MILITARY PERSONNEL

Paik Sun-yup

1920 - 2020

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Paik Sun-yup (Korean: 백선엽; Hanja: 白善燁; RR: Baek Seon-yeop; November 23, 1920 – July 10, 2020) was a South Korean military officer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paik Sun-yup has received more than 206,555 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Paik Sun-yup is the 803rd most popular military personnel (up from 867th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from North Korea (up from 67th in 2019) and the most popular North Korean Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Paik Sun-yup ranks 803 out of 2,058. Before him are Helmuth von Pannwitz, Hasan Salama, Macrianus Major, Sergey Surovikin, Georg Lindemann, and Henry H. Arnold. After him are Kurt von Tippelskirch, Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, Aimable Pélissier, Yan Liang, Felice Pasquale Baciocchi, and Janko Bobetko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Paik Sun-yup ranks 114. Before him are Väinö Linna, Tonino Guerra, Meliton Kantaria, Heinz Kessler, Ray Harryhausen, and Don Taylor. After him are Mohammed Dib, Martine Carol, Zhou Xuan, Yevgeny Dragunov, Christopher Robin Milne, and DeForest Kelley. Among people deceased in 2020, Paik Sun-yup ranks 128. Before him are James Randi, Alejandro Sabella, Harry Gregg, Mario Bunge, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, and Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. After him are Nikolai Kapustin, Amadeo Carrizo, Philippe Nahon, Vera Lynn, Albert Memmi, and Ivry Gitlis.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Paik Sun-yup ranks 54 out of 162. Before him are Taejodae of Goguryeo (47), Choi Hong Hi (1918), Injong of Goryeo (1109), Chang of Goryeo (1381), Sukjong of Goryeo (1054), and Kim Jae-ryong (1939). After him are Sunjong of Goryeo (1047), Kim Yong-il (1944), Hyon Yong-chol (1949), Jeongjong, 10th monarch of Goryeo (1018), Kim Sung-gan (1912), and Kang Song-san (1931).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In North Korea

Among military personnels born in North Korea, Paik Sun-yup ranks 1. After him are Yang Kyoungjong (1920), and Huijong of Goryeo (1181).

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