1858 - 1927
Kang Youwei (Chinese: 康有為; Cantonese: Hōng Yáuh-wàih; 19 March 1858 – 31 March 1927) was a prominent political thinker and reformer in China of the late Qing dynasty. His increasing closeness to and influence over the young Guangxu Emperor sparked conflict between the emperor and his adoptive mother, the regent Empress Dowager Cixi. His ideas were influential in the abortive Hundred Days' Reform. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kang Youwei has received more than 370,790 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Kang Youwei is the 721st most popular writer (up from 805th in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from China (up from 210th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Chinese Writer.
Kang Youwei was a Chinese scholar who is most famous for his proposal to reform the Chinese government.
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Among writers, Kang Youwei ranks 721 out of 5,755. Before him are Aratus, L. Ron Hubbard, Sarojini Naidu, Klaus Mann, Phillis Wheatley, and Mahmoud Darwish. After him are Tatian, Antonio Machado, Raymond Carver, Julius Fučík, Alexander Griboyedov, and Epicharmus of Kos.
315 BC - 240 BC
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 715
1911 - 1986
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 716
1879 - 1949
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 717
1906 - 1949
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 718
1753 - 1784
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 719
1941 - 2008
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 720
1858 - 1927
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 721
120 - 180
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 722
1875 - 1939
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 723
1938 - 1988
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 724
1903 - 1943
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 725
1795 - 1829
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 726
524 BC - 435 BC
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 727
Among people born in 1858, Kang Youwei ranks 19. Before him are Christiaan Eijkman, Charles de Foucauld, Franz Boas, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, and Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont. After him are Maria Christina of Austria, Eugène Ysaÿe, Marie Bashkirtseff, Mihajlo Pupin, Alessandro Moreschi, and Eugène Dubois. Among people deceased in 1927, Kang Youwei ranks 13. Before him are Carlota of Mexico, Albrecht Kossel, Gaston Leroux, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Andranik, and Hugo Ball. After him are Edward B. Titchener, Georg Brandes, Giuseppe Moscati, Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Jerome K. Jerome, and Paul Sérusier.
1858 - 1930
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 13
1858 - 1916
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 14
1858 - 1942
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 15
1858 - 1921
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 16
1858 - 1922
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 17
1858 - 1934
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 18
1858 - 1927
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 19
1858 - 1929
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 20
1858 - 1931
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 21
1858 - 1884
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 22
1858 - 1935
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 23
1858 - 1922
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 24
1858 - 1940
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 25
1840 - 1927
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 7
1853 - 1927
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 8
1868 - 1927
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 9
1855 - 1927
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 10
1865 - 1927
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 11
1886 - 1927
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 12
1858 - 1927
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 13
1867 - 1927
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 14
1842 - 1927
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 15
1880 - 1927
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 16
1846 - 1927
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 17
1859 - 1927
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 18
1864 - 1927
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 19
Among people born in China, Kang Youwei ranks 195 out of 1,392. Before him are Ma Chao (176), Meng Tian (-250), Yuan Shu (155), Jin Yong (1924), Donnie Yen (1963), and Wang Zhaojun (-50). After him are Li Hongzhang (1823), Yang Chen-Ning (1922), Xiahou Dun (155), Su Shi (1037), John Woo (1946), and Emperor Ling of Han (156).
176 - 222
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 189
250 BC - 210 BC
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 190
155 - 199
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 191
1924 - 2018
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 192
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 193
50 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 194
1858 - 1927
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 195
1823 - 1901
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 196
1922 - Present
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 197
155 - 220
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 198
1037 - 1101
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 199
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 200
156 - 189
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 201
Among writers born in China, Kang Youwei ranks 13. Before him are Wang Wei (699), Faxian (340), Mo Yan (1955), Bai Juyi (772), Kumārajīva (343), and Jin Yong (1924). After him are Su Shi (1037), Zhang Sanfeng (1200), Ban Gu (32), Cao Xueqin (1724), Tao Yuanming (365), and Cai Yan (177).
699 - 759
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 7
340 - 418
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 8
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 9
772 - 846
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 10
343 - 413
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 11
1924 - 2018
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 12
1858 - 1927
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 13
1037 - 1101
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 14
1200 - 1301
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 15
32 - 92
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 16
1724 - 1763
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 17
365 - 427
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 18
177 - 250
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 19