POLITICIAN

Sunjo of Joseon

1790 - 1834

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Sunjo (Korean: 순조; Hanja: 純祖; 29 July 1790 – 13 December 1834), personal name Yi Gong (이공; 李玜), was the 23rd monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sunjo of Joseon has received more than 740,644 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Sunjo of Joseon is the 1,541st most popular politician (down from 1,085th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 17th in 2019) and the 27th most popular South Korean Politician.

Sunjo of Joseon is most famous for the reforms he enacted during his reign. He was the first to abolish the slave trade, and he instituted a number of other reforms that improved the lives of the common people.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sunjo of Joseon ranks 1,541 out of 19,576. Before him are Kim Young-sam, Emil Hácha, Mátyás Rákosi, Robert Ley, Léon Degrelle, and Lin Biao. After him are Bona Sforza, Otto of Bavaria, Béla III of Hungary, Bumin Qaghan, Khaled Mashal, and Mohammed Zahir Shah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, Sunjo of Joseon ranks 5. Before him are Jean-François Champollion, Leopold I of Belgium, August Ferdinand Möbius, and Alphonse de Lamartine. After him are John Tyler, George Everest, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Nicolas Chauvin, John Frederic Daniell, Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, and John Austin. Among people deceased in 1834, Sunjo of Joseon ranks 6. Before him are Thomas Robert Malthus, Pedro I of Brazil, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and Joseph Marie Jacquard. After him are Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Alois Senefelder, William Carey, François-Adrien Boieldieu, and Husein Gradaščević.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Sunjo of Joseon ranks 30 out of 1,128. Before him are Jungjong of Joseon (1488), Mas Oyama (1923), Yeonsangun of Joseon (1476), Empress Myeongseong (1851), Hyojong of Joseon (1619), and Kim Young-sam (1927). After him are Roh Tae-woo (1932), Munjong of Joseon (1414), Danjong of Joseon (1441), Yun Posun (1897), Dangun (-333), and Dongmyeong of Goguryeo (-58).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Sunjo of Joseon ranks 27. Before him are Gyeongjong of Joseon (1688), Jungjong of Joseon (1488), Yeonsangun of Joseon (1476), Empress Myeongseong (1851), Hyojong of Joseon (1619), and Kim Young-sam (1927). After him are Roh Tae-woo (1932), Munjong of Joseon (1414), Danjong of Joseon (1441), Yun Posun (1897), Dangun (-333), and Dongmyeong of Goguryeo (-58).

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