POLITICIAN

Ye Jianying

1897 - 1986

Ye Jianying

Ye Jianying (simplified Chinese: 叶剑英; traditional Chinese: 葉劍英; 28 April 1897 – 22 October 1986) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary leader and politician, one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China. He was the top military leader in the 1976 coup that overthrew the Gang of Four and ended the Cultural Revolution, and was the key supporter of Deng Xiaoping in his power struggle with Hua Guofeng. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ye Jianying has received more than 434,695 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Ye Jianying is the 3,663rd most popular politician (up from 4,200th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from China (up from 317th in 2019) and the 174th most popular Chinese Politician.

Ye Jianying is most famous for being the general secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1978 to 1987.

Memorability Metrics

430k
Page Views (PV)
61.66
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
33
Languages Editions (L)
3.54
Effective Languages (L*)
3.76
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ye Jianying ranks 3,663 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander I of Epirus, Gina Haspel, Jeong Dojeon, António de Spínola, Ivanoe Bonomi, and Vardan Mamikonian. After him are Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, Clementine Churchill, Menahem, Ivan Silayev, and Lloyd Austin.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

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Alexander I of Epirus
362 BC - 331 BC
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 3,657
Gina Haspel
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 3,658
Jeong Dojeon
1342 - 1398
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 3,659
António de Spínola
1910 - 1996
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 3,660
Ivanoe Bonomi
1873 - 1951
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 3,661
Vardan Mamikonian
388 - 451
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 3,662
Ye Jianying
1897 - 1986
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 3,663
Hjalmar Siilasvuo
1892 - 1947
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 3,664
Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme
1654 - 1712
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 3,665
Clementine Churchill
1885 - 1977
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 3,666
Menahem
800 BC - 760 BC
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 3,667
Ivan Silayev
1930 - 2023
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 3,668
Lloyd Austin
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 3,669

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Ye Jianying ranks 51. Before him are Leonid Govorov, Gershom Scholem, John Cockcroft, Margaret Mahler, Emil Maurice, and Vasily Sokolovsky. After him are Herbert Gille, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Einar Gerhardsen, Douglas Sirk, and Dmitry Pavlov. Among people deceased in 1986, Ye Jianying ranks 41. Before him are L. Ron Hubbard, Otto Preminger, Minoru Yamasaki, Dean Reed, Coluche, and James Cagney. After him are Robert S. Mulliken, Erik Bruhn, Nikolay Semyonov, Raimundo Orsi, Altiero Spinelli, and Ray Milland.

Others Born in 1897

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Leonid Govorov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1955
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 45
Gershom Scholem
PHILOSOPHER
1897 - 1982
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 46
John Cockcroft
PHYSICIST
1897 - 1967
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 47
Margaret Mahler
PSYCHOLOGIST
1897 - 1985
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 48
Emil Maurice
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1972
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 49
Vasily Sokolovsky
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1968
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 50
Ye Jianying
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1986
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 51
Herbert Gille
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1966
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 52
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1967
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 53
Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
COMPANION
1897 - 1965
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 54
Einar Gerhardsen
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1987
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 55
Douglas Sirk
FILM DIRECTOR
1897 - 1987
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 56
Dmitry Pavlov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1941
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 57