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Margaret Chan

1947 - Today

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Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun (born 21 August 1947) is a Chinese-Canadian physician, who served as the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) delegating the People's Republic of China from 2006 to 2017. Chan previously served as Director of Health in the Hong Kong Government (1994–2003) and representative of the WHO Director-General for Pandemic Influenza and WHO Assistant Director-General for Communicable Diseases (2003–2006). In 2014, Forbes ranked her as the 30th most powerful woman in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margaret Chan has received more than 669,703 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Margaret Chan is the 6,965th most popular politician (down from 6,581st in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Hong Kong (up from 14th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Politician.

Margaret Chan is the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). She is most famous for her work in fighting the spread of Ebola in West Africa.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Margaret Chan ranks 6,965 out of 19,576. Before her are Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis, Camille Chautemps, Kiya Buzurg-Ummid, Umayya ibn Abd Shams, Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg, and Veleda. After her are Kaliman Asen II of Bulgaria, Emperor Mo of Jin, Shutruk-Nakhunte, Penda of Mercia, Carlos Castillo Armas, and Jean Chrétien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Margaret Chan ranks 151. Before her are Kathrine Switzer, Ted Danson, Włodzimierz Lubański, Ian Anderson, Zdeněk Zeman, and Giorgio Chinaglia. After her are Muhyiddin Yassin, Ángel Nieto, Jiro Taniguchi, Martin Chalfie, John Adams, and Rob Reiner.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, Margaret Chan ranks 13 out of 115. Before her are Stephen Chow (1962), Andy Lau (1961), Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg (1964), Tony Leung Chiu-wai (1962), Stanley Ho (1921), and John Lone (1952). After her are Carrie Lam (1957), Nora Miao (1952), Maggie Cheung (1964), Raymond Chow (1927), Jacky Cheung (1961), and Anita Mui (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In Hong Kong

Among politicians born in Hong Kong, Margaret Chan ranks 2. Before her are Ma Ying-jeou (1950). After her are Carrie Lam (1957), John Lee Ka-chiu (1957), Leung Chun-ying (1954), Martin Lee (1938), He Xiangning (1878), Agnes Chow (1996), and Rory Stewart (1973).

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