1587 - 1666
Song Yingxing (Traditional Chinese: 宋應星; Simplified Chinese: 宋应星; Wade Giles: Sung Ying-Hsing; 1587-1666 AD) was a Chinese scientist and encyclopedist who lived during the late Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Song Yingxing has received more than 73,161 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Song Yingxing is the 3,232nd most popular writer (down from 2,864th in 2019), the 709th most popular biography from China (down from 624th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Chinese Writer.
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Among writers, Song Yingxing ranks 3,232 out of 5,755. Before him are Naomi Klein, Leonardo Padura Fuentes, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Coelius Sedulius, R. K. Narayan, and Thomas Corneille. After him are Buhturi, Philippa Gregory, Dmitry Likhachov, Willa Cather, Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, and Bing Xin.
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 3,226
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 3,227
1758 - 1841
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 3,228
400 - 500
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 3,229
1906 - 2001
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 3,230
1625 - 1709
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 3,231
1587 - 1666
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 3,232
819 - 897
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 3,233
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 3,234
1906 - 1999
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 3,235
1873 - 1947
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 3,236
1256 - 1335
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 3,237
1900 - 1999
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 3,238
Among people born in 1587, Song Yingxing ranks 13. Before him are Stefano Landi, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Esaias van de Velde, Magdalene of Bavaria, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Johannes Fabricius. After him are Claes Jansz. Visscher, Yun Seondo, and Virginia Dare. Among people deceased in 1666, Song Yingxing ranks 13. Before him are Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Luisa de Guzmán, Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma, and Albert Eckhout. After him is Gysbert Japiks.
1587 - 1639
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 7
1587 - 1651
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 8
1587 - 1630
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 9
1587 - 1628
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 10
1587 - 1626
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 11
1587 - 1616
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 12
1587 - 1666
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 13
1587 - 1652
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 14
1587 - 1671
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 15
1587 - Present
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 16
1591 - 1666
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 7
1629 - 1666
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 8
1613 - 1666
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 9
1579 - 1666
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 10
1635 - 1666
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 11
1610 - 1666
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 12
1587 - 1666
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 13
1603 - 1666
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 14
Among people born in China, Song Yingxing ranks 709 out of 1,392. Before him are Nicholas Poppe (1897), Lang Lang (1982), Zhang Dejiang (1946), Faye Wong (1969), Li Yuanchao (1950), and Saifuddin Azizi (1915). After him are Bing Xin (1900), Huang Zongxi (1610), Ng Man-tat (1952), Sakya Pandita (1182), Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929), and Meng Hongwei (1953).
1897 - 1991
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 703
1982 - Present
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 704
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 705
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 706
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 707
1915 - 2003
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 708
1587 - 1666
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 709
1900 - 1999
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 710
1610 - 1695
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 711
1952 - 2021
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 712
1182 - 1251
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 713
1929 - Present
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 714
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 715
Among writers born in China, Song Yingxing ranks 75. Before him are Wang Bo (650), Longchenpa (1308), Yang Jiang (1911), Gu Yanwu (1613), Qian Zhongshu (1910), and Guan Daosheng (1262). After him are Bing Xin (1900), Sakya Pandita (1182), Cui Hao (704), Sima Tan (-165), Shen Congwen (1902), and Wang Changling (698).
650 - 676
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 69
1308 - 1364
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 70
1911 - 2016
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 71
1613 - 1682
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 72
1910 - 1998
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 73
1262 - 1319
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 74
1587 - 1666
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 75
1900 - 1999
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 76
1182 - 1251
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 77
704 - 754
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 78
165 BC - 110 BC
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 79
1902 - 1988
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 80
698 - 756
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 81