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Ho Chi Minh

1890 - 1969

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Hồ Chí Minh (born Nguyễn Sinh Cung; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), colloquially known as Uncle Ho (Bác Hồ) among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician who served as the founder and first president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 1945 until his death in 1969, and as its first prime minister from 1945 to 1955. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist, he founded the Indochinese Communist Party in 1930 and its successor Workers' Party of Vietnam (later the Communist Party of Vietnam) in 1951, serving as the party's chairman until his death. Hồ was born in Nghệ An province in French Indochina, and received a French education. Starting in 1911, he worked in various countries overseas, and in 1920 was a founding member of the French Communist Party in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ho Chi Minh is the 87th most popular politician (up from 186th in 2019), the most popular biography from Vietnam and the most popular Vietnamese Politician.

Ho Chi Minh is most famous for being the leader of North Vietnam and the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ho Chi Minh ranks 87 out of 19,576. Before him are Edward IV of England, Cyrus the Great, Peter the Great, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Haile Selassie, and Hammurabi. After him are Ögedei Khan, Hannibal, Solon, George IV of the United Kingdom, Richard I of England, and Josip Broz Tito.

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Among people born in 1890, Ho Chi Minh ranks 2. Before him is Charles de Gaulle. After him are Agatha Christie, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lawrence Bragg, Vyacheslav Molotov, Friedrich Paulus, Boris Pasternak, H. P. Lovecraft, Egon Schiele, Alfred Jodl, and Karel Čapek. Among people deceased in 1969, Ho Chi Minh ranks 1. After him are Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Princess Alice of Battenberg, Karl Jaspers, Theodor W. Adorno, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Otto Stern, Judy Garland, Walter Gropius, Franz von Papen, and Zakir Husain.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh ranks 1 out of 136. After him are Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926), Ngo Dinh Diem (1901), Thích Quảng Đức (1897), Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911), Marguerite Duras (1914), Amanda Lear (1939), Bảo Đại (1913), Lê Đức Thọ (1911), Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), and Kaysone Phomvihane (1920).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh ranks 1. After him are Ngo Dinh Diem (1901), Bảo Đại (1913), Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), Kaysone Phomvihane (1920), Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923), Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944), Lê Duẩn (1907), Dương Văn Minh (1916), Hanoi Hannah (1931), and Gia Long (1762).

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