1950 - Today
Wei Jingsheng (Chinese: 魏京生; born 20 May 1950) is a Chinese human rights activist and dissident. He is best known for his involvement in the Chinese democracy movement. He is most prominent for having authored the essay "The Fifth Modernization", which was posted on the Democracy Wall in Beijing in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wei Jingsheng has received more than 338,357 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Wei Jingsheng is the 302nd most popular social activist (up from 342nd in 2019), the 672nd most popular biography from China (up from 700th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Chinese Social Activist.
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Among social activists, Wei Jingsheng ranks 302 out of 538. Before him are Ricardo Flores Magón, Túpac Katari, Millicent Fawcett, Zhang Guotao, Yuri Levitan, and Maurice Bishop. After him are Sophie Adlersparre, Tatyana Baramzina, Mehdi Huseynzade, William I, Margrave of Meissen, Klara Zamenhof, and Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven.
1874 - 1922
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 296
1750 - 1781
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 297
1847 - 1929
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 298
1897 - 1979
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 299
1914 - 1983
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 300
1943 - 1983
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 301
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 302
1823 - 1895
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 303
1919 - 1944
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 304
1918 - 1944
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 305
1343 - 1407
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 306
1863 - 1924
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 307
1899 - 1944
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 308
Among people born in 1950, Wei Jingsheng ranks 169. Before him are Jan Zajíc, Chung Sye-kyun, Amos Gitai, Luis Donaldo Colosio, Eddie Clarke, and Michel Lotito. After him are Otto Pérez Molina, Lindsay Duncan, Terry Gou, Anton Ondruš, Moshe Ya'alon, and Kozo Arai.
1950 - 1969
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 163
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 164
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 165
1950 - 1994
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 166
1950 - 2018
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 167
1950 - 2007
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 168
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 169
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 170
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 171
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 172
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 173
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 174
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 175
Among people born in China, Wei Jingsheng ranks 672 out of 1,392. Before him are Shi Pei Pu (1938), Kenneth Tsang (1935), Nie Er (1912), Huang Gongwang (1269), Qu Qiubai (1899), and Michael Hui (1942). After him are Zeng Gong (1019), Lei Jun (1969), Zhao Wei (1976), Sam Hui (1948), Zhong Nanshan (1936), and Cai E (1882).
1938 - 2009
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 666
1935 - 2022
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 667
1912 - 1935
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 668
1269 - 1354
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 669
1899 - 1935
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 670
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 671
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 672
1019 - 1083
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 673
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 674
1976 - Present
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 675
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 676
1936 - Present
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 677
1882 - 1916
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 678
Among social activists born in China, Wei Jingsheng ranks 7. Before him are Liu Xiaobo (1955), Zhang Jue (200), Meng Huo (101), Chen Sheng (-250), Li Hongzhi (1951), and Zhang Guotao (1897). After him are Harry Wu (1937), Chen Qimei (1878), Wang Dan (1969), Wu'erkaixi (1968), Hu Jia (1973), and Chen Guangcheng (1971).
1955 - 2017
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 1
200 - 184
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 2
101 - 300
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 3
250 BC - 208 BC
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 4
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 5
1897 - 1979
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 6
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 7
1937 - 2016
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 8
1878 - 1916
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 9
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 10
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 12
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 13