Go-speler

Go Seigen

1914 - 2014

Go Seigen

Go Seigen, geboren als Wu Qingyuan (Traditioneel Chinees: 吳清源; Fuzhou, 12 juni 1914 – Odawara, 30 november 2014), was een Chinees-Japans speler van het bordspel go. Lees meer op Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Go Seigen is the most popular go-speler (up from 2nd in 2024), the 554th most popular biography from China (up from 573rd in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Go-speler.

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Among Go-spelers

Among go-spelers, Go Seigen ranks 1 out of 2. After him are Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Lee Chang-ho, and Lee Sedol.

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Go Seigen
1914 - 2014
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 1
Hon'inbō Shūsaku
1829 - 1862
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 2
Lee Chang-ho
1975 - Present
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 3
Lee Sedol
1983 - Present
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 4

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Go Seigen ranks 116. Before him are George Reeves, Kirill Kondrashin, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Bernard Malamud, Eugene Nida, and Carlos Castillo Armas. After him are Bill Finger, Erich Topp, Lyman Spitzer, J. Lee Thompson, George Tabori, and Marcel Bich. Among people deceased in 2014, Go Seigen ranks 121. Before him are Huber Matos, Tommy Ramone, Ralph Waite, Alexander Shulgin, Edward Herrmann, and Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. After him are Wolfhart Pannenberg, Gloria Leonard, Abdelmajid Lakhal, Andrew V. McLaglen, Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia, and Tatiana Samoilova.

Others Born in 1914

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George Reeves
ACTOR
1914 - 1959
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 110
Kirill Kondrashin
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1981
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 111
Jean-Pierre Vernant
HISTORIAN
1914 - 2007
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 112
Bernard Malamud
WRITER
1914 - 1986
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 113
Eugene Nida
WRITER
1914 - 2011
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 114
Carlos Castillo Armas
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1957
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 115
Go Seigen
GO PLAYER
1914 - 2014
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 116
Bill Finger
COMIC ARTIST
1914 - 1974
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 117
Erich Topp
ENGINEER
1914 - 2005
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 118
Lyman Spitzer
PHYSICIST
1914 - 1997
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 119
J. Lee Thompson
FILM DIRECTOR
1914 - 2002
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 120
George Tabori
WRITER
1914 - 2007
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 121
Marcel Bich
BUSINESSPERSON
1914 - 1994
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 122

Others Deceased in 2014

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Huber Matos
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1918 - 2014
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 115
Tommy Ramone
MUSICIAN
1949 - 2014
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 116
Ralph Waite
ACTOR
1928 - 2014
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 117
Alexander Shulgin
CHEMIST
1925 - 2014
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 118
Edward Herrmann
ACTOR
1943 - 2014
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 119
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2014
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 120
Go Seigen
GO PLAYER
1914 - 2014
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 121
Wolfhart Pannenberg
PHILOSOPHER
1928 - 2014
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 122
Gloria Leonard
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1940 - 2014
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 123
Abdelmajid Lakhal
ACTOR
1939 - 2014
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 124
Andrew V. McLaglen
FILM DIRECTOR
1920 - 2014
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 125
Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia
POLITICIAN
1922 - 2014
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 126
Tatiana Samoilova
ACTOR
1934 - 2014
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 127