SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Ryu Gwansun

1902 - 1920

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Yu Gwan-sun (Korean: 유관순; Hanja: 柳寬順; December 16, 1902 – September 28, 1920) was a Korean independence activist. She was particularly notable for her role in South Chungcheong during the March 1st Movement protests against Japanese colonial rule. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ryu Gwansun has received more than 171,991 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ryu Gwansun is the 301st most popular social activist (down from 236th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 101st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular South Korean Social Activist.

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  • 170k

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  • 53.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Ryu Gwansun ranks 301 out of 840. Before her are Ken Saro-Wiwa, Túpac Katari, Franceska Mann, Lynching of Jesse Washington, Massoud Rajavi, and Nikolai Kuznetsov. After her are Unity Mitford, Abdallah ibn Yasin, Johannes Kleiman, Yuri Levitan, Muhammad Zaidan, and Zhang Guotao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Ryu Gwansun ranks 133. Before her are Josef Krips, Nordahl Grieg, Virginio Rosetta, Shigeyoshi Suzuki, Louis Beel, and Oscar Cullmann. After her are Józef Maria Bocheński, Panteleimon Ponomarenko, John Houseman, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Riccardo Morandi, and Bobby Jones. Among people deceased in 1920, Ryu Gwansun ranks 54. Before her are Levi P. Morton, Maria Bochkareva, Nikolai Korotkov, John Wesley Hyatt, Afonso, Duke of Porto, and Grigory Potanin. After her are Matthías Jochumsson, Kliment Timiryazev, Maciej Sulkiewicz, Odoardo Beccari, Moritz Cantor, and Vladimir Kappel.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Ryu Gwansun ranks 136 out of 1,128. Before her are Han Seung-soo (1936), Heo Gyun (1569), Song Joong-ki (1985), Uhwudong (1430), Kim Jung-sook (1954), and Yi Kwang-su (1892). After her are Hyun Bin (1982), Jo Gwang-jo (1482), Gong Yoo (1979), Jim Yong Kim (1959), Gim Hongdo (1745), and Son Ye-jin (1982).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In South Korea

Among social activists born in South Korea, Ryu Gwansun ranks 3. Before her are Yun Chi-ho (1864), and Soh Jaipil (1864). After her are Ho Jong-suk (1908), and Yun Hyon-seok (1984).

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