POLITICIAN

Ko Yong-hui

1952 - 2004

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Ko Yong-hui (Korean: 고용희; Korean pronunciation: [ko̞.jo̞ŋ.βwi]; 26 June 1952 – 13 August 2004), also spelled Ko Young-hee, was the mistress of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Il and the mother of his successor, Kim Jong Un. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ko Yong-hui has received more than 2,375,697 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ko Yong-hui is the 4,220th most popular politician (up from 5,090th in 2019), the 248th most popular biography from Japan (up from 311th in 2019) and the 98th most popular Japanese Politician.

Ko Yong-hui is most famous for being the mother of Kim Jong-un, the current leader of North Korea.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

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  • 60.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ko Yong-hui ranks 4,220 out of 19,576. Before her are Li Zongren, Demetrius II Aetolicus, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Vasili Kuznetsov, Tarpeia, and Bohemond II of Antioch. After her are László Rajk, Victoriano Huerta, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, John Foster Dulles, Kunigunde of Austria, and Gülçiçek Hatun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Ko Yong-hui ranks 58. Before her are George Papandreou, Umberto Tozzi, Salam Fayyad, Didier Pironi, Ari Vatanen, and Mahamadou Issoufou. After her are Uli Hoeneß, Maria Schneider, George Strait, Raymond Domenech, Bert van Marwijk, and Imran Khan. Among people deceased in 2004, Ko Yong-hui ranks 44. Before her are John Vane, Theo van Gogh, Charles Sweeney, Godfrey Hounsfield, Robert Merle, and Gérard Debreu. After her are Nicolai Ghiaurov, Herbert C. Brown, Arthur Hailey, Norberto Bobbio, Brian Clough, and Julia Child.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ko Yong-hui ranks 248 out of 6,245. Before her are Masahiko Kimura (1917), Masamune (1300), Satoshi Ōmura (1935), Ken Noritake (1922), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), and Katō Kiyomasa (1561). After her are Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596), Hideo Kojima (1963), Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838), Rumiko Takahashi (1957), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), and Yoshio Okada (1926).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Ko Yong-hui ranks 98. Before her are Emperor Ninken (449), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358), Fujiwara no Michinaga (966), Masamune (1300), Masahito, Prince Hitachi (1935), and Katō Kiyomasa (1561). After her are Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596), Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838), Emperor Senka (467), Emperor Tsuchimikado (1196), Kōki Hirota (1878), and Emperor Ingyō (376).

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