1904 - 1974
Wang Ming (Chinese: 王明; pinyin: Wáng Míng; May 23, 1904 – March 27, 1974) was a senior leader of the early Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the mastermind of the famous 28 Bolsheviks group. Wang was also a major political rival of Mao Zedong during the 1930s, opposing what he saw as Mao's nationalist deviation from the Comintern and orthodox Marxist–Leninist lines. According to Mao on the other hand, Wang epitomized the intellectualism and foreign dogmatism Mao criticized in his essays "On Practice" and "On Contradiction". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wang Ming has received more than 170,026 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Wang Ming is the 8,367th most popular politician (down from 7,815th in 2019), the 576th most popular biography from China (down from 542nd in 2019) and the 335th most popular Chinese Politician.
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Among politicians, Wang Ming ranks 8,367 out of 15,577. Before him are Mushezib-Marduk, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Manius Curius Dentatus, Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, Erato of Armenia, and Walid Jumblatt. After him are William VI, Duke of Aquitaine, Edmund Stoiber, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Arabella Churchill, Anjang of Goguryeo, and Sid Watkins.
800 BC - 689 BC
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 8,361
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 8,362
390 BC - 270 BC
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 8,363
1764 - 1842
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 8,364
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 8,365
1949 - Present
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 8,366
1904 - 1974
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 8,367
1004 - 1038
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 8,368
1941 - Present
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 8,369
1649 - 1685
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 8,370
1648 - 1730
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 8,371
498 - 531
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 8,372
1928 - 2012
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 8,373
Among people born in 1904, Wang Ming ranks 115. Before him are Leo Joseph Suenens, Anna Mahler, Giuseppe Terragni, Vilis Lācis, Franz Kutschera, and Christian-Jaque. After him are Achille Varzi, Lidia Zamenhof, Tevfik Esenç, James J. Gibson, William L. Shirer, and Ralph Bunche. Among people deceased in 1974, Wang Ming ranks 80. Before him are Everaldo, Helmuth Koinigg, Jean Absil, Kurt Atterberg, Ed Sullivan, and Christine Chubbuck. After him are Roberto Assagioli, Walther Meissner, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Candy Darling, Lev Oborin, and Rosario Castellanos.
1904 - 1996
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 109
1904 - 1988
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 110
1904 - 1943
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 111
1904 - 1966
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 112
1904 - 1944
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 113
1904 - 1994
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 114
1904 - 1974
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 115
1904 - 1948
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 116
1904 - 1942
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 117
1904 - 1992
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 118
1904 - 1979
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 119
1904 - 1993
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 120
1904 - 1971
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 121
1944 - 1974
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 74
1948 - 1974
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 75
1893 - 1974
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 76
1887 - 1974
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 77
1901 - 1974
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 78
1944 - 1974
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 79
1904 - 1974
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 80
1888 - 1974
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 81
1882 - 1974
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 82
1912 - 1974
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 83
1944 - 1974
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 84
1907 - 1974
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 85
1925 - 1974
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 86
Among people born in China, Wang Ming ranks 576 out of 1,392. Before him are Zhang Zai (1020), Kang Sheng (1898), Zheng Zhilong (1604), Yuan Longping (1930), Sengge Rinchen (1811), and Ruan Lingyu (1910). After him are Bada Shanren (1626), Jin Midi (-134), Ragibagh Khan (1320), Ai Qing (1910), Cao Yu (1910), and Jianzhen (688).
1020 - 1077
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 570
1898 - 1975
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 571
1604 - 1661
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 572
1930 - 2021
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 573
1811 - 1865
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 574
1910 - 1935
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 575
1904 - 1974
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 576
1626 - 1705
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 577
134 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 578
1320 - 1328
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 579
1910 - 1996
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 580
1910 - 1996
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 581
688 - 763
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 582
Among politicians born in China, Wang Ming ranks 335. Before him are Ho Feng-Shan (1901), Li Zhanshu (1950), Konstantin Rodzaevsky (1907), Kang Sheng (1898), Zheng Zhilong (1604), and Sengge Rinchen (1811). After him are Jin Midi (-134), Ragibagh Khan (1320), Deng Sui (81), Xu Shichang (1855), Tung Chee-hwa (1937), and Zheng Jing (1642).
1901 - 1997
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 329
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 330
1907 - 1946
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 331
1898 - 1975
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 332
1604 - 1661
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 333
1811 - 1865
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 334
1904 - 1974
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 335
134 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 336
1320 - 1328
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 337
81 - 121
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 338
1855 - 1939
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 339
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 340
1642 - 1681
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 341