1904 - 1997
Deng Xiaoping (, also UK: ; simplified Chinese: 邓小平; traditional Chinese: 鄧小平; pinyin: dèng xiǎo píng; born Xiansheng (“先圣”); courtesy name Xixian (“希贤”); Wade–Giles: Teng Hsiao-ping; 22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary and statesman who served as the dominant policymaker of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989. After Mao Zedong's death in 1976, Deng gradually rose to supreme power and led his country through a series of far-reaching market-economy reforms, thereby resulting in his characterization as the "Architect of Modern China". Despite never holding office as either the PRC’s head of state/government or as head of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), he is generally viewed as the “core leader” of the CCP’s second generation leadership, a status enshrined within the party's constitution.Born into an educated land-owning family in Sichuan province in the Qing dynasty, Deng studied and worked in France in the 1920s, where he became a follower of Marxism–Leninism and lifelong friends with Zhou Enlai as well as many other future CCP leaders. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Deng Xiaoping has received more than 4,778,097 page views. His biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 94 in 2019). Deng Xiaoping is the 136th most popular politician (down from 132nd in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from China (down from 10th 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 136 out of 15,710. Before him are Hermann Göring, Amenhotep III, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Mehmed III, Skanderbeg, and Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Sun Yat-sen, Simón Bolívar, Richard Nixon, Bayezid I, Kublai Khan, and Darius III.
1893 - 1946
HPI: 84.33
Rank: 130
1403 BC - 1350 BC
HPI: 84.28
Rank: 131
1503 - 1564
HPI: 84.25
Rank: 132
1566 - 1603
HPI: 84.24
Rank: 133
1405 - 1468
HPI: 84.17
Rank: 134
1459 - 1519
HPI: 84.14
Rank: 135
1904 - 1997
HPI: 84.13
Rank: 136
1866 - 1925
HPI: 84.12
Rank: 137
1783 - 1830
HPI: 84.12
Rank: 138
1913 - 1994
HPI: 84.09
Rank: 139
1354 - 1403
HPI: 84.08
Rank: 140
1215 - 1294
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 141
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 84.03
Rank: 142
Among people born in 1904, Deng Xiaoping ranks 2. Before him is Salvador Dalí. After him are Pablo Neruda, Reinhard Heydrich, Dr. Seuss, Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, B. F. Skinner, Umberto II of Italy, Cary Grant, Johnny Weissmuller, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Jean Gabin. 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, Toshiro Mifune, Gianni Versace, Victor Vasarely, Mobutu Sese Seko, and Roy Lichtenstein.
1904 - 1989
HPI: 90.65
Rank: 1
1904 - 1997
HPI: 84.13
Rank: 2
1904 - 1973
HPI: 84.05
Rank: 3
1904 - 1942
HPI: 83.49
Rank: 4
1904 - 1991
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 5
1904 - 1918
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 6
1904 - 1990
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 7
1904 - 1983
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 8
1904 - 1986
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 9
1904 - 1984
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 10
1904 - 1967
HPI: 77.39
Rank: 11
1904 - 1976
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 12
1910 - 1997
HPI: 85.68
Rank: 1
1904 - 1997
HPI: 84.13
Rank: 2
1908 - 1997
HPI: 83.75
Rank: 3
1910 - 1997
HPI: 81.14
Rank: 4
1961 - 1997
HPI: 80.19
Rank: 5
1905 - 1997
HPI: 80.15
Rank: 6
1875 - 1997
HPI: 79.66
Rank: 7
1920 - 1997
HPI: 79.49
Rank: 8
1946 - 1997
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 9
1906 - 1997
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 10
1930 - 1997
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 11
1923 - 1997
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 12
Among people born in China, Deng Xiaoping ranks 11 out of 1,186. Before him are Laozi (-604), Sun Tzu (-543), 14th Dalai Lama (1935), Zheng He (1387), Chiang Kai-shek (1887), and Sima Qian (-145). After him are Sun Yat-sen (1866), Kublai Khan (1215), Puyi (1906), Cao Cao (155), Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), and Ip Man (1893).
604 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 86.03
Rank: 5
543 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 85.45
Rank: 6
1935 - Present
HPI: 85.27
Rank: 7
1387 - 1433
HPI: 85.13
Rank: 8
1887 - 1975
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 9
145 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 84.26
Rank: 10
1904 - 1997
HPI: 84.13
Rank: 11
1866 - 1925
HPI: 84.12
Rank: 12
1215 - 1294
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 13
1906 - 1967
HPI: 83.15
Rank: 14
155 - 220
HPI: 82.78
Rank: 15
1835 - 1908
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 16
1893 - 1972
HPI: 82.24
Rank: 17
Among politicians born in China, Deng Xiaoping ranks 4. Before him are Mao Zedong (1893), Huang Xianfan (1899), and Qin Shi Huang (-258). After him are Sun Yat-sen (1866), Kublai Khan (1215), Puyi (1906), Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), Wu Zetian (624), Xi Jinping (1953), Hu Jintao (1942), and Kangxi Emperor (1654).
1893 - 1976
HPI: 89.64
Rank: 1
1899 - 1982
HPI: 88.19
Rank: 2
258 BC - 210 BC
HPI: 88.05
Rank: 3
1904 - 1997
HPI: 84.13
Rank: 4
1866 - 1925
HPI: 84.12
Rank: 5
1215 - 1294
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 6
1906 - 1967
HPI: 83.15
Rank: 7
1835 - 1908
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 8
624 - 705
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 9
1953 - Present
HPI: 81.64
Rank: 10
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.41
Rank: 11
1654 - 1722
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 12