1901 - 1990
Xu Xiangqian (November 8, 1901 – September 21, 1990) was a Chinese Communist military leader and one of the ten marshals of the People's Liberation Army. He was the son of a wealthy landowner, but joined the Kuomintang's National Revolutionary Army, against his parents' wishes, in 1924. When the Kuomintang (KMT) began to fight the Communists (CCP) in 1927, Xu left Chiang's forces and joined the Eyuwan Soviet on the borders of Hubei, Henan, and Anhui. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Xu Xiangqian has received more than 116,026 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Xu Xiangqian is the 11,999th most popular politician (down from 10,938th in 2019), the 767th most popular biography from China (down from 690th in 2019) and the 394th most popular Chinese Politician.
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Among politicians, Xu Xiangqian ranks 11,999 out of 15,577. Before him are Nilde Iotti, Rickard Sandler, Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, Kenneth Arnold, Flavia Maxima Constantia, and Charles D. B. King. After him are Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia, Amalafrid, Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Piankh, Meretseger, and Ahmad Shukeiri.
1920 - 1999
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 11,993
1884 - 1964
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 11,994
1832 - 1913
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 11,995
1915 - 1984
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 11,996
361 - 383
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 11,997
1875 - 1961
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 11,998
1901 - 1990
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 11,999
100 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 12,000
531 - 551
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 12,001
1884 - 1970
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 12,002
1200 BC - 1070 BC
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 12,003
1850 BC - 1800 BC
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 12,004
1908 - 1980
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 12,005
Among people born in 1901, Xu Xiangqian ranks 177. Before him are Willy Fritsch, Lisette Model, Alberto Hurtado, Henri Sauguet, Ernest Nagel, and Arne Borg. After him are Fernando Tambroni, Erich Ollenhauer, Mária Mednyánszky, Jean Mermoz, Enrique Santos Discépolo, and Ed Begley. Among people deceased in 1990, Xu Xiangqian ranks 154. Before him are Anne Revere, René David, Joel McCrea, Vladimir Stoychev, Erkki Aaltonen, and Luis Trenker. After him are Edwin O. Reischauer, Luigi Beccali, Otto E. Neugebauer, Robert Cummings, Merab Mamardashvili, and Edmond Delfour.
1901 - 1973
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 171
1901 - 1983
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 172
1901 - 1952
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 173
1901 - 1989
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 174
1901 - 1985
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 175
1901 - 1987
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 176
1901 - 1990
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 177
1901 - 1963
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 178
1901 - 1963
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 179
1901 - 1978
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 180
1901 - 1936
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 181
1901 - 1951
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 182
1901 - 1970
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 183
1903 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 148
1906 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 149
1905 - 1990
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 150
1892 - 1990
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 151
1910 - 1990
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 152
1892 - 1990
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 153
1901 - 1990
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 154
1910 - 1990
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 155
1907 - 1990
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 156
1899 - 1990
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 157
1910 - 1990
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 158
1930 - 1990
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 159
1907 - 1990
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 160
Among people born in China, Xu Xiangqian ranks 767 out of 1,392. Before him are Chen Jingrun (1933), Chen Qimei (1878), Li Ning (1963), Dai Zhen (1724), Qiao Shi (1924), and Xiao Hong (1911). After him are Liu Yifei (1987), Jing Fang (-78), Meng Wanzhou (1972), Yu Zhengsheng (1945), Fei Xiaotong (1910), and Yu Hua (1960).
1933 - 1996
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 761
1878 - 1916
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 762
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 763
1724 - 1777
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 764
1924 - 2015
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 765
1911 - 1942
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 766
1901 - 1990
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 767
1987 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 768
78 BC - 37 BC
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 769
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 770
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 771
1910 - 2005
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 772
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 773
Among politicians born in China, Xu Xiangqian ranks 394. Before him are Nie Rongzhen (1899), Tang Jingsong (1841), Han Zheng (1954), Qian Qichen (1928), Li Zhaoxing (1940), and Qiao Shi (1924). After him are Yu Zhengsheng (1945), Luo Ruiqing (1906), Jia Qinglin (1940), Lou Tseng-Tsiang (1871), Liu Yandong (1945), and Zhou Fohai (1897).
1899 - 1992
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 388
1841 - 1903
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 389
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 390
1928 - 2017
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 391
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 392
1924 - 2015
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 393
1901 - 1990
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 394
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 395
1906 - 1978
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 396
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 397
1871 - 1949
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 398
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 399
1897 - 1948
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 400