POLITICIAN

Mao Zedong

1893 - 1976

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Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) and led the country from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. Mao served as the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1943 until his death, and as the party's de facto leader from 1935. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mao Zedong has received more than 26,992,387 page views. His biography is available in 172 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 163 in 2019). Mao Zedong is the 27th most popular politician (up from 28th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from China and the most popular Chinese Politician.

Mao Zedong was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Republic of China. He is most famous for being the leader of the People's Republic of China.

Memorability Metrics

  • 27M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 87.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 172

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mao Zedong ranks 27 out of 19,576. Before him are Andrew Jackson, Elizabeth I of England, Vladimir Putin, Louis XVI of France, Benito Mussolini, and Hammurabi. After him are Cicero, Huang Xianfan, Constantine the Great, Winston Churchill, Attila, and Osman I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Mao Zedong ranks 1. After him are Hermann Göring, Joan Miró, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Ip Man, Alfred Rosenberg, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Walter Ulbricht, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Carol II of Romania, Alexander of Greece, and Soong Ching-ling. Among people deceased in 1976, Mao Zedong ranks 1. After him are Agatha Christie, Martin Heidegger, Werner Heisenberg, Howard Hughes, Alvar Aalto, Luchino Visconti, Zhou Enlai, Fritz Lang, Max Ernst, Jean Gabin, and Bernard Montgomery.

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In China

Among people born in China, Mao Zedong ranks 2 out of 1,610. Before him are Confucius (-551). After him are Huang Xianfan (1899), Qin Shi Huang (-258), Karma (null), Sun Tzu (-544), Laozi (-604), Zheng He (1387), Sun Yat-sen (1866), Deng Xiaoping (1904), Li Bai (701), and Sima Qian (-145).

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  • Photo of Confucius

    Confucius

    PHILOSOPHER

    551 BC - 479 BC

    HPI: 92.61

    Rank: 1

  • Photo of Mao Zedong

    Mao Zedong

    POLITICIAN

    1893 - 1976

    HPI: 87.95

    Rank: 2

  • Photo of Huang Xianfan

    Huang Xianfan

    POLITICIAN

    1899 - 1982

    HPI: 87.92

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Qin Shi Huang

    Qin Shi Huang

    POLITICIAN

    258 BC - 210 BC

    HPI: 87.21

    Rank: 4

  • Photo of Karma

    Karma

    ATHLETE

    HPI: 85.66

    Rank: 5

  • Photo of Sun Tzu

    Sun Tzu

    PHILOSOPHER

    544 BC - 496 BC

    HPI: 83.39

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Laozi

    Laozi

    PHILOSOPHER

    604 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 83.17

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Zheng He

    Zheng He

    EXPLORER

    1387 - 1433

    HPI: 82.94

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Sun Yat-sen

    Sun Yat-sen

    POLITICIAN

    1866 - 1925

    HPI: 82.68

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Deng Xiaoping

    Deng Xiaoping

    POLITICIAN

    1904 - 1997

    HPI: 82.31

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Li Bai

    Li Bai

    WRITER

    701 - 762

    HPI: 82.18

    Rank: 11

  • Photo of Sima Qian

    Sima Qian

    HISTORIAN

    145 BC - 86 BC

    HPI: 81.89

    Rank: 12

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Mao Zedong ranks 1. After him are Huang Xianfan (1899), Qin Shi Huang (-258), Sun Yat-sen (1866), Deng Xiaoping (1904), Xi Jinping (1953), Kublai Khan (1215), Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), Wu Zetian (624), Hu Jintao (1942), Qianlong Emperor (1711), and Liu Bei (161).

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