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Chen Shui-bian

1950 - Today

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Chen Shui-bian (Chinese: 陳水扁; Wade–Giles: Chen Shü’i-bian; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Chúi-píⁿ; born 12 October 1950) is a Taiwanese former politician and lawyer who served as the 5th president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2000 to 2008. Chen was the first president from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which ended the Kuomintang's (KMT) 55 years of continuous rule in Taiwan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chen Shui-bian has received more than 822,405 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Chen Shui-bian is the 4,770th most popular politician (up from 5,425th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Taiwan (down from 6th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Taiwanese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 820k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Chen Shui-bians by language

Over the past year Chen Shui-bian has had the most page views in the with 583,964 views, followed by English (125,678), and Japanese (30,946). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (72.02%), Ido (54.78%), and Galician (51.85%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chen Shui-bian ranks 4,770 out of 19,576Before him are Giovanni Sforza, Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders, Charles-Michel de l'Épée, Cleisthenes of Sicyon, Joan, Countess of Flanders, and Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach. After him are Missak Manouchian, Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado, Theobald II, Count of Champagne, Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois, Joseph Chamberlain, and Modibo Keïta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Chen Shui-bian ranks 67Before him are Marianne Bachmeier, Amos Gitai, Sahle-Work Zewde, John Candy, David Graf, and Chantal Akerman. After him are Helen Clark, Grigory Sokolov, Brad Dourif, Miki Manojlović, Robert B. Laughlin, and Sônia Braga.

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In Taiwan

Among people born in Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian ranks 7 out of 116Before him are Tsai Ing-wen (1956), Teresa Teng (1953), Lee Teng-hui (1923), Ang Lee (1954), Momofuku Ando (1910), and William Lai (1959). After him are Yuan T. Lee (1936), Terry Gou (1950), Chen Chien-jen (1951), Teruo Nakamura (1919), Shu Qi (1976), and Zheng Keshuang (1670).

Among POLITICIANS In Taiwan

Among politicians born in Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian ranks 4Before him are Tsai Ing-wen (1956), Lee Teng-hui (1923), and William Lai (1959). After him are Chen Chien-jen (1951), Zheng Keshuang (1670), Su Tseng-chang (1947), Hou Yu-ih (1956), Ko Wen-je (1960), Annette Lu (1944), Frank Hsieh (1946), and Elaine Chao (1953).