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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 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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  • 880k

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  • 61.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Madame Nhu ranks 3,494 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Madame Nhu ranks 49Before 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 45Before 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.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Madame Nhu ranks 17 out of 124Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Madame Nhu ranks 11Before 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).