SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Li Hongzhi

1951 - Today

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Li Hongzhi (Chinese: 李洪志; born 1951 or 1952) is a Chinese religious leader. He is the founder and leader of Falun Gong, or Falun Dafa, a United States–based new religious movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Li Hongzhi has received more than 992,324 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Li Hongzhi is the 251st most popular social activist (up from 276th in 2019), the 581st most popular biography from China (up from 616th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Chinese Social Activist.

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  • 990k

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  • 61.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Li Hongzhi ranks 251 out of 840Before him are Diana Budisavljević, Vandana Shiva, Eglantyne Jebb, Djamila Bouhired, Ryszard Siwiec, and Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson. After him are Alexander Antonov, Itagaki Taisuke, Nancy Wake, Tawakkol Karman, Harro Schulze-Boysen, and Ignacy Hryniewiecki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Li Hongzhi ranks 122Before him are Vera Fischer, Lynda Carter, Horst Hrubesch, Phankham Viphavanh, Salih Muslim, and Joachim Streich. After him are Markku Alén, Antonis Samaras, K. K. Downing, Jeanette, Ramón Calderón, and Musa Manarov.

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In China

Among people born in China, Li Hongzhi ranks 581 out of 1,610Before him are Li Siyuan (867), Octar (350), Man Chong (209), Liang Kai (1200), Wen Zhengming (1470), and Lie Yukou (-449). After him are Fang Xuanling (578), Li Shangyin (813), Zhang Wentian (1900), Bada Shanren (1626), Consort Ban (-48), and Tung Chee-hwa (1937).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In China

Among social activists born in China, Li Hongzhi ranks 5Before him are Liu Xiaobo (1955), Zhang Jue (200), Meng Huo (101), and Chen Sheng (-250). After him are Zhang Guotao (1897), Harry Wu (1937), Wei Jingsheng (1950), Chen Qimei (1878), Wu'erkaixi (1968), Wang Dan (1969), and Hu Jia (1973).