SINGER

Shi Pei Pu

1938 - 2009

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Shi Pei Pu (Chinese: 时佩璞; pinyin: Shí Pèipú; 21 December 1938 – 30 June 2009) was a Chinese opera singer from Beijing. He became a spy and obtained secrets from Bernard Boursicot, an employee in the French embassy, during a 20-year-long sexual affair in which the performer convinced Boursicot that he was a woman. He claimed to have had a child that he insisted had been born through their relations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shi Pei Pu has received more than 1,517,631 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Shi Pei Pu is the 971st most popular singer (down from 655th in 2019), the 832nd most popular biography from China (down from 665th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chinese Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Shi Pei Pu ranks 971 out of 4,381. Before him are Randy Crawford, Nina Grieg, Célestine Galli-Marié, Mariza, Bunny Wailer, and Kate Ryan. After him are Max Romeo, Clare Torry, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Alejandro Sanz, Rosa Ponselle, and Maggie MacNeal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Shi Pei Pu ranks 308. Before him are Michael Verhoeven, Teresa de Lauretis, Bruno Bozzetto, Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi, Jaki Liebezeit, and Stephen Breyer. After him are Giorgia Moll, Henk Groot, Pat Buchanan, Manuel Blum, Bahram Beyzai, and Charles Starkweather. Among people deceased in 2009, Shi Pei Pu ranks 189. Before him are Riccardo Cassin, Péter Bacsó, Edward Woodward, Gene Barry, Henry Gibson, and Willem Johan Kolff. After him are Charlie Mariano, Peter Shirayanagi, Paul Naschy, Otto Graf Lambsdorff, Lino Aldani, and Jack Kramer.

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In China

Among people born in China, Shi Pei Pu ranks 832 out of 1,610. Before him are Jia Qinglin (1940), Hsing Yun (1927), Qin Gang (1966), Derek Parfit (1942), Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama (1883), and Fujio Akatsuka (1935). After him are Taranatha (1575), James Soong (1942), Liu Yifei (1987), Luo Ruiqing (1906), Jin Shuren (1879), and Zhuang Zedong (1940).

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Among SINGERS In China

Among singers born in China, Shi Pei Pu ranks 4. Before him are Peng Liyuan (1962), Mei Lanfang (1894), and Sam Hui (1948). After him are Yao Lee (1922), Lu Han (1990), Liu Huan (1963), Han Geng (1984), Wei Wei (1963), Lay Zhang (1991), Song Yuqi (1999), and Sa Dingding (1979).

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