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Li Ching-Yuen

1677 - 1933

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Li Ching-Yuen or Li Ching-Yun (simplified Chinese: 李清云; traditional Chinese: 李清雲; pinyin: Lǐ Qīngyún, (died 6 May 1933) was a Chinese herbalist, martial artist and tactical advisor, known for his supposed extreme longevity. His true date of birth has never been determined. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Li Ching-Yuen has received more than 3,863,140 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Li Ching-Yuen is the 23rd most popular physician (down from 14th in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from China (down from 30th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Physician.

Li Ching-Yuen is most famous for being the oldest man in the world. He was born in 1887 and died in 1997 at the age of 110.

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  • 3.9M

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  • 70.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Li Ching-Yuen ranks 23 out of 726. Before him are Cyril of Alexandria, Alois Alzheimer, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Nestorius, Pedanius Dioscorides, and Georgius Agricola. After him are Rudolf Virchow, Emil von Behring, Camillo Golgi, Claude Bernard, Paul Ehrlich, and Willem Einthoven.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1677, Li Ching-Yuen ranks 2. Before him is Stanisław Leszczyński. After him are Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Jacques Cassini, Stephen Hales, Johann Ludwig Bach, Pietro Grimani, Nicola Fago, John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Jan Santini Aichel, Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun, and Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. Among people deceased in 1933, Li Ching-Yuen ranks 2. Before him is Clara Zetkin. After him are Calvin Coolidge, Adolf Loos, Faisal I of Iraq, Constantine P. Cavafy, 13th Dalai Lama, John Galsworthy, Paul Ehrenfest, Sándor Ferenczi, Mohammed Nadir Shah, and Nikolai Yudenich.

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In China

Among people born in China, Li Ching-Yuen ranks 55 out of 1,610. Before him are Shunzhi Emperor (1638), Wang Mang (-45), Sun Quan (182), Cao Pi (187), Jet Li (1963), and Emperor Gaozu of Tang (566). After him are Sima Yi (179), Li Si (-280), Xiang Yu (-232), Gao Xingjian (1940), Han Fei (-280), and Xuande Emperor (1399).

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Among PHYSICIANS In China

Among physicians born in China, Li Ching-Yuen ranks 1. After him are Hua Tuo (200), Zhang Zhongjing (150), Li Shizhen (1517), Sun Simiao (581), Bian Que (-401), Andrew Yao (1946), Zhong Nanshan (1936), and Liang Wudong (1959).

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