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POLITICIAN

Wang Hongwen

1935 - 1992

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Wang Hongwen (6 December 1935 – 3 August 1992) was a Chinese labour activist and politician who was the youngest member of the "Gang of Four". He rose to prominence during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), after organizing the Shanghai People's Commune, to become one of the foremost members of national leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). At the pinnacle of his power he was the second Vice Chairman of the CCP, and ranked third in the Communist Party's hierarchy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wang Hongwen has received more than 261,925 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Wang Hongwen is the 7,285th most popular politician (down from 6,989th in 2019), the 523rd most popular biography from China (down from 503rd in 2019) and the 310th most popular Chinese Politician.

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  • 20

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  • 3.14

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  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wang Hongwen ranks 7,285 out of 15,577Before him are Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Prince Alexandre of Belgium, Karl Eberhard Schöngarth, Tommaso Mocenigo, Sartaq Khan, and Tokugawa Ietsugu. After him are Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Paul Masson, John Bowring, Otto Braun, and Gian Giacomo Trivulzio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Wang Hongwen ranks 112Before him are Mário Coluna, Chaim Topol, Bruno Sammartino, Charles Grodin, Paula Rego, and Nikos Sampson. After him are Jerry Fodor, Mario Camus, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Marc Augé, Donald P. Bellisario, and Helmut Lachenmann. Among people deceased in 1992, Wang Hongwen ranks 78Before him are Jânio Quadros, Koča Popović, Yang Kyoungjong, Alex Haley, Muhammad Asad, and Arpad Elo. After him are Camarón de la Isla, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Giorgio Perlasca, Gavriil Ilizarov, Josy Barthel, and Ajahn Chah.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wang Hongwen ranks 523 out of 1,392Before him are Fan Zhongyan (989), Soong Ai-ling (1888), Wu Peifu (1874), Sergei Stepashin (1952), Cao Kun (1862), and Du Yuesheng (1888). After him are Zhang Zeduan (1085), H. H. Kung (1881), Zhou Xuan (1920), Fang Xuanling (578), Ji Kang (223), and Zhu of Xia (null).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Wang Hongwen ranks 310Before him are Zhou Yongkang (1942), Shangguan Wan'er (664), Soong Ai-ling (1888), Wu Peifu (1874), Sergei Stepashin (1952), and Cao Kun (1862). After him are H. H. Kung (1881), Fang Xuanling (578), Zhu of Xia (null), Zhang Wentian (1900), Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme (1910), and Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei (483).