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Zhou Xuan

1920 - 1957

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Zhou Xuan (Chinese: 周璇; pinyin: Zhōu Xuán; Wade–Giles: Chou1 Hsüan2; born Su Pu (traditional Chinese: 蘇璞; simplified Chinese: 苏璞; pinyin: Sū pú; Wade–Giles: Su1 Pʻu2); August 1, 1920 – September 22, 1957), also romanized as Chow Hsuan, was an iconic Chinese singer and film actress. By the 1940s, she had become one of China's Seven Great Singing Stars. She was the best known of the seven, nicknamed the "Golden Voice", and had a concurrent movie career until 1954. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhou Xuan has received more than 267,981 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Zhou Xuan is the 1,482nd most popular actor (down from 1,479th in 2019), the 526th most popular biography from China (down from 522nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Chinese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Zhou Xuan ranks 1,482 out of 9,996Before her are Julia Ormond, Anna May Wong, Shannen Doherty, Sue Lyon, Pedro Alonso, and Sarah Miles. After her are Vahide Perçin, Lina Cavalieri, Rip Torn, Glenda Jackson, Peter Cullen, and Peter Lawford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Zhou Xuan ranks 124Before her are Don Taylor, Bruno Maderna, Yang Kyoungjong, Heinz Kessler, Mohammed Dib, and Guido Cantelli. After her are Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Albert Memmi, Michael Anderson, Paik Sun-yup, Richard Adams, and Yegor Ligachyov. Among people deceased in 1957, Zhou Xuan ranks 79Before her are Heinrich Bär, Josef Hofmann, Dorothy L. Sayers, Washington Luís, Theodor Körner, and Irving Baxter. After her are Rudolf Schmidt, Josef Lada, Charles Pathé, Albert Anastasia, Sholem Asch, and Umberto Saba.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhou Xuan ranks 526 out of 1,392Before her are Sergei Stepashin (1952), Cao Kun (1862), Du Yuesheng (1888), Wang Hongwen (1935), Zhang Zeduan (1085), and H. H. Kung (1881). After her are Fang Xuanling (578), Ji Kang (223), Zhu of Xia (null), Zhang Wentian (1900), Feng Menglong (1574), and Peng Liyuan (1962).

Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Zhou Xuan ranks 11Before her are Gong Li (1965), Yoshiko Yamaguchi (1920), Yuen Siu-tien (1912), Run Run Shaw (1907), Shih Kien (1913), and Hou Hsiao-hsien (1947). After her are Joan Chen (1961), Ruan Lingyu (1910), Zhang Ziyi (1979), Ti Lung (1946), Cheng Pei-pei (1946), and Lee Hoi-chuen (1901).

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