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Soong Mei-ling

1897 - 2003

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Soong Mei-ling (also spelled Soong May-ling; March 4, 1898 – October 23, 2003), also known as Madame Chiang (Chinese: 蔣夫人), was a Chinese political figure. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Soong Mei-ling has received more than 1,634,017 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Soong Mei-ling is the 1,549th most popular politician (up from 1,627th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from China (up from 113th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Chinese Politician.

Soong Mei-ling was the wife of Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Republic of China from 1928 to 1975. She served as the Vice President of the Republic of China from 1948 to 1976.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Soong Mei-ling ranks 1,549 out of 19,576Before her are Otto of Bavaria, Béla III of Hungary, Bumin Qaghan, Khaled Mashal, Mohammed Zahir Shah, and Ahmad Shah Massoud. After her are Temür Khan, Vallabhbhai Patel, Khasekhemwy, Qutuz, Harsha, and Crixus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Soong Mei-ling ranks 18Before her are Lucky Luciano, Georges Bataille, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Louis Aragon, Norbert Elias, and Ferenc Szálasi. After her are Gordon Allport, Tadeusz Reichstein, Frank Capra, Kurt Schuschnigg, Pola Negri, and Thích Quảng Đức. Among people deceased in 2003, Soong Mei-ling ranks 15Before her are Gregory Peck, Johnny Cash, Barry White, Maurice Gibb, Ilya Prigogine, and Nina Simone. After her are Edward Said, Alan Bates, Elia Kazan, Leopoldo Galtieri, Robert Kardashian, and Gianni Agnelli.

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In China

Among people born in China, Soong Mei-ling ranks 110 out of 1,610Before her are King Wu of Zhou (-1150), 13th Dalai Lama (1876), Yu the Great (-2123), Jingtai Emperor (1428), Yuan Shao (154), and Lin Biao (1907). After her are Temür Khan (1265), Zhao Yun (168), Hu Yaobang (1915), I. M. Pei (1917), Luo Guanzhong (1330), and Li Keqiang (1955).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Soong Mei-ling ranks 72Before her are Emperor Yang of Sui (569), King Wu of Zhou (-1150), Yu the Great (-2123), Jingtai Emperor (1428), Yuan Shao (154), and Lin Biao (1907). After her are Temür Khan (1265), Hu Yaobang (1915), Li Keqiang (1955), Empress Lü (-241), Li Zicheng (1606), and Zhao Ziyang (1919).