POLITICIAN

Bak Jungyang

1872 - 1959

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Pak Chungyang (Korean: 박중양; May 3, 1872 – April 23, 1959) was a Korean bureaucrat and politician in the Japanese colonial government. His art names were Haeak (해악) and Ilso (일소), and his courtesy name was Wongeun (원근). He also had the Japanese names Shigeyō Hōchū (朴忠重陽), Jūyō Boku (朴 重陽) and Shin Yamamoto (山本 信). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bak Jungyang has received more than 15,049 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Bak Jungyang is the 10,875th most popular politician (down from 10,314th in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from South Korea (down from 141st in 2019) and the 74th most popular South Korean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bak Jungyang ranks 10,875 out of 19,576. Before him are García Jiménez of Pamplona, Graziadio Isaia Ascoli, Anna Morandi Manzolini, Sisowath Sirik Matak, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Marcus Caelius Rufus. After him are Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, Neferhotep III, Hans-Jochen Vogel, Hecatomnus, Milton George Henschel, and Kabayama Sukenori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Bak Jungyang ranks 86. Before him are Armen Garo, Robert Maillart, Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Juho Vennola, Dionysios Kasdaglis, and George S. Robertson. After him are Símun av Skarði, Théophile de Donder, Émile Henry, Edward Wilson, Déodat de Séverac, and William Larned. Among people deceased in 1959, Bak Jungyang ranks 85. Before him are The Big Bopper, Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Bernard Berenson, Georges Lefebvre, José Vasconcelos, and Ingrid Vang Nyman. After him are Vincent Richards, Luigi Sturzo, Fernand Bouisson, Giovanni Pastrone, Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, and Phetsarath Ratanavongsa.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Bak Jungyang ranks 151 out of 1,128. Before him are Sumi Jo (1962), Yi San-hae (1539), Park Min-young (1986), Lee Jae-myung (1964), Heo Nanseolheon (1563), and J. Y. Park (1971). After him are Ha Ji-won (1978), Lee Joon-gi (1982), Ho Jong-suk (1908), Song Hye-kyo (1981), Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (1931), and Lee Jung-jae (1972).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Bak Jungyang ranks 74. Before him are Chungjeong of Goryeo (1338), Han Seung-soo (1936), Heo Gyun (1569), Jo Gwang-jo (1482), Yi San-hae (1539), and Lee Jae-myung (1964). After him are Chungmok of Goryeo (1337), Song Si-yeol (1607), Park Won-soon (1956), Jeong In-ji (1396), Lee Beom-seok (1900), and Lee Nak-yeon (1951).

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