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Yuan Longping

1930 - 2021

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Yuan Longping (Chinese: 袁隆平; pinyin: Yuán Lóngpíng; September 7, 1930 – May 22, 2021) was a Chinese agronomist and inventor. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s, part of the Green Revolution in agriculture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuan Longping has received more than 446,394 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Yuan Longping is the 198th most popular inventor, the 573rd most popular biography from China and the 5th most popular Chinese Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Yuan Longping ranks 198 out of 354. Before him are Édouard Branly, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Philo Farnsworth, Oskar Barnack, William Murdoch, and John Kemp Starley. After him are Hovannes Adamian, Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, Lou Ottens, Wan Hu, Georges Hébert, and Oliver Lodge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Yuan Longping ranks 166. Before him are Carolyn Jones, Miljan Miljanić, Todor Veselinović, Harold Bloom, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, and June Almeida. After him are Luis de Pablo, Israel Kirzner, Stuart Lewis-Evans, Jānis Pujats, Walter Mischel, and Stephen Smale. Among people deceased in 2021, Yuan Longping ranks 210. Before him are Sabine Weiss, George Segal, Sam Jones, Albert Vanhoye, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, and Adam Zagajewski. After him are Luis de Pablo, Théoneste Bagosora, Dilip Kumar, Jüri Tamm, Volodymyr Holubnychy, and Andrey Myagkov.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yuan Longping ranks 573 out of 1,392. Before him are Ding Ruchang (1836), Edward Yang (1947), Joseph Zen (1932), Zhang Zai (1020), Kang Sheng (1898), and Zheng Zhilong (1604). After him are Sengge Rinchen (1811), Ruan Lingyu (1910), Wang Ming (1904), Bada Shanren (1626), Jin Midi (-134), and Ragibagh Khan (1320).

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Among INVENTORS In China

Among inventors born in China, Yuan Longping ranks 5. Before him are Cai Lun (48), Charles K. Kao (1933), Bi Sheng (990), and Taiichi Ohno (1912). After him are Thonmi Sambhota (618), An Wang (1920), and Robin Li (1968).

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