1953 - Today
Elaine Lan Chao (born March 26, 1953) is an American businesswoman and former government official who served as United States secretary of labor in the administration of George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 and as United States Secretary of Transportation in the administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Chao was the first Asian American woman to serve in a presidential cabinet or as secretary of transportation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elaine Chao has received more than 8,947,386 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Elaine Chao is the 13,658th most popular politician (down from 260th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Taiwan (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Taiwanese Politician.
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Among politicians, Elaine Chao ranks 13,658 out of 15,577. Before her are Seán T. O'Kelly, Yossi Beilin, Jan Černý, J. William Fulbright, Seuthes II, and William Camden. After her are Evangelos Venizelos, Ptolemaeus of Commagene, Bainbridge Colby, José María Castro Madriz, Pascual Madoz, and Manuel Merino.
1882 - 1966
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 13,652
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 13,653
1874 - 1959
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 13,654
1905 - 1995
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 13,655
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 13,656
1551 - 1623
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 13,657
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 13,658
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 13,659
250 BC - 130 BC
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 13,660
1869 - 1950
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 13,661
1818 - 1892
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 13,662
1806 - 1870
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 13,663
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 13,664
Among people born in 1953, Elaine Chao ranks 282. Before her are Kim Gordon, Antoine de Caunes, Eric Bogosian, Ching Siu-tung, Eleonora Giorgi, and Katarina Frostenson. After her are Lesley Nicol, Michael Portillo, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Steve Jackson, Peter Schreyer, and Jan Kjærstad.
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 276
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 277
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 278
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 279
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 280
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 281
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 282
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 283
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 284
1953 - 2017
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 285
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 286
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 287
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 288
Among people born in Taiwan, Elaine Chao ranks 30 out of 97. Before her are Sylvia Chang (1953), William Lai (1959), Jay Chou (1979), David Ho (1952), Chen Chien-jen (1951), and Chang Chen (1976). After her are Jolin Tsai (1980), Vivian Hsu (1975), Ruby Lin (1976), Justin Lin (1971), Eric Chu (1961), and Collin Chou (1967).
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 24
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 25
1979 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 26
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 27
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 28
1976 - Present
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 29
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 30
1980 - Present
HPI: 46.21
Rank: 31
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 32
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 33
1971 - Present
HPI: 45.17
Rank: 34
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 35
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 36
Among politicians born in Taiwan, Elaine Chao ranks 11. Before her are Zheng Keshuang (1670), Frank Hsieh (1946), Wu Den-yih (1948), Annette Lu (1944), William Lai (1959), and Chen Chien-jen (1951). After her are Eric Chu (1961), Lin Chuan (1951), Han Kuo-yu (1957), Sean Chen (1949), Jiang Yi-huah (1960), and Yani Tseng (1989).
1670 - 1707
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 5
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 7
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 8
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 9
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 11
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 12
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 13
1957 - Present
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 14
1949 - Present
HPI: 39.74
Rank: 15
1960 - Present
HPI: 35.44
Rank: 16
1989 - Present
HPI: 25.80
Rank: 17