1750 - 1799
Heshen (Manchu: ᡥᡝᡧᡝᠨ, Möllendorff: Hešen; Chinese: 和珅; pinyin: Héshēn; Wade–Giles: Ho2-shen1; 1 July 1750 – 22 February 1799) of the Manchu Niohuru clan, was an official of the Qing dynasty favored by the Qianlong Emperor and called the most corrupt official in Chinese history. After the death of Qianlong, the Jiaqing Emperor confiscated Heshen's wealth and forced him to commit suicide. As an official, he acquired an estimated at 1.1 billion taels of silver, equal to roughly US$270 billion. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heshen has received more than 432,384 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Heshen is the 3,054th most popular politician (up from 3,170th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from China (up from 254th in 2019) and the 153rd most popular Chinese Politician.
Heshen is most famous for being a corrupt official during the Qing Dynasty. Heshen was able to rise through the ranks of government because he was able to bribe the emperor. He was eventually executed for his corrupt behavior.
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Among politicians, Heshen ranks 3,054 out of 15,577. Before him are Emperor Kaika, Sargon I, Ladislaus II of Hungary, Julius Nyerere, Aspar, and Arkan. After him are René II, Duke of Lorraine, Sigismund Báthory, Magnus I of Sweden, Casimir I the Restorer, Lydia Litvyak, and Abdul Salam Arif.
208 BC - 97 BC
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 3,048
1900 BC - 1900 BC
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 3,049
1131 - 1163
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 3,050
1922 - 1999
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 3,051
400 - 471
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 3,052
1952 - 2000
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 3,053
1750 - 1799
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 3,054
1451 - 1508
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 3,055
1572 - 1613
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 3,056
1106 - 1134
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 3,057
1016 - 1058
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 3,058
1921 - 1943
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 3,059
1921 - 1966
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 3,060
Among people born in 1750, Heshen ranks 10. Before him are Tipu Sultan, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, Caroline Herschel, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, and Francisco de Miranda. After him are Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa, Murad Bey, Sheikh Mansur, Karl August von Hardenberg, Ami Argand, and Adam Afzelius. Among people deceased in 1799, Heshen ranks 10. Before him are Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Pierre Beaumarchais, Tipu Sultan, Joseph Black, Lazzaro Spallanzani, and Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. After him are Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Victoire of France, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, and Jan Ingenhousz.
1750 - 1799
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 4
1750 - 1827
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 5
1750 - 1848
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 6
1750 - 1806
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 7
1750 - 1762
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 8
1750 - 1816
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 9
1750 - 1799
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 10
1750 - 1829
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 11
1750 - 1801
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 12
1750 - 1794
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 13
1750 - 1822
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 14
1750 - 1803
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 15
1750 - 1837
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 16
1718 - 1799
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 4
1732 - 1799
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 5
1750 - 1799
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 6
1728 - 1799
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 7
1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 8
1742 - 1799
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 9
1750 - 1799
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 10
1724 - 1799
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 11
1740 - 1799
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 12
1733 - 1799
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 13
1728 - 1799
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 14
1739 - 1799
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 15
1730 - 1799
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 16
Among people born in China, Heshen ranks 239 out of 1,392. Before him are Di Renjie (630), Guo Jia (170), Liu Hui (225), Wong Kar-wai (1958), Cao Xueqin (1724), and Huang Zhong (148). After him are Tsung-Dao Lee (1926), Emperor Cheng of Han (-51), Zhang Jue (200), Emperor Hui of Jin (259), Emperor Taizu of Jin (1068), and Liu Biao (142).
630 - 700
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 233
170 - Present
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 234
225 - 295
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 235
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 236
1724 - 1763
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 237
148 - 220
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 238
1750 - 1799
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 239
1926 - Present
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 240
51 BC - 7 BC
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 241
200 - 184
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 242
259 - 307
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 243
1068 - 1123
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 244
142 - 208
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 245
Among politicians born in China, Heshen ranks 153. Before him are Emperor Yuan of Han (-75), Empress Wanrong (1906), Zhao Bing (1271), Pujie (1907), Di Renjie (630), and Guo Jia (170). After him are Emperor Cheng of Han (-51), Emperor Hui of Jin (259), Emperor Taizu of Jin (1068), Liu Biao (142), Xiao He (-257), and Liu Bian (176).
75 BC - 33 BC
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 147
1906 - 1946
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 148
1271 - 1279
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 149
1907 - 1994
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 150
630 - 700
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 151
170 - Present
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 152
1750 - 1799
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 153
51 BC - 7 BC
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 154
259 - 307
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 155
1068 - 1123
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 156
142 - 208
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 157
257 BC - 193
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 158
176 - 190
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 159