POLITICIAN

Gao Zhisheng

1964 - Today

Gao Zhisheng

Gao Zhisheng (born 20 April 1964) is a Chinese human rights attorney and dissident known for defending activists and religious minorities and documenting human rights abuses in China. Because of his work, Zhisheng has been disbarred and detained by the Chinese government several times, and severely tortured. He last disappeared in February 2009 and was unofficially detained until December 2011, when it was announced that he has now been imprisoned for three years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gao Zhisheng has received more than 86,066 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Gao Zhisheng is the 17,490th most popular politician (down from 15,951st in 2019), the 1,069th most popular biography from China (down from 943rd in 2019) and the 472nd most popular Chinese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

86k
Page Views (PV)
48.40
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
24
Languages Editions (L)
2.54
Effective Languages (L*)
3.67
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gao Zhisheng ranks 17,490 out of 19,576. Before him are Corinne Lepage, Marino Riccardi, Mário Centeno, Paul Boffa, Arun Shourie, and Thomas François Burgers. After him are Knut Holmann, Temir Sariyev, John J. Crittenden, Hamza Abdi Barre, Selwyn Lloyd, and Francis James Child.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

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Corinne Lepage
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 17,484
Marino Riccardi
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 17,485
Mário Centeno
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 17,486
Paul Boffa
1890 - 1962
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 17,487
Arun Shourie
1941 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 17,488
Thomas François Burgers
1834 - 1881
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 17,489
Gao Zhisheng
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 17,490
Knut Holmann
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 17,491
Temir Sariyev
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 17,492
John J. Crittenden
1787 - 1863
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 17,493
Hamza Abdi Barre
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 17,494
Selwyn Lloyd
1904 - 1978
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 17,495
Francis James Child
1825 - 1896
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 17,496

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Gao Zhisheng ranks 562. Before him are Masaya Onosaka, Nikolay Iliev, Ute Geweniger, Charles Stross, Raimo Helminen, and Masha Rasputina. After him are John Pyper-Ferguson, Andrew Kevin Walker, Virgil Hill, Janusz Palikot, Genar Andrinúa, and Brenda Fassie.

Others Born in 1964

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Masaya Onosaka
ACTOR
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 556
Nikolay Iliev
SOCCER PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 557
Ute Geweniger
SWIMMER
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 558
Charles Stross
WRITER
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 559
Raimo Helminen
HOCKEY PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 560
Masha Rasputina
SINGER
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 561
Gao Zhisheng
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 562
John Pyper-Ferguson
ACTOR
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 563
Andrew Kevin Walker
WRITER
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 564
Virgil Hill
BOXER
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 565
Janusz Palikot
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 566
Genar Andrinúa
SOCCER PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 567
Brenda Fassie
SINGER
1964 - 2004
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 568

In China

Among people born in China, Gao Zhisheng ranks 1,069 out of 1,610. Before him are Sun-Yung Alice Chang (1948), Li Tie (1977), Zhu Chen (1976), Xu Xin (1990), Dong Fangzhuo (1985), and Tiffany Tang (1983). After him are Zhang Yining (1981), Dylan Wang (1998), Woeser (1966), Wang Xiaoshuai (1966), Xu Jinglei (1974), and Xu Kai (1995).

Others born in China

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Sun-Yung Alice Chang
MATHEMATICIAN
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 1,063
Li Tie
SOCCER PLAYER
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 1,064
Zhu Chen
CHESS PLAYER
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 1,065
Xu Xin
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 1,066
Dong Fangzhuo
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 1,067
Tiffany Tang
ACTOR
1983 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 1,068
Gao Zhisheng
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 1,069
Zhang Yining
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 1,070
Dylan Wang
ACTOR
1998 - Present
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 1,071
Woeser
WRITER
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 1,072
Wang Xiaoshuai
FILM DIRECTOR
1966 - Present
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 1,073
Xu Jinglei
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 1,074
Xu Kai
ACTOR
1995 - Present
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 1,075