CELEBRITY

Li Wenliang

1986 - 2020

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Li Wenliang (Chinese: 李文亮; 12 October 1985 – 7 February 2020) was a Chinese ophthalmologist who warned his colleagues about early COVID-19 infections in Wuhan. On 30 December 2019, Wuhan Centres for Disease Preventon and Control (Wuhan CDC) issued emergency warnings to local hospitals about a number of mysterious "pneumonia" cases discovered in the city in the previous week. On the same day, Li, who worked at the Central Hospital of Wuhan, received an internal diagnostic report of a suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patient from other doctors, which he in turn shared with his Wuhan University alumni through a WeChat group. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Li Wenliang has received more than 2,236,382 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. Li Wenliang is the 130th most popular celebrity (down from 97th in 2019), the 962nd most popular biography from China (down from 817th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Celebrity.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Li Wenliang ranks 130 out of 265. Before him are Rina Mor, Oxana Fedorova, Catharina Lodders, Anna Chapman, Henry Dreyfuss, and Cecilia Bolocco. After him are Yvonne Ryding, Laura Secord, Julius von Hann, Astrid Carolina Herrera, Rob Kardashian, and Jimmy Jump.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Li Wenliang ranks 105. Before him are Park Yoo-chun, Alex Turner, Kim Jae-joong, Marcus Berg, Jai Courtney, and Yoann Gourcuff. After him are Kiko Casilla, Deepika Padukone, Jamie Bell, Oona Chaplin, Renaud Lavillenie, and Choi Jin-hyuk. Among people deceased in 2020, Li Wenliang ranks 561. Before him are Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Wolfgang Hofmann, Anthony Soter Fernandez, and Toke Talagi. After him are Veli Lehtelä, James E. Gunn, Giovanni Battista Rabino, Jon E. Ahlquist, Pedro Nájera, and Camilla Wicks.

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In China

Among people born in China, Li Wenliang ranks 962 out of 1,610. Before him are Paul Shan Kuo-hsi (1924), Xu Qiliang (1950), Ling Jihua (1956), You Xie (1958), Liu Xiang (1983), and Lee Yuan-tsu (1923). After him are Liu Yang (1978), Wang Junxia (1973), John Dobson (1915), Taylor Wang (1940), Ding Liren (1992), and Ge You (1957).

Others born in China

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  • Photo of Paul Shan Kuo-hsi

    Paul Shan Kuo-hsi

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1924 - 2012

    HPI: 45.53

    Rank: 956

  • Photo of Xu Qiliang

    Xu Qiliang

    POLITICIAN

    1950 - Present

    HPI: 45.50

    Rank: 957

  • Photo of Ling Jihua

    Ling Jihua

    POLITICIAN

    1956 - Present

    HPI: 45.39

    Rank: 958

  • Photo of You Xie

    You Xie

    WRITER

    1958 - Present

    HPI: 45.38

    Rank: 959

  • Photo of Liu Xiang

    Liu Xiang

    ATHLETE

    1983 - Present

    HPI: 45.36

    Rank: 960

  • Photo of Lee Yuan-tsu

    Lee Yuan-tsu

    POLITICIAN

    1923 - 2017

    HPI: 45.23

    Rank: 961

  • Photo of Li Wenliang

    Li Wenliang

    CELEBRITY

    1986 - 2020

    HPI: 45.22

    Rank: 962

  • Photo of Liu Yang

    Liu Yang

    ASTRONAUT

    1978 - Present

    HPI: 45.19

    Rank: 963

  • Photo of Wang Junxia

    Wang Junxia

    ATHLETE

    1973 - Present

    HPI: 45.15

    Rank: 964

  • Photo of John Dobson

    John Dobson

    ASTRONOMER

    1915 - 2014

    HPI: 45.12

    Rank: 965

  • Photo of Taylor Wang

    Taylor Wang

    ASTRONAUT

    1940 - Present

    HPI: 45.11

    Rank: 966

  • Photo of Ding Liren

    Ding Liren

    CHESS PLAYER

    1992 - Present

    HPI: 45.10

    Rank: 967

  • Photo of Ge You

    Ge You

    ACTOR

    1957 - Present

    HPI: 45.10

    Rank: 968

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Among CELEBRITIES In China

Among celebrities born in China, Li Wenliang ranks 2. Before him are Jacques Mayol (1927). After him are Xi Mingze (1992), Yu Wenxia (1989), and Jin Ye (1988).

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