1926 - 2019
Nuon Chea (Khmer: នួន ជា; born Lao Kim Lorn; 7 July 1926 – 4 August 2019), also known as Long Bunruot (Khmer: ឡុង ប៊ុនរត្ន) or Rungloet Laodi (រុងឡឺត ឡាវឌី Thai: รุ่งเลิศ เหล่าดี), was a Cambodian communist politician and revolutionary who was the chief ideologist of the Khmer Rouge. He also briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea. He was commonly known as "Brother Number Two" (Khmer: បងធំទី២), as he was second-in-command to Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, General Secretary of the Party, during the Cambodian genocide of 1975–1979. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nuon Chea has received more than 577,468 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Nuon Chea is the 3,054th most popular politician (down from 1,705th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Cambodia (down from 5th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Cambodian Politician.
Nuon Chea is most famous for being one of the Khmer Rouge leaders who was convicted of crimes against humanity.
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Among politicians, Nuon Chea ranks 3,054 out of 15,710. Before him are Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Charles the Younger, Harald Gille, Menelik I, Władysław I the Elbow-high, and Gustav Radbruch. After him are Pausanias of Sparta, King Zhuangxiang of Qin, Sophonisba, Edward Heath, Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, and Maria Pia of Savoy.
1850 - 1942
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 3,048
772 - 811
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 3,049
1103 - 1136
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 3,050
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 3,051
1260 - 1333
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 3,052
1878 - 1949
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 3,053
1926 - 2019
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 3,054
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 3,055
281 BC - 247 BC
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 3,056
300 BC - 203 BC
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 3,057
1916 - 2005
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 3,058
1777 - 1801
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 3,059
1847 - 1911
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 3,060
Among people born in 1926, Nuon Chea ranks 57. Before him are Harry Dean Stanton, Ingeborg Bachmann, Abdus Salam, Richard Matheson, Irwin Rose, and Sydney Chaplin. After him are Steve Reeves, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, Tsung-Dao Lee, Sergio Corbucci, George Habash, and Tony Bennett. Among people deceased in 2019, Nuon Chea ranks 44. Before him are Luke Perry, B. J. Habibie, Giya Kancheli, Lennart Johansson, Claudine Auger, and Franco Columbu. After him are Prem Tinsulanonda, David J. Thouless, Manfred Eigen, Ferdinand Piëch, Robert Forster, and Danny Aiello.
1926 - 2017
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 51
1926 - 1973
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 52
1926 - 1996
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 53
1926 - 2013
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 54
1926 - 2015
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 55
1926 - 2009
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 56
1926 - 2019
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 57
1926 - 2000
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 58
1926 - 2014
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 59
1926 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 60
1926 - 1990
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 61
1926 - 2008
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 62
1926 - Present
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 63
1966 - 2019
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 38
1936 - 2019
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 39
1935 - 2019
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 40
1929 - 2019
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 41
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 42
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 43
1926 - 2019
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 44
1920 - 2019
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 45
1934 - 2019
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 46
1927 - 2019
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 47
1937 - 2019
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 48
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 49
1933 - 2019
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 50
Among people born in Cambodia, Nuon Chea ranks 7 out of 32. Before him are Pol Pot (1925), Norodom Sihanouk (1922), Norodom Sihamoni (1953), Lon Nol (1913), Khieu Samphan (1931), and Hun Sen (1952). After him are Jayavarman VII (1125), Ta Mok (1926), Norodom of Cambodia (1834), Suryavarman II (1095), Heng Samrin (1934), and Sisowath Monivong (1875).
1925 - 1998
HPI: 83.79
Rank: 1
1922 - 2012
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 2
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 3
1913 - 1985
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 4
1931 - Present
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 5
1952 - Present
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 6
1926 - 2019
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 7
1125 - 1218
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 8
1926 - 2006
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 9
1834 - 1904
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 10
1095 - 1150
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 11
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 12
1875 - 1941
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 13
Among politicians born in Cambodia, Nuon Chea ranks 7. Before him are Pol Pot (1925), Norodom Sihanouk (1922), Norodom Sihamoni (1953), Lon Nol (1913), Khieu Samphan (1931), and Hun Sen (1952). After him are Jayavarman VII (1125), Norodom of Cambodia (1834), Suryavarman II (1095), Heng Samrin (1934), Sisowath Monivong (1875), and Ram Khamhaeng (1237).
1925 - 1998
HPI: 83.79
Rank: 1
1922 - 2012
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 2
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 3
1913 - 1985
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 4
1931 - Present
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 5
1952 - Present
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 6
1926 - 2019
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 7
1125 - 1218
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 8
1834 - 1904
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 9
1095 - 1150
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 10
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 11
1875 - 1941
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 12
1237 - 1298
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 13