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POLITICIAN

Gao Zhisheng

1964 - Today

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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 79,657 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Gao Zhisheng is the 16,009th most popular politician (down from 14,376th in 2019), the 946th most popular biography from China (down from 840th in 2019) and the 426th most popular Chinese Politician.

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  • 80k

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  • 39.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gao Zhisheng ranks 16,009 out of 15,577Before him are Levi Lincoln Sr., Igor Lukšić, Happy Chandler, Harlem Désir, Gaston Browne, and Harkishan Singh Surjeet. After him are Keith Holyoake, Nellie Connally, Ska Keller, Louise Mushikiwabo, Zeid Raad Al Hussein, and Fehaid Al-Deehani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Gao Zhisheng ranks 489Before him are Butch Reynolds, Rui Maria de Araújo, Caroline Link, Paolo Virzì, Cécile Kyenge, and Maxi Gnauck. After him are Tetsuji Hashiratani, Zeid Raad Al Hussein, Enrico Bertaggia, Kubatbek Boronov, Tony Fernandes, and Masha Rasputina.

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In China

Among people born in China, Gao Zhisheng ranks 946 out of 1,392Before him are Zhang Zilin (1984), Zhang Jike (1988), Mao Chi-kuo (1948), Xu Jinglei (1974), Yang Xinhai (1968), and Liang Wudong (1959). After him are Fan Zhiyi (1969), Deng Yaping (1973), Sun Wen (1973), Ruth Graham (1920), Liu Guoliang (1976), and Liu Boming (1966).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Gao Zhisheng ranks 426Before him are Ni Xialian (1963), Ling Jihua (1956), Guo Jinlong (1947), Tashi Namgyal (1893), Sun Zhengcai (1963), and Mao Chi-kuo (1948). After him are Liu Guoliang (1976), Dolkun Isa (1967), Chen Jing (1968), Fu Mingxia (1978), Gyaincain Norbu (1990), and Sun Yingsha (2000).