POLITICIAN

Nguyễn Văn Linh

1915 - 1998

Nguyễn Văn Linh

Nguyễn Văn Linh (Vietnamese: [ŋwǐənˀ van liŋ̟]; 1 July 1915 – 27 April 1998) was a South Vietnamese revolutionary and politician. Nguyễn Văn Linh was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 1986 to 1991 and a political leader of the Vietcong during the Vietnam War. During his time in office, Linh was a strong advocate of "Đổi Mới" (renovation), an economic plan whose aim is to turn Vietnam economy to a socialist-oriented market economy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nguyễn Văn Linh has received more than 296,272 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Nguyễn Văn Linh is the 8,083rd most popular politician (up from 8,098th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 46th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Vietnamese Politician.

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300k
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55.75
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
20
Languages Editions (L)
3.52
Effective Languages (L*)
2.70
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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nguyễn Văn Linh ranks 8,083 out of 19,576. Before him are Yegor Gaidar, Temür Qutlugh, Antonis Samaras, Ferruccio Parri, Claudia Marcella Major, and Costas Simitis. After him are Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, Hippocrates of Gela, Matilda of Boulogne, Emperor Wu of Southern Qi, and István Bethlen.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

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Yegor Gaidar
1956 - 2009
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 8,077
Temür Qutlugh
1370 - 1399
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 8,078
Antonis Samaras
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 8,079
Ferruccio Parri
1890 - 1981
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 8,080
Claudia Marcella Major
41 BC - 100
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 8,081
Costas Simitis
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 8,082
Nguyễn Văn Linh
1915 - 1998
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 8,083
Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon
1407 - 1476
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 8,084
Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau
1869 - 1928
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 8,085
Hippocrates of Gela
600 BC - 491 BC
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 8,086
Matilda of Boulogne
1103 - 1152
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 8,087
Emperor Wu of Southern Qi
440 - 493
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 8,088
István Bethlen
1874 - 1946
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 8,089

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Nguyễn Văn Linh ranks 83. Before him are Arsenio Erico, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Alicia Rhett, Kon Ichikawa, Liisi Oterma, and C. W. Ceram. After him are Ibolya Csák, Lorne Greene, Jo Van Fleet, Loris Francesco Capovilla, Tapio Wirkkala, and Shogo Kamo. Among people deceased in 1998, Nguyễn Văn Linh ranks 90. Before him are Otto Wichterle, Aymoré Moreira, J. T. Walsh, Ramón Sampedro, Antonio Quarracino, and Zlatko Čajkovski. After him are Sōsuke Uno, Christian Mortensen, Kea Bouman, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Bruno Munari, and Slava Metreveli.

Others Born in 1915

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Arsenio Erico
SOCCER PLAYER
1915 - 1977
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 77
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
MUSICIAN
1915 - 1973
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 78
Alicia Rhett
ACTOR
1915 - 2014
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 79
Kon Ichikawa
FILM DIRECTOR
1915 - 2008
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 80
Liisi Oterma
ASTRONOMER
1915 - 2001
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 81
C. W. Ceram
WRITER
1915 - 1972
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 82
Nguyễn Văn Linh
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1998
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 83
Ibolya Csák
ATHLETE
1915 - 2006
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 84
Lorne Greene
ACTOR
1915 - 1987
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 85
Jo Van Fleet
ACTOR
1915 - 1996
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 86
Loris Francesco Capovilla
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1915 - 2016
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 87
Tapio Wirkkala
POLITICIAN
1915 - 1985
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 88
Shogo Kamo
SOCCER PLAYER
1915 - 1977
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 89