SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Kim Hyong-jik

1894 - 1926

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Kim Hyong Jik (Korean: 김형직; 10 July 1894 – 5 June 1926) was a Korean independence activist during Japanese rule. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Hyong-jik has received more than 539,536 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Kim Hyong-jik is the 94th most popular social activist (up from 108th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from North Korea (up from 22nd 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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  • 540k

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  • 63.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Kim Hyong-jik ranks 94 out of 840. Before him are Betty Williams, Toussaint Louverture, Marinus van der Lubbe, Thomas Cranmer, Jimmy Hoffa, and Vasil Levski. After him are Liu Xiaobo, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, Anneliese Michel, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, and Zhang Jue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Kim Hyong-jik ranks 30. Before him are Heinrich Lübke, Alexander Oparin, Pyotr Kapitsa, Otto Grotewohl, Hermann Oberth, and Benjamin Graham. After him are Fyodor Tolbukhin, Arthur Nebe, Kōnosuke Matsushita, Wilhelm Bittrich, Karl Böhm, and Nazli Sabri. Among people deceased in 1926, Kim Hyong-jik ranks 23. Before him are Aleksei Brusilov, Gertrude Bell, Nikola Pašić, Margherita of Savoy, Olga Constantinovna of Russia, and John Browning. After him are Karl Harrer, Constantin Fehrenbach, Viktor Vasnetsov, Victor, Prince Napoléon, Mikao Usui, and William Bateson.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Kim Hyong-jik ranks 15 out of 162. Before him are Gongmin of Goryeo (1330), Jang Song-thaek (1946), Kim Jong-suk (1919), Choe Yong-gon (1900), Jeongjong, 3rd monarch of Goryeo (923), and Hwang Jini (1506). After him are Choe Ryong-hae (1950), Sun Myung Moon (1920), Kim Koo (1876), U of Goryeo (1365), Gyeongjong of Goryeo (955), and An Jung-geun (1879).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In North Korea

Among social activists born in North Korea, Kim Hyong-jik ranks 1. After him are An Jung-geun (1879), Kang Pan-sok (1892), Cho Man-sik (1883), Kim Ok (1964), and Shin Dong-hyuk (1982).

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