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Peng Dehuai

1898 - 1974

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Peng Dehuai (October 24, 1898 – November 29, 1974) was a Chinese general and politician who was the Minister of National Defense from 1954 to 1959. Peng was born into a poor peasant family, and received several years of primary education before his family's poverty forced him to suspend his education at the age of ten, and to work for several years as a manual laborer. When he was sixteen, Peng became a professional soldier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peng Dehuai has received more than 1,010,757 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Peng Dehuai is the 2,261st most popular politician (up from 2,378th in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from China (up from 186th in 2019) and the 115th most popular Chinese Politician.

Peng Dehuai was a military leader in the People's Republic of China. He is most famous for his role in the Korean War, where he commanded the Chinese forces that fought alongside North Korea.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peng Dehuai ranks 2,261 out of 19,576. Before him are Faustina the Younger, Emperor Itoku, Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, Karel Schwarzenberg, James I of Scotland, and Li Hongzhang. After him are Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Prince Shōtoku, Gustav Heinemann, Valdemar III of Denmark, Tiberius Claudius Nero, and Adélaïde of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Peng Dehuai ranks 36. Before him are Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Willy Messerschmitt, Curzio Malaparte, Jeanne Hébuterne, Trofim Lysenko, and Karl Hermann Frank. After him are Alexander Calder, Joris Ivens, Aloysius Stepinac, Kenji Mizoguchi, Georges Dumézil, and Therese Neumann. Among people deceased in 1974, Peng Dehuai ranks 25. Before him are David Oistrakh, Jacob L. Moreno, Darius Milhaud, Erich Kästner, Zalman Shazar, and Satyendra Nath Bose. After him are Otto Strasser, Lewis Strauss, Louis Kahn, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Patrick Blackett, and Fritz Zwicky.

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In China

Among people born in China, Peng Dehuai ranks 176 out of 1,610. Before him are Yuan Shu (155), Abaoji (872), Wen Jiabao (1942), Pang Tong (179), Ma Chao (176), and Li Hongzhang (1823). After him are Je Tsongkhapa (1357), Zhang Liao (169), Zhang Yimou (1950), Bolo Yeung (1946), Emperor Zhenzong (968), and Wang Zhaojun (-50).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Peng Dehuai ranks 115. Before him are Yuan Shu (155), Abaoji (872), Wen Jiabao (1942), Pang Tong (179), Ma Chao (176), and Li Hongzhang (1823). After him are Emperor Zhenzong (968), Wang Zhaojun (-50), Emperor Shenzong of Song (1048), 1st Dalai Lama (1391), Emperor Xuan of Han (-91), and Empress Wanrong (1906).

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