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Kim Seong-su

1891 - 1955

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Kim Seong-su (Korean: 김성수; October 11, 1891 – February 18, 1955), art name Inchon, was a Korean educator, independence activist, journalist, entrepreneur, politician, and calligrapher. He served as the second Vice President of South Korea from 1951 to 1952. Kim Seong-su founded Korea University and The Dong-a Ilbo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Seong-su has received more than 47,346 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Kim Seong-su is the 8,189th most popular politician (down from 6,956th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 88th in 2019) and the 64th most popular South Korean Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kim Seong-su ranks 8,189 out of 19,576. Before him are Konrad Peutinger, C. N. Annadurai, Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden, Konstantin Hierl, Ziaur Rahman, and Ezzelino III da Romano. After him are Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Neferkauhor, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, Karl Gützlaff, Pascal Couchepin, and Maria of Trebizond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Kim Seong-su ranks 83. Before him are Yrjö Väisälä, Tin Ujević, Walter Eucken, Yvan Goll, Kálmán Kalocsay, and Charles Munch. After him are Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Seth Barnes Nicholson, Hermann Scherchen, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Antoine Pinay, and Hans Albers. Among people deceased in 1955, Kim Seong-su ranks 59. Before him are Alfréd Hajós, Ivan Šubašić, Adolfo de la Huerta, Erich Brandenberger, Tin Ujević, and Konstantin Hierl. After him are Alexandrina of Balazar, Reiner Stahel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Luis Otero, Cy Young, and Louis Lachenal.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Kim Seong-su ranks 112 out of 1,128. Before him are Kim Seok-jin (1992), RM (1994), Byung-Chul Han (1959), Bong Joon-ho (1969), Son Heung-min (1992), and Hong Myung-bo (1969). After him are Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (1943), Goh Kun (1938), IU (1993), Lee Young-ae (1971), Pak Song-chol (1913), and Choi Min-sik (1962).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Kim Seong-su ranks 64. Before him are Chung Hong-won (1944), Kim Jong-pil (1926), Lee Jong-wook (1945), Kim Kyu-sik (1881), Beopheung of Silla (500), and Ye Wanyong (1858). After him are Goh Kun (1938), Pak Song-chol (1913), Lyuh Woon-hyung (1886), Chungjeong of Goryeo (1338), Han Seung-soo (1936), and Heo Gyun (1569).

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