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Gia Long

1762 - 1820

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Gia Long (Chữ hán: 嘉隆) (Vietnamese: [zaː lawŋ] (North), [jaː lawŋ] (South); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh (阮暎), was the founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last dynasty of Vietnam. His dynasty would rule the unified territories that constitute modern-day Vietnam until 1945. A nephew of the last Nguyễn lord who ruled over south Vietnam, Nguyễn Ánh was forced into hiding in 1777 as a fifteen-year-old when his family was slain in the Tây Sơn revolt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gia Long has received more than 507,556 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Gia Long is the 3,351st most popular politician (up from 3,811th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 19th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Vietnamese Politician.

Gia Long is most famous for being the first emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gia Long ranks 3,351 out of 19,576. Before him are P. W. Botha, Chiyou, Mieszko II Lambert, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, James Macpherson, and Miran Shah. After him are Richard III, Duke of Normandy, Shepseskare, Natalya Naryshkina, Yolande of Aragon, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, and Guy III of Spoleto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, Gia Long ranks 6. Before him are Johann Gottlieb Fichte, George IV of the United Kingdom, Constanze Mozart, André Chénier, and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria. After him are Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Jacques Balmat, Pierre André Latreille, Theroigne de Mericourt, and María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba. Among people deceased in 1820, Gia Long ranks 9. Before him are Jiaqing Emperor, Elisa Bonaparte, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, François Christophe de Kellermann, and Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry. After him are Henri Christophe, Manuel Belgrano, Jean-Lambert Tallien, François Joseph Lefebvre, Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange, and Joseph Banks.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Gia Long ranks 17 out of 136. Before him are Ieng Sary (1925), Lady Sun (192), Dương Văn Minh (1916), Lê Duẩn (1907), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), and Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923). After him are Madame Nhu (1924), Charles Sobhraj (1944), Minh Mạng (1791), Son Sen (1930), Lê Lợi (1384), and Tôn Đức Thắng (1888).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Gia Long ranks 11. Before him are Ieng Sary (1925), Lady Sun (192), Dương Văn Minh (1916), Lê Duẩn (1907), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), and Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923). After him are Madame Nhu (1924), Minh Mạng (1791), Son Sen (1930), Lê Lợi (1384), Tôn Đức Thắng (1888), and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954).

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