1904 - 1997
Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989. After Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong's death in 1976, Deng gradually rose to supreme power and led China through a series of far-reaching market-economy reforms earning him the reputation as the "Architect of Modern China". He contributed to China becoming the world's second-largest economy by nominal GDP in 2010.Born in the province of Sichuan in the Qing dynasty, Deng studied and worked in France in the 1920s, where he became a follower of Marxism–Leninism and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1924. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Deng Xiaoping has received more than 7,082,784 page views. His biography is available in 97 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 95 in 2019). Deng Xiaoping is the 135th most popular politician (up from 136th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from China (up from 11th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chinese Politician.
Deng Xiaoping is most famous for implementing the "open door" policy, which allowed China to trade with the rest of the world.
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Among politicians, Deng Xiaoping ranks 135 out of 15,577. Before him are Bayezid II, Kim Jong-il, Francis I of France, Mehmed IV, Murad II, and George W. Bush. After him are Harry S. Truman, Henry V of England, Abdul Hamid II, Sun Yat-sen, Şehzade Mustafa, and Augusto Pinochet.
1447 - 1512
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 129
1941 - 2011
HPI: 79.58
Rank: 130
1494 - 1547
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 131
1642 - 1693
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 132
1404 - 1451
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 133
1946 - Present
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 134
1904 - 1997
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 135
1884 - 1972
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 136
1386 - 1422
HPI: 79.33
Rank: 137
1842 - 1918
HPI: 79.29
Rank: 138
1866 - 1925
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 139
1515 - 1553
HPI: 79.16
Rank: 140
1915 - 2006
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 141
Among people born in 1904, Deng Xiaoping ranks 2. Before him is Salvador Dalí. After him are Reinhard Heydrich, Pablo Neruda, Dr. Seuss, Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, Cary Grant, Umberto II of Italy, B. F. Skinner, Jean Gabin, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Johnny Weissmuller. Among people deceased in 1997, Deng Xiaoping ranks 2. Before him is Mother Teresa. After him are James Stewart, Jacques Cousteau, Diana, Princess of Wales, Viktor Frankl, Jeanne Calment, Gianni Versace, Toshiro Mifune, Mobutu Sese Seko, Victor Vasarely, and Anton LaVey.
1904 - 1989
HPI: 85.77
Rank: 1
1904 - 1997
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 2
1904 - 1942
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 3
1904 - 1973
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 4
1904 - 1991
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 5
1904 - 1918
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 6
1904 - 1986
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 7
1904 - 1983
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 8
1904 - 1990
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 9
1904 - 1976
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 10
1904 - 1967
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 11
1904 - 1984
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 12
1910 - 1997
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 1
1904 - 1997
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 2
1908 - 1997
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 3
1910 - 1997
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 4
1961 - 1997
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 5
1905 - 1997
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 6
1875 - 1997
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 7
1946 - 1997
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 8
1920 - 1997
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 9
1930 - 1997
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 10
1906 - 1997
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 11
1930 - 1997
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 12
Among people born in China, Deng Xiaoping ranks 9 out of 1,392. Before him are Qin Shi Huang (-258), Huang Xianfan (1899), Laozi (-604), Sun Tzu (-544), Zheng He (1387), and 14th Dalai Lama (1935). After him are Sun Yat-sen (1866), Kublai Khan (1215), Sima Qian (-145), Xi Jinping (1953), Puyi (1906), and Hu Jintao (1942).
258 BC - 210 BC
HPI: 85.17
Rank: 3
1899 - 1982
HPI: 82.93
Rank: 4
604 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 81.11
Rank: 5
544 BC - 496 BC
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 6
1387 - 1433
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 7
1935 - Present
HPI: 79.98
Rank: 8
1904 - 1997
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 9
1866 - 1925
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 10
1215 - 1294
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 11
145 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 12
1953 - Present
HPI: 77.64
Rank: 13
1906 - 1967
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 14
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 15
Among politicians born in China, Deng Xiaoping ranks 4. Before him are Mao Zedong (1893), Qin Shi Huang (-258), and Huang Xianfan (1899). After him are Sun Yat-sen (1866), Kublai Khan (1215), Xi Jinping (1953), Puyi (1906), Hu Jintao (1942), Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), Wu Zetian (624), and Qianlong Emperor (1711).
1893 - 1976
HPI: 85.88
Rank: 1
258 BC - 210 BC
HPI: 85.17
Rank: 2
1899 - 1982
HPI: 82.93
Rank: 3
1904 - 1997
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 4
1866 - 1925
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 5
1215 - 1294
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 6
1953 - Present
HPI: 77.64
Rank: 7
1906 - 1967
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 8
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 9
1835 - 1908
HPI: 76.89
Rank: 10
624 - 705
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 11
1711 - 1799
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 12