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Kim Seong-su

1891 - 1955

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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

Among politicians, Kim Seong-su ranks 6,975 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Kim Seong-su ranks 66Before 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 51Before 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.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Kim Seong-su ranks 89 out of 944Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Kim Seong-su ranks 57Before 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).