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POLITICIAN

Yan Xishan

1883 - 1960

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Yan Xishan or Yen Hsi-shan (IPA: [jɛ̌n ɕíʂán]; 8 October 1883 – 22 July 1960) 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 422,815 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Yan Xishan is the 6,006th most popular politician (down from 5,134th in 2019), the 460th most popular biography from China (down from 397th in 2019) and the 272nd most popular Chinese Politician.

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  • 420k

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  • 57.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yan Xishan ranks 6,006 out of 15,577Before him are Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, Arnold of Torroja, Motilal Nehru, Andrew Báthory, Kurt Schumacher, and Arnuwanda I. After him are Antipope Eulalius, Emperor Daigo, Emperor Shijō, Magnus II of Norway, Johannes Steinhoff, and Radama II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Yan Xishan ranks 77Before him are Ichirō Hatoyama, Ivan Ilyin, Karl von Terzaghi, Bogdan Filov, Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko, and Henri Delaunay. After him are Augustinas Voldemaras, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Walter Buch, Walter Huston, Henk Sneevliet, and Edgard Varèse. Among people deceased in 1960, Yan Xishan ranks 48Before him are Jussi Björling, Otoya Yamaguchi, Jacques Becker, Frank Lloyd, Inejiro Asanuma, and Leonard Woolley. After him are Paul Abraham, Antonie Pannekoek, Vicki Baum, Pierre Reverdy, José Antonio Aguirre, and Alexandre Benois.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yan Xishan ranks 460 out of 1,392Before him are Lei Feng (1940), Cai Yong (133), Liu Zongyuan (773), Zhang Daoling (34), Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür (1342), and Yan Fu (1854). After him are Tang Yin (1470), Bogd Khan (1869), Xu Shen (58), 7th Dalai Lama (1708), Zuo Zongtang (1812), and Zhuge Dan (200).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Yan Xishan ranks 272Before him are Emperor Wen of Liu Song (407), Di Yi (-1200), Emperor Wu of Song (363), Bo Xilai (1949), Cai Yong (133), and Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür (1342). After him are Bogd Khan (1869), 7th Dalai Lama (1708), Zuo Zongtang (1812), Zhuge Dan (200), Zhu Yujian (1602), and Emperor Shizong of Jin (1123).