1574 - 1645
Feng Menglong (1574–1646), courtesy names Youlong (猶龍), Gongyu (公魚), Ziyou (子猶), or Eryou (耳猶), was a Chinese historian, novelist, and poet of the late Ming Dynasty. He was born in Changzhou County (長洲縣, not Changzhou), now part of Suzhou, in Jiangsu Province.Feng was born into a scholar-bureaucrat gentry household, where he and his brothers Feng Menggui (馮夢桂) and Feng Mengxiong (馮夢熊) were educated in the classics and the traditional arts of the gentleman. He and his brothers, all well known as accomplished writers, artists, and poets, became known collectively as the "Three Fengs of the Wu Area" (吳下三馮). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Feng Menglong has received more than 62,338 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Feng Menglong is the 1,977th most popular writer (down from 1,935th in 2019), the 506th most popular biography from China (down from 460th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Chinese Writer.
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Among writers, Feng Menglong ranks 1,977 out of 5,794. Before him are Al-Hariri of Basra, Abbot Oliba, Suzanne Collins, Nicanor Parra, Antiphanes, and David Burliuk. After him are Raul Hilberg, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Anne Sexton, Alejandra Pizarnik, Honoré d'Urfé, and Eugenio Barba.
1054 - 1122
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 1,971
971 - 1046
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 1,972
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 1,973
1914 - 2018
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 1,974
388 BC - 311 BC
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 1,975
1882 - 1967
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 1,976
1574 - 1645
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 1,977
1926 - 2007
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 1,978
1858 - 1943
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 1,979
1928 - 1974
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 1,980
1936 - 1972
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 1,981
1567 - 1625
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,982
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,983
Among people born in 1574, Feng Menglong ranks 10. Before him are William Oughtred, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, Robert Fludd, and Wilhelm Kettler. After him are Elisabeth of Lorraine, John Wilbye, and Thomas Heywood. Among people deceased in 1645, Feng Menglong ranks 11. Before him are Li Zicheng, Francisco de Quevedo, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Nur Jahan, Marie de Gournay, and Anthony van Diemen. After him are Eudoxia Streshneva and William Lawes.
1574 - 1660
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 4
1574 - 1616
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 5
1574 - 1621
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 6
1574 - 1610
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 7
1574 - 1637
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 8
1574 - 1640
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 9
1574 - 1645
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 10
1574 - 1635
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 11
1574 - 1638
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 12
1574 - 1641
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 13
1606 - 1645
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 5
1584 - 1645
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 6
1587 - 1645
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 7
1577 - 1645
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 8
1565 - 1645
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 9
1593 - 1645
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 10
1574 - 1645
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 11
1608 - 1645
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 12
1602 - 1645
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 13
Among people born in China, Feng Menglong ranks 506 out of 1,186. Before him are Dong Qichang (1555), Eric Liddell (1902), Cheng Yi (1033), Wang Hongwen (1935), Bada Shanren (1626), and Li Zhi (1527). After him are Fan Zhongyan (989), Joseph Zen (1932), Lo Wei (1918), Tung Chee-hwa (1937), Huang Xing (1874), and Zheng Jing (1642).
1555 - 1636
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 500
1902 - 1945
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 501
1033 - 1107
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 502
1935 - 1992
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 503
1626 - 1705
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 504
1527 - 1602
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 505
1574 - 1645
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 506
989 - 1052
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 507
1932 - Present
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 508
1918 - 1996
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 509
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 510
1874 - 1916
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 511
1642 - 1681
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 512
Among writers born in China, Feng Menglong ranks 47. Before him are Eileen Chang (1920), Liu Zongyuan (773), Shen Yue (441), Xu Shen (58), Li He (790), and Ruan Ji (210). After him are Fan Zhongyan (989), Guan Hanqing (1210), Ding Ling (1904), Li Shangyin (813), Liu Cixin (1963), and Yuan Zhen (779).
1920 - 1995
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 41
773 - 819
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 42
441 - 513
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 43
58 - 147
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 44
790 - 816
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 45
210 - 263
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 46
1574 - 1645
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 47
989 - 1052
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 48
1210 - 1280
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 49
1904 - 1986
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 50
813 - 858
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 51
1963 - Present
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 52
779 - 831
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 53