Politician

Hu Yaobang

1915 - 1989

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His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2024). Hu Yaobang is the 1,543rd most popular politician (up from 1,589th in 2024), the 87th most popular biography from China (up from 112th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Chinese Politician.

Hu Yaobang was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1980 to 1987. He was a major reformer in the 1980s, and his death in 1989 sparked the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Hu Yaobang ranks 1,543 out of 19,576. Before him are Ehud Olmert, Manuel L. Quezon, Afonso III of Portugal, Ehud Barak, Alexios III Angelos, and Shepseskare. After him are Cleopatra V of Egypt, Takeda Shingen, Abaqa Khan, Aimery of Cyprus, Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, and Francis II Rákóczi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Hu Yaobang ranks 21. Before him are Eli Wallach, David Rockefeller, Yitzhak Shamir, Paul Samuelson, Clifford Shull, and Billie Holiday. After him are Sviatoslav Richter, John Vorster, Saul Bellow, Aung San, Robert A. Dahl, and Joachim Peiper. Among people deceased in 1989, Hu Yaobang ranks 27. Before him are Emilio Segrè, Laurence Olivier, Osamu Tezuka, Dolores Ibárruri, Silvana Mangano, and Vladimir Horowitz. After him are Sándor Márai, Thomas Bernhard, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Michel Aflaq, John Hicks, and Daphne du Maurier.

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In China

Among people born in China, Hu Yaobang ranks 87 out of NaN. Before him are Jiang Qing (1914), Shang Yang (-390), Xuande Emperor (1399), Wu Cheng'en (1500), Walter Houser Brattain (1902), and Emperor Yao (-2324). After him are Daoguang Emperor (1782), Zhang Heng (78), Hongxi Emperor (1378), Emperor Gaozong of Tang (628), Songtsen Gampo (604), and Zhang Fei (167).

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Among Politicians In China

Among politicians born in China, Hu Yaobang ranks 55. Before him are Soong Ching-ling (1893), Fuxi (-2900), Jiang Qing (1914), Shang Yang (-390), Xuande Emperor (1399), and Emperor Yao (-2324). After him are Daoguang Emperor (1782), Hongxi Emperor (1378), Emperor Gaozong of Tang (628), Songtsen Gampo (604), Emperor Wen of Sui (541), and Yang Guifei (719).

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