POLITICIAN

Kang Sheng

1898 - 1975

Kang Sheng

Kang Sheng (Chinese: 康生; pinyin: Kāng Shēng; 4 November 1898 – 16 December 1975), born Zhang Zongke (simplified Chinese: 张宗可; traditional Chinese: 張宗可; pinyin: Zhāng Zōngkě), was a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official, best known for having overseen the work of the CCP's internal security and intelligence apparatus during the early 1940s and again at the height of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s and early 1970s. A member of the CCP from the early 1920s, he spent time in Moscow during the early 1930s, where he learned the methods of the Soviet NKVD and became a supporter of Wang Ming for leadership of the CCP. After returning to China in the late 1930s, Kang Sheng switched his allegiance to Mao Zedong and became a close associate of Mao during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese Civil War, and after. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kang Sheng has received more than 319,281 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Kang Sheng is the 8,259th most popular politician (down from 8,071st in 2019), the 592nd most popular biography from China (down from 570th in 2019) and the 335th most popular Chinese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

320k
Page Views (PV)
55.56
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
21
Languages Editions (L)
2.82
Effective Languages (L*)
3.13
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kang Sheng ranks 8,259 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis III, Elector Palatine, Arduin of Ivrea, Princess Mary of Great Britain, Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria, Varazdat, and Abraham Zapruder. After him are Inge I of Norway, Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Julio César Turbay Ayala, Michael Krešimir II of Croatia, Alghu, and Louis X, Duke of Bavaria.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

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Louis III, Elector Palatine
1378 - 1436
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 8,253
Arduin of Ivrea
955 - 1015
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 8,254
Princess Mary of Great Britain
1723 - 1772
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 8,255
Theodore Svetoslav of Bulgaria
1270 - 1322
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 8,256
Varazdat
400 - 400
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 8,257
Abraham Zapruder
1905 - 1970
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 8,258
Kang Sheng
1898 - 1975
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 8,259
Inge I of Norway
1135 - 1161
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 8,260
Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
1763 - 1834
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 8,261
Julio César Turbay Ayala
1916 - 2005
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 8,262
Michael Krešimir II of Croatia
950 - 969
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 8,263
Alghu
1250 - 1266
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 8,264
Louis X, Duke of Bavaria
1495 - 1545
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 8,265

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Kang Sheng ranks 98. Before him are Lionel Robbins, Achille Van Acker, Karl Mauss, Jacob Tullin Thams, Elazar Shach, and Jean Fautrier. After him are Kaj Munk, Jacques Doriot, Gabriel González Videla, Ferenc Plattkó, Leon Štukelj, and Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt. Among people deceased in 1975, Kang Sheng ranks 77. Before him are Annette Kellermann, Nihal Atsız, Lennart Skoglund, Achille Van Acker, Peregrino Anselmo, and Vladimir Kuts. After him are Madeleine Vionnet, Franz Six, William A. Wellman, Cannonball Adderley, Ma Bufang, and Lung Chien.

Others Born in 1898

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Lionel Robbins
ECONOMIST
1898 - 1984
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 92
Achille Van Acker
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1975
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 93
Karl Mauss
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1898 - 1959
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 94
Jacob Tullin Thams
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1954
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 95
Elazar Shach
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1898 - 2001
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 96
Jean Fautrier
PAINTER
1898 - 1964
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 97
Kang Sheng
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1975
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 98
Kaj Munk
WRITER
1898 - 1944
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 99
Jacques Doriot
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1898 - 1945
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 100
Gabriel González Videla
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1980
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 101
Ferenc Plattkó
SOCCER PLAYER
1898 - 1983
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 102
Leon Štukelj
GYMNAST
1898 - 1999
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 103
Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt
COMPANION
1898 - 1983
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 104