POLITICIAN

Gojong of Korea

1852 - 1919

Gojong of Korea

Gojong (Korean: 고종; Hanja: 高宗; RR: Gojong; MR: Kojong), the Emperor Gwangmu (Korean: 광무제; Hanja: 光武帝; RR: Gwangmuje; MR: Kwangmuje; 8 September 1852 – 21 January 1919), was the last king of Joseon and the first Emperor of Korea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gojong of Korea has received more than 738,768 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia making him the 898th most popular politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 740k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gojong of Korea ranks 893 out of 14,801. Before him are Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Decebalus, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Jean Monnet. After him are Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ivan V of Russia, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Gojong of Korea ranks 8. Before him are Henri Becquerel, Emperor Meiji, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Emil Fischer, William Ramsay, and Henri Moissan. After him are Albert A. Michelson, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Francisco Tárrega, Joseph Joffre, Charles Taze Russell, and Alice Liddell. Among people deceased in 1919, Gojong of Korea ranks 11. Before him are Emil Fischer, Emiliano Zapata, Karl Liebknecht, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Ruggero Leoncavallo, and John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. After him are Andrew Carnegie, Alfred Werner, William Crookes, Carl Larsson, Yakov Sverdlov, and Princess Charlotte of Prussia.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Gojong of Korea ranks 4 out of 380. Before him are Ban Ki-moon (1944), Kim Dae-jung (1924), and Sukjong of Joseon (1661). After him are Dongmyeong of Goguryeo (-58), Park Geun-hye (1952), Yi Sun-sin (1545), Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), Sunjong of Korea (1874), Kim Young-sam (1927), and Sejo of Joseon (1417).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Gojong of Korea ranks 3. Before him are Kim Dae-jung (1924) and Sukjong of Joseon (1661). After him are Dongmyeong of Goguryeo (-58), Park Geun-hye (1952), Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), Sunjong of Korea (1874), Kim Young-sam (1927), Sejo of Joseon (1417), Empress Myeongseong (1851), and Gwanghaegun of Joseon (1575).

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