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Zhang Chunqiao

1917 - 2005

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Zhang Chunqiao (Chinese: 张春桥; 1 February 1917 – 21 April 2005) was a prominent Chinese political theorist, writer, and politician. He came to the national spotlight during the late stages of the Cultural Revolution, and was a member of the ultra-Maoist group dubbed the "Gang of Four". Zhang joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1938, later becoming a prominent journalist in charge of Jiefang Daily after the establishment of the People's Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhang Chunqiao has received more than 294,580 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Zhang Chunqiao is the 6,629th most popular politician (down from 5,638th in 2019), the 506th most popular biography from China (down from 432nd in 2019) and the 297th most popular Chinese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zhang Chunqiao ranks 6,629 out of 19,576. Before him are Raymond II, Count of Tripoli, Sergius I of Constantinople, Valerian Kuybyshev, Anna of Hohenstaufen, Akhmet Baitursynov, and Histiaeus. After him are Viktor Abakumov, Arame of Urartu, Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, Magnus, Duke of Saxony, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Prince Harald of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Zhang Chunqiao ranks 91. Before him are Yukio Tsuda, Ko Arima, Hirokazu Ninomiya, Nikolai Ogarkov, Otto Kittel, and Will Eisner. After him are Jean Rouch, Atle Selberg, Harold Garfinkel, Augusto Roa Bastos, Buddy Rich, and Charlotte Salomon. Among people deceased in 2005, Zhang Chunqiao ranks 75. Before him are Dana Elcar, Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, Ba Jin, Richard Pryor, Yao Wenyuan, and Will Eisner. After him are Vincent Schiavelli, Augusto Roa Bastos, Cicely Saunders, Annette Stroyberg, Urie Bronfenbrenner, and Álvaro Cunhal.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhang Chunqiao ranks 506 out of 1,610. Before him are Zuo Zongtang (1812), T. V. Soong (1894), Dong Qichang (1555), Zhang Xun (1854), Sun Simiao (581), and Shen Yue (441). After him are Mao Dun (1896), Cao Kun (1862), Zhu Yujian (1602), Chen Kaige (1952), Gan Ying (100), and Shing-Tung Yau (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Zhang Chunqiao ranks 297. Before him are 7th Dalai Lama (1708), Drogön Chögyal Phagpa (1235), Yao Wenyuan (1931), Zuo Zongtang (1812), T. V. Soong (1894), and Zhang Xun (1854). After him are Cao Kun (1862), Zhu Yujian (1602), Yesün Temür (1293), Feng Guozhang (1859), Wu Peifu (1874), and Lin Sen (1868).

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