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POLITICIAN

Sunjong of Korea

1874 - 1926

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Sunjong (Korean: 순종; Hanja: 純宗; 25 March 1874 – 24 April 1926), personal name Yi Cheok (정헌; 正軒), also known as the Yunghui Emperor (융희제; 隆熙帝), was the last Korean monarch. He ruled from 1907 to 1910 as the second and last emperor of the Korean Empire. Sunjong was elevated to the throne after his predecessor and father, Gojong, was forced to abdicate by the Empire of Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sunjong of Korea has received more than 1,115,453 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Sunjong of Korea is the 1,292nd most popular politician (up from 1,427th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from South Korea (down from 20th in 2019) and the 20th most popular South Korean Politician.

Sunjong of Korea is most famous for being the last king of Korea.

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  • 67.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sunjong of Korea ranks 1,292 out of 15,577. Before him are Michel Temer, Marwan II, Frederick II of Denmark, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, Johann Friedrich Struensee, and Gyula Andrássy. After him are Amenemhat III, Reuven Rivlin, Briseis, Maria Anna of Savoy, Itō Hirobumi, and Gregor Strasser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Sunjong of Korea ranks 18. Before him are Max Scheler, António Egas Moniz, Johannes Stark, Alexander Kolchak, Carl Bosch, and W. Somerset Maugham. After him are Gertrude Stein, G. K. Chesterton, Ernest Shackleton, Nikolai Berdyaev, Talaat Pasha, and Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Among people deceased in 1926, Sunjong of Korea ranks 13. Before him are Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Camillo Golgi, Mary Cassatt, and Emil Kraepelin. After him are Gertrude Bell, Rudolph Valentino, Symon Petliura, Aleksei Brusilov, Louise of Sweden, and Margherita of Savoy.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Sunjong of Korea ranks 22 out of 944. Before him are Roh Tae-woo (1932), Sunjo of Joseon (1790), Jungjong of Joseon (1488), Gyeongjong of Joseon (1688), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), and Seonjo of Joseon (1552). After him are Cheoljong of Joseon (1831), Empress Myeongseong (1851), Seongjong of Joseon (1457), Yeonsangun of Joseon (1476), Dongmyeong of Goguryeo (-58), and Kim Young-sam (1927).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Sunjong of Korea ranks 20. Before him are Roh Tae-woo (1932), Sunjo of Joseon (1790), Jungjong of Joseon (1488), Gyeongjong of Joseon (1688), Roh Moo-hyun (1946), and Seonjo of Joseon (1552). After him are Cheoljong of Joseon (1831), Empress Myeongseong (1851), Seongjong of Joseon (1457), Yeonsangun of Joseon (1476), Dongmyeong of Goguryeo (-58), and Kim Young-sam (1927).

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