POLITICIAN

Soong Ai-ling

1888 - 1973

Soong Ai-ling

Soong Ai-ling (traditional Chinese: 宋藹齡; simplified Chinese: 宋蔼龄; pinyin: Sòng Àilíng), legally Soong E-ling or Eling Soong (July 15, 1889 – October 20, 1973), was a Chinese businesswoman, the eldest of the Soong sisters and the wife of H. H. Kung (Kung Hsiang-Hsi), who was the richest man in the early 20th century Republic of China. The first character of her given name is written as 靄 (same pronunciation) in some texts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Soong Ai-ling has received more than 291,979 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Soong Ai-ling is the 5,651st most popular politician (up from 7,132nd in 2019), the 434th most popular biography from China (up from 517th in 2019) and the 257th most popular Chinese Politician.

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290k
Page Views (PV)
58.65
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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Languages Editions (L)
4.70
Effective Languages (L*)
2.10
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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Soong Ai-ling ranks 5,651 out of 19,576. Before her are Arnulf III, Count of Flanders, Tokugawa Ienari, Diana Abgar, Otto II, Margrave of Meissen, Dragiša Cvetković, and Bernardino Machado. After her are Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, Quintus Lutatius Catulus, Haider al-Abadi, Abdul Razak Hussein, Alexis Tsipras, and Ilona Zrínyi.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

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Arnulf III, Count of Flanders
1054 - 1071
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 5,645
Tokugawa Ienari
1773 - 1841
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 5,646
Diana Abgar
1859 - 1937
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 5,647
Otto II, Margrave of Meissen
1125 - 1190
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 5,648
Dragiša Cvetković
1893 - 1969
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 5,649
Bernardino Machado
1851 - 1944
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 5,650
Soong Ai-ling
1888 - 1973
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 5,651
Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien
1641 - 1716
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 5,652
Quintus Lutatius Catulus
150 BC - 87 BC
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 5,653
Haider al-Abadi
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 5,654
Abdul Razak Hussein
1922 - 1976
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 5,655
Alexis Tsipras
1974 - Present
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 5,656
Ilona Zrínyi
1643 - 1703
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 5,657

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Soong Ai-ling ranks 64. Before her are Fritz Klein, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Nikolay Shvernik, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Vicki Baum, and Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark. After her are Hans Knappertsbusch, Antonio Sant'Elia, Wellington Koo, Prince Oskar of Prussia, Henry A. Wallace, and Inayatullah Khan. Among people deceased in 1973, Soong Ai-ling ranks 67. Before her are Robert Siodmak, Károly Kerényi, Edward Steichen, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Sessue Hayakawa, and Robert Smithson. After her are Katina Paxinou, Alan Watts, José Villalonga, Yaakov Dori, Robert Ryan, and Betty Grable.

Others Born in 1888

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Fritz Klein
PHYSICIAN
1888 - 1945
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 58
Giuseppe Ungaretti
WRITER
1888 - 1970
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 59
Nikolay Shvernik
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1970
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 60
Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1976
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 61
Vicki Baum
WRITER
1888 - 1960
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 62
Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1940
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 63
Soong Ai-ling
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1973
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 64
Hans Knappertsbusch
CONDUCTOR
1888 - 1965
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 65
Antonio Sant'Elia
ARCHITECT
1888 - 1916
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 66
Wellington Koo
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1985
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 67
Prince Oskar of Prussia
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1958
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 68
Henry A. Wallace
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1965
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 69
Inayatullah Khan
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1946
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 70