POLITICIAN

Lyuh Woon-hyung

1886 - 1947

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Lyuh Woon-hyung (Korean: 여운형; RR: Yeo Unhyeong; 25 May 1886 – 19 July 1947), also known by his art name Mongyang (몽양; 夢陽), was a Korean independence activist and reunification activist. Lyuh was a prominent figure in the Korean Provisional Government during the Japanese colonial period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lyuh Woon-hyung has received more than 179,180 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Lyuh Woon-hyung is the 8,572nd most popular politician (up from 8,786th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 112th in 2019) and the 67th most popular South Korean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lyuh Woon-hyung ranks 8,572 out of 19,576Before him are Manuel Oribe, Martine Aubry, David VII of Georgia, Iuliu Maniu, Mordechai Gur, and Sahra Wagenknecht. After him are Muhammad bin Nayef, Elihan Tore, Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán, Hyder Ali, Ordulf, Duke of Saxony, and Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Lyuh Woon-hyung ranks 106Before him are Hans von Obstfelder, Princess Patricia of Connaught, Helen Parkhurst, Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Ğabdulla Tuqay, and Gheorghe Tătărescu. After him are Mir Osman Ali Khan, Salvatore Maranzano, Tarsila do Amaral, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Armin T. Wegner, and Ferenc Münnich. Among people deceased in 1947, Lyuh Woon-hyung ranks 90Before him are Sándor Garbai, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger, Bronisław Huberman, August Eigruber, and Constantin Sănătescu. After him are Harukichi Hyakutake, Ivan Regen, Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt, August Schmidhuber, Emma Orczy, and Richard Heidrich.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Lyuh Woon-hyung ranks 119 out of 1,128Before him are Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (1943), Goh Kun (1938), IU (1993), Lee Young-ae (1971), Pak Song-chol (1913), and Choi Min-sik (1962). After him are Song Kang-ho (1967), Kim Hae-sook (1955), Sin Yun-bok (1758), Lee Dong-wook (1981), Myung-whun Chung (1953), and Chungjeong of Goryeo (1338).

Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Lyuh Woon-hyung ranks 67Before him are Kim Kyu-sik (1881), Beopheung of Silla (500), Ye Wanyong (1858), Kim Seong-su (1891), Goh Kun (1938), and Pak Song-chol (1913). After him are Chungjeong of Goryeo (1338), Han Seung-soo (1936), Heo Gyun (1569), Jo Gwang-jo (1482), Yi San-hae (1539), and Lee Jae-myung (1964).