POLITICIAN

Xu Caihou

1943 - 2015

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Xu Caihou (Chinese: 徐才厚; June 1943 – 15 March 2015) was a Chinese general in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the country's top military council. As vice chairman of the CMC, he was one of the top ranking officers of the People's Liberation Army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Xu Caihou has received more than 175,174 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Xu Caihou is the 11,522nd most popular politician (down from 11,059th in 2019), the 762nd most popular biography from China (down from 722nd in 2019) and the 399th most popular Chinese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Xu Caihou ranks 11,522 out of 19,576. Before him are Nahas Angula, Ferdinand de Marsin, Jorge Pacheco Areco, Félix Moloua, Antonio Guzmán Blanco, and Lu'ay al-Atassi. After him are Appius Claudius Pulcher, Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ervin Zádor, Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen, Valeriya Novodvorskaya, and Guru Har Rai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Xu Caihou ranks 304. Before him are Jack Nance, Gisela Hahn, William Calley, Stanley Kamel, Newt Gingrich, and Nahas Angula. After him are Hugh Thompson Jr., Aaron Russo, Joanna Shimkus, Serge Lama, Joyce Meyer, and Lobo. Among people deceased in 2015, Xu Caihou ranks 178. Before him are Mike Porcaro, Bernard Maris, Fred Anton Maier, Tignous, Guy Béart, and Moira Orfei. After him are Judith Malina, Gottfried Diener, Movita Castaneda, Søren Kam, Evelyn Furtsch, and Hans Erni.

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In China

Among people born in China, Xu Caihou ranks 762 out of 1,610. Before him are Tang Jingsong (1841), Witness Lee (1905), Shen Congwen (1902), Longchenpa (1308), Zhang Tingyu (1672), and Yu Hua (1960). After him are Xu Xiangqian (1901), Huang Hua (1913), Wu Bangguo (1941), Dai Zhen (1724), Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (1938), and Lang Lang (1982).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Xu Caihou ranks 399. Before him are Ulanhu (1906), Zhao Leji (1957), Yang Jiechi (1950), Pei Xiu (224), Tang Jingsong (1841), and Zhang Tingyu (1672). After him are Xu Xiangqian (1901), Huang Hua (1913), Wu Bangguo (1941), Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (1938), Chu Suiliang (597), and Meng Hongwei (1953).

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