MILITARY PERSONNEL

Vang Pao

1929 - 2011

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Vang Pao (RPA: Vaj Pov [vâ pɔ̌], Lao: ວັງປາວ; 8 December 1929 – 6 January 2011) was a major general in the Royal Lao Army and later a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vang Pao has received more than 493,177 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Vang Pao is the 1,576th most popular military personnel (down from 1,292nd in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Laos (down from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Laotian Military Personnel.

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  • 57.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Vang Pao ranks 1,576 out of 2,058. Before him are Juan Modesto, Aleksandr Baryatinsky, Erich Buschenhagen, Rudolf von Bünau, Friedrich von Ingenohl, and Jean Decoux. After him are Joseph Hooker, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Christopher Cradock, Datames, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, and Henri Dentz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Vang Pao ranks 279. Before him are Walter Kempowski, Duje Bonačić, Jane Powell, Rolan Bykov, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, and Ruth Pfau. After him are Ninón Sevilla, John Henry Holland, Girija Devi, Bonnie Bartlett, Walter Berry, and Antonietta Stella. Among people deceased in 2011, Vang Pao ranks 212. Before him are John Neville, Kiki Håkansson, Michael S. Hart, Takaji Mori, Shigeo Yaegashi, and Patrick Leigh Fermor. After him are Coen Moulijn, Nicol Williamson, Valery Rozhdestvensky, Robert Ballaman, Friedrich Kittler, and Ludo Martens.

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In Laos

Among people born in Laos, Vang Pao ranks 18 out of 22. Before him are Boun Oum (1912), Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun (1944), Phetsarath Ratanavongsa (1890), Setthathirath (1534), Sisavath Keobounphanh (1928), and Phoumi Vongvichit (1909). After him are Bouasone Bouphavanh (1954), Pany Yathotou (1951), Ki Daophet Niuhuang (1972), Visay Phaphouvanin (1985), Santisouk Inthavong (1999), and Siri Arun Budcharern (2002).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Laos

Among military personnels born in Laos, Vang Pao ranks 1. 

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