RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gun

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Gun (Chinese: 鯀; pinyin: Gǔn; Wade–Giles: Kun3, lit. "big fish"), also known as Count of Chong (Chinese: 崇伯鯀; pinyin: Chóngbó Gǔn; Wade–Giles: Ch‘ung2-po2 Kun3), is a figure in Chinese mythology, sometimes noted as the father of Yu the Great, the founder of the Xia dynasty. Gun was appointed to the task of controlling the Great Flood by Emperor Yao on the advice of the Four Mountains. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gun has received more than 5,999,845 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Gun is the 1,582nd most popular religious figure (up from 1,594th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gun ranks 1,582 out of 3,187Before him are Baba Sali, Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia, Olimpia Maidalchini, Moses Isserles, Michael von Faulhaber, and Juan Vicente Pérez. After him are Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna, Saint Meinhard, Anthim the Iberian, Abercius of Hieropolis, Sidi Boushaki, and Chrodegang.

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