1936 - 2002
Ong Teng Cheong (Chinese: 王鼎昌; pinyin: Wáng Dǐngchāng; 22 January 1936 – 8 February 2002) was a Singaporean architect, union leader and politician who served as the fifth president of Singapore between 1993 and 1999. He was the first president in Singapore's history to be directly elected by popular vote. A former member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and Ong served as Chairman of the People's Action Party between 1981 and 1993, after Toh Chin Chye stepped down from the position. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ong Teng Cheong has received more than 523,112 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ong Teng Cheong is the 330th most popular architect (up from 366th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Singapore (up from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Singaporean Architect.
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Among architects, Ong Teng Cheong ranks 330 out of 424. Before him are Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz, Albert Kahn, Willem Marinus Dudok, Dankmar Adler, Paolo Soleri, and Jakob Prandtauer. After him are Victor Laloux, Lipót Baumhorn, Giuseppe Valadier, Jaap Bakema, Shelley McNamara, and Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis.
1716 - 1796
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 324
1869 - 1942
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 325
1884 - 1974
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 326
1844 - 1900
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 327
1919 - 2013
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 328
1660 - 1726
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 329
1936 - 2002
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 330
1850 - 1937
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 331
1860 - 1932
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 332
1762 - 1839
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 333
1914 - 1981
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 334
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 335
1913 - 1975
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 336
Among people born in 1936, Ong Teng Cheong ranks 274. Before him are Jozef Vengloš, Edward Feigenbaum, John Madden, Alejandro Maldonado, Ernest Shonekan, and Ennio Antonelli. After him are Touria Chaoui, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Norman Manea, Željko Perušić, Alex Rocco, and Nicol Williamson. Among people deceased in 2002, Ong Teng Cheong ranks 161. Before him are Elie Hobeika, Lolita Torres, Eusebio Tejera, Layne Staley, Sune Andersson, and Wolfgang Schneiderhan. After him are Vitaly Solomin, Ernst Stojaspal, John Agar, Francisco Coloane, Harold Russell, and Marcel Kint.
1936 - 2021
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 268
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 269
1936 - 2021
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 270
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 271
1936 - 2022
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 272
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 273
1936 - 2002
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 274
1936 - 1956
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 275
1936 - 2013
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 276
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 277
1936 - 2017
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 278
1936 - 2015
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 279
1936 - 2011
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 280
1956 - 2002
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 155
1929 - 2002
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 156
1922 - 2002
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 157
1967 - 2002
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 158
1921 - 2002
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 159
1915 - 2002
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 160
1936 - 2002
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 161
1941 - 2002
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 162
1925 - 2002
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 163
1921 - 2002
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 164
1910 - 2002
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 165
1914 - 2002
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 166
1914 - 2002
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 167
Among people born in Singapore, Ong Teng Cheong ranks 10 out of 35. Before him are Parameswara (1344), Goh Chok Tong (1941), Tony Tan (1940), S. R. Nathan (1924), Vanessa-Mae (1978), and Wee Kim Wee (1915). After him are Benjamin Sheares (1907), Julia Nickson (1958), Leslie Charteris (1907), Ho Ching (1953), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), and Fann Wong (1971).
1344 - 1414
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 4
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 5
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 6
1924 - 2016
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 7
1978 - Present
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 8
1915 - 2005
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 9
1936 - 2002
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 10
1907 - 1981
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 11
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 12
1907 - 1993
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 13
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 14
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 15
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 16
Among architects born in Singapore, Ong Teng Cheong ranks 1.