161 - 199
Lü Bu (; died 7 February 199), courtesy name Fengxian, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of Imperial China. Originally a subordinate of a minor warlord Ding Yuan, he betrayed and murdered Ding Yuan and defected to Dong Zhuo, the warlord who controlled the Han central government in the early 190s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lü Bu has received more than 3,520,735 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Lü Bu is the 34th most popular military personnel (up from 52nd in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from China (up from 37th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Military Personnel.
Lü Bu is most famous for being a general in the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was an important figure in the events leading up to the end of the Han Dynasty and the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
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Among military personnels, Lü Bu ranks 34 out of 1,468. Before him are Jochi, Wilhelm Keitel, Friedrich Paulus, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Vercingetorix, and Douglas MacArthur. After him are Baron Munchausen, Guan Yu, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Tariq ibn Ziyad, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, and Ernst Röhm.
1181 - 1227
HPI: 75.99
Rank: 28
1882 - 1946
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 29
1890 - 1957
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 30
1542 - 1616
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 31
80 BC - 46 BC
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 32
1880 - 1964
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 33
161 - 199
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 34
1720 - 1797
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 35
162 - 220
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 36
1758 - 1805
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 37
670 - 720
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 38
63 BC - 12 BC
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 39
1887 - 1934
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 40
Among people born in 161, Lü Bu ranks 2. Before him is Commodus. After him is Liu Bei. Among people deceased in 199, Lü Bu ranks 1. After him are Pope Victor I, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan, Gao Shun, and Suro of Geumgwan Gaya.
161 - 199
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 1
100 - 199
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 2
155 - 199
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 3
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 4
200 - 199
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 5
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 6
Among people born in China, Lü Bu ranks 25 out of 1,392. Before him are Cao Cao (155), Wu Zetian (624), Qianlong Emperor (1711), Ip Man (1893), Xuanzang (602), and Cai Lun (48). After him are Guan Yu (162), Kangxi Emperor (1654), Liu Bei (161), Yongle Emperor (1360), Li Ching-Yuen (1677), and Mencius (-372).
155 - 220
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 19
624 - 705
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 20
1711 - 1799
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 21
1893 - 1972
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 22
602 - 664
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 23
48 - 121
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 24
161 - 199
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 25
162 - 220
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 26
1654 - 1722
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 27
161 - 223
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 28
1360 - 1424
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 29
1677 - 1933
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 30
372 BC - 289 BC
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 31
Among military personnels born in China, Lü Bu ranks 3. Before him are Chiang Kai-shek (1887) and Cao Cao (155). After him are Guan Yu (162), Zhang Fei (167), Zhao Yun (168), Dong Zhuo (139), Yue Fei (1142), Sun Jian (155), Zhou Yu (175), Sun Ce (175), and Han Xin (-231).
1887 - 1975
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 1
155 - 220
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 2
161 - 199
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 3
162 - 220
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 4
167 - 221
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 5
168 - 229
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 6
139 - 192
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 7
1142 - 1142
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 8
155 - 191
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 9
175 - 210
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 10
175 - 200
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 11
231 BC - 196 BC
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 12