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Bảo Đại

1913 - 1997

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Bảo Đại (Vietnamese: [ɓa᷉ːw ɗâːjˀ], chữ Hán: 保大, lit. "keeper of greatness", 22 October 1913 – 31 July 1997), born Nguyễn Phúc (Phước) Vĩnh Thụy (chữ Hán: 阮福永瑞), was the 13th and final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of Vietnam. From 1926 to 1945, he was de jure emperor of Annam and Tonkin, which were then protectorates in French Indochina, covering the present-day central and northern Vietnam. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bảo Đại has received more than 1,700,751 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Bảo Đại is the 2,094th most popular politician (down from 1,753rd in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 8th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Vietnamese Politician.

Bảo Đại was the last emperor of Vietnam. He was the son of the Emperor Duy Tân and his second wife, the Empress Nam Phương. Bảo Đại became emperor in 1932 and ruled until 1945. He was overthrown by the Viet Minh in 1945 and sent into exile in France.

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  • 65.39

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  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bảo Đại ranks 2,094 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles, Duke of Vendôme, Evo Morales, Ahmad Shah Qajar, Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, William Pitt the Younger, and Tianqi Emperor. After him are Thongloun Sisoulith, Béla I of Hungary, Walter Scheel, Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Amyntas III of Macedon, and Amyntas IV of Macedon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Bảo Đại ranks 28. Before him are Kenzō Tange, Lon Nol, Roger Garaudy, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, Paul Erdős, and Silvio Piola. After him are Carmen Amaya, Stanford Moore, Trevor Howard, Frances Farmer, Irwin Shaw, and Wolfgang Paul. Among people deceased in 1997, Bảo Đại ranks 25. Before him are Sviatoslav Richter, Hans Eysenck, William S. Burroughs, Fred Zinnemann, Isaiah Berlin, and Allen Ginsberg. After him are Helenio Herrera, Dodi Fayed, Burgess Meredith, Aldo Rossi, Clyde Tombaugh, and Robert Mitchum.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Bảo Đại ranks 10 out of 136. Before him are Marguerite Duras (1914), Amanda Lear (1939), Lê Đức Thọ (1911), Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926), Thích Quảng Đức (1897), and Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944). After him are Ieng Sary (1925), Lady Sun (192), Dương Văn Minh (1916), Lê Duẩn (1907), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), and Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Bảo Đại ranks 4. Before him are Ho Chi Minh (1890), Ngo Dinh Diem (1901), and Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944). After him are Ieng Sary (1925), Lady Sun (192), Dương Văn Minh (1916), Lê Duẩn (1907), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923), Gia Long (1762), and Madame Nhu (1924).

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