1940 - 2013
Zhuang Zedong (Chuang Tse-tung; August 25, 1940 – February 10, 2013) was a Chinese table tennis player, three-time world men's singles champion and champion at numerous other table tennis events and a well-known political personality during the tumult of the Cultural Revolution. His chance meeting with American table tennis player, Glenn Cowan, during the 31st World Table Tennis Championship, later referred to as ping-pong diplomacy, triggered the first thawing of the ice in Sino-American relations since 1949. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhuang Zedong has received more than 69,215 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Zhuang Zedong is the 7th most popular table tennis player, the 707th most popular biography from China and the most popular Chinese Table Tennis Player.
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Among table tennis players, Zhuang Zedong ranks 7 out of 78. Before him are Jan-Ove Waldner, Angelica Rozeanu, Mária Mednyánszky, Agnes Simon, Roland Jacobi, and Richard Bergmann. After him are Miklós Szabados, Jörgen Persson, Timo Boll, Jean-Michel Saive, Stellan Bengtsson, and Mikael Appelgren.
1965 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 1
1921 - 2006
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 2
1901 - 1978
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 3
1935 - 2020
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 4
1893 - 1951
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 5
1919 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 6
1940 - 2013
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 7
1912 - 1962
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 8
1966 - Present
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 9
1981 - Present
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 10
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 11
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 12
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 13
Among people born in 1940, Zhuang Zedong ranks 278. Before him are Luis María Echeberría, Li Zhaoxing, William Cohen, Carole Pateman, Norman Spinrad, and Philippe Léotard. After him are Zvonko Bego, Jean-Paul Proust, Vincenzo Cerami, Jia Qinglin, Mirjam Pressler, and Veikko Kankkonen. Among people deceased in 2013, Zhuang Zedong ranks 252. Before him are Hans Hass, Aleksandr Serebrov, Josip Kuže, Jerry Buss, Tommy Morrison, and Anthony Caro. After him are Viktor Tsybulenko, Giovanni Cheli, John Thomas, Marcia Wallace, Vincenzo Cerami, and Antonio Roma.
1940 - 2016
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 272
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 273
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 274
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 275
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 276
1940 - 2001
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 277
1940 - 2013
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 278
1940 - 2018
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 279
1940 - 2010
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 280
1940 - 2013
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 281
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 282
1940 - 2019
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 283
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 284
1919 - 2013
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 246
1944 - 2013
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 247
1952 - 2013
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 248
1933 - 2013
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 249
1969 - 2013
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 250
1924 - 2013
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 251
1940 - 2013
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 252
1930 - 2013
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 253
1918 - 2013
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 254
1941 - 2013
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 255
1942 - 2013
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 256
1940 - 2013
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 257
1932 - 2013
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 258
Among people born in China, Zhuang Zedong ranks 707 out of 1,186. Before him are Wei Jingsheng (1950), Li Zhaoxing (1940), Huang Hua (1913), Qian Qichen (1928), Lisa Lu (1927), and Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929). After him are Qiao Shi (1924), Xie Jin (1923), Jia Qinglin (1940), Shi Zhengli (1964), Saifuddin Azizi (1915), and Chögyam Trungpa (1939).
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 701
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 702
1913 - 2010
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 703
1928 - 2017
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 704
1927 - Present
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 705
1929 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 706
1940 - 2013
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 707
1924 - 2015
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 708
1923 - 2008
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 709
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 710
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 711
1915 - 2003
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 712
1939 - 1987
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 713
Among table tennis players born in China, Zhuang Zedong ranks 1. After him are Wang Liqin (1978), Ma Lin (1980), Wang Hao (1983), Kong Linghui (1975), Ma Long (1988), Zhang Jike (1988), Zhang Yining (1981), Deng Yaping (1973), Wang Nan (1978), Jiao Zhimin (1963), and Chen Longcan (1965).
1940 - 2013
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 1
1978 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 2
1980 - Present
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 3
1983 - Present
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 4
1975 - Present
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 5
1988 - Present
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 6
1988 - Present
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 7
1981 - Present
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 8
1973 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 9
1978 - Present
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 10
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 11
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 12