1506 - 1544
Hwang Jini or Hwang Jin-Yi (Korean: 황진이; c. 1506 – c. 1560), also known by her gisaeng name Myeongwol ("bright moon", 명월), was one of the most famous gisaeng of the Joseon Dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hwang Jini has received more than 240,289 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Hwang Jini is the 339th most popular philosopher (down from 314th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from North Korea and the most popular North Korean Philosopher.
Hwang Jini is famous for being a female general who led the army of Goguryeo, an ancient Korean kingdom.
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Among philosophers, Hwang Jini ranks 339 out of 1,089. Before her are Crates of Thebes, Pietro Pomponazzi, Macrobius, Peter Singer, Anacharsis, and Haji Bektash Veli. After her are Fukuzawa Yukichi, Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, Moses Hess, Juan Luis Vives, Isaac Abarbanel, and Judith Butler.
365 BC - 285 BC
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 333
1462 - 1525
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 334
370 - 430
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 335
1946 - Present
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 336
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 337
1209 - 1271
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 338
1506 - 1544
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 339
1835 - 1901
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 340
1842 - 1906
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 341
1812 - 1875
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 342
1492 - 1540
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 343
1437 - 1508
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 344
1956 - Present
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 345
Among people born in 1506, Hwang Jini ranks 3. Before her are Francis Xavier and Louis II of Hungary. After her are Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Peter Faber, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja, and George Buchanan. Among people deceased in 1544, Hwang Jini ranks 2. Before her is Jungjong of Joseon. After her are Manco Inca Yupanqui, Clément Marot, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Johannes Magnus, Pedro Damiano, Ruy López de Villalobos, Louis V, Elector Palatine, Valerius Cordus, Bonaventure des Périers, and Teofilo Folengo.
1506 - 1552
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 1
1506 - 1526
HPI: 80.76
Rank: 2
1506 - 1544
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 3
1506 - 1543
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 4
1506 - 1545
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 5
1506 - 1552
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 6
1506 - 1555
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 7
1506 - 1582
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 8
1488 - 1544
HPI: 74.88
Rank: 1
1506 - 1544
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 2
1512 - 1544
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 3
1495 - 1544
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 4
1489 - 1544
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 5
1488 - 1544
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 6
1480 - 1544
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 7
1500 - 1544
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 8
1478 - 1544
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 9
1515 - 1544
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 10
1510 - 1544
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 11
1491 - 1544
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 12
Among people born in North Korea, Hwang Jini ranks 15 out of 109. Before her are Kim Jong-suk (1919), Jang Song-thaek (1946), Choe Yong-gon (1900), Kim Koo (1876), Kim Yong-nam (1928), and Sun Myung Moon (1920). After her are Yeon Gaesomun (603), Yuri of Goguryeo (-38), Kim Hyong-jik (1894), An Jung-geun (1879), Chung Ju-yung (1915), and Daemusin of Goguryeo (4).
1919 - 1949
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 9
1946 - 2013
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 10
1900 - 1976
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 11
1876 - 1949
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 12
1928 - Present
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 13
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 14
1506 - 1544
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 15
603 - 666
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 16
38 BC - 18
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 17
1894 - 1926
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 18
1879 - 1910
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 19
1915 - 2001
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 20
4 - 44
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 21
Among philosophers born in North Korea, Hwang Jini ranks 1.