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Yi San-hae

1539 - 1609

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Yi Sanhae (Korean: 이산해; Hanja: 李山海; 20 July 1539 – 1609) was a Korean politician, scholar, writer and poet of the Joseon period who came from the Hansan Yi clan. He served as the Chief State Councilor of Joseon from 1590 to 1592 and 1600. Yi was a member of the political faction the Easterners and when this split into the Northerners and Southerners, Yi became leader of the Northerners faction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yi San-hae has received more than 14,629 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Yi San-hae is the 10,431st most popular politician (up from 12,663rd in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 189th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular South Korean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yi San-hae ranks 10,431 out of 19,576. Before him are Sauromaces I of Iberia, King Kao of Zhou, Paul Levi, Virius Nicomachus Flavianus, John I, Duke of Lorraine, and Theobald II of Blois. After him are Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Ross Perot, Oleksandr Moroz, Paul Vanden Boeynants, Maryam Rajavi, and Vjosa Osmani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1539, Yi San-hae ranks 16. Before him are Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Chōsokabe Motochika, George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Hasegawa Tōhaku, Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine, and Salima Sultan Begum. After him are Humphrey Gilbert, Nicolò Donato, Olivier de Serres, and Pierre Pithou. Among people deceased in 1609, Yi San-hae ranks 9. Before him are Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Joseph Justus Scaliger, Jacobus Arminius, Federico Zuccari, Gasparo da Salò, and John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. After him are Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, and John Leonardi.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Yi San-hae ranks 146 out of 1,128. Before him are Gong Yoo (1979), Jim Yong Kim (1959), Gim Hongdo (1745), Son Ye-jin (1982), Jungkook (1997), and Sumi Jo (1962). After him are Park Min-young (1986), Lee Jae-myung (1964), Heo Nanseolheon (1563), J. Y. Park (1971), Bak Jungyang (1872), and Ha Ji-won (1978).

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Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Yi San-hae ranks 72. Before him are Pak Song-chol (1913), Lyuh Woon-hyung (1886), Chungjeong of Goryeo (1338), Han Seung-soo (1936), Heo Gyun (1569), and Jo Gwang-jo (1482). After him are Lee Jae-myung (1964), Bak Jungyang (1872), Chungmok of Goryeo (1337), Song Si-yeol (1607), Park Won-soon (1956), and Jeong In-ji (1396).

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