1893 - 1976
Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese politician, political theorist, poet, and communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he led as the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from the establishment of the PRC in 1949 until his death in 1976. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist, his theories, military strategies, and political policies are collectively known as Maoism. Mao was the son of a prosperous peasant in Shaoshan, Hunan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mao Zedong has received more than 21,843,979 page views. His biography is available in 163 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 160 in 2019). Mao Zedong is the 29th most popular politician (down from 22nd 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.
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Among politicians, Mao Zedong ranks 29 out of 15,577. Before him are Otto von Bismarck, Hammurabi, Cicero, Mikhail Gorbachev, Attila, and Hurrem Sultan. After him are Queen Victoria, Commodus, Osman I, Abraham Lincoln, Qin Shi Huang, and Louis XVI of France.
1815 - 1898
HPI: 86.51
Rank: 23
1810 BC - 1750 BC
HPI: 86.38
Rank: 24
106 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 86.32
Rank: 25
1931 - 2022
HPI: 86.13
Rank: 26
406 - 453
HPI: 86.03
Rank: 27
1502 - 1558
HPI: 85.98
Rank: 28
1893 - 1976
HPI: 85.88
Rank: 29
1819 - 1901
HPI: 85.80
Rank: 30
161 - 192
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 31
1254 - 1327
HPI: 85.24
Rank: 32
1809 - 1865
HPI: 85.22
Rank: 33
258 BC - 210 BC
HPI: 85.17
Rank: 34
1754 - 1793
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 35
Among people born in 1893, Mao Zedong ranks 1. After him are Hermann Göring, Joan Miró, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Ip Man, Alfred Rosenberg, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Walter Ulbricht, 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, Howard Hughes, Werner Heisenberg, Alvar Aalto, Luchino Visconti, Zhou Enlai, Max Ernst, Bernard Montgomery, Fritz Lang, and Jean Gabin.
1893 - 1976
HPI: 85.88
Rank: 1
1893 - 1946
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 2
1893 - 1983
HPI: 77.81
Rank: 3
1893 - 1946
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 4
1893 - 1972
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 5
1893 - 1946
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 6
1893 - 1937
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 7
1893 - 1930
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 8
1893 - 1973
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 9
1893 - 1953
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 10
1893 - 1920
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 11
1893 - 1981
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 12
1893 - 1976
HPI: 85.88
Rank: 1
1890 - 1976
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 2
1889 - 1976
HPI: 81.59
Rank: 3
1905 - 1976
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 4
1901 - 1976
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 5
1898 - 1976
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 6
1906 - 1976
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 7
1898 - 1976
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 8
1891 - 1976
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 9
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 10
1890 - 1976
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 11
1904 - 1976
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 12
Among people born in China, Mao Zedong ranks 2 out of 1,392. Before him are Confucius (-551). After him are Qin Shi Huang (-258), Huang Xianfan (1899), Laozi (-604), Sun Tzu (-544), Zheng He (1387), 14th Dalai Lama (1935), Deng Xiaoping (1904), Sun Yat-sen (1866), Kublai Khan (1215), and Sima Qian (-145).
551 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 91.76
Rank: 1
1893 - 1976
HPI: 85.88
Rank: 2
258 BC - 210 BC
HPI: 85.17
Rank: 3
1899 - 1982
HPI: 82.93
Rank: 4
604 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 81.11
Rank: 5
544 BC - 496 BC
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 6
1387 - 1433
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 7
1935 - Present
HPI: 79.98
Rank: 8
1904 - 1997
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 9
1866 - 1925
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 10
1215 - 1294
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 11
145 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in China, Mao Zedong ranks 1. After him are Qin Shi Huang (-258), Huang Xianfan (1899), Deng Xiaoping (1904), Sun Yat-sen (1866), Kublai Khan (1215), Xi Jinping (1953), Puyi (1906), Hu Jintao (1942), Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), Wu Zetian (624), and Qianlong Emperor (1711).
1893 - 1976
HPI: 85.88
Rank: 1
258 BC - 210 BC
HPI: 85.17
Rank: 2
1899 - 1982
HPI: 82.93
Rank: 3
1904 - 1997
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 4
1866 - 1925
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 5
1215 - 1294
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 6
1953 - Present
HPI: 77.64
Rank: 7
1906 - 1967
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 8
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 9
1835 - 1908
HPI: 76.89
Rank: 10
624 - 705
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 11
1711 - 1799
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 12