1790 - 1834
Sunjo of Joseon (29 July 1790 – 13 December 1834, reigned 1800–1834) was the 23rd king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sunjo of Joseon has received more than 672,231 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Sunjo of Joseon is the 1,094th most popular politician (up from 1,888th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 15th 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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Among politicians, Sunjo of Joseon ranks 1,094 out of 15,577. Before him are Ivan Mazepa, John III of Portugal, Basil I, Scipio Aemilianus, Jerry Brown, and Theodoric the Great. After him are Klement Gottwald, Hassan Rouhani, Afonso V of Portugal, Constans II, Jalal Talabani, and Charles XV of Sweden.
1639 - 1709
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 1,088
1502 - 1557
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 1,089
811 - 886
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 1,090
185 BC - 129 BC
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 1,091
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 1,092
454 - 526
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 1,093
1790 - 1834
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 1,094
1896 - 1953
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 1,095
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 1,096
1432 - 1481
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 1,097
630 - 668
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 1,098
1933 - 2017
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 1,099
1826 - 1872
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 1,100
Among people born in 1790, Sunjo of Joseon ranks 3. Before him are Jean-François Champollion and Leopold I of Belgium. After him are George Everest, August Ferdinand Möbius, John Tyler, Alphonse de Lamartine, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Nicolas Chauvin, John Frederic Daniell, Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, and Robert Stirling. Among people deceased in 1834, Sunjo of Joseon ranks 6. Before him are Thomas Robert Malthus, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Pedro I of Brazil, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and Joseph Marie Jacquard. After him are Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Alois Senefelder, William Carey, Karl Ludwig Harding, and Husein Gradaščević.
1790 - 1832
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 1
1790 - 1865
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 2
1790 - 1834
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 3
1790 - 1866
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 4
1790 - 1868
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 5
1790 - 1862
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 6
1790 - 1869
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 7
1790 - 1842
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 8
1790 - 1900
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 9
1790 - 1845
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 10
1790 - 1852
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 11
1790 - 1878
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 12
1766 - 1834
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 1
1757 - 1834
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 2
1798 - 1834
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 3
1768 - 1834
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 4
1752 - 1834
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 5
1790 - 1834
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 6
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 7
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 8
1771 - 1834
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 9
1761 - 1834
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 10
1765 - 1834
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 11
1802 - 1834
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 12
Among people born in South Korea, Sunjo of Joseon ranks 17 out of 944. Before him are Gojong of Korea (1852), Park Geun-hye (1952), Empress Gi (1315), Sejo of Joseon (1417), Yi Sun-sin (1545), and Roh Tae-woo (1932). After him are Jungjong of Joseon (1488), Gyeongjong of Joseon (1688), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), Seonjo of Joseon (1552), Sunjong of Korea (1874), and Cheoljong of Joseon (1831).
1852 - 1919
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 11
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 12
1315 - 1369
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 13
1417 - 1468
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 14
1545 - 1598
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 15
1932 - 2021
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 16
1790 - 1834
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 17
1488 - 1544
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 18
1688 - 1724
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 19
1946 - 2009
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 20
1552 - 1608
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 21
1874 - 1926
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 22
1831 - 1864
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 23
Among politicians born in South Korea, Sunjo of Joseon ranks 15. Before him are Sukjong of Joseon (1661), Gojong of Korea (1852), Park Geun-hye (1952), Empress Gi (1315), Sejo of Joseon (1417), and Roh Tae-woo (1932). After him are Jungjong of Joseon (1488), Gyeongjong of Joseon (1688), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), Seonjo of Joseon (1552), Sunjong of Korea (1874), and Cheoljong of Joseon (1831).
1661 - 1720
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 9
1852 - 1919
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 10
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 11
1315 - 1369
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 12
1417 - 1468
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 13
1932 - 2021
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 14
1790 - 1834
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 15
1488 - 1544
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 16
1688 - 1724
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 17
1946 - 2009
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 18
1552 - 1608
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 19
1874 - 1926
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 20
1831 - 1864
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 21