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 163,375 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Leizu is the 340th most popular biologist (up from 8,644th in 2019), the 640th most popular biography from China (down from 580th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Biologist.
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Among biologists, Leizu ranks 340 out of 841. Before her are Emil Christian Hansen, Karl Koch, John Stevens Henslow, John Needham, John Sulston, and Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger. After her are Charles Chamberland, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Eugen Fischer, and William Speirs Bruce.
1842 - 1909
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 334
1809 - 1879
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 335
1796 - 1861
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 336
1713 - 1781
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 337
1942 - 2018
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 338
1775 - 1813
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 339
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 340
1851 - 1908
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 341
1823 - 1889
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 342
1665 - 1721
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 343
1723 - 1806
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 344
1874 - 1967
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 345
1867 - 1921
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 346
Among people born in China, Leizu ranks 640 out of 1,392. Before her are Jiong of Xia (null), Zeng Qinghong (1939), Zhou Daguan (1266), Tan Sitong (1865), Jin of Xia (null), and Fou Ts'ong (1934). After her are Shannon Lucid (1943), Qin Jiushao (1201), Xu Beihong (1895), Ma Huan (1380), Cai Yuanpei (1868), and Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei (1901).
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 634
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 635
1266 - 1346
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 636
1865 - 1898
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 637
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 638
1934 - 2020
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 639
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 640
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 641
1201 - 1261
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 642
1895 - 1953
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 643
1380 - 1460
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 644
1868 - 1940
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 645
1901 - 2000
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 646
Among biologists born in China, Leizu ranks 1. After her are Shi Zhengli (1964), Flossie Wong-Staal (1946), and Feng Zhang (1981).
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 1
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 2
1946 - 2020
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 3
1981 - Present
HPI: 27.72
Rank: 4