POLITICIAN

Yan Xishan

1883 - 1960

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Yan Xishan (IPA: [jɛ̌n ɕíʂán]; 8 October 1883 – 22 July 1960; also romanized as Yen Hsi-shan) was a Chinese warlord who served in the government of the Republic of China. He effectively controlled the province of Shanxi from the 1911 Xinhai Revolution to the 1949 Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War. As the leader of a relatively small, poor, remote province, he survived Yuan Shikai, the Warlord Era, the Nationalist Era, the Japanese invasion of China and the subsequent civil war, being forced from office only when the Nationalist armies with which he was aligned had completely lost control of the Chinese mainland, isolating Shanxi from any source of economic or military supply. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yan Xishan has received more than 469,925 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Yan Xishan is the 5,606th most popular politician (up from 5,991st in 2019), the 432nd most popular biography from China (up from 459th in 2019) and the 256th most popular Chinese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yan Xishan ranks 5,606 out of 19,576. Before him are Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Theodora, Ashur-etil-ilani, Mieszko III the Old, Ugyen Wangchuck, and Bonar Law. After him are Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, Himiltrude, As-Salih Ismail al-Malik, Mathilde Kschessinska, and Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Yan Xishan ranks 66. Before him are Bernhard Rust, Kenji Doihara, Gusztáv Jány, Ichirō Hatoyama, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, and Alfredo Casella. After him are Fritz Gerlich, Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko, Lauri Kristian Relander, Bogdan Filov, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and Ernest Ansermet. Among people deceased in 1960, Yan Xishan ranks 47. Before him are John D. Rockefeller Jr., Eddie Cochran, Frank Lloyd, Jussi Björling, Beno Gutenberg, and Vicki Baum. After him are August Kopff, Feroze Gandhi, Pierre Reverdy, Salvatore Ferragamo, Sylvia Pankhurst, and Antonie Pannekoek.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yan Xishan ranks 432 out of 1,610. Before him are Li Qingzhao (1084), Emperor Wen of Liu Song (407), Ma Yuan (1160), Wei Zheng (580), Lu You (1125), and Helü of Wu (-550). After him are Dazu Huike (487), Soong Ai-ling (1888), Yuen Biao (1957), Huo Guang (-150), Chen Sheng (-250), and Liu Bowen (1311).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Yan Xishan ranks 256. Before him are Bo Xilai (1949), Emperor Chong of Han (143), Liu Xiang (-77), Emperor Wen of Liu Song (407), Wei Zheng (580), and Helü of Wu (-550). After him are Soong Ai-ling (1888), Huo Guang (-150), Wang Zhengjun (-71), Feng Yuxiang (1882), Li Jue (200), and Ma Liang (187).

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