1852 - 1919
Gojong (Korean: 고종; Hanja: 高宗; RR: Gojong; MR: Kojong, 8 September 1852 – 21 January 1919), was the monarch of Korea from 1864 to 1907. He reigned as the last King of Joseon from 1864 to 1897, and as the first Emperor of Korea from 1897 until his forced abdication in 1907. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gojong of Korea has received more than 1,233,821 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Gojong of Korea is the 981st most popular politician (down from 892nd in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 4th in 2019) and the 9th most popular South Korean Politician.
Gojong of Korea is most famous for being the last king of Korea. He was the son of King Kojong and Queen Min, who was a concubine. He became the king after his father died in 1907.
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Among politicians, Gojong of Korea ranks 981 out of 15,710. Before him are Mausolus, Lee Myung-bak, Ferdinand I of Romania, Subhas Chandra Bose, Frederick V of the Palatinate, and Yeongjo of Joseon. After him are Tamar of Georgia, Todor Zhivkov, Stepan Bandera, Alexander Van der Bellen, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, and Sukjong of Joseon.
410 BC - 353 BC
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 975
1941 - Present
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 976
1865 - 1927
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 977
1897 - 1945
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 978
1596 - 1632
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 979
1694 - 1776
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 980
1852 - 1919
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 981
1166 - 1213
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 982
1911 - 1998
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 983
1909 - 1959
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 984
1944 - Present
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 985
685 - 762
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 986
1661 - 1720
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 987
Among people born in 1852, Gojong of Korea ranks 7. Before him are Antoni Gaudí, Henri Becquerel, Emperor Meiji, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Emil Fischer, and William Ramsay. After him are Albert A. Michelson, Henri Moissan, Francisco Tárrega, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Joseph Joffre, and Charles Taze Russell. Among people deceased in 1919, Gojong of Korea ranks 12. Before him are Emiliano Zapata, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Emil Fischer, Andrew Carnegie, Ruggero Leoncavallo, and John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. After him are William Crookes, Carl Larsson, Madam C. J. Walker, Alfred Werner, Yakov Sverdlov, and Princess Charlotte of Prussia.
1852 - 1926
HPI: 87.73
Rank: 1
1852 - 1908
HPI: 84.09
Rank: 2
1852 - 1912
HPI: 82.77
Rank: 3
1852 - 1911
HPI: 79.52
Rank: 4
1852 - 1919
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 5
1852 - 1916
HPI: 77.37
Rank: 6
1852 - 1919
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 7
1852 - 1931
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 8
1852 - 1907
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 9
1852 - 1909
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 10
1852 - 1934
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 11
1852 - 1931
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 12
1852 - 1916
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 13
1879 - 1919
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 6
1857 - 1919
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 7
1852 - 1919
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 8
1835 - 1919
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 9
1857 - 1919
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 10
1842 - 1919
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 11
1852 - 1919
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 12
1832 - 1919
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 13
1853 - 1919
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 14
1867 - 1919
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 15
1866 - 1919
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 16
1885 - 1919
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 17
1860 - 1919
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 18
Among people born in South Korea, Gojong of Korea ranks 10 out of 774. Before him are Syngman Rhee (1875), Moon Jae-in (1953), Kim Dae-jung (1924), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), and Yeongjo of Joseon (1694). After him are Sukjong of Joseon (1661), Empress Gi (1315), Park Geun-hye (1952), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), Sejo of Joseon (1417), and Yi Sun-sin (1545).
1875 - 1965
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 4
1953 - Present
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 5
1924 - 2009
HPI: 78.76
Rank: 6
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.94
Rank: 7
1752 - 1800
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 8
1694 - 1776
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 9
1852 - 1919
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 10
1661 - 1720
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 11
1315 - 1369
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 12
1952 - Present
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 13
1946 - 2009
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 14
1417 - 1468
HPI: 75.55
Rank: 15
1545 - 1598
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 16
Among politicians born in South Korea, Gojong of Korea ranks 9. Before him are Syngman Rhee (1875), Moon Jae-in (1953), Kim Dae-jung (1924), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), and Yeongjo of Joseon (1694). After him are Sukjong of Joseon (1661), Empress Gi (1315), Park Geun-hye (1952), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), Sejo of Joseon (1417), and Empress Myeongseong (1851).
1875 - 1965
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 3
1953 - Present
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 4
1924 - 2009
HPI: 78.76
Rank: 5
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.94
Rank: 6
1752 - 1800
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 7
1694 - 1776
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 8
1852 - 1919
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 9
1661 - 1720
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 10
1315 - 1369
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 11
1952 - Present
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 12
1946 - 2009
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 13
1417 - 1468
HPI: 75.55
Rank: 14
1851 - 1895
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 15