1891 - 1955
Kim Seong-su (Korean: 김성수; October 11, 1891 – February 18, 1955) 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 40,793 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Kim Seong-su is the 6,975th most popular politician (down from 6,706th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 104th in 2019) and the 57th most popular South Korean Politician.
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Among politicians, Kim Seong-su ranks 6,975 out of 15,577. Before him are Tito Okello, Emperor Junnin, Evaristo Carvalho, Neferirkare, Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, and Charles, Duke of Durazzo. After him are Yi Yin, Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi, Pylyp Orlyk, Peter I of Cyprus, and Mustafa Reşid Pasha.
1914 - 1996
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 6,969
733 - 765
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 6,970
1942 - 2022
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 6,971
2150 BC - 2055 BC
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 6,972
1513 - 1573
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 6,973
1323 - 1348
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 6,974
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 6,975
1648 BC - 1549 BC
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 6,976
1635 - 1689
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 6,977
526 - 559
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 6,978
1672 - 1742
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 6,979
1328 - 1369
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 6,980
1800 - 1858
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 6,981
Among people born in 1891, Kim Seong-su ranks 66. Before him are Gio Ponti, Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Karl-Adolf Hollidt, Lilya Brik, Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, and Yvan Goll. After him are Laura Vicuña, George Adamski, Shukri al-Quwatli, Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma, Kálmán Kalocsay, and Tin Ujević. Among people deceased in 1955, Kim Seong-su ranks 51. Before him are Nicolas de Staël, Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria, Henri Delaunay, Erich Brandenberger, Eugène Joseph Delporte, and Manuel Ávila Camacho. After him are Otto Braun, Alfréd Hajós, Hubert Cecil Booth, Antanas Merkys, Robert W. Wood, and Tin Ujević.
1891 - 1979
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 60
1891 - 1951
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 61
1891 - 1985
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 62
1891 - 1978
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 63
1891 - 1963
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 64
1891 - 1950
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 65
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 66
1891 - 1904
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 67
1891 - 1965
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 68
1891 - 1967
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 69
1891 - 1948
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 70
1891 - 1976
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 71
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 72
1914 - 1955
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 45
1870 - 1955
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 46
1883 - 1955
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 47
1892 - 1955
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 48
1882 - 1955
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 49
1897 - 1955
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 50
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 51
1872 - 1955
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 52
1878 - 1955
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 53
1871 - 1955
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 54
1887 - 1955
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 55
1868 - 1955
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 56
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 57
Among people born in South Korea, Kim Seong-su ranks 89 out of 944. Before him are Won Gyun (1540), Gong Yoo (1979), Ye Wanyong (1858), Park Chan-wook (1963), Bong Joon-ho (1969), and Jo Gwang-jo (1482). After him are Shin Kyuk-ho (1921), Kim Kyu-sik (1881), Kim Jong-pil (1926), Song Joong-ki (1985), Sin Yun-bok (1758), and Lee Jung-jae (1972).
1540 - 1597
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 83
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 84
1858 - 1926
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 85
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 86
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 87
1482 - 1520
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 88
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 89
1921 - 2020
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 90
1881 - 1950
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 91
1926 - 2018
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 92
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 93
1758 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 94
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 95
Among politicians born in South Korea, Kim Seong-su ranks 57. Before him are Chungnyeol of Goryeo (1236), Ri Chun-hee (1943), Hwang Kyo-ahn (1957), Heo Jeong (1896), Ye Wanyong (1858), and Jo Gwang-jo (1482). After him are Kim Kyu-sik (1881), Kim Jong-pil (1926), Goh Kun (1938), Lee Jong-wook (1945), Han Seung-soo (1936), and Chungjeong of Goryeo (1338).
1236 - 1308
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 51
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 52
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 53
1896 - 1988
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 54
1858 - 1926
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 55
1482 - 1520
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 56
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 57
1881 - 1950
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 58
1926 - 2018
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 59
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 60
1945 - 2006
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 61
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 62
1338 - 1352
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 63