1951 - Today
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 782,719 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Li Hongzhi is the 274th most popular social activist (down from 244th in 2019), the 617th most popular biography from China (down from 564th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Chinese Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Li Hongzhi ranks 274 out of 538. Before him are Eunus, Leymah Gbowee, Eugène Terre'Blanche, Joseph von Sonnenfels, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and Carlo Cafiero. After him are Fra Diavolo, Eglantyne Jebb, Josephine Butler, Greta Thunberg, Pavel Pestel, and Christa Schroeder.
200 BC - 132 BC
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 268
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 269
1941 - 2010
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 270
1732 - 1817
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 271
1941 - 1995
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 272
1846 - 1892
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 273
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 274
1771 - 1806
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 275
1876 - 1928
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 276
1828 - 1906
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 277
2003 - Present
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 278
1793 - 1826
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 279
1908 - 1984
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 280
Among people born in 1951, Li Hongzhi ranks 132. Before him are Jan Timman, Alvin E. Roth, André Aciman, Alexander Bortnikov, Ramón Calderón, and Abel Ferrara. After him are Michel Aupetit, K. K. Downing, Fabrice Luchini, Danilo Medina, Jakaya Kikwete, and Jeanette.
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 126
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 127
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 128
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 129
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 130
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 131
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 132
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 133
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 134
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 135
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 136
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 137
1951 - Present
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 138
Among people born in China, Li Hongzhi ranks 617 out of 1,392. Before him are Charlie Soong (1861), Liu Bocheng (1892), Pan Yuliang (1895), Yang Jiechi (1950), Yijing (635), and Xu Wei (1521). After him are Boris Blacher (1903), Xin Qiji (1140), Lu Ji (261), Tao Hongjing (456), Cheng Pei-pei (1946), and Bo Yibo (1908).
1861 - 1918
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 611
1892 - 1986
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 612
1895 - 1977
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 613
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 614
635 - 713
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 615
1521 - 1593
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 616
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 617
1903 - 1975
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 618
1140 - 1207
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 619
261 - 303
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 620
456 - 536
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 621
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 622
1908 - 2007
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 623
Among social activists born in China, Li Hongzhi ranks 5. Before him are Liu Xiaobo (1955), Zhang Jue (200), Meng Huo (101), and Chen Sheng (-250). After him are Zhang Guotao (1897), Wei Jingsheng (1950), Harry Wu (1937), Chen Qimei (1878), Wang Dan (1969), Wu'erkaixi (1968), and Hu Jia (1973).
1955 - 2017
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 1
200 - 184
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 2
101 - 300
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 3
250 BC - 208 BC
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 4
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 5
1897 - 1979
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 6
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 7
1937 - 2016
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 8
1878 - 1916
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 9
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 10
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 12