MARTIAL ARTS

Ip Man

1893 - 1972

Ip Man

Ip Man (born Ip Kai-man; 1 October 1893 – 2 December 1972), also known as Yip Man, was a Chinese martial arts grandmaster. He became a teacher of the martial art of Wing Chun when he was 20. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ip Man has received more than 10,835,014 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Ip Man is the most popular martial arts (up from 2nd in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from China (down from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Martial Arts.

Ip Man is most famous for being the first martial arts instructor to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun to Westerners.

Memorability Metrics

11M
Page Views (PV)
75.18
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
50
Languages Editions (L)
10.32
Effective Languages (L*)
2.79
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Ip Man ranks 1 out of 179. After him are Kanō Jigorō, Gichin Funakoshi, Morihei Ueshiba, Mas Oyama, Huo Yuanjia, Wong Fei-hung, Randy Couture, Linda Lee Cadwell, Choi Hong Hi, Ankō Itosu, and Kenwa Mabuni.

Most Popular Martial Arts in Wikipedia

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Ip Man
1893 - 1972
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 1
Kanō Jigorō
1860 - 1938
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 2
Gichin Funakoshi
1868 - 1957
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 3
Morihei Ueshiba
1883 - 1969
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 4
Mas Oyama
1923 - 1994
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 5
Huo Yuanjia
1868 - 1910
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 6
Wong Fei-hung
1925 - 1925
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 7
Randy Couture
1963 - Present
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 8
Linda Lee Cadwell
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 9
Choi Hong Hi
1918 - 2002
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 10
Ankō Itosu
1831 - 1915
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 11
Kenwa Mabuni
1889 - 1952
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Ip Man ranks 5. Before him are Mao Zedong, Hermann Göring, Joan Miró, and Joachim von Ribbentrop. After him are Alfred Rosenberg, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Walter Ulbricht, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Carol II of Romania, Alexander of Greece, and Soong Ching-ling. Among people deceased in 1972, Ip Man ranks 2. Before him is Harry S. Truman. After him are Asta Nielsen, Frederick IX of Denmark, Yasunari Kawabata, Edward VIII, M. C. Escher, Maria Goeppert Mayer, J. Edgar Hoover, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Igor Sikorsky, and Ezra Pound.

Others Born in 1893

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Mao Zedong
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1976
HPI: 85.42
Rank: 1
Hermann Göring
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1946
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 2
Joan Miró
PAINTER
1893 - 1983
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 3
Joachim von Ribbentrop
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1946
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 4
Ip Man
MARTIAL ARTS
1893 - 1972
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 5
Alfred Rosenberg
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1946
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 6
Vladimir Mayakovsky
WRITER
1893 - 1930
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 7
Walter Ulbricht
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1973
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 8
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1893 - 1937
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 9
Carol II of Romania
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1953
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 10
Alexander of Greece
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1920
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 11
Soong Ching-ling
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1981
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1972

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Harry S. Truman
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1972
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 1
Ip Man
MARTIAL ARTS
1893 - 1972
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 2
Asta Nielsen
ACTOR
1881 - 1972
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 3
Frederick IX of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1972
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 4
Yasunari Kawabata
WRITER
1899 - 1972
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 5
Edward VIII
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1972
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 6
M. C. Escher
ARTIST
1898 - 1972
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 7
Maria Goeppert Mayer
PHYSICIST
1906 - 1972
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 8
J. Edgar Hoover
LAWYER
1895 - 1972
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 9
Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1972
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 10
Igor Sikorsky
INVENTOR
1889 - 1972
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 11
Ezra Pound
WRITER
1885 - 1972
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 12