POLITICIAN

Madame Nhu

1924 - 2011

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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 incendiary comments that attacked and severely denounced the Buddhist community of South Vietnam and the strong U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madame Nhu has received more than 941,705 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Madame Nhu is the 4,412th most popular politician (down from 3,484th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 17th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Vietnamese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 940k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Madame Nhu ranks 4,412 out of 19,576. Before her are Artaxias I, Emperor Toba, Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg, Sisebut, Antonio I, Prince of Monaco, and Igor Smirnov. After her are Oleksandr Turchynov, Louis III of Anjou, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Phraates II, Ramiro I of Asturias, and Abdal-Latif Mirza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Madame Nhu ranks 65. Before her are Guy Williams, Bulat Okudzhava, John Backus, Ahmadou Ahidjo, Ephraim Kishon, and Hermann Buhl. After her are Georges Prêtre, Roberts Blossom, Tomiichi Murayama, Antoni Ramallets, Rosamunde Pilcher, and Eva Marie Saint. Among people deceased in 2011, Madame Nhu ranks 59. Before her are Pete Postlethwaite, Linda Christian, Lucian Freud, Maria Schneider, Valentin Ivanov, and William Lipscomb. After her are Dev Anand, Roberts Blossom, Bubba Smith, Walter Bonatti, Daniel Bell, and Richard Hamilton.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Madame Nhu ranks 18 out of 136. Before her are Lady Sun (192), Dương Văn Minh (1916), Lê Duẩn (1907), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923), and Gia Long (1762). After her are Charles Sobhraj (1944), Minh Mạng (1791), Son Sen (1930), Lê Lợi (1384), Tôn Đức Thắng (1888), and Riccardo Cocciante (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Madame Nhu ranks 12. Before her are Lady Sun (192), Dương Văn Minh (1916), Lê Duẩn (1907), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923), and Gia Long (1762). After her are Minh Mạng (1791), Son Sen (1930), Lê Lợi (1384), Tôn Đức Thắng (1888), Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954), and Trường Chinh (1907).

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