POLITICIAN

Kim Il-sung

1912 - 1994

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Kim Il Sung (; Korean: 김일성, Korean pronunciation: [kimils͈ʌŋ]; born Kim Sung Ju; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician, revolutionary, and military leader. He founded the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, which he led as Supreme Leader from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Il-sung has received more than 10,040,290 page views. His biography is available in 136 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 131 in 2019). Kim Il-sung is the 88th most popular politician (up from 98th in 2019), the most popular biography from South Korea and the most popular South Korean Politician.

Kim Il-sung was the first leader of North Korea and is most famous for his role in the Korean War.

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  • 136

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kim Il-sung ranks 88 out of 19,576. Before him are Selim I, Harald V of Norway, Nebuchadnezzar II, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Hurrem Sultan, and Ronald Reagan. After him are Napoleon III, George Washington, Trajan, Hirohito, Leonid Brezhnev, and Ashoka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Kim Il-sung ranks 1. After him are Alan Turing, Pope John Paul I, Eva Braun, Erich Honecker, Milton Friedman, Wernher von Braun, Otto von Habsburg, Jackson Pollock, Michelangelo Antonioni, János Kádár, and Millvina Dean. Among people deceased in 1994, Kim Il-sung ranks 2. Before him is Richard Nixon. After him are Karl Popper, Charles Bukowski, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Erich Honecker, Eugène Ionesco, Elias Canetti, Erik Erikson, Ayrton Senna, Linus Pauling, and Giulietta Masina.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Kim Il-sung ranks 1 out of 1,128. After him are Sejong the Great (1397), Park Chung-hee (1917), Syngman Rhee (1875), Kim Dae-jung (1924), Gojong of Korea (1852), Moon Jae-in (1953), Yi Sun-sin (1545), Ban Ki-moon (1944), Empress Gi (1315), Sukjong of Joseon (1661), and Jeongjo of Joseon (1752).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Kim Il-sung ranks 1. After him are Sejong the Great (1397), Park Chung-hee (1917), Syngman Rhee (1875), Kim Dae-jung (1924), Gojong of Korea (1852), Moon Jae-in (1953), Empress Gi (1315), Sukjong of Joseon (1661), Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), Park Geun-hye (1952), and Yeongjo of Joseon (1694).

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