1940 - 1962
Lei Feng (18 December 1940 – 15 August 1962) was a soldier in the People's Liberation Army who was the object of several major propaganda 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 701,536 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Lei Feng is the 676th most popular military personnel (down from 610th in 2019), the 454th most popular biography from China (down from 416th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Chinese Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Lei Feng ranks 676 out of 1,468. Before him are Helmuth von Pannwitz, Takeo Kurita, Hermocrates, Charles Sweeney, Bardas Skleros, and Mahmud Shevket Pasha. After him are Yoshijirō Umezu, Adrian Carton de Wiart, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este, Otto Kittel, Lothar von Trotha, and Hans Hermann von Katte.
1898 - 1947
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 670
1889 - 1977
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 671
500 BC - 408 BC
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 672
1919 - 2004
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 673
1000 - 991
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 674
1856 - 1913
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 675
1940 - 1962
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 676
1882 - 1949
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 677
1880 - 1963
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 678
1781 - 1850
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 679
1917 - 1945
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 680
1848 - 1920
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 681
1704 - 1730
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 682
Among people born in 1940, Lei Feng ranks 122. Before him are Thomas A. Steitz, Pedro Rodríguez, Mike Hailwood, Wayne Dyer, Phil Ochs, and Bechara Boutros al-Rahi. After him are Linda Gray, Jack Nicklaus, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Dietmar Hopp, Peter Benchley, and Jan Jongbloed. Among people deceased in 1962, Lei Feng ranks 51. Before him are Gianna Beretta Molla, M. Visvesvaraya, Princess Helen of Serbia, Natalia Sedova, Thomas Mitchell, and Leonardo De Lorenzo. After him are Frank Borzage, Muhammad VIII al-Amin, Hu Shih, Poul Nielsen, E. E. Cummings, and Henri Wallon.
1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 116
1940 - 1971
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 117
1940 - 1981
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 118
1940 - 2015
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 119
1940 - 1976
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 120
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 121
1940 - 1962
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 122
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 123
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 124
1940 - 2014
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 125
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 126
1940 - 2006
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 127
1940 - 2023
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 128
1922 - 1962
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 45
1861 - 1962
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 46
1884 - 1962
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 47
1882 - 1962
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 48
1892 - 1962
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 49
1875 - 1962
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 50
1940 - 1962
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 51
1894 - 1962
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 52
1881 - 1962
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 53
1891 - 1962
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 54
1891 - 1962
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 55
1894 - 1962
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 56
1879 - 1962
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 57
Among people born in China, Lei Feng ranks 454 out of 1,392. Before him are Hou Hsiao-hsien (1947), Li Yu (1610), Di Yi (-1200), Emperor Shang of Tang (695), Emperor Wu of Song (363), and Bo Xilai (1949). After him are Cai Yong (133), Liu Zongyuan (773), Zhang Daoling (34), Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür (1342), Yan Fu (1854), and Yan Xishan (1883).
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 448
1610 - 1680
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 449
1200 BC - 1076 BC
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 450
695 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 451
363 - 422
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 452
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 453
1940 - 1962
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 454
133 - 192
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 455
773 - 819
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 456
34 - 156
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 457
1342 - 1388
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 458
1854 - 1921
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 459
1883 - 1960
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 460
Among military personnels born in China, Lei Feng ranks 43. Before him are Huang Gai (145), Zhuge Jin (174), Ma Dai (183), Zhou Tai (163), Xu Da (1332), and Wei Qing (-150). After him are Ding Ruchang (1836), Xie Lingyun (385), Sun Chuanfang (1885), and Guo Boxiong (1942).
145 - 222
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 37
174 - Present
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 38
183 - 300
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 39
163 - 223
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 40
1332 - 1385
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 41
150 BC - 106 BC
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 42
1940 - 1962
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 43
1836 - 1895
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 44
385 - 433
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 45
1885 - 1935
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 46
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 47