1300 BC - 1192 BC
Wu Ding (Chinese: 武丁; died c. 1200 BC); personal name Zi Zhao (子昭), was a king of the Chinese Shang dynasty who ruled the central Yellow River valley around the second half of the 13th century BC. He is the earliest figure in Chinese history mentioned in contemporary records. The annals of the Shang dynasty compiled by later historians were once thought to be little more than legends until oracle script inscriptions on bones dating from his reign were unearthed at the ruins of his capital Yin (near modern Anyang) in 1899. Oracle bone inscriptions from his reign have been radiocarbon dated to 1254–1197 BC ±10 years,: 165 closely according with regnal dates derived by modern scholars from received texts, epigraphic evidence, and astronomical calculations.: 172 Wu Ding's reign is considered one of the most prosperous period of early ancient Chinese civilization. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wu Ding has received more than 256,040 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Wu Ding is the 4,234th most popular politician (up from 4,366th in 2019).
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Among politicians, Wu Ding ranks 4,234 out of 15,577. Before him are Guthrum, Neferure, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, and Wamba. After him are Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Dieter Wisliceny, Jacob Le Maire, Elio Di Rupo, Rafael Correa, and Emperor An of Han.
830 - 890
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 4,228
1500 BC - 1500 BC
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 4,229
1698 - 1738
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 4,230
1943 - 2006
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 4,231
1709 - 1759
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 4,232
630 - 688
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 4,233
1300 BC - 1192 BC
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 4,234
1575 - 1612
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 4,235
1911 - 1948
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 4,236
1585 - 1616
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 4,237
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 4,238
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 4,239
94 - 125
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 4,240
Among people born in 1300 BC, Wu Ding ranks 10. Before him are Muwatalli II, Setnakhte, Tukulti-Ninurta I, Bintanath, Suppiluliuma II, and Tudḫaliya IV. After him are Amun-her-khepeshef, Henutmire, Arnuwanda III, Shutruk-Nakhunte, Lin Xin, and Sennedjem. Among people deceased in 1192 BC, Wu Ding ranks 1.
1300 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 4
1300 BC - 1188 BC
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 5
1300 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 6
1300 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 7
1300 BC - 1200 BC
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 8
1300 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 9
1300 BC - 1192 BC
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 10
1300 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 11
1300 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 12
1300 BC - 1207 BC
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 13
1300 BC - 1155 BC
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 14
1300 BC - 1220 BC
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 15
1300 BC - 1001 BC
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 16