1514 - 1587
Hai Rui (January 23, 1514 – November 13, 1587), courtesy name Ru Xian (汝賢), art name Gang Feng (剛峰), was a Chinese philosopher and politician of the Ming dynasty, remembered as a model of honesty and integrity in office. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hai Rui has received more than 94,351 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Hai Rui is the 9,383rd most popular politician (up from 9,598th in 2019), the 633rd most popular biography from China (down from 625th in 2019) and the 354th most popular Chinese Politician.
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Among politicians, Hai Rui ranks 9,383 out of 15,577. Before him are Ğazı II Giray, Kaja Kallas, Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, Jimeno Garcés of Pamplona, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, and Albert Zafy. After him are Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro, Phormio, Francisco de Toledo, Arsenije III Čarnojević, George, Emperor of Trebizond, and Justas Paleckis.
1551 - 1608
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,377
1977 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,378
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,379
882 - 931
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,380
1877 - 1963
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,381
1927 - 2017
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,382
1514 - 1587
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,383
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,384
450 BC - 428 BC
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,385
1515 - 1582
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,386
1633 - 1706
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 9,387
1255 - 1284
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 9,388
1899 - 1980
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 9,389
Among people born in 1514, Hai Rui ranks 10. Before him are Georg Joachim Rheticus, Thomas Culpeper, Philibert de l'Orme, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, and Claude Goudimel. Among people deceased in 1587, Hai Rui ranks 8. Before him are Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Occhiali, Gotthard Kettler, Bianca Cappello, Felix of Cantalice, and Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. After him are Francisco Hernández de Toledo, John Foxe, Ōmura Sumitada, and Juraj Drašković.
1514 - 1574
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 4
1514 - 1541
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 5
1514 - 1570
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 6
1514 - 1574
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 7
1514 - 1575
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 8
1514 - 1572
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 9
1514 - 1587
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 10
1541 - 1587
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 2
1519 - 1587
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 3
1517 - 1587
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 4
1548 - 1587
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 5
1515 - 1587
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 6
1538 - 1587
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 7
1514 - 1587
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 8
1515 - 1587
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 9
1516 - 1587
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 10
1533 - 1587
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 11
1525 - 1587
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 12
Among people born in China, Hai Rui ranks 633 out of 1,392. Before him are Hu Hanmin (1879), Xu Zhimo (1897), Thonmi Sambhota (618), Guan Hanqing (1210), Ngawang Namgyal (1594), and He Long (1896). After him are Jiong of Xia (null), Zeng Qinghong (1939), Zhou Daguan (1266), Tan Sitong (1865), Jin of Xia (null), and Fou Ts'ong (1934).
1879 - 1936
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 627
1897 - 1931
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 628
618 - Present
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 629
1210 - 1280
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 630
1594 - 1651
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 631
1896 - 1969
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 632
1514 - 1587
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 633
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 634
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 635
1266 - 1346
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 636
1865 - 1898
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 637
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 638
1934 - 2020
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 639
Among politicians born in China, Hai Rui ranks 354. Before him are Yang Jiechi (1950), Xin Qiji (1140), Bo Yibo (1908), Hu Hanmin (1879), Ngawang Namgyal (1594), and He Long (1896). After him are Jiong of Xia (null), Zeng Qinghong (1939), Jin of Xia (null), Cai Yuanpei (1868), Salchak Toka (1901), and Chen Boda (1904).
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 348
1140 - 1207
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 349
1908 - 2007
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 350
1879 - 1936
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 351
1594 - 1651
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 352
1896 - 1969
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 353
1514 - 1587
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 354
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 355
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 356
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 357
1868 - 1940
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 358
1901 - 1973
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 359
1904 - 1989
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 360