POLITICIAN

Duan Qirui

1865 - 1936

Duan Qirui

Duan Qirui (Chinese: 段祺瑞; pinyin: Duàn Qíruì; Wade–Giles: Tuan Ch'i-jui, pronounced [twân tɕʰǐ.ɻwêɪ]) (March 6, 1865 – November 2, 1936) was a Chinese warlord, politician and commander of the Beiyang Army who ruled as the effective dictator of northern China in the late 1910s. He was the Premier of the Republic of China on four occasions between 1913 and 1918, and from 1924 to 1926 he served as acting Chief Executive of the Republic of China in Beijing. A graduate of the Tianjin Military Academy, Duan studied military science in Germany and became a prominent artillery commander under Yuan Shikai. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duan Qirui has received more than 330,927 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Duan Qirui is the 4,483rd most popular politician (down from 4,451st in 2019), the 342nd most popular biography from China (down from 333rd in 2019) and the 213th most popular Chinese Politician.

Duan Qirui was most famous for being the first president of the Republic of China, and for his role in the Northern Expedition.

Memorability Metrics

330k
Page Views (PV)
65.88
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
29
Languages Editions (L)
4.58
Effective Languages (L*)
2.85
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Duan Qirui ranks 4,483 out of 19,576. Before him are V. V. Giri, Tassos Papadopoulos, Francis II, Duke of Brittany, Arbogast, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, and Iry-Hor. After him are Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, Aaron Burr, Abdul Halim of Kedah, Gesalec, and Duncan I of Scotland.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

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V. V. Giri
1894 - 1980
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 4,477
Tassos Papadopoulos
1934 - 2008
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 4,478
Francis II, Duke of Brittany
1435 - 1488
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 4,479
Arbogast
340 - 394
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 4,480
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
1671 - 1713
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 4,481
Iry-Hor
3101 BC - Present
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 4,482
Duan Qirui
1865 - 1936
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 4,483
Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke
1865 - 1947
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 4,484
Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours
1814 - 1896
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 4,485
Aaron Burr
1756 - 1836
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 4,486
Abdul Halim of Kedah
1927 - 2017
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 4,487
Gesalec
450 - 512
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 4,488
Duncan I of Scotland
1001 - 1040
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 4,489

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Duan Qirui ranks 36. Before him are Gabriel Narutowicz, Rashid Rida, Mikao Usui, John Mott, L'Inconnue de la Seine, and Charles G. Dawes. After him are Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Ernst Troeltsch, Nikola Zhekov, Yvette Guilbert, Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, and Lala Lajpat Rai. Among people deceased in 1936, Duan Qirui ranks 50. Before him are Marcel Grossmann, José Sanjurjo, Robert Michels, Wilhelm Gustloff, Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, and Bertha Pappenheim. After him are Alexander Berkman, Carl Stumpf, Kikunae Ikeda, Saitō Makoto, Anna Boch, and Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime.

Others Born in 1865

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Gabriel Narutowicz
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1922
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 30
Rashid Rida
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1865 - 1935
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 31
Mikao Usui
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1865 - 1926
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 32
John Mott
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1865 - 1955
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 33
L'Inconnue de la Seine
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1885
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 34
Charles G. Dawes
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1951
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 35
Duan Qirui
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1936
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 36
Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1947
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 37
Ernst Troeltsch
PHILOSOPHER
1865 - 1923
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 38
Nikola Zhekov
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1949
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 39
Yvette Guilbert
ACTOR
1865 - 1944
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 40
Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1865 - 1925
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 41
Lala Lajpat Rai
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1928
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 42

Others Deceased in 1936

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Marcel Grossmann
MATHEMATICIAN
1878 - 1936
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 44
José Sanjurjo
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1872 - 1936
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 45
Robert Michels
SOCIOLOGIST
1876 - 1936
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 46
Wilhelm Gustloff
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1936
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 47
Ahmet Tevfik Pasha
POLITICIAN
1845 - 1936
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 48
Bertha Pappenheim
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1859 - 1936
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 49
Duan Qirui
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1936
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 50
Alexander Berkman
JOURNALIST
1870 - 1936
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 51
Carl Stumpf
PHILOSOPHER
1848 - 1936
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 52
Kikunae Ikeda
CHEMIST
1864 - 1936
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 53
Saitō Makoto
POLITICIAN
1858 - 1936
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 54
Anna Boch
PAINTER
1848 - 1936
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 55
Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime
NOBLEMAN
1849 - 1936
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 56