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Deng Yingchao

1904 - 1992

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Deng Yingchao (simplified Chinese: 邓颖超; traditional Chinese: 鄧穎超; pinyin: Dèng Yǐngchāo; Jyutping: Dang6 Wing6-ciu1; 4 February 1904 – 11 July 1992) was a prominent Chinese revolutionary, politician, and women's rights advocate who played a significant role in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for over six decades. She served as Chairwoman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1983 to 1988 and was the wife of Zhou Enlai, the first Premier of the People's Republic of China. Born in Guangxi in 1904, Deng emerged as a pioneering feminist leader in Tianjin around the 1920s, where she founded women's organizations and publications advocating for education, employment rights, and opposition to arranged marriage and foot-binding. After joining the Chinese Communist Party and marrying Zhou Enlai in 1925, she experienced the Long March and remained active in Party efforts through the Second Sino-Japanese War. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Deng Yingchao is the 8,208th most popular politician (down from 7,513th in 2024), the 550th most popular biography from China (up from 555th in 2019) and the 308th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Deng Yingchao ranks 8,208 out of 19,576. Before her are Stephen Harper, Ziyad al-Nakhalah, Nguyễn Minh Triết, Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken, and Fatma Sultan. After her are Phạm Minh Chính, Ouyang Xun, Carlos Castillo Armas, Ælle of Sussex, Emperor Sanjō, and Ahmad Tejan Kabbah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Deng Yingchao ranks 99. Before her are Margaret Bourke-White, Nikolai Berzarin, Heinrich von Brentano, Mihai Antonescu, Heinz Jost, and Christopher Isherwood. After her are Achille Varzi, Edmond Hamilton, Christian-Jaque, Yevgenia Ginzburg, Sergey Biryuzov, and Kuvempu. Among people deceased in 1992, Deng Yingchao ranks 91. Before her are Mary Norton, Robert Muldoon, Marisa Mell, Richard Brooks, Petra Kelly, and Audre Lorde. After her are Camarón de la Isla, Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Heinrich Eberbach, Suleiman Frangieh, Giorgio Perlasca, and Nie Rongzhen.

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In China

Among people born in China, Deng Yingchao ranks 550 out of 1,610. Before her are Shen Zhou (1427), Zhu Shijie (1249), Hou Hsiao-hsien (1947), Fang Xuanling (578), Lo Wei (1918), and Cheng Yi (1033). After her are Ouyang Xun (557), Cheng Pei-pei (1946), Zheng Zhilong (1604), Go Seigen (1914), Bian Que (-401), and Octar (350).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Deng Yingchao ranks 308. Before her are Kang Sheng (1898), Soong Ai-ling (1888), He Yingqin (1890), Emperor Shizong of Jin (1123), Zhong Yao (151), and Fang Xuanling (578). After her are Ouyang Xun (557), Zheng Zhilong (1604), Octar (350), Zhou Yongkang (1942), Ma Bufang (1903), and Prince Gong (1833).

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