Social Activist

Kim Hyong-jik

father of Kim Il-sung

1894 - 1926

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Kim Hyong-jik

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Kim Hyong-jik is the 61st most popular social activist (up from 95th in 2024), the 8th most popular biography from North Korea (up from 15th in 2019) and the most popular North Korean Social Activist.

Kim Hyong-jik was a Korean nationalist who studied in Japan and then returned to Korea to teach at a university. He was arrested by the Japanese and died in prison.

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Kim Hyong-jik climbed 2,970 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #8,320 to #5,351.

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Kim Hyong-jik ranks #8 among 180 people in Pantheon born in North Korea, inside the top 5% of that group.

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Among Social Activists

Among social activists, Kim Hyong-jik ranks 61 out of 988. Before him are Harriet Tubman, Witold Pilecki, Yemelyan Pugachev, Frantz Fanon, Dominique Pire, and Syed Ahmad Khan. After him are Gerald Durrell, Carl von Ossietzky, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Túpac Amaru II, Angela Davis, and Alexey Stakhanov.

Most Popular Social Activists in Wikipedia

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Harriet Tubman
1820 - 1913
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 55
Witold Pilecki
1901 - 1948
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 56
Yemelyan Pugachev
1742 - 1775
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 57
Frantz Fanon
1925 - 1961
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 58
Dominique Pire
1910 - 1969
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 59
Syed Ahmad Khan
1817 - 1898
HPI: 73.23
Rank: 60
Kim Hyong-jik
1894 - 1926
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 61
Gerald Durrell
1925 - 1995
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 62
Carl von Ossietzky
1889 - 1938
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 63
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta
1833 - 1918
HPI: 72.57
Rank: 64
Túpac Amaru II
1738 - 1781
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 65
Angela Davis
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 66
Alexey Stakhanov
1906 - 1977
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 67

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Kim Hyong-jik ranks 18. Before him are John Ford, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Joseph Roth, Norbert Wiener, Fritz Sauckel, and Moshe Sharett. After him are Isaac Babel, Gala Dalí, Alexander Oparin, Dietrich von Choltitz, Karl Böhm, and Pyotr Kapitsa. Among people deceased in 1926, Kim Hyong-jik ranks 16. Before him are Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Camillo Golgi, Sunjong of Korea, Mary Cassatt, Symon Petliura, and Emil Kraepelin. After him are Gertrude Bell, Rudolph Valentino, Aleksei Brusilov, Louise of Sweden, Nikola Pašić, and Margherita of Savoy.

Others Born in 1894

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John Ford
FILM DIRECTOR
1894 - 1973
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 12
Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1924
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 13
Joseph Roth
WRITER
1894 - 1939
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 14
Norbert Wiener
MATHEMATICIAN
1894 - 1964
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 15
Fritz Sauckel
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1946
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 16
Moshe Sharett
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1965
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 17
Kim Hyong-jik
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1894 - 1926
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 18
Isaac Babel
WRITER
1894 - 1940
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 19
Gala Dalí
COMPANION
1894 - 1982
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 20
Alexander Oparin
BIOLOGIST
1894 - 1980
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 21
Dietrich von Choltitz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1894 - 1966
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 22
Karl Böhm
CONDUCTOR
1894 - 1981
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 23
Pyotr Kapitsa
PHYSICIST
1894 - 1984
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 24