POLITICIAN

Ye Jianying

1897 - 1986

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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 429,603 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.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ye Jianying ranks 3,663 out of 19,576Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Ye Jianying ranks 51Before 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 41Before 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.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ye Jianying ranks 279 out of 1,610Before him are Sima Guang (1019), Ruzi Ying (5), Emperor Ningzong (1168), Wang Yi (1953), Emperor Houshao of Han (-196), and Sima Shi (208). After him are Gong Li (1965), Xun Yu (163), Wu Zixu (-526), Lu Ban (-507), Ai Weiwei (1957), and Emperor Xiaozong of Song (1127).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Ye Jianying ranks 174Before him are Sima Guang (1019), Ruzi Ying (5), Emperor Ningzong (1168), Wang Yi (1953), Emperor Houshao of Han (-196), and Sima Shi (208). After him are Xun Yu (163), Wu Zixu (-526), Emperor Xiaozong of Song (1127), Mao Anying (1922), Dong Biwu (1886), and Li Yuanhong (1864).