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POLITICIAN

Qin Shi Huang

258 BC - 210 BC

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Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇, ; February 259 – 12 July 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first Emperor of China. Rather than maintain the title of "king" (王) borne by the previous Shang and Zhou rulers, he assumed the invented title of "emperor" (皇帝), which would see continuous use by monarchs in China for the next two millennia. Born in Handan, the capital of Zhao, as Ying Zheng (嬴政) or Zhao Zheng (趙政), his parents were King Zhuangxiang of Qin and Lady Zhao. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Qin Shi Huang has received more than 8,262,516 page views. His biography is available in 172 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 171 in 2019). Qin Shi Huang is the 33rd most popular politician (up from 39th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from China (up from 4th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Politician.

Qin Shi Huang is most famous for being the first emperor of China and unifying the country.

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  • 85.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 172

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Qin Shi Huang ranks 33 out of 15,577Before him are Hurrem Sultan, Mao Zedong, Queen Victoria, Commodus, Osman I, and Abraham Lincoln. After him are Louis XVI of France, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Justinian I, Richard III of England, Umar, and Selim II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 258 BC, Qin Shi Huang ranks 1 Among people deceased in 210 BC, Qin Shi Huang ranks 1After him are Meng Tian, Fusu, Lykourgos, and Nicomedes.

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In China

Among people born in China, Qin Shi Huang ranks 3 out of 1,392Before him are Confucius (-551) and Mao Zedong (1893). After him are Huang Xianfan (1899), Laozi (-604), Sun Tzu (-544), Zheng He (1387), 14th Dalai Lama (1935), Deng Xiaoping (1904), Sun Yat-sen (1866), Kublai Khan (1215), and Sima Qian (-145).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Qin Shi Huang ranks 2Before him are Mao Zedong (1893). After him are Huang Xianfan (1899), Deng Xiaoping (1904), Sun Yat-sen (1866), Kublai Khan (1215), Xi Jinping (1953), Puyi (1906), Hu Jintao (1942), Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), Wu Zetian (624), and Qianlong Emperor (1711).