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Chen Yi

1901 - 1972

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Chen Yi (Chinese: 陈毅; pinyin: Chén Yì; Wade–Giles: Chen I; August 26, 1901 – January 6, 1972) was a Chinese communist military commander and politician. He served as Mayor of Shanghai from 1949 to 1958 and as Foreign Minister of China from 1958 to 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chen Yi has received more than 15,812 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Chen Yi is the 6,264th most popular politician (up from 6,601st in 2019), the 477th most popular biography from China (up from 493rd in 2019) and the 284th most popular Chinese Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chen Yi ranks 6,264 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles the Child, Per Brahe the Younger, Aq Sunqur al-Hajib, Manuel I of Trebizond, Keizō Obuchi, and Muhammad IV of Morocco. After him are Otto Abetz, Branko Mikulić, Tugay Bey, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, Boris Skossyreff, and Inca Roca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Chen Yi ranks 84. Before him are Yang Kaihui, Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, Ödön von Horváth, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, Souvanna Phouma, and Pier Giorgio Frassati. After him are Nina Berberova, Hendrik Verwoerd, Barbara Cartland, Franciszek Gajowniczek, Nicola Abbagnano, and J. D. Bernal. Among people deceased in 1972, Chen Yi ranks 59. Before him are Martiros Saryan, George, Crown Prince of Serbia, Neilia Hunter Biden, Matvei Zakharov, Natalie Clifford Barney, and Hugo Steinhaus. After him are Aspasia Manos, Prescott Bush, Jules Romains, George Sanders, Edgar Snow, and Clara Campoamor.

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In China

Among people born in China, Chen Yi ranks 477 out of 1,610. Before him are 10th Dalai Lama (1816), Eileen Chang (1920), Emperor Xizong of Tang (862), Hu Shih (1891), Chen Cheng (1897), and Rinchinbal Khan (1326). After him are Guo Shoujing (1231), Hong Tianguifu (1849), Xu Da (1332), Emperor Yizong of Tang (833), Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei (408), and Yuen Woo-ping (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Chen Yi ranks 284. Before him are Zhang Xianzhong (1606), H. H. Kung (1881), 10th Dalai Lama (1816), Emperor Xizong of Tang (862), Chen Cheng (1897), and Rinchinbal Khan (1326). After him are Hong Tianguifu (1849), Emperor Yizong of Tang (833), Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei (408), Yen Chia-kan (1905), Langdarma (803), and He Zizhen (1910).

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