POLITICIAN

Liu Bocheng

1892 - 1986

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Liu Mingzhao (simplified Chinese: 刘明昭; traditional Chinese: 劉明昭; pinyin: Liú Míngzhāo; Wade–Giles: Liu Ming-chao), courtesy name Bocheng (Chinese: 伯承; pinyin: Bóchéng; Wade–Giles: Po-ch'eng), more commonly known as Liu Bocheng (simplified Chinese: 刘伯承; traditional Chinese: 劉伯承; pinyin: Liú Bóchéng; Wade–Giles: Liu Po-ch'eng; December 4, 1892 – October 7, 1986), was a Chinese military commander and a Marshal of the People's Republic of China. Liu is known as the 'half' of the "Three and A Half" Strategists of China in modern history. (The other three are Lin Biao and Su Yu, commanders of the Chinese Communist Party, and Kuomintang commander Bai Chongxi.) Officially, Liu was recognised as a revolutionary, military strategist, and theoretician and one of the founders of the People's Liberation Army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Liu Bocheng has received more than 206,158 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Liu Bocheng is the 8,561st most popular politician (up from 8,982nd in 2019), the 616th most popular biography from China (down from 611th in 2019) and the 345th most popular Chinese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Liu Bocheng ranks 8,561 out of 19,576. Before him are Mariamne, Fakhr al-Din II, Abd al-Wahid I, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Hiltrud, and Constantin Sănătescu. After him are Irina Rodnina, Soraya Tarzi, Ada of Caria, Muhammad III of Granada, Manuel Oribe, and Martine Aubry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Liu Bocheng ranks 117. Before him are Hermann Breith, Rebecca West, Reiner Stahel, Manuel Roxas, Robert H. Jackson, and Mabel Normand. After him are Charles Vanel, Juan Belmonte, Richard Aldington, William Powell, Ugo Betti, and Erich Neumann. Among people deceased in 1986, Liu Bocheng ranks 98. Before him are Nicholas Kaldor, Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Elisabeth Bergner, Pierre Fournier, Léopold Szondi, and Ding Ling. After him are Michael, Prince of Montenegro, Christa McAuliffe, Albert Scherrer, Michael J. Smith, Valentin Kataev, and Artur London.

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In China

Among people born in China, Liu Bocheng ranks 616 out of 1,610. Before him are Jia Yi (-200), Jimmy Lai (1948), Erin Hunter (null), Kenneth Tsang (1935), Cao Yu (1910), and Ding Ling (1904). After him are Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (1910), Ma Bufang (1903), Sengcan (529), Roy Chiao (1927), Xue Tao (768), and Pan Yuliang (1895).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Liu Bocheng ranks 345. Before him are Wang Hongwen (1935), Wang Ming (1904), Emperor Xiaowu of Jin (362), Sengge Rinchen (1811), Yan Zhenqing (709), and Jia Yi (-200). After him are Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (1910), Ma Bufang (1903), Liu Yongfu (1837), Liu Penzi (11), Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei (483), and Konstantin Rodzaevsky (1907).

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