POLITICIAN

Wu Peifu

1874 - 1939

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Wu Peifu (also spelled Wu P'ei-fu) (Chinese: 吳佩孚; April 22, 1874 – December 4, 1939) was a Chinese warlord and major figure in the Warlord Era in China from 1916 to 1927. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wu Peifu has received more than 277,079 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Wu Peifu is the 6,948th most popular politician (up from 7,145th in 2019), the 519th most popular biography from China (down from 518th in 2019) and the 302nd most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wu Peifu ranks 6,948 out of 19,576Before him are Pavel Tsitsianov, Kimon Georgiev, Hortense Mancini, Fu Jian, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, and Roland Bonaparte. After him are Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Sitamun, Heinz Kessler, and John Henry, Margrave of Moravia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Wu Peifu ranks 63Before him are Franz Schmidt, Isaac Carasso, Martin Lowry, Emilie Louise Flöge, Carl Schlechter, and Reginald Johnston. After him are Johannes Schober, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Marguerite Long, Avgustyn Voloshyn, Max Dvořák, and Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. Among people deceased in 1939, Wu Peifu ranks 43Before him are Franz Schmidt, Isaac Carasso, Hans Langsdorff, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Norman Bethune, and Carl Laemmle. After him are Vladimir Shukhov, Bruno Liljefors, Grigori Sokolnikov, Armand Călinescu, Kolë Idromeno, and Eugen Weidmann.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wu Peifu ranks 519 out of 1,610Before him are Yesün Temür (1293), Li Yu (1610), Chen Youliang (1320), Morris Chang (1931), Du Yuesheng (1888), and Feng Guozhang (1859). After him are Qin Liangyu (1574), Dong Yuan (932), Lin Sen (1868), Li Cunxu (885), Zheng Zhilong (1604), and Yuen Siu-tien (1912).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Wu Peifu ranks 302Before him are Zhang Xun (1854), Zhang Chunqiao (1917), Cao Kun (1862), Zhu Yujian (1602), Yesün Temür (1293), and Feng Guozhang (1859). After him are Lin Sen (1868), Li Cunxu (885), Zheng Zhilong (1604), Shangguan Wan'er (664), Emperor Shizong of Jin (1123), and Sheng Shicai (1895).