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Li Wenliang

1986 - 2020

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Li Wenliang (Chinese: 李文亮; 12 October 1986 – 7 February 2020) was a Chinese Manchurian ophthalmologist who warned his colleagues about early COVID-19 infections in Wuhan. On 30 December 2019, 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 2,193,456 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Li Wenliang is the 97th most popular celebrity (down from 73rd in 2019), the 820th most popular biography from China (down from 608th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Celebrity.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Li Wenliang ranks 97 out of 181. Before him are Georgina Rizk, Tinka Kurti, Virginia Dare, Marita Lindahl, Carol Morris, and Miriam Stevenson. After him are Henry Dreyfuss, Amparo Muñoz, Toma Caragiu, Karandash, Anna Chapman, and May-Louise Flodin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Li Wenliang ranks 62. Before him are Ryan Babel, Marta, Stoya, Scott Eastwood, Charlotte Casiraghi, and Shinji Okazaki. After him are Francis Ngannou, Penn Badgley, Carlos Bacca, Kim Hyun-joong, Oliver Sykes, and Renaud Lavillenie. Among people deceased in 2020, Li Wenliang ranks 379. Before him are Kazım Ayvaz, Gergely Kulcsár, Marc Fumaroli, Ivan Král, Peter Bonetti, and Patrick Devedjian. After him are José Luis Capón, Paul H. O'Neill, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Leslie West, Julio Anguita, and Tom Belsø.

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In China

Among people born in China, Li Wenliang ranks 820 out of 1,392. Before him are Keye Luke (1904), Liang Shuming (1893), Sun Chunlan (1950), Wang Guowei (1877), Dai Sijie (1954), and Zhu Ziqing (1898). After him are Wang Shimin (1592), James Soong (1942), Liu Yunshan (1947), Tang Wei (1979), Zhou Xiaochuan (1948), and Zhong Shanshan (1954).

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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 Yu Wenxia (1989).

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