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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 185,935 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Paik Sun-yup is the 867th most popular military personnel (up from 875th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from North Korea (down from 48th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular North Korean Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

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  • 54.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Paik Sun-yup ranks 867 out of 1,468Before him are Alexey Maresyev, Gainas, Janko Bobetko, Joseph E. Johnston, Hans von Salmuth, and Otto Wöhler. After him are Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, Julius Jacob von Haynau, Khalil al-Wazir, Gaius Laelius, and Serena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Paik Sun-yup ranks 128Before him are Mohammed Dib, Guido Cantelli, Zhou Xuan, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Albert Memmi, and Michael Anderson. After him are Richard Adams, Yegor Ligachyov, Miguel Delibes, Dick Francis, Yevgeny Dragunov, and Christopher Robin Milne. Among people deceased in 2020, Paik Sun-yup ranks 137Before him are Peter Sutcliffe, Margaret Burbidge, Manolis Glezos, Albert Memmi, Dyanne Thorne, and Hugh Keays-Byrne. After him are Borys Paton, Michel Hidalgo, Robert Conrad, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Linda Cristal, and Benjamin Mkapa.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Paik Sun-yup ranks 67 out of 146Before him are Chang of Goryeo (1381), Sansang of Goguryeo (200), Kim Jae-ryong (1939), Myeongjong of Goryeo (1131), Sunjong of Goryeo (1047), and Uijong of Goryeo (1127). After him are Kim Yong-il (1944), Heonjong of Goryeo (1084), Kim Song-ae (1924), Chungsuk of Goryeo (1294), Pak Doo-ik (1943), and Jungcheon of Goguryeo (224).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In North Korea

Among military personnels born in North Korea, Paik Sun-yup ranks 2Before him are Yang Kyoungjong (1920).