POLITICIAN

Liu Yongfu

1837 - 1917

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Liu Yongfu (traditional Chinese: 劉永福; ; pinyin: Liú Yǒngfú; Wade–Giles: Liu2 Yung3-fu2; Vietnamese: Lưu Vĩnh Phúc) (10 October 1837 – 9 January 1917) was a Chinese warlord, second president of the Republic of Formosa and commander of the celebrated Black Flag Army. Liu won fame as a Chinese patriot fighting against the French Empire in northern Vietnam (Tonkin) in the 1870s and early 1880s. During the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1885), he established a close friendship with the Chinese statesman and general Tang Jingsong, and in 1895, he helped Tang organise resistance to the Japanese invasion of Taiwan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Liu Yongfu has received more than 156,743 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Liu Yongfu is the 8,731st most popular politician, the 620th most popular biography from China and the 348th most popular Chinese Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Liu Yongfu ranks 8,731 out of 19,576. Before him are Verina, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Leo I, Prince of Armenia, Antanas Merkys, Giovanni Spadolini, and Manlio Brosio. After him are Liu Penzi, Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Giselbert of Luxembourg, Phraates I, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, and Simon I, Duke of Lorraine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Liu Yongfu ranks 51. Before him are Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, Ernest Guiraud, Itagaki Taisuke, Carolus-Duran, Prince Albert of Prussia, and George Dewey. After him are Tippu Tip, John Wesley Hyatt, Hans von Marées, Zhang Zhidong, Robert Gould Shaw, and Moritz Kaposi. Among people deceased in 1917, Liu Yongfu ranks 52. Before him are Eric Campbell, Carolus-Duran, Spyridon Samaras, Édouard Drumont, Eugène Grasset, and George Dewey. After him are Maksim Bahdanovič, Eduardo di Capua, Yikuang, Boris Stürmer, Léon Flameng, and Anton Haus.

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In China

Among people born in China, Liu Yongfu ranks 620 out of 1,610. Before him are Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (1910), Ma Bufang (1903), Sengcan (529), Roy Chiao (1927), Xue Tao (768), and Pan Yuliang (1895). After him are Liu Penzi (11), Pei Songzhi (372), Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei (483), Konstantin Rodzaevsky (1907), Lu Xiufu (1236), and Muqi (1210).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Liu Yongfu ranks 348. Before him are Sengge Rinchen (1811), Yan Zhenqing (709), Jia Yi (-200), Liu Bocheng (1892), Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (1910), and Ma Bufang (1903). After him are Liu Penzi (11), Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei (483), Konstantin Rodzaevsky (1907), Lu Xiufu (1236), Ouyang Xun (557), and Chen Gongbo (1892).

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