1865 - 1898
Tan Sitong (simplified Chinese: 谭嗣同; traditional Chinese: 譚嗣同; pinyin: Tán Sìtóng; Wade–Giles: T'an2 Ssu4-T'ung2, March 10, 1865 – September 28, 1898), courtesy name Fusheng (復生), pseudonym Zhuangfei (壯飛), was a well-known Chinese politician, thinker, and reformist in the late Qing dynasty (1644–1911). He was executed at the age of 33 when the Hundred Days' Reform failed in 1898. Tan Sitong was one of the six gentlemen of the Hundred Days' Reform, and occupies an important place in modern Chinese history. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tan Sitong has received more than 92,620 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Tan Sitong is the 824th most popular philosopher (up from 870th in 2019), the 637th most popular biography from China (down from 630th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Chinese Philosopher.
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Among philosophers, Tan Sitong ranks 824 out of 1,081. Before him are Kazimierz Twardowski, John Italus, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Debendranath Tagore, Calcidius, and André Glucksmann. After him are Christian von Ehrenfels, Ervin László, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Ferenc Dávid, Gregory of Tatev, and Apollodorus the Epicurean.
1866 - 1938
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 818
1025 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 819
1904 - 1983
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 820
1817 - 1905
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 821
400 - 500
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 822
1937 - 2015
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 823
1865 - 1898
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 824
1859 - 1932
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 825
1932 - Present
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 826
1743 - 1815
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 827
1510 - 1579
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 828
1346 - 1409
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 829
150 BC - 150 BC
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 830
Among people born in 1865, Tan Sitong ranks 83. Before him are Johannes Franz Hartmann, Olga Boznańska, Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, Pēteris Stučka, Eduardo di Capua, and Aspazija. After him are Afonso, Duke of Porto, Karl Blossfeldt, Louis Zutter, Maciej Sulkiewicz, Heinrich Rubens, and Isaac Israëls. Among people deceased in 1898, Tan Sitong ranks 39. Before him are Georg Ebers, George Müller, Carl Zeller, Antoine François Marmontel, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, and Nikolai Yaroshenko. After him are Edward Bellamy, Count Gustav Kálnoky, Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, Princess Catherine of Württemberg, Mikhail Chernyayev, and Théodore Gouvy.
1865 - 1936
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 77
1865 - 1940
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 78
1865 - 1931
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 79
1865 - 1932
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 80
1865 - 1917
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 81
1865 - 1943
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 82
1865 - 1898
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 83
1865 - 1920
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 84
1865 - 1932
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 85
1865 - 1946
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 86
1865 - 1920
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 87
1865 - 1922
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 88
1865 - 1934
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 89
1837 - 1898
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 33
1805 - 1898
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 34
1842 - 1898
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 35
1816 - 1898
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 36
1825 - 1898
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 37
1846 - 1898
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 38
1865 - 1898
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 39
1850 - 1898
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 40
1832 - 1898
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 41
1821 - 1898
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 42
1821 - 1898
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 43
1828 - 1898
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 44
1819 - 1898
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 45
Among people born in China, Tan Sitong ranks 637 out of 1,392. Before him are Ngawang Namgyal (1594), He Long (1896), Hai Rui (1514), Jiong of Xia (null), Zeng Qinghong (1939), and Zhou Daguan (1266). After him are Jin of Xia (null), Fou Ts'ong (1934), Leizu (null), Shannon Lucid (1943), Qin Jiushao (1201), and Xu Beihong (1895).
1594 - 1651
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 631
1896 - 1969
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 632
1514 - 1587
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 633
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 634
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 635
1266 - 1346
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 636
1865 - 1898
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 637
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 638
1934 - 2020
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 639
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 640
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 641
1201 - 1261
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 642
1895 - 1953
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 643
Among philosophers born in China, Tan Sitong ranks 34. Before him are Wang Bi (226), Yang Xiong (-53), Li Zhi (1527), Zhang Zai (1020), Cheng Hao (1032), and Tao Hongjing (456). After him are Wang Fuzhi (1619), Liu Yuxi (772), Feng Youlan (1895), Huang Zongxi (1610), Wei Yuan (1794), and Zhang Binglin (1868).
226 - 249
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 28
53 BC - 18
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 29
1527 - 1602
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 30
1020 - 1077
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 31
1032 - 1085
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 32
456 - 536
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 33
1865 - 1898
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 34
1619 - 1692
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 35
772 - 842
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 36
1895 - 1990
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 37
1610 - 1695
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 38
1794 - 1857
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 39
1868 - 1936
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 40