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Sejong the Great

Fourth king of Joseon

1397 - 1450

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His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2024). Sejong the Great is the 209th most popular politician (up from 323rd in 2024), the 2nd most popular biography from South Korea and the 2nd most popular South Korean Politician.

Sejong the Great is most famous for his creation of Hangul, the Korean alphabet.

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Sejong the Great ranks #2 among 1,519 people in Pantheon born in South Korea, inside the top 1% of that group.

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Sejong the Great climbed 418 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #1,133 to #715.

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Sejong the Great's biography appears in 68 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 95% of all Politicians.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Sejong the Great ranks 209 out of 20,022. Before him are Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Kösem Sultan, Isabella I of Castile, Artaxerxes I of Persia, Bill Clinton, and Pol Pot. After him are Francis I of France, Xi Jinping, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Haakon VII of Norway, Sun Yat-sen, and Lech Wałęsa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1397, Sejong the Great ranks 1. After him are Pope Nicholas V, Guillaume Du Fay, Albert II of Germany, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, Hacı I Giray, Jahan Shah, Louis, Duke of Guyenne, Francesco Squarcione, Chimalpopoca, and Baysunghur. Among people deceased in 1450, Sejong the Great ranks 1. After him are Helena Dragaš, Agnès Sorel, Abdal-Latif Mirza, Stefano di Giovanni, Ahmad ibn Arabshah, Basil Valentine, Nuno Gonçalves, Francis I, Duke of Brittany, Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria, Bengt Jönsson, and Leonello d'Este.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Sejong the Great ranks 2 out of 1,519. Before him is Kim Il-sung (1912). After him are Park Chung-hee (1917), Syngman Rhee (1875), Yoon Suk Yeol (1960), Kim Dae-jung (1924), Moon Jae-in (1953), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Yi Sun-sin (1545), Ban Ki-moon (1944), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), and Jeongjo of Joseon (1752).

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Among Politicians In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Sejong the Great ranks 2. Before him is Kim Il-sung (1912). After him are Park Chung-hee (1917), Syngman Rhee (1875), Yoon Suk Yeol (1960), Kim Dae-jung (1924), Moon Jae-in (1953), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), Gojong of Korea (1852), and Park Geun-hye (1952).

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