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Yan Liben

600 - 673

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Yan Liben (Chinese: 閻立本; pinyin: Yán Lìběn; Wade–Giles: Yen Li-pen) (c. 600–673), formally Baron Wenzhen of Boling (博陵文貞男), was a Chinese architect, painter, and politician during the early Tang dynasty. His most famous work, possibly the only genuine survival, is the Thirteen Emperors Scroll. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yan Liben has received more than 98,398 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Yan Liben is the 245th most popular architect (down from 203rd in 2019), the 644th most popular biography from China (down from 536th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Architect.

Memorability Metrics

  • 98k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Yan Libens by language

Over the past year Yan Liben has had the most page views in the with 13,063 views, followed by English (13,038), and Japanese (4,472). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (97.95%), Chuvash (56.97%), and Catalan (48.17%)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Yan Liben ranks 245 out of 518. Before him are Imre Steindl, Cedric Gibbons, Hermann Muthesius, Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, Pieter Post, and Nicodemus Tessin the Elder. After him are Gae Aulenti, Giovanni Giocondo, Kevin A. Lynch, Max Fabiani, Josef Frank, and William Kent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Yan Liben ranks 44. Before him are Walthari, Chandrakirti, David the Invincible, Cunimund, Judoc, and Emmeram of Regensburg. After him are Bhāskara I, Audomar, Justus, Miro, Chram, and Khosrow III. Among people deceased in 673, Yan Liben ranks 4. Before him are Sa'id bin Zayd, Gim Yu-sin, and Chlothar III. After him are Fayruz al-Daylami, and Ecgberht of Kent.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yan Liben ranks 644 out of 1,610. Before him are Li Kui (-500), Han Zheng (1954), Qin Jiushao (1201), Zhu of Xia (null), Gan Ji (101), and Yuan Longping (1930). After him are Ma Huan (1380), Bo Gu (1907), Peng Zhen (1902), Yuan Mei (1716), Xu Zhimo (1897), and Emperor Mingyuan of Northern Wei (392).

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Among ARCHITECTS In China

Among architects born in China, Yan Liben ranks 2. Before him are I. M. Pei (1917). After him are Lin Huiyin (1904), and Wang Shu (1963).

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