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POLITICIAN

Gia Long

1762 - 1820

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Gia Long (Vietnamese: [zaː lawŋ] (North), [jaː lawŋ] (South); 8 February 1762 – 3 February 1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh (阮福暎) or Nguyễn Ánh, 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 461,649 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Gia Long is the 3,821st most popular politician (down from 3,637th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 17th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Vietnamese Politician.

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

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  • 460k

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  • 60.57

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gia Long ranks 3,821 out of 15,577Before him are Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca, Menua, Theuderic II, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, Shapur III, and Mesud I. After him are Margaret II, Countess of Flanders, Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, Ertuğrul Osman, Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Hjalmar Branting, and Boris Nemtsov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, Gia Long ranks 7Before him are Johann Gottlieb Fichte, George IV of the United Kingdom, Constanze Mozart, André Chénier, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria. After him are Theroigne de Mericourt, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Jacques Balmat, Pierre André Latreille, and James Hoban. Among people deceased in 1820, Gia Long ranks 11Before him are Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, François Christophe de Kellermann, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, François Joseph Lefebvre, Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, and Henri Christophe. After him are Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange, Manuel Belgrano, Joseph Banks, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, Alexander Mackenzie, and Jean-Lambert Tallien.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Gia Long ranks 19 out of 124Before him are Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Lê Duẩn (1907), Madame Nhu (1924), and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954). After him are Charles Sobhraj (1944), Lê Lợi (1384), Lady Triệu (225), Minh Mạng (1791), Son Sen (1930), and Nguyễn Ngọc Loan (1930).

Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Gia Long ranks 13Before him are Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Lê Duẩn (1907), Madame Nhu (1924), and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954). After him are Lê Lợi (1384), Minh Mạng (1791), Son Sen (1930), Nguyễn Huệ (1752), Tôn Đức Thắng (1888), and Trường Chinh (1907).