1855 - 1939
Xu Shichang (Hsu Shih-chang; Chinese: 徐世昌; pinyin: Xú Shìchāng; Wade–Giles: Hsü2 Shih4-ch'ang1; courtesy name: Juren (Chu-jen; 菊人); October 20, 1855 – June 5, 1939) was the President of the Republic of China, in Beijing, from 10 October 1918 to 2 June 1922. The only permanent president of the Beiyang government to be a civilian, his presidency was also the longest of the warlord era. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Xu Shichang has received more than 157,854 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Xu Shichang is the 8,485th most popular politician (down from 7,711th in 2019), the 585th most popular biography from China (down from 534th in 2019) and the 337th most popular Chinese Politician.
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Among politicians, Xu Shichang ranks 8,485 out of 15,577. Before him are Yolande of Aragon, Duchess of Calabria, Frederick, Duke of Bavaria, Ezzelino III da Romano, Dmitry of Pereslavl, Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, and Grigory Petrovsky. After him are Tabinshwehti, Mithridates II of Pontus, Neidhart von Reuental, Juan Carlos Onganía, King Ling of Zhou, and Johann Michael Bach.
1273 - 1302
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 8,479
1339 - 1393
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 8,480
1194 - 1259
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 8,481
1254 - 1294
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 8,482
1884 - 1923
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 8,483
1878 - 1958
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 8,484
1855 - 1939
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 8,485
1516 - 1550
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 8,486
300 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 8,487
1180 - 1247
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 8,488
1914 - 1995
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 8,489
600 BC - 545 BC
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 8,490
1648 - 1694
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 8,491
Among people born in 1855, Xu Shichang ranks 38. Before him are Eduard Meyer, David Bruce, Alexandre Darracq, Christian Bohr, Alexandros Zaimis, and Vsevolod Garshin. After him are Giovanni Pascoli, James S. Sherman, Princess Marie of Prussia, Paul Émile Appell, Pavlos Kountouriotis, and Samad bey Mehmandarov. Among people deceased in 1939, Xu Shichang ranks 63. Before him are Archibald Leitch, Johann Strauss III, Yevgeny Miller, Evald Aav, Arthur Rackham, and S. S. Van Dine. After him are Ma Rainey, Max Skladanowsky, Kyōka Izumi, Konstantin Somov, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, and Henri Le Sidaner.
1855 - 1930
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 32
1855 - 1931
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 33
1855 - 1931
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 34
1855 - 1911
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 35
1855 - 1936
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 36
1855 - 1888
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 37
1855 - 1939
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 38
1855 - 1912
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 39
1855 - 1912
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 40
1855 - 1888
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 41
1855 - 1930
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 42
1855 - 1935
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 43
1855 - 1931
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 44
1865 - 1939
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 57
1866 - 1939
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 58
1867 - 1939
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 59
1900 - 1939
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 60
1867 - 1939
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 61
1888 - 1939
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 62
1855 - 1939
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 63
1886 - 1939
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 64
1863 - 1939
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 65
1873 - 1939
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 66
1869 - 1939
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 67
1878 - 1939
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 68
1862 - 1939
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 69
Among people born in China, Xu Shichang ranks 585 out of 1,392. Before him are Ragibagh Khan (1320), Ai Qing (1910), Cao Yu (1910), Jianzhen (688), Li Shangyin (813), and Deng Sui (81). After him are Li Cheng (919), Tung Chee-hwa (1937), Zhang Ziyi (1979), Zheng Jing (1642), Bo Gu (1907), and Mang of Xia (null).
1320 - 1328
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 579
1910 - 1996
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 580
1910 - 1996
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 581
688 - 763
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 582
813 - 858
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 583
81 - 121
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 584
1855 - 1939
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 585
919 - 967
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 586
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 587
1979 - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 588
1642 - 1681
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 589
1907 - 1946
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 590
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 591
Among politicians born in China, Xu Shichang ranks 337. Before him are Zheng Zhilong (1604), Sengge Rinchen (1811), Wang Ming (1904), Jin Midi (-134), Ragibagh Khan (1320), and Deng Sui (81). After him are Tung Chee-hwa (1937), Zheng Jing (1642), Bo Gu (1907), Ouyang Xun (557), Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa (1924), and Liu Zhiyuan (895).
1604 - 1661
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 331
1811 - 1865
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 332
1904 - 1974
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 333
134 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 334
1320 - 1328
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 335
81 - 121
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 336
1855 - 1939
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 337
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 338
1642 - 1681
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 339
1907 - 1946
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 340
557 - 641
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 341
1924 - 1981
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 342
895 - 948
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 343