POLITICIAN

Li Zicheng

1606 - 1645

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Li Zicheng (22 September 1606 – 1645), born Li Hongji, also known by his nickname, the Dashing King, was a Chinese peasant rebel leader who helped overthrow the Ming dynasty in April 1644 and ruled over northern China briefly as the Yongchang Emperor (Chinese: 永昌帝; pinyin: Yǒngchāng Dì) of the short-lived Shun dynasty before his death a year later. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Li Zicheng has received more than 533,190 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Li Zicheng is the 1,666th most popular politician (up from 1,985th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from China (up from 155th in 2019) and the 77th most popular Chinese Politician.

Li Zicheng is most famous for leading the rebellion against the Ming Dynasty, and eventually overthrowing them.

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Page views of Li Zichengs by language

Over the past year Li Zicheng has had the most page views in the with 176,187 views, followed by English (66,449), and Japanese (54,300). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (108.51%), Urdu (86.72%), and Occitan (79.68%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Li Zicheng ranks 1,666 out of 19,576Before him are Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Tiglath-Pileser I, Olybrius, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, and Shah Rukh. After him are Kim Yong-nam, Shalmaneser III, Daniel of Galicia, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, Nicolás Maduro, and Lon Nol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1606, Li Zicheng ranks 3Before him are Rembrandt, and Pierre Corneille. After him are Maria Anna of Spain, Christine of France, Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Joachim von Sandrart, Zhang Xianzhong, Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Mehmed IV Giray, Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons, and Laurent de La Hyre. Among people deceased in 1645, Li Zicheng ranks 4Before him are Miyamoto Musashi, Hugo Grotius, and Michael of Russia. After him are William Laud, Francisco de Quevedo, Nur Jahan, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Marie de Gournay, Feng Menglong, Anthony van Diemen, and Eudoxia Streshneva.

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In China

Among people born in China, Li Zicheng ranks 118 out of 1,610Before him are Hu Yaobang (1915), I. M. Pei (1917), Luo Guanzhong (1330), Li Keqiang (1955), Wu Cheng'en (1500), and Empress Lü (-241). After him are Zhao Ziyang (1919), Bao Zheng (999), Chiang Ching-kuo (1910), Milarepa (1052), Songtsen Gampo (604), and Hyeonjong of Joseon (1641).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Li Zicheng ranks 77Before him are Lin Biao (1907), Soong Mei-ling (1897), Temür Khan (1265), Hu Yaobang (1915), Li Keqiang (1955), and Empress Lü (-241). After him are Zhao Ziyang (1919), Bao Zheng (999), Chiang Ching-kuo (1910), Songtsen Gampo (604), Hyeonjong of Joseon (1641), and Kaidu (1230).