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Hong Xiuquan

1814 - 1864

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Hong Xiuquan (1 January 1814 – 1 June 1864), born Hong Huoxiu and with the courtesy name Renkun, was a Chinese revolutionary and religious leader who led the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty. He established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom over large portions of southern China, with himself as its "Heavenly King". Born into a Hakka family in Guangdong, Hong claimed to have experienced mystical visions after failing the imperial examination. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hong Xiuquan has received more than 1,608,979 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Hong Xiuquan is the 1,806th most popular politician (up from 2,080th in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from China (up from 172nd in 2019) and the 91st most popular Chinese Politician.

Hong Xiuquan is most famous for being the leader of the Taiping Rebellion, which was a civil war in China that lasted from 1850 to 1864.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hong Xiuquan ranks 1,806 out of 15,577. Before him are Barkiyaruq, Agesilaus II, Marozia, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Emperor Ruizong of Tang, and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn. After him are John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Songtsen Gampo, François Grimaldi, Karl Hermann Frank, James IV of Scotland, and Ernest, Duke of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, Hong Xiuquan ranks 11. Before him are Mikhail Lermontov, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Adolphe Sax, Julius von Mayer, Anders Jonas Ångström, and Henri Nestlé. After him are Jenny von Westphalen, James Joseph Sylvester, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus. Among people deceased in 1864, Hong Xiuquan ranks 8. Before him are Ferdinand Lassalle, Maximilian II of Bavaria, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Cheoljong of Joseon, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron. After him are Vuk Karadžić, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, William I of Württemberg, Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois, John Hanning Speke, and Leo von Klenze.

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In China

Among people born in China, Hong Xiuquan ranks 138 out of 1,392. Before him are Ziying (-300), Kaidu (1230), Chiang Ching-kuo (1910), Han Xin (-231), Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (656), and Emperor Ruizong of Tang (662). After him are Songtsen Gampo (604), Emperor Hui of Han (-210), King Wen of Zhou (-1112), Bai Qi (-250), Li Keqiang (1955), and Luo Guanzhong (1330).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Hong Xiuquan ranks 91. Before him are Dorgon (1612), Ziying (-300), Kaidu (1230), Chiang Ching-kuo (1910), Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (656), and Emperor Ruizong of Tang (662). After him are Songtsen Gampo (604), Emperor Hui of Han (-210), King Wen of Zhou (-1112), Li Keqiang (1955), Zhengde Emperor (1491), and Hyeonjong of Joseon (1641).

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