MILITARY PERSONNEL

Lei Feng

1940 - 1962

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Lei Feng (18 December 1940 – 15 August 1962) was a soldier in the People's Liberation Army who was the object of several major campaigns in China. The most well-known of these campaigns in 1963 promoted the slogan "Follow the examples of Comrade Lei Feng." Lei was portrayed as a model citizen, and the masses were encouraged to emulate his selflessness, modesty, and devotion to Mao Zedong. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lei Feng has received more than 744,990 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Lei Feng is the 668th most popular military personnel (up from 676th in 2019), the 457th most popular biography from China (down from 453rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Chinese Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 63.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Lei Feng ranks 668 out of 2,058. Before him are Heinz Harmel, Werner Kempf, Jean-Andoche Junot, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, and Pavel Sudoplatov. After him are Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, Karl-Adolf Hollidt, Arslan Isra'il, Heinz Hitler, Maarten Tromp, and Takijirō Ōnishi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Lei Feng ranks 118. Before him are Masahiro Hamazaki, Régis Debray, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, Just Jaeckin, Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, and Max Mosley. After him are Jerzy Buzek, Ali Saibou, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Adel Emam, Mike Hailwood, and Katharine Ross. Among people deceased in 1962, Lei Feng ranks 49. Before him are Aleksei Antonov, Princess Helen of Serbia, Vita Sackville-West, Natalia Sedova, M. Visvesvaraya, and Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg. After him are Gianna Beretta Molla, Hu Shih, Frank Borzage, Thomas Mitchell, Muhammad VIII al-Amin, and Emil Artin.

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In China

Among people born in China, Lei Feng ranks 457 out of 1,610. Before him are Zhu Youlang (1623), Shih Kien (1913), Wellington Koo (1888), Pang De (170), Wei Qing (-150), and Joseph Zen (1932). After him are Wen Tianxiang (1236), Liu Cixin (1963), Zhang Jinghui (1871), 9th Dalai Lama (1805), Zhu Yousong (1607), and Jin Youzhi (1918).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In China

Among military personnels born in China, Lei Feng ranks 44. Before him are Deng Ai (197), Yue Jin (200), Gongsun Zan (null), Huang Gai (145), Pang De (170), and Wei Qing (-150). After him are Ling Tong (189), Xu Da (1332), Chen Youliang (1320), Qin Liangyu (1574), Li Ling (-150), and Osman Batur (1899).

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