1835 - 1908
Empress Dowager Cixi (29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908) was a Chinese empress dowager and regent who was the de facto supreme ruler of China in the late Qing dynasty for 47 years, from 1861 until her death in 1908. Of the Manchu Yehe Nara clan, she was elected as a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor in her adolescence and gave birth to a son, Zaichun, in 1856. After the Xianfeng Emperor's death in 1861, the young boy became the Tongzhi Emperor, and she became the Empress Dowager. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Empress Dowager Cixi has received more than 2,485,715 page views. Her biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 81 in 2019). Empress Dowager Cixi is the 212th most popular politician (up from 224th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from China and the 8th most popular Chinese Politician.
Empress Dowager Cixi is most famous for her role in the Boxer Rebellion.
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Among politicians, Empress Dowager Cixi ranks 212 out of 15,710. Before her are Rudolf Hess, Akbar, Charles X of France, Napoleon II, Emperor Meiji, and William the Silent. After her are James VI and I, Scipio Africanus, Thutmose III, Salvador Allende, Antoninus Pius, and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
1894 - 1987
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 206
1542 - 1605
HPI: 82.79
Rank: 207
1757 - 1836
HPI: 82.78
Rank: 208
1811 - 1832
HPI: 82.77
Rank: 209
1852 - 1912
HPI: 82.77
Rank: 210
1533 - 1584
HPI: 82.75
Rank: 211
1835 - 1908
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 212
1566 - 1625
HPI: 82.69
Rank: 213
235 BC - 183 BC
HPI: 82.69
Rank: 214
1481 BC - 1425 BC
HPI: 82.68
Rank: 215
1908 - 1973
HPI: 82.65
Rank: 216
86 - 161
HPI: 82.65
Rank: 217
1954 - Present
HPI: 82.65
Rank: 218
Among people born in 1835, Empress Dowager Cixi ranks 3. Before her are Mark Twain and Pope Pius X. After her are Camille Saint-Saëns, Leopold II of Belgium, Cesare Lombroso, Andrew Carnegie, Adolf von Baeyer, César Cui, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Henryk Wieniawski, and Samuel Butler. Among people deceased in 1908, Empress Dowager Cixi ranks 2. Before her is Henri Becquerel. After her are Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Guangxu Emperor, Grover Cleveland, Pablo de Sarasate, Randal Cremer, Edmondo De Amicis, Carlos I of Portugal, Demetrius Vikelas, Butch Cassidy, and Joseph Maria Olbrich.
1835 - 1910
HPI: 87.04
Rank: 1
1835 - 1914
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 2
1835 - 1908
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 3
1835 - 1921
HPI: 82.33
Rank: 4
1835 - 1909
HPI: 82.15
Rank: 5
1835 - 1909
HPI: 79.78
Rank: 6
1835 - 1919
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 7
1835 - 1917
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 8
1835 - 1918
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 9
1835 - 1910
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 10
1835 - 1880
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 11
1835 - 1902
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 12
1852 - 1908
HPI: 84.09
Rank: 1
1835 - 1908
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 2
1844 - 1908
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 3
1871 - 1908
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 4
1837 - 1908
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 5
1844 - 1908
HPI: 75.52
Rank: 6
1828 - 1908
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 7
1846 - 1908
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 8
1863 - 1908
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 9
1835 - 1908
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 10
1866 - 1908
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 11
1867 - 1908
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 12
Among people born in China, Empress Dowager Cixi ranks 16 out of 1,186. Before her are Sima Qian (-145), Deng Xiaoping (1904), Sun Yat-sen (1866), Kublai Khan (1215), Puyi (1906), and Cao Cao (155). After her are Ip Man (1893), Wu Zetian (624), Xi Jinping (1953), Hu Jintao (1942), Kangxi Emperor (1654), and Qianlong Emperor (1711).
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
624 - 705
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 18
1953 - Present
HPI: 81.64
Rank: 19
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.41
Rank: 20
1654 - 1722
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 21
1711 - 1799
HPI: 81.22
Rank: 22
Among politicians born in China, Empress Dowager Cixi ranks 8. Before her are Huang Xianfan (1899), Qin Shi Huang (-258), Deng Xiaoping (1904), Sun Yat-sen (1866), Kublai Khan (1215), and Puyi (1906). After her are Wu Zetian (624), Xi Jinping (1953), Hu Jintao (1942), Kangxi Emperor (1654), Qianlong Emperor (1711), and Liu Bei (161).
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
1711 - 1799
HPI: 81.22
Rank: 13
161 - 223
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 14