1866 - 1925
Sun Yat-sen (; born Sun Deming; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925) was a Chinese statesman, physician, and political philosopher, who served as the provisional first president of the Republic of China and the first leader of the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party of China). He is referred as the "Father of the Nation" in the Republic of China, and as the "Forerunner of the Revolution" in the People's Republic of China for his instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty during the Xinhai Revolution. Sun is unique among 20th-century Chinese leaders for being widely revered in both mainland China and Taiwan.Sun is considered to be one of the greatest leaders of modern China, but his political life was one of constant struggle and frequent exile. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sun Yat-sen has received more than 3,814,528 page views. His biography is available in 114 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 113 in 2019). Sun Yat-sen is the 137th most popular politician (up from 154th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from China and the 5th 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, Sun Yat-sen ranks 137 out of 15,710. Before him are Amenhotep III, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Mehmed III, Skanderbeg, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Deng Xiaoping. After him are Simón Bolívar, Richard Nixon, Bayezid I, Kublai Khan, Darius III, and Paul von Hindenburg.
1403 BC - 1350 BC
HPI: 84.28
Rank: 131
1503 - 1564
HPI: 84.25
Rank: 132
1566 - 1603
HPI: 84.24
Rank: 133
1405 - 1468
HPI: 84.17
Rank: 134
1459 - 1519
HPI: 84.14
Rank: 135
1904 - 1997
HPI: 84.13
Rank: 136
1866 - 1925
HPI: 84.12
Rank: 137
1783 - 1830
HPI: 84.12
Rank: 138
1913 - 1994
HPI: 84.09
Rank: 139
1354 - 1403
HPI: 84.08
Rank: 140
1215 - 1294
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 141
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 84.03
Rank: 142
1847 - 1934
HPI: 84.01
Rank: 143
Among people born in 1866, Sun Yat-sen ranks 2. Before him is Wassily Kandinsky. After him are Romain Rolland, Erik Satie, H. G. Wells, George Gurdjieff, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Beatrix Potter, Benedetto Croce, Alfred Werner, Hans von Seeckt, and Aby Warburg. Among people deceased in 1925, Sun Yat-sen ranks 1. After him are Rudolf Steiner, Erik Satie, Gottlob Frege, Friedrich Ebert, Alexandra of Denmark, Josef Breuer, William Jennings Bryan, Henri Fayol, Sergei Yesenin, Percy Fawcett, and Mikhail Frunze.
1866 - 1944
HPI: 85.01
Rank: 1
1866 - 1925
HPI: 84.12
Rank: 2
1866 - 1944
HPI: 83.80
Rank: 3
1866 - 1925
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 4
1866 - 1946
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 5
1866 - 1949
HPI: 79.34
Rank: 6
1866 - 1945
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 7
1866 - 1943
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 8
1866 - 1952
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 9
1866 - 1919
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 10
1866 - 1936
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 11
1866 - 1929
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 12
1866 - 1925
HPI: 84.12
Rank: 1
1861 - 1925
HPI: 82.57
Rank: 2
1866 - 1925
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 3
1848 - 1925
HPI: 79.29
Rank: 4
1871 - 1925
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 5
1844 - 1925
HPI: 77.75
Rank: 6
1842 - 1925
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 7
1860 - 1925
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 8
1841 - 1925
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 9
1895 - 1925
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 10
1867 - 1925
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 11
1885 - 1925
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 12
Among people born in China, Sun Yat-sen ranks 12 out of 1,186. Before him are Sun Tzu (-543), 14th Dalai Lama (1935), Zheng He (1387), Chiang Kai-shek (1887), Sima Qian (-145), and Deng Xiaoping (1904). After him are Kublai Khan (1215), Puyi (1906), Cao Cao (155), Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), Ip Man (1893), and Wu Zetian (624).
543 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 85.45
Rank: 6
1935 - Present
HPI: 85.27
Rank: 7
1387 - 1433
HPI: 85.13
Rank: 8
1887 - 1975
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 9
145 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 84.26
Rank: 10
1904 - 1997
HPI: 84.13
Rank: 11
1866 - 1925
HPI: 84.12
Rank: 12
1215 - 1294
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 13
1906 - 1967
HPI: 83.15
Rank: 14
155 - 220
HPI: 82.78
Rank: 15
1835 - 1908
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 16
1893 - 1972
HPI: 82.24
Rank: 17
624 - 705
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 18
Among politicians born in China, Sun Yat-sen ranks 5. Before him are Mao Zedong (1893), Huang Xianfan (1899), Qin Shi Huang (-258), and Deng Xiaoping (1904). After him are Kublai Khan (1215), Puyi (1906), Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), Wu Zetian (624), Xi Jinping (1953), Hu Jintao (1942), and Kangxi Emperor (1654).
1893 - 1976
HPI: 89.64
Rank: 1
1899 - 1982
HPI: 88.19
Rank: 2
258 BC - 210 BC
HPI: 88.05
Rank: 3
1904 - 1997
HPI: 84.13
Rank: 4
1866 - 1925
HPI: 84.12
Rank: 5
1215 - 1294
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 6
1906 - 1967
HPI: 83.15
Rank: 7
1835 - 1908
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 8
624 - 705
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 9
1953 - Present
HPI: 81.64
Rank: 10
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.41
Rank: 11
1654 - 1722
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 12