1592 - 1643
Hong Taiji (28 November 1592 – 21 September 1643), also rendered as Huang Taiji and sometimes referred to as Abahai in Western literature, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizong of Qing, was the second khan of the Later Jin dynasty (reigned from 1626 to 1636) and the founding emperor of the Qing dynasty (reigned from 1636 to 1643). He was responsible for consolidating the empire that his father Nurhaci had founded and laid the groundwork for the conquest of the Ming dynasty, although he died before this was accomplished. He was also responsible for changing the name of the Jurchen ethnicity to "Manchu" in 1635, and changing the name of his dynasty from "Great Jin" to "Great Qing" in 1636. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hong Taiji has received more than 1,077,256 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Hong Taiji is the 676th most popular politician (up from 717th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from China (up from 49th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Chinese Politician.
Hong Taiji is most famous for conquering the Ming Dynasty and establishing the Qing Dynasty.
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Among politicians, Hong Taiji ranks 676 out of 15,577. Before him are Ladislaus the Posthumous, Olaf Scholz, Aldo Moro, Vytautas, Irene of Athens, and Arnulf of Carinthia. After him are Michael VIII Palaiologos, Maxentius, Ion Antonescu, Franjo Tuđman, Afonso I of Portugal, and Augustus III of Poland.
1440 - 1457
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 670
1958 - Present
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 671
1916 - 1978
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 672
1352 - 1430
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 673
752 - 803
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 674
850 - 899
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 675
1592 - 1643
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 676
1224 - 1282
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 677
278 - 312
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 678
1882 - 1946
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 679
1922 - 1999
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 680
1109 - 1185
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 681
1696 - 1763
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 682
Among people born in 1592, Hong Taiji ranks 3. Before him are John Amos Comenius and Shah Jahan. After him are Pierre Gassendi, Wilhelm Schickard, Gerard van Honthorst, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Jacques Callot, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Catalina de Erauso, Peter Snayers, and Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1643, Hong Taiji ranks 3. Before him are Louis XIII of France and Claudio Monteverdi. After him are Girolamo Frescobaldi, Sophia Brahe, Paul Guldin, Giovanni Baglione, François Duquesnoy, Hendrik Brouwer, Herman Wrangel, Tawaraya Sōtatsu, and Jean du Vergier de Hauranne.
1592 - 1670
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 1
1592 - 1666
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 2
1592 - 1643
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 3
1592 - 1655
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 4
1592 - 1635
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 5
1592 - 1656
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 6
1592 - 1628
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 7
1592 - 1635
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 8
1592 - 1657
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 9
1592 - 1650
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 10
1592 - 1667
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 11
1592 - 1642
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 12
1601 - 1643
HPI: 80.78
Rank: 1
1567 - 1643
HPI: 79.43
Rank: 2
1592 - 1643
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 3
1583 - 1643
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 4
1556 - 1643
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 5
1577 - 1643
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 6
1566 - 1643
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 7
1597 - 1643
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 8
1581 - 1643
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 9
1584 - 1643
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 10
1570 - 1643
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 11
1581 - 1643
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 12
Among people born in China, Hong Taiji ranks 45 out of 1,392. Before him are Emperor Wu of Han (-156), Emperor Taizong of Tang (598), Yongzheng Emperor (1678), Nurhaci (1559), Mozi (-470), and Charles K. Kao (1933). After him are Lu Xun (1881), Yuan Shikai (1859), Zhu Xi (1130), Mahmud al-Kashgari (1029), Shunzhi Emperor (1638), and Sun Quan (182).
156 BC - 87 BC
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 39
598 - 649
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 40
1678 - 1735
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 41
1559 - 1626
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 42
470 BC - 391 BC
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 43
1933 - 2018
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 44
1592 - 1643
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 45
1881 - 1936
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 46
1859 - 1916
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 47
1130 - 1200
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 48
1029 - 1101
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 49
1638 - 1661
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 50
182 - 252
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 51
Among politicians born in China, Hong Taiji ranks 24. Before him are Jiang Zemin (1926), Zhou Enlai (1898), Emperor Wu of Han (-156), Emperor Taizong of Tang (598), Yongzheng Emperor (1678), and Nurhaci (1559). After him are Yuan Shikai (1859), Shunzhi Emperor (1638), Sun Quan (182), Liu Shaoqi (1898), Emperor Gaozu of Tang (566), and Cao Pi (187).
1926 - 2022
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 18
1898 - 1976
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 19
156 BC - 87 BC
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 20
598 - 649
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 21
1678 - 1735
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 22
1559 - 1626
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 23
1592 - 1643
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 24
1859 - 1916
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 25
1638 - 1661
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 26
182 - 252
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 27
1898 - 1969
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 28
566 - 635
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 29
187 - 226
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 30