POLITICIAN

Jiang Qing

1914 - 1991

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Jiang Qing (19 March 1914 – 14 May 1991), also known as Madame Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary, actress, and major political figure during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976). She was the fourth wife of Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Communist Party and Paramount leader of China. She used the stage name Lan Ping (藍蘋) during her acting career (which ended in 1938), and was known by many other names. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jiang Qing has received more than 2,509,411 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

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jiang Qings by language

Over the past year Jiang Qing has had the most page views in the with 559,772 views, followed by English (355,711), and Japanese (124,467). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cantonese (332.66%), Belarusian (60.49%), and Korean (44.76%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jiang Qing ranks 1,015 out of 19,576Before 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 8Before 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 11Before 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 1,610Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Jiang Qing ranks 37Before 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).