POLITICIAN

Huang Xianfan

1899 - 1982

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Huang Xianfan (zhuang: Vangz Yenfanh; simplified Chinese: 黄现璠; traditional Chinese: 黄現璠; pinyin: Huáng Xiànfán; Wade–Giles: Huáng Hsiènfán) (November 13, 1899 – January 18, 1982) was a Zhuang Chinese historian, ethnologist and educator. Huang is considered one of the founders of modern Chinese ethnology. He dedicated five decades of his life to the study of history and ethnology, his research encompassing a vast range of fields, including Chinese general history, pre-Qin history,medieval history, social and living history, cultural history, ethnology, linguistics, and Zhuang studies.His magnum opus, "A General Outline of Tang Dynasty Society," is widely hailed as the first comprehensive study of Tang dynasty social history in the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Huang Xianfan has received more than 34,940 page views. His biography is available in 166 different languages on Wikipedia. Huang Xianfan is the 29th most popular politician (up from 69th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from China (up from 4th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Politician.

Huang Xianfan is most famous for his involvement in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

Memorability Metrics

  • 35k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 85.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 166

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 82.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Huang Xianfan ranks 29 out of 19,576. Before him are Vladimir Putin, Louis XVI of France, Benito Mussolini, Hammurabi, Mao Zedong, and Cicero. After him are Constantine the Great, Winston Churchill, Attila, Osman I, Umar, and Maria Theresa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Huang Xianfan ranks 1. After him are Ernest Hemingway, Alfred Hitchcock, Jorge Luis Borges, Al Capone, Vladimir Nabokov, Friedrich Hayek, Frederick IX of Denmark, Lavrentiy Beria, Yasunari Kawabata, Humphrey Bogart, and László Bíró. Among people deceased in 1982, Huang Xianfan ranks 1. After him are Grace Kelly, Leonid Brezhnev, Ayn Rand, Romy Schneider, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Fonda, Carl Orff, Roman Jakobson, Arthur Rubinstein, Philip K. Dick, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

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In China

Among people born in China, Huang Xianfan ranks 3 out of 1,610. Before him are Confucius (-551), and Mao Zedong (1893). After him are Qin Shi Huang (-258), Sun Tzu (-544), Laozi (-604), Zheng He (1387), Sun Yat-sen (1866), Deng Xiaoping (1904), Li Bai (701), Sima Qian (-145), and 14th Dalai Lama (1935).

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  • Photo of Confucius

    Confucius

    PHILOSOPHER

    551 BC - 479 BC

    HPI: 90.71

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Mao Zedong

    Mao Zedong

    POLITICIAN

    1893 - 1976

    HPI: 85.42

    Rank: 2

  • Photo of Huang Xianfan

    Huang Xianfan

    POLITICIAN

    1899 - 1982

    HPI: 85.39

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Qin Shi Huang

    Qin Shi Huang

    POLITICIAN

    258 BC - 210 BC

    HPI: 84.58

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Sun Tzu

    Sun Tzu

    PHILOSOPHER

    544 BC - 496 BC

    HPI: 80.24

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Laozi

    Laozi

    PHILOSOPHER

    604 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 79.98

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Zheng He

    Zheng He

    EXPLORER

    1387 - 1433

    HPI: 79.72

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Sun Yat-sen

    Sun Yat-sen

    POLITICIAN

    1866 - 1925

    HPI: 79.43

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Deng Xiaoping

    Deng Xiaoping

    POLITICIAN

    1904 - 1997

    HPI: 79.00

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Li Bai

    Li Bai

    WRITER

    701 - 762

    HPI: 78.86

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Sima Qian

    Sima Qian

    HISTORIAN

    145 BC - 86 BC

    HPI: 78.53

    Rank: 11

  • Photo of 14th Dalai Lama

    14th Dalai Lama

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1935 - Present

    HPI: 78.14

    Rank: 12

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Huang Xianfan ranks 2. Before him are Mao Zedong (1893). After him are Qin Shi Huang (-258), Sun Yat-sen (1866), Deng Xiaoping (1904), Xi Jinping (1953), Kublai Khan (1215), Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), Wu Zetian (624), Hu Jintao (1942), Qianlong Emperor (1711), and Liu Bei (161).

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