1924 - 2011
Trần Lệ Xuân (22 August 1924 – 24 April 2011), more popularly known in English as Madame Nhu, was the de facto First Lady of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963. She was the wife of Ngô Đình Nhu, who was the brother and chief advisor to President Ngô Đình Diệm. As Diệm was a lifelong bachelor and because she and her family lived in Independence Palace together with him, she was considered to be the first lady. Known for her harsh and incendiary comments that denounced anti-government protests by some Buddhist sects and the strong U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madame Nhu has received more than 884,938 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Madame Nhu is the 3,494th most popular politician (up from 4,569th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 19th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Vietnamese Politician.
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Among politicians, Madame Nhu ranks 3,494 out of 15,577. Before her are Emperor Ku, Henry I, Duke of Bavaria, Emil Maurice, Deodoro da Fonseca, Empress Genshō, and Vuk Branković. After her are Philetaerus, Sebastiano Venier, Rusudan of Georgia, Emperor Kinmei, Shahrbaraz, and Tancred of Hauteville.
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 3,488
920 - 955
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 3,489
1897 - 1972
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 3,490
1827 - 1892
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 3,491
680 - 748
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 3,492
1345 - 1397
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 3,493
1924 - 2011
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 3,494
340 BC - 263 BC
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 3,495
1496 - 1578
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 3,496
1194 - 1245
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 3,497
509 - 571
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 3,498
600 - 629
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 3,499
980 - 1041
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 3,500
Among people born in 1924, Madame Nhu ranks 49. Before her are Karmapa, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, Allan MacLeod Cormack, Guy Williams, Luigi Nono, and Ahmadou Ahidjo. After her are Lee Iacocca, Vladimir Kryuchkov, Georges Prêtre, Giovanni Sartori, Bulat Okudzhava, and Matthäus Hetzenauer. Among people deceased in 2011, Madame Nhu ranks 45. Before her are Amy Winehouse, Maria Schneider, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Tomislav Ivić, Baruj Benacerraf, and Baruch Samuel Blumberg. After her are Alberto Granado, Cliff Robertson, Bubba Smith, Michael Cacoyannis, Jorge Semprún, and Maria Altmann.
1924 - Present
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 43
1924 - 1992
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 44
1924 - 1998
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 45
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 46
1924 - 1990
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 47
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 48
1924 - 2011
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 49
1924 - 2019
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 50
1924 - 2007
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 51
1924 - 2017
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 52
1924 - 2017
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 53
1924 - 1997
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 54
1924 - 2004
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 55
1983 - 2011
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 39
1952 - 2011
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 40
1928 - 2011
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 41
1933 - 2011
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 42
1920 - 2011
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 43
1925 - 2011
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 44
1924 - 2011
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 45
1922 - 2011
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 46
1923 - 2011
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 47
1945 - 2011
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 48
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 49
1923 - 2011
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 50
1916 - 2011
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 51
Among people born in Vietnam, Madame Nhu ranks 17 out of 124. Before her are Dương Văn Minh (1916), Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923), Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), and Lê Duẩn (1907). After her are Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954), Gia Long (1762), Charles Sobhraj (1944), Lê Lợi (1384), Lady Triệu (225), and Minh Mạng (1791).
1916 - 2001
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 11
1923 - 2001
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 12
192 - Present
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 13
1925 - 2013
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 14
1920 - 1992
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 15
1907 - 1986
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 16
1924 - 2011
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 17
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 18
1762 - 1820
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 19
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 20
1384 - 1433
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 21
225 - 248
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 22
1791 - 1841
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 23
Among politicians born in Vietnam, Madame Nhu ranks 11. Before her are Dương Văn Minh (1916), Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923), Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), and Lê Duẩn (1907). After her are Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954), Gia Long (1762), Lê Lợi (1384), Minh Mạng (1791), Son Sen (1930), and Nguyễn Huệ (1752).
1916 - 2001
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 5
1923 - 2001
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 6
192 - Present
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 7
1925 - 2013
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 8
1920 - 1992
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 9
1907 - 1986
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 10
1924 - 2011
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 11
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 12
1762 - 1820
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 13
1384 - 1433
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 14
1791 - 1841
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 15
1930 - 1997
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 16
1752 - 1792
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 17