kang Pan-sok (1892), Cho Man-sik (1883), Kim Ok (1964), and Shin Dong-hyuk (1982).

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