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Sun Yat-sen

1866 - 1925

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Sun Yat-sen (; traditional Chinese: 孫逸仙; simplified Chinese: 孙逸仙; pinyin: Sūn Yìxiān; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925) was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and political philosopher who served as the provisional first president of the Republic of China and the first leader of the Kuomintang (KMT). Uniquely among 20th-century Chinese leaders, Sun is revered by both the Republic of China on Taiwan (where he is officially the "Father of the Nation") and by the People's Republic of China (where he is officially the "Forerunner of the Revolution") for his instrumental role in the 1911 Revolution that successfully overthrew the Qing dynasty. Educated overseas, Sun is considered one of the most important leaders of modern China, but his political life featured constant struggles and frequent periods of exile. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sun Yat-sen has received more than 6,911,244 page views. His biography is available in 122 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 117 in 2019). Sun Yat-sen is the 143rd most popular politician (down from 137th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from China (up from 10th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Chinese Politician.

Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese revolutionary who led the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty and became the first president of the Republic of China.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sun Yat-sen ranks 143 out of 19,576. Before him are Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, David Ben-Gurion, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bernie Sanders, Skanderbeg, and Bayezid II. After him are Simón Bolívar, Al Gore, Augusto Pinochet, Hatshepsut, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, and Pol Pot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Sun Yat-sen ranks 2. Before him is Wassily Kandinsky. After him are Romain Rolland, George Gurdjieff, Erik Satie, H. G. Wells, Antoine Meillet, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Alfred Werner, Benedetto Croce, Giovanni Agnelli, and Aby Warburg. Among people deceased in 1925, Sun Yat-sen ranks 1. After him are Rudolf Steiner, Erik Satie, Friedrich Ebert, Alexandra of Denmark, Gottlob Frege, William Jennings Bryan, Georgy Lvov, Sergei Yesenin, Henri Fayol, Josef Breuer, and Felix Klein.

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In China

Among people born in China, Sun Yat-sen ranks 8 out of 1,610. Before him are Mao Zedong (1893), Huang Xianfan (1899), Qin Shi Huang (-258), Sun Tzu (-544), Laozi (-604), and Zheng He (1387). After him are Deng Xiaoping (1904), Li Bai (701), Sima Qian (-145), 14th Dalai Lama (1935), Xi Jinping (1953), and Kublai Khan (1215).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Sun Yat-sen ranks 4. Before him are Mao Zedong (1893), Huang Xianfan (1899), and Qin Shi Huang (-258). After him are Deng Xiaoping (1904), Xi Jinping (1953), Kublai Khan (1215), Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), Wu Zetian (624), Hu Jintao (1942), Qianlong Emperor (1711), and Liu Bei (161).

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