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Leizu

Leizu (Chinese: 嫘祖; pinyin: Léi Zǔ), also known as Xi Ling-shi (Chinese: 西陵氏, Wade–Giles Hsi Ling-shih), was a legendary Chinese empress and wife of the Yellow Emperor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leizu has received more than 160,968 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Leizu is the 330th most popular biologist (up from 339th in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from China (up from 639th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

160k
Page Views (PV)
54.78
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
22
Languages Editions (L)
4.94
Effective Languages (L*)
2.34
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Leizus by language

Over the past year Leizu has had the most page views in the Chinese wikipedia edition with 27,214 views, followed by English (21,430), and Vietnamese (4,053). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (59.26%), Vietnamese (55.53%), and Hungarian (53.40%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Leizu ranks 330 out of 1,097. Before her are Michał Boym, Armen Takhtajan, Erich von Tschermak, Philibert Commerson, Auguste Chevalier, and Alexander von Nordmann. After her are George Ord, Hermann Burmeister, Motoo Kimura, Craig Venter, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, and Esther Lederberg.

Most Popular Biologists in Wikipedia

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Michał Boym
1614 - 1659
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 324
Armen Takhtajan
1910 - 2009
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 325
Erich von Tschermak
1871 - 1962
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 326
Philibert Commerson
1727 - 1773
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 327
Auguste Chevalier
1873 - 1956
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 328
Alexander von Nordmann
1803 - 1866
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 329
Leizu
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 330
George Ord
1781 - 1866
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 331
Hermann Burmeister
1807 - 1892
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 332
Motoo Kimura
1924 - 1994
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 333
Craig Venter
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 334
Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov
1870 - 1932
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 335
Esther Lederberg
1922 - 2006
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 336

In China

Among people born in China, Leizu ranks 629 out of 1,610. Before her are Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei (483), Konstantin Rodzaevsky (1907), Lu Xiufu (1236), Muqi (1210), Ouyang Xun (557), and Chen Gongbo (1892). After her are Zhang Zeduan (1085), Zhou Daguan (1266), Sergei Stepashin (1952), Bo Yibo (1908), Ai Qing (1910), and Boris Blacher (1903).

Others born in China

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Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei
POLITICIAN
483 - 515
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 623
Konstantin Rodzaevsky
POLITICIAN
1907 - 1946
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 624
Lu Xiufu
POLITICIAN
1236 - 1279
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 625
Muqi
PAINTER
1210 - 1270
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 626
Ouyang Xun
POLITICIAN
557 - 641
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 627
Chen Gongbo
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1946
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 628
Leizu
BIOLOGIST
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 629
Zhang Zeduan
PAINTER
1085 - 1145
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 630
Zhou Daguan
WRITER
1266 - 1346
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 631
Sergei Stepashin
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 632
Bo Yibo
POLITICIAN
1908 - 2007
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 633
Ai Qing
WRITER
1910 - 1996
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 634
Boris Blacher
COMPOSER
1903 - 1975
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 635