1930 - 1997
Son Sen (Khmer: សុន សេន pronounced [son seːn]; 12 June 1930 – 15 June 1997), alias Comrade Khieu (សមមិត្តខៀវ) or "Brother Number 89", was a Cambodian Communist politician and soldier. A member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea/Party of Democratic Kampuchea, the Khmer Rouge, from 1974 to 1992, Sen oversaw the Party's security apparatus, including the Santebal secret police and the notorious security prison S-21 at Tuol Sleng. Son Sen was responsible for ordering the massacre of more than 100,000 people in the Eastern Zone of Cambodia during the last six months of 1978.Sen was married to Yun Yat, who became the Party's minister of education and information. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Son Sen has received more than 261,722 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Son Sen is the 5,168th most popular politician (down from 4,816th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Vietnamese Politician.
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Among politicians, Son Sen ranks 5,168 out of 15,577. Before him are Tukulti-Ninurta II, Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Donald III of Scotland, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Michel Debré, and Blanche of Anjou. After him are Sancha of León, Joscelin III, Count of Edessa, Giuseppe Saragat, Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, Malik-Shah II, and Hans Aumeier.
1000 BC - 900 BC
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 5,162
1896 - 1967
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 5,163
1033 - 1099
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 5,164
1158 - 1186
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 5,165
1912 - 1996
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 5,166
1280 - 1310
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 5,167
1930 - 1997
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 5,168
1013 - 1067
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 5,169
1135 - 1200
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 5,170
1898 - 1988
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 5,171
1952 - 2004
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 5,172
1099 - 1105
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 5,173
1906 - 1948
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 5,174
Among people born in 1930, Son Sen ranks 103. Before him are Barbara, Ornette Coleman, Martin Karplus, Sławomir Mrożek, Hilderaldo Bellini, and Robert Loggia. After him are José Sarney, Colin Dexter, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Stephen Sondheim, Tom Wolfe, and J. G. Ballard. Among people deceased in 1997, Son Sen ranks 70. Before him are Roland Topor, Friedrich Hund, Barbara, Stig Anderson, Fela Kuti, and Yevgeny Khaldei. After him are George Wald, Mate Boban, Alparslan Türkeş, Ernst Wilimowski, Giuseppe De Santis, and Manfred von Ardenne.
1930 - 1997
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 97
1930 - 2015
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 98
1930 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 99
1930 - 2013
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 100
1930 - 2014
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 101
1930 - 2015
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 102
1930 - 1997
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 103
1930 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 104
1930 - 2017
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 105
1930 - 1998
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 106
1930 - 2021
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 107
1930 - 2018
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 108
1930 - 2009
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 109
1938 - 1997
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 64
1896 - 1997
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 65
1930 - 1997
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 66
1931 - 1997
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 67
1938 - 1997
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 68
1917 - 1997
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 69
1930 - 1997
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 70
1906 - 1997
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 71
1940 - 1997
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 72
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 73
1916 - 1997
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 74
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 75
1907 - 1997
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 76
Among people born in Vietnam, Son Sen ranks 24 out of 124. Before him are Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954), Gia Long (1762), Charles Sobhraj (1944), Lê Lợi (1384), Lady Triệu (225), and Minh Mạng (1791). After him are Nguyễn Ngọc Loan (1930), Nguyễn Huệ (1752), Tôn Đức Thắng (1888), Trường Chinh (1907), Tsui Hark (1950), and Khải Định (1885).
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 18
1762 - 1820
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 19
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 20
1384 - 1433
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 21
225 - 248
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 22
1791 - 1841
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 23
1930 - 1997
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 24
1930 - 1998
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 25
1752 - 1792
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 26
1888 - 1980
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 27
1907 - 1988
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 28
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 29
1885 - 1925
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 30
Among politicians born in Vietnam, Son Sen ranks 16. Before him are Lê Duẩn (1907), Madame Nhu (1924), Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (1954), Gia Long (1762), Lê Lợi (1384), and Minh Mạng (1791). After him are Nguyễn Huệ (1752), Tôn Đức Thắng (1888), Trường Chinh (1907), Khải Định (1885), Phạm Văn Đồng (1906), and Tự Đức (1829).
1907 - 1986
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 10
1924 - 2011
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 11
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 12
1762 - 1820
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 13
1384 - 1433
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 14
1791 - 1841
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 15
1930 - 1997
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 16
1752 - 1792
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 17
1888 - 1980
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 18
1907 - 1988
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 19
1885 - 1925
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 20
1906 - 2000
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 21
1829 - 1883
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 22