1981 - Today
Kim Jong-chul (Korean: 김정철; born 25 September 1981), sometimes spelled Kim Jong Chol, is a son of former North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il. His younger brother is current Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Jong-chul has received more than 2,059,778 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Kim Jong-chul is the 8,870th most popular politician (up from 11,564th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from North Korea (down from 24th in 2019) and the 38th most popular North Korean Politician.
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Among politicians, Kim Jong-chul ranks 8,870 out of 15,710. Before him are Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas, George M. Dallas, Étienne Tshisekedi, Yaqub-Har, Dimitar Blagoev, and Željko Komšić. After him are Dan I of Wallachia, Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha, Zbigniew of Poland, Kenneth II of Scotland, Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, and Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev.
1240 - 1297
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 8,864
1792 - 1864
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 8,865
1932 - 2017
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 8,866
1700 BC - 1660 BC
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 8,867
1856 - 1924
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 8,868
1964 - Present
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 8,869
1981 - Present
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 8,870
1354 - 1386
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 8,871
1644 - 1702
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 8,872
1070 - 1112
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 8,873
954 - 995
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 8,874
1785 - 1871
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 8,875
1895 - 1971
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 8,876
Among people born in 1981, Kim Jong-chul ranks 28. Before him are Andrey Arshavin, Javier Saviola, LP, Serena Williams, Maicon Sisenando, and Anna Kournikova. After him are Djibril Cissé, Floor Jansen, Milan Baroš, Dimitar Berbatov, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Aritz Aduriz.
1981 - Present
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 22
1981 - Present
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 23
1981 - Present
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 24
1981 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 25
1981 - Present
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 26
1981 - Present
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 27
1981 - Present
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 28
1981 - Present
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 29
1981 - Present
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 30
1981 - Present
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 31
1981 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 32
1981 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 33
1981 - Present
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 34
Among people born in North Korea, Kim Jong-chul ranks 52 out of 109. Before him are Kim Yo-jong (1988), Jungcheon of Goguryeo (224), Paik Sun-yup (1920), Yi Kwang-su (1892), Seocheon of Goguryeo (250), and Ahn Changho (1876). After him are Pak Doo-ik (1943), Hyon Yong-chol (1949), Francis Hong Yong-ho (1906), Yang Kyoungjong (1920), Ri Sol-ju (1980), and Minjung of Goguryeo (10).
1988 - Present
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 46
224 - 270
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 47
1920 - 2020
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 48
1892 - 1950
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 49
250 - 292
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 50
1876 - 1938
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 51
1981 - Present
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 52
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 53
1949 - 2015
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 54
1906 - 2013
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 55
1920 - 1992
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 56
1980 - Present
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 57
10 - 48
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 58
Among politicians born in North Korea, Kim Jong-chul ranks 38. Before him are Chadae of Goguryeo (71), Mobon of Goguryeo (30), Kim Yo-jong (1988), Jungcheon of Goguryeo (224), Seocheon of Goguryeo (250), and Ahn Changho (1876). After him are Hyon Yong-chol (1949), Minjung of Goguryeo (10), Lee Hoi-chang (1935), Han Myeong-sook (1944), Paek Nam-sun (1929), and Pak Ui-chun (1932).
71 - 165
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 32
30 - 53
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 33
1988 - Present
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 34
224 - 270
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 35
250 - 292
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 36
1876 - 1938
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 37
1981 - Present
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 38
1949 - 2015
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 39
10 - 48
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 40
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 41
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 42
1929 - 2007
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 43
1932 - Present
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 44