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Du Yuesheng

1888 - 1951

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Du Yuesheng (22 August 1888 – 16 August 1951), also known by Dou Yu-Seng or Tu Yueh-sheng or Du Yueh-sheng, nicknamed "Big-Eared Du", was a Chinese mob boss who spent much of his life in Shanghai. He controlled China's opium trade and was the head of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Bank of China and the Central bank of China. He was a key supporter of Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang in their battle against the Communists in the 1920s, and was a figure of some importance during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Du Yuesheng has received more than 301,492 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Du Yuesheng is the 36th most popular mafioso (down from 34th in 2019), the 522nd most popular biography from China (up from 546th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Mafioso.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Du Yuesheng ranks 36 out of 52. Before him are Vito Cascio Ferro, Joe Masseria, Frank Lucas, Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Mickey Cohen, and Sundance Kid. After him are Murder of Kitty Genovese, Richard Hauptmann, Salvatore Maranzano, Iva Toguri D'Aquino, Russell Bufalino, and Vyacheslav Ivankov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Du Yuesheng ranks 84. Before him are Clara Campoamor, Grigori Sokolnikov, Gunichi Mikawa, Soong Ai-ling, Victor Goldschmidt, and Hans Richter. After him are Paul Morand, Alphonse Juin, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Hans von Salmuth, Royal Rife, and Chōjun Miyagi. Among people deceased in 1951, Du Yuesheng ranks 54. Before him are Kim Chaek, Artur Schnabel, François Georges-Picot, Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Algernon Blackwood, and Lincoln Ellsworth. After him are Mikhail Borodin, Adam Stefan Sapieha, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Wols, Simon Kimbangu, and Louis Jouvet.

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In China

Among people born in China, Du Yuesheng ranks 522 out of 1,392. Before him are Shangguan Wan'er (664), Fan Zhongyan (989), Soong Ai-ling (1888), Wu Peifu (1874), Sergei Stepashin (1952), and Cao Kun (1862). After him are Wang Hongwen (1935), Zhang Zeduan (1085), H. H. Kung (1881), Zhou Xuan (1920), Fang Xuanling (578), and Ji Kang (223).

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Among MAFIOSOS In China

Among mafiosos born in China, Du Yuesheng ranks 1. 

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