Chongqing
Chongqing ranks 1,052nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Beauvais, Nijmegen, and Iesi. Memorable people born in Chongqing include Sanmao, Xiao Zhan, and Chen Kun. Memorable people who died in Chongqing include Lin Sen. Chongqing has been the birth place of many actors and chess players and the death place of many politicians. Chongqing is located in China.
Chongqing is a municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the Central People's Government, along with Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin. It is the only directly administrated municipality located deep inland. The municipality covers a large geographical area roughly the size of Austria, which includes several disjunct urban areas in addition to Chongqing proper. Due to its classification, the municipality of Chongqing is the largest city proper in the world by area, though it does not have the largest urban area. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1943 and 1996, Chongqing was the birth place of 12 globally memorable people, including Sanmao, Xiao Zhan, and Chen Kun. Additionaly, 1 globally memorable people have passed away in Chongqing including Lin Sen.
People Born in Chongqing
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Sanmao
1943 - 1991
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 1
Xiao Zhan
1991 - Present
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 2
Chen Kun
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 3
Li Yundi
1982 - Present
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 4
Ma Mingyu
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.29
Rank: 5
Zhang Zhong
1978 - Present
HPI: 33.84
Rank: 6
Tian Liang
1979 - Present
HPI: 31.24
Rank: 7
Shi Tingmao
1991 - Present
HPI: 30.52
Rank: 8
Li Xuerui
1991 - Present
HPI: 30.42
Rank: 9
Tan Zhongyi
1991 - Present
HPI: 27.79
Rank: 10
Yuan Xinyue
1996 - Present
HPI: 26.56
Rank: 11
Zhang Yawen
1985 - Present
HPI: 18.82
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Chongqing
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Most individuals born in present day Chongqing were actors (3), chess players (2), badminton players (2), writers (1), and musicians (1), while most who died were politicians (1).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Chongqing, including Xiao Zhan, Chen Kun, and Tian Liang. Whereas, throughout history, actors have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Chongqing, including Xiao Zhan, Chen Kun, and Tian Liang.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Chongqing since 1700.
