POLITICIAN

Jiang Qing

1914 - 1991

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Jiang Qing (March 1914 – 14 May 1991), also known as Madame Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary, actress, and political figure. She was the fourth wife of Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Communist Party and Paramount leader of China. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jiang Qing has received more than 2,731,364 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Jiang Qing is the 1,015th most popular politician (down from 919th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from China (down from 57th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Chinese Politician.

Jiang Qing is most famous for being a member of the Gang of Four, a group of Chinese communist officials who were blamed for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jiang Qing ranks 1,015 out of 19,576. Before her are Humayun, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Jerry Brown, Anton Drexler, and Frederick III of Denmark. After her are Miloš Zeman, Simon of Cyrene, Roderic, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Manuel II of Portugal, and Ivan V of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jiang Qing ranks 8. Before her are Yuri Andropov, Hedy Lamarr, Tove Jansson, Thor Heyerdahl, Tenzing Norgay, and Marguerite Duras. After her are Michael Wittmann, Octavio Paz, Julio Cortázar, Alec Guinness, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, and Richard Widmark. Among people deceased in 1991, Jiang Qing ranks 11. Before her are Yves Montand, Serge Gainsbourg, Edwin McMillan, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Carl David Anderson, and Klaus Kinski. After her are Klaus Barbie, John Bardeen, Miles Davis, Gustáv Husák, Soichiro Honda, and Graham Greene.

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In China

Among people born in China, Jiang Qing ranks 65 out of 1,610. Before her are Gao Xingjian (1940), Han Fei (-280), Xuande Emperor (1399), Guangxu Emperor (1871), Shang Yang (-390), and Zhang Fei (167). After her are Liu Shaoqi (1898), Chongzhen Emperor (1611), Emperor Yao (-2324), Xun Kuang (-313), 5th Dalai Lama (1617), and Tu Youyou (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Jiang Qing ranks 37. Before her are Sima Yi (179), Li Si (-280), Xiang Yu (-232), Xuande Emperor (1399), Guangxu Emperor (1871), and Shang Yang (-390). After her are Liu Shaoqi (1898), Chongzhen Emperor (1611), Emperor Yao (-2324), 5th Dalai Lama (1617), Emperor Taizu of Song (927), and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (685).

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