1925 - 1925
Wong Fei-hung (born Wong Sek-cheung with the courtesy name Tat-wun; 19 August 1847 – 17 April 1925) was a Chinese martial artist, physician, and folk hero. His recent fame was due to becoming the protagonist of numerous martial arts films and television series. Even though he was considered an expert in the Hung Ga style of Chinese martial arts, his real public fame was as a physician who practiced and taught acupuncture, Dit Da and other forms of traditional Chinese medicine in the now famous Po Chi Lam (寶芝林; 宝芝林; Bǎozhīlín; Bou2-zi1-lam4), a medical clinic in Canton (Guangzhou), Guangdong Province. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wong Fei-hung has received more than 1,434,076 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Wong Fei-hung is the 6th most popular martial arts, the 162nd most popular biography from China (down from 116th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Martial Arts.
Wong Fei-hung was a famous Chinese martial artist and physician in the Qing Dynasty. He is most famous for his skills in the martial arts, and for being a doctor.
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Among martial arts, Wong Fei-hung ranks 6 out of 118. Before him are Kanō Jigorō, Ip Man, Gichin Funakoshi, Morihei Ueshiba, and Mas Oyama. After him are Huo Yuanjia, Linda Lee Cadwell, Choi Hong Hi, Conor McGregor, Ankō Itosu, and Masatoshi Nakayama.
1860 - 1938
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 1
1893 - 1972
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 2
1868 - 1957
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 3
1883 - 1969
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 4
1923 - 1994
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 5
1925 - 1925
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 6
1868 - 1910
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 7
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 8
1918 - 2002
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 9
1988 - Present
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 10
1831 - 1915
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 11
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1925, Wong Fei-hung ranks 36. Before him are Robert Edwards, Douglas Engelbart, Ananda Mahidol, Paul Mauriat, Nílton Santos, and Rod Steiger. After him are Peter Brook, Robert Altman, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Andrea Camilleri, Bert Hellinger, and Ernst Happel. Among people deceased in 1925, Wong Fei-hung ranks 18. Before him are Josef Breuer, Mikhail Frunze, Alexander Friedmann, Camille Flammarion, Maria Sophie of Bavaria, and Percy Fawcett. After him are George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Władysław Reymont, Johann Palisa, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, and Vincenzo Peruggia.
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 30
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 31
1925 - 1946
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 32
1925 - 2006
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 33
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 34
1925 - 2002
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 35
1925 - 1925
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 36
1925 - 2022
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 37
1925 - 2006
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 38
1925 - 1980
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 39
1925 - 2019
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 40
1925 - 2019
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 41
1925 - 1992
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 42
1842 - 1925
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 12
1885 - 1925
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 13
1888 - 1925
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 14
1842 - 1925
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 15
1841 - 1925
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 16
1867 - 1925
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 17
1925 - 1925
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 18
1859 - 1925
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 19
1867 - 1925
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 20
1848 - 1925
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 21
1872 - 1925
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 22
1852 - 1925
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 23
1881 - 1925
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 24
Among people born in China, Wong Fei-hung ranks 162 out of 1,392. Before him are Li Zicheng (1606), Hongzhi Emperor (1470), Jack Ma (1964), Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895), Cao Rui (205), and Zhu De (1886). After him are Zhang Liao (169), Wang Jingwei (1883), Bai Juyi (772), Liu Shan (207), Tang of Shang (-1601), and Empress Xiaoyichun (1727).
1606 - 1645
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 156
1470 - 1505
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 157
1964 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 158
1895 - 1952
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 159
205 - 239
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 160
1886 - 1976
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 161
1925 - 1925
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 162
169 - 222
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 163
1883 - 1944
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 164
772 - 846
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 165
207 - 271
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 166
1601 BC - 1646 BC
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 167
1727 - 1775
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 168
Among martial arts born in China, Wong Fei-hung ranks 2. Before him are Ip Man (1893). After him are Huo Yuanjia (1868), Zhang Weili (1989), Chen Zhong (1982), and Cheng Xunzhao (1991).
1893 - 1972
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 1
1925 - 1925
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 2
1868 - 1910
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 3
1989 - Present
HPI: 33.97
Rank: 4
1982 - Present
HPI: 26.63
Rank: 5
1991 - Present
HPI: 25.24
Rank: 6