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Yeongjo of Joseon

1694 - 1776

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Yeongjo (Korean: 영조; Hanja: 英祖; 31 October 1694 – 22 April 1776), personal name Yi Geum (이금; 李昑), was the 21st monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He was the second son of King Sukjong by his concubine, Royal Noble Consort Suk of the Haeju Choe clan. Before ascending to power, he was known as Prince Yeoning (연잉군; 延礽君). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yeongjo of Joseon has received more than 1,594,220 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Yeongjo of Joseon is the 571st most popular politician (up from 979th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 9th in 2019) and the 7th most popular South Korean Politician.

Yeongjo of Joseon is most famous for his efforts to reform the Korean government and society.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yeongjo of Joseon ranks 571 out of 15,577. Before him are Mohammed Zahir Shah, Kim Dae-jung, Valerian, Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Friedrich Ebert, and Maximian. After him are Saparmurat Niyazov, Alija Izetbegović, Constantius II, Margaret I of Denmark, Oscar I of Sweden, and Ahab.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1694, Yeongjo of Joseon ranks 3. Before him are Voltaire and François Quesnay. After him are Francis Hutcheson, Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Leonardo Leo, Louis-Claude Daquin, Paul of the Cross, Georg Brandt, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Theodore of Corsica, and Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. Among people deceased in 1776, Yeongjo of Joseon ranks 2. Before him is David Hume. After him are John Harrison, Natalia Alexeievna, Louis François, Prince of Conti, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, John Ellis, Sabah I bin Jaber, Johann Adolf Scheibe, and Johann Jakob Breitinger.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Yeongjo of Joseon ranks 7 out of 944. Before him are Sejong the Great (1397), Park Chung-hee (1917), Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), Moon Jae-in (1953), Syngman Rhee (1875), and Kim Dae-jung (1924). After him are Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Ban Ki-moon (1944), Sukjong of Joseon (1661), Gojong of Korea (1852), Park Geun-hye (1952), and Empress Gi (1315).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Yeongjo of Joseon ranks 7. Before him are Sejong the Great (1397), Park Chung-hee (1917), Jeongjo of Joseon (1752), Moon Jae-in (1953), Syngman Rhee (1875), and Kim Dae-jung (1924). After him are Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Sukjong of Joseon (1661), Gojong of Korea (1852), Park Geun-hye (1952), Empress Gi (1315), and Sejo of Joseon (1417).

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